14 Feb 1883
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1883
Page
1
Advices report Indians alarmed by Payne and followers near Oklahoma. Leaders debate expelling intruders with possible bloodshed. General Pope's troops guard the border with no captures reported. Other items: a Baltimore religious conversion, a Brooklyn robbery, and various legal and political notes across the nation.
Across the Atlantic reports note Tue resignations of Fallieres and a cabinet setup by Jules Ferry expected in Paris. In Tlaxcala Mexico ten deaths occur after women cook mushrooms gathered by a group. four more sickened unlikely to recover. Kenmare Castle steamer lost with 32 crew drowned. eight passengers survived in nightgowns. Prince Napoleon concedes Gambetta influence on a manifesto. Five Chihuahua miners executed for murder in Mexico. England denies New Hebrides annexation. Canadian Pacific stock largely subscribed. Cuban slaves treated as freedmen after 1870. A Cupan soldier in Havana creates a stir during a grand review.
In a parliamentary session, Germany approves an appropriation of 320000 dollars for Central African explorations. The decision occurs amid discussions referencing the Bourbons and the Captain General.
The Senate debates tariff measures including tariff two adjustments and an Alaska government bill while the House amends the metal schedule and votes on duties for glass, wool, coal and other items. A series of resolutions memorialize Representatives Hawk and Updegraff as the tariff system evolves.
The Senate on the 9th discussed resistance to placing lumber on the free list and advanced a joint resolution on fisheries in the Washington Treaty. The Tariff bill faced scrutiny over items including mineral water, carpets, dress goods, bonnets, hats, and salt. The Nava Bill totaling 15,727,434 was reported. In the House, deprecation of silver coinage was voiced. conference on the Military Academy Bill approved. tariff changes touched tin plates, boiler iron, sheet iron, and steel. President Arthur nominated Judge White for the Southern Ohio District and Lot Wright of Lebanon for U S Marshal. News from Ohio flood areas showed improvement with the Ohio River at 58 feet 7 inches, matching last year’s level, and streams stabilizing. Prince Napoleon was released as the indictment was quashed. The Ohio and Mississippi Railroad Receiver urged repayment from the railroad’s resources. Thirteen hundred-plus letters were stolen in Cedar Rapids. Chicago hotel thief Suave pleaded guilty. several guests may be arrested for attempted fraud. A Taylorsville boiler explosion killed seven in Illinois. Russian forces reportedly rife with Niuttism in the Urals and Caucasus. Pyotr renewed his incendiary newspaper. mass layoffs hit Eastern rubbers. A Rockford factory accident fatally wounded a farmer and daughter before a robbery.
The Ohio Senate met briefly with Hartshorn presiding and Kinney and Wilson present as routine business passed. Proposals included raising Franklin County Court judges salaries to 3000 dollars, a joint resolution on arbitration for J C Auld & Co and a remonstrance against Kinney amendments. The House saw multiple members and a chair change, petitions for a Constitutional amendment, and bills on liens, taxes, criminal procedure, and women’s property rights.
The Columbus Public Library held 14 560 volumes with 8 033 borrowed in January. A series of local reports detail fires in Summit and Wayne counties, accidental shootings, drownings, thefts, and court actions across Ohio.
A long essay questions the health risks of shampooing claiming it weakens the scalp, causes baldness and insanity, and critiques doctors for alarm while joking that barbers’ chatter may drive listeners to madness. It concludes that the barber rather than shampooing itself may be at fault.
The article extols Southern rail dining as a famed stop for hungry travelers. It contrasts regional pride with Northern wealth and notes travelers’ comic panic at long menus and old cheese battles while craving a quick meal on a train stop.
A reprint from the Indianapolis Journal argues that American audiences demand sensational brutality. It notes a New York stage mismatch between Coburn and Sullivan, mocks crowd violence, and compares modern sport to Roman gladiatorial games, predicting eventual abolition of such murderously entertaining events.
The piece contrasts Russian and English courage in war, noting Russians rush to danger with rough bravado while English measure risk and plan. On Kadisovo Hill a regiment prepares for a deadly charge as officers chat about London and Paris, sending letters to wives before descending into smoke and fire.
A Tribune interview with a chemist details two sirup classes for soda water: fruit sirups from ripe fruit and artificial ones from plain sirups and ethers. Fruit flavors include lemon and vanilla, with vanilla from Mexican beans. artificial flavors use amyl ethers and orris root. Two thirds of sirup buyers prefer artificial due to cost, with fruit at fifty cents per quart and imitation at thirty cents. artificial colors risk arsenic unless using cochineal.
A Des Moines lawyer reportedly processed 189 divorce cases in a year, amid a collage of humorous and sensational clippings. The miscellany includes farcical ads about marriage disputes, quips on arsenic pies, a tale of a vegetable vampire tree, and weather chatter from various papers.
The piece surveys tobacco norms in Louis Philippe era France and Munich 1838, noting Tuileries Garden bans and royal proximity punishments. It contrasts with England and the United States where smoking became common yet social rows labeled smokers as snobs decades earlier.
A Vicksburg woman finally accepts a suitor who had been refused four times. He fell to his knees in a parlor of a dancing company and urged his proposal for the fifth time, and she granted consent and set a wedding date.
Fragments describe Cannonsburg metal work and a California counting machine invention. Other items mention beekeeping in New Jersey, Spanish Merino feeding, paper trading shifts, and electricity in agriculture with threshing experiments. The text includes scattered references to Philadelphia area sites and European notes.
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