17 Feb 1886
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1886
Page
1
A Clermont county infirmary expose details starvation, neglect, and brutal punishments including whipping, handcuffs, and confinement. The piece condemns mismanagement, underfunding, and possible graft with contracts to local merchants, and vows a full public investigation led by the State Board and accountant.
John Bayless died January 28, 1886 at the county infirmary in Batavia of erysipelas aged 78 years 5 months and 20 days. A longtime Moscow carpenter, his decline followed illness four days and burial two weeks after notice to his daughter Mrs Perry Lancaster. The article censures the infirmary superintendent for late notification and notes plans to move the remains to the hill cemetery beside his companion.
A 17 year old, Matt Titus, faced a masked assailant on Williamsburg Hill and was shot in the breast but survived due to a lucky bullet path. later reports suggest Titus may have accidentally shot himself with cartridges bought that night. The incident sparked fear among locals before a potential retraction notes the assailant may have been imaginary. The town also promotes the Queen Esther operetta at the Academy featuring Mrs. Kate Belt and Clint Logan with a chorus of fifty. local merchants A S Pigman & Son advertise groceries and hardware. Dr Jones' Red Clover Tonic is recommended for various ailments.
A historical sketch recounts early Ohio U.S. Senate elections. It covers John Smith and Thomas Worthington, notes Jeffersonian influence, Burr intrigues, and Meigs’s later career, with context on Ohio’s 1803 admission and the Northwest Territory.
Work began within a week on the Cincinnati and Eastern railroad machine shops in Portsmouth. Contractor W. & Pattin aims to finish in twenty one days. The wood structures follow the roundhouse plan with a depth of about sixty feet and an overall 230 foot length. Two stalls will house engines and spaces for machine, carpenter and paint shops. Gronae W McMurchay and his wife of New Richmond are visiting John Pimmitt's residence.
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