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02 Jul 1884
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1884
Page
1
A brief notice stating terms require payment within one year and that the ad is paid in full within the year. The item notes a single-year period for advertising arrangement and completion of payment.
Legal and transient notices priced at $1 per square for first insertion ten lines. Afty cents for additional insertions. Liberal yearly reductions offered. Business cards limited to six lines per card.
Dispatches report Chinese regulars with artillery attacking French troops at Langson in violation of a treaty. General Negrief and General Milot reinforce and claim a French victory with two French officers lost. Prime Minister Ferry orders Pekin demand satisfaction. Admiral Courbet moves north to back that effort. Logan notification describes Henderson committee greeting General Logan and formal nomination address. The scene shows tensions over Langson and the presidential nomination ritual at Washington.
A severe thunderstorm tore through western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio, killing several people and livestock and injuring many. In Murraysville Pennsylvania a boy named Wolf and four horses were struck dead, his younger brother badly burned. Waynesburg saw Miss Josie Keener and Wm Roder seriously hurt as three horses died. Corry reported several head of stock owned by Henry Case killed. Salem Ohio lost Miss Minnie Westphar at the doorway. Youngstown saw deaths and injuries in a residence, with three structures destroyed. Sulphur water from coal mines along the Youghiogheny River caused mass fish mortality over twenty five miles, with about five tons of dead fish in twenty four hours. The river, once govt stocked, attracted fishermen and now foul odors linger.
Frank H Mason at Marseilles reports Toulon outbreak with 13 cases on the 2d and C, one death, civilians largely affected. Epidemic status unsettled, hopes for sanitary precautions. Marseilles reports low death rate and good conditions, civil and military mix.
Washington June 25 President Arthur has received and accepted the resignation of Thomas Drummond U S Circuit Judge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit effective July 1.
In response to rising small-pox cases in London, the Danish Government will implement sanitary measures for ships arriving from London. The actions aim to prevent disease spread and protect public health.
The Chicago court has upheld a two percent tax on gross receipts of insurance companies operating in Chicago with outside Illinois headquarters. The ruling validates the ordinance and involves a large monetary stake.
Advices from the steamship San Pablo report cholera in the Pekin neighborhood with rapid deaths. It first appeared at Yangstan between Tientsin and Pekin. No full details. Two cases also reported at Tokio, Japan.
The Garfield National Monument Association awarded Geo H Keller of Hartford the top prize for a tower shaped memorial. The design centers on a carved tomb surrounded by a vaulted chamber and eight granite columns with a crypt for Garfield’s remains beneath.
Columbus June 25 Nearly all congressional districts were represented. The resolutions committee reported a platform opposing any compromise with liquor interests and denouncing the 1883 fraud over the ballot amendment. Permanent officers chosen Mills Gardner president J C McVay vice president Ed Myer counselor general J J Asbenhost organizer J S Turney corresponding secretary G E Thrall recording secretary O G Peters treasurer.
James J. Mooney of Perry County, after two engagements and two weddings, marries Betty, the sixteen year old sister of his first betrothed Anna McGarry. He had previously wed Anna in spring 1885, only to lose her three months later when she died. Now he travels on a wedding tour with Betty following a prior similar journey.
Maprio June 27 reports King Alfonso presiding, two officers found guilty of desertion at Santa Coloma de Farnes in April are to be shot immediately. The cabinet says severity is needed to preserve army discipline. The move causes painful sensation as newspapers and lawmakers press for commutations.
In Matroon Ita on June 27 a dramatic discovery occurred as the body of Mrs. Cook, missing for seven days, was recovered from an eighty foot well with her throat cut from ear to ear and her feet weighed with iron. Her husband Dan Cook and Simon Johnson, a suspected accomplice, are in custody.
In Coat Burrr Pennsylvania last Saturday eleven diners at Collins saloon suffered violent stomach pains after ice cream. Several were convulsed and two died, including one of Mrs Wilson's children and another man later. Victims include Wm Conlin and family, Joseph Conlin, Thomas Williams, Robert Cook, and a colored man. Suspected vanilla flavoring poisoning. community in uproar.
San Francisco is rocked by the death of G. J. Lowengont a young man of notable connections who committed suicide during a police reading of a warrant for his arrest after heavy gambling and threats against his uncle over a $1000 loan. His self inflicted blast ended the perilous case.
Sheriff Spring arrested Dan Stout and Mike Frazee for breaking into railroad cars on the O. & M. and P. D. & E. routes. Frazee is a P. D. & E. employee. Stout, a car repairer for the road, was jailed.
Pitrspure, Pennsylvania June 27 William Reed of Sewickley drilled a wildcat oil well on the Criswell farm near Butler and struck a heavy vein of gas. The pressure is so great that the roar of escaping gas can be heard several miles.
PicrssurG June 27. A serious clash erupted this morning between discharged Booth & Flinn workers and a new crew hired to replace them. James Kinney, one of the new workers, was likely fatally hurt.
The river and harbor bill reported to the Senate exceeds the house bill by 1,333,000 dollars. Major reductions include Big Sandy River in West Virginia and Kentucky from 50,000 to 20,009 dollars, Great Kanawha from 200,000 to 175,000 dollars, and Falls of the Ohio River from 200,000 to 50,000 dollars.
Newser New York reports June 27 that Anna Stewart, a young girl, was arrested for attempting to poison her mistress by putting green parts in butter. Prompt family action saved the mistress's life.
The Treasurer of the United States reports daily receipt of one and two dollar notes and will, by direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, remit such notes as limited receipts allow in exchange for United States notes and national bank notes redeemed.
In a June storm the schooner L. and A. Babcock ran aground near Barnegat City New Jersey and broke up. The crew were drowned before witnesses could help. The tragedy stirred a large crowd but offered no rescue.
Cxuiano June 26 Iowa railroads announce they will not carry liquor into the state unless the consignee presents a certificate showing authorization to sell issued by the County Supervisors.
Miss Mary Randolph eldest daughter of the late Thomas J Randolph and a great granddaughter of Thomas Jefferson died at Edge Hill Albemarle County Va on Monday after a long illness She was buried at Monticello
San Francisco report states Albertina Anderson was shot by William Milton who then killed himself this morning. Both deaths were instantaneous. Milton resented Anderson's refusal to marry him.
Morgan and Sons, a long established New York banking house operational for 35 years, collapsed with liabilities of 3 million dollars. The failure appears mainly due on exchange and the firm’s members are prominent local real estate owners.
Washington June total internal revenue collections for the first eleven months of the fiscal year amounted to 112,280,020 dollars, down from 134,683,548 dollars in the corresponding period last year, a decrease of 22,403,528 dollars.
A Pan Presbyterian conference session welcomed a Methodist committee today. Dr Croke delivered a congratulatory address praising the Presbyterian Church for its firm stand against popery and other errors, amid broad enthusiasm.
The Charles A. Reed legacy of New ton Mass. totals fifty thousand dollars plus three thousand dollars interest, paid into the sub-treasury in Washington toward reducing the public debt.
A Washington dispatch summarizes Senate and House actions from June including passage of the Mexican pension bill the homestead law measure and the electoral count bill. It notes battlefield and wartime relief measures and oddities such as a Portland boy’s steel fragment removal by magnetic surgery and a British India river descent claim. The London Nautical Magazine cites vessel names Mary Elizabeth Jane Sarah and William as most common.
The Ohio Democratic Convention in Columbus adopted a platform echoing 1833 principles, debated resolutions on tariff and reform, and elected delegates and alternates for the National Convention in Chicago. notable names include Allen G. Thurman, Jacob Mueller, J. H. Martin, and W. Haynes, with officers and electors chosen for multiple districts.
In Cleveland a thirteen year old girl described by her mother as ill is examined as doctors warn she may die from brain softening. She exhibits violent cravings and threats, prompting detention efforts by the Humane Society and deputy sheriff. Other items report deaths, political nominations, naturalizations, accidents, and local developments across Hancock, Bellaire, Columbus, and neighboring counties.
The piece argues that Tilden may withdraw from presidential consideration due to political pressures and fund constraints while praising his prior reform efforts. It discusses the Democratic Commission’s actions, voter fraud concerns, and calls for public judgment, then pivots to Blaine as the map for Republican strength, especially in Ohio and the Western Reserve, framing his nomination as a path to victory.
The voice of the Republican people resounds from Maine to California proclaiming Blaine of Maine as the party’s nominee. The convention’s cheer echoed the voters choice, affirming that the people, not the convention, made Blaine the leader in the great political struggle.
A collection of 1884 era political briefs discussing Blaine’s viability without The New York Times support, Garfield’s legacy, and party factions. It cites the Lincoln and Blaine coalitions, Schurz’s quip about the Republican party’s demise, and debates over Civil Service enforcement, highlighting party loyalties and competing editorials.
The New Orleans Picayune asserts with strong confidence that Blaine and Logan are certain to win 105 electoral votes, and that this outcome rests on the Democratic platform and party unity. It argues the state totals and anticipated convention actions favor a Republican triumph, citing the Chicago Tribune.
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