02 Jul 1890
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1890
Page
1
A curio filled page recounts a Sundown scene with Maples in front of the courthouse and a humorous tale of Alex and Her. It also surveys Union generals mortality, reviews U S government locations, a nine year old school girl’s verse, and a veteran’s wartime march past Jonesboro with a captain’s death near sundown.
Captain John G Rhodes, a respected Southern Ohio businessman and mail agent on the C G and P road, declined to report for a civil service examination claiming dignity and capability. The piece contrasts his stance with the civil service system and its emphasis on moral integrity.
A Chinese ship arrived in New York carrying 4,000,000 packs of fire crackers. A Democratic politician quips about spending wastefully on crackers. An advertisement promotes Simmons Liver Regulator as a cure for dyspepsia.
A Wyandot convict named Jay D. Larmouth claims visions foretell Governor Campbell being bitten by a big spotted dog on July 3 unless muzzling laws pass. He has made other verified predictions, including a prison guard’s illness and a banker's expose, with officials noting his visions as noteworthy.
J H Burns of Monterey, a New Boston fair board secretary, narrowly survives a field accident when a young gelding bolts the binder. Gus Suan acts quickly to steer the team away, preventing the grain board from tearing his thigh and the wheel from severing his arm. Burns escaped serious injury by mere inches, with the near miss described in vivid detail.
Forecasts explain folk and expert signs for rain heat and wind. Moon rings and cloud patterns hint at rain within days. Red moon and full moon behaviors portend wind or wet weather, with variations for seasons and directions.
Old sayings predict weather from moon phases and sun or moon positions. They link third quarter to rain, south moon to bad weather, and moon age to snowfall timing, with guidance on changes between moon phases and daily weather shifts.
Local letter writer Granger Loveland explains his happiness at having his name listed by Clerk Shaw and desires an interview with Treasurer Anderson to obtain a dollar for July 4th celebrations. He weighs travel costs, recalls past payments, and asks how to secure the dollar inexpensively.
A Batavia brick manufactory introduces a giant eight ton brick machine from Chicago and plans to double output. The plant employs 19 men with a $125 payroll, three kilns, and a daily capacity of 20 000 bricks, pricing bricks at 18 to 24 dollars per thousand in a venture expected to grow in value. The article notes improved enterprise replacing past quiet, ending with a mention of Simmons Liver Regulator.
Meacom Gardner of Amelia, a prominent local Democrat, traveled to Cincinnati to settle with his commission merchant H Eckmeyer over berry shipments. After a night with Bert Atwood Gardner fell from a window, suffered massive injuries, and died days later in a hospital. Cash and a small amount found, suggesting foul play by footpads. Gardner aged 72, funeral services held by Odd Fellows. Williamsburg notes report a boom in factories, improved roads, and prospering residents.
A cautionary editorial warns juvenile readers to avoid firecrackers and gunpowder on Fridays and hot weather. It advises using safer noises such as torpedoes and warns of severe injuries from improper handling, including finger loss and accidental explosions.
An excerpt from an 1800s travel volume describes Williamsburg as Clermont County seat on the Little Miami, noting its frame residence of General William Lytle, the White Oak creek crossing, swampy roads to New Market, several taverns and stores, a stone courthouse, a log prison, and local Presbyterians under Reverend Dobbin, with Denhamtown and a noted road swamp further south.
John Sharp, indicted with John Cox, was brought from the penitentiary to testify for the State in the Cox case. Cox pleaded guilty and declined further plea, while Judge Huggins ruled he could not compel testimony from a prisoner. Sharp was returned to Columbus under guard.
Mrs. Fitch mother of Mrs. J M McGrew of Washington DPD and M H Fitch of Pueblo Colorado died at her daughter's home last Monday at age 85 She retained sharp faculties and a sweet disposition Her husband Aaron Fitch preceded her to the grave several years ago The body will be buried in Amelia today
A cyclone swept over Manchester on the Ohio river causing heavy property damage. Jake and Mary Kline, owners of a two hundred acre farm, lost a tobacco barn, damaged roofs, and several animals perished. It is the Klines fourth disaster since moving to the river town.
Two boys aged ten and eight near a creek nearly drowned while riverbank danger led young Dixon to be rescued by a companion and a man carried the eight year old Dial across the bend, later saved from panic. A fire at James Leonard’s blacksmith shop on Main Street destroyed tools and fixtures, with insurance at 1400 and officials praising the engine crew who helped save nearby homes.
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