12 Jul 1876
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1876
Page
1
MarcHand, once Emperor Napoleon I’s first valet de chambre, is gravely ill. The will leaves him 400,000 francs and orders he marry a widow or daughter of an officer of the old guard. Marchand, now 86, served as a trusted friend.
In Savannah during the colonial contest, Miriam Holly conceals a Continental soldier and foils Colonel Campbell’s plan to seize him. She allies with Tempest and, amid a storm, helps the prisoner escape, warning he ride to freedom while she restrains British officers with resolve.
In Cork and Limerick a river race between clubs sparked loud excitement after a prank telegram from Cork to Limerick insulted the rival city. Limerick replied with a sharper warning while Cork’s mayor, unaware of the spoof, faced the exchange. Lawyers later mediated the protracted correspondence.
The fourth scene of A Trip to the Moon at Kiralfy’s Alhambra on Broad Street saw a cotton and pasteboard snow can catch fire after a fall near a side-light. The audience panicked briefly, but Kiralfy’s quick actions helped avert disaster, with only the man of cotton and pasteboard damaged. The toastmaster’s death followed, noting old bachelors grow crabby and mothers turn to vinegar.
Long denunciation arguing Samuel J. Tilden is a corrupt reformer backed by Tweed’s ring, contrasting his wealth and railroad ties with Rutherford B. Hayes. It portrays Tilden’s canal and railroad schemes as sham reforms and endorses Hayes as the genuine, proven public servant.
A Cincinnati Times reflection notes Tilden’s national fame rising from New York prominence. It argues New York’s notoriety translated to national views, as readers follow its editors and papers. Had Tilden not lived in New York his reputation would have been narrower, previously a railroad lawyer with limited political focus.
The Cincinnati Gazette reprints from a New York Democratic organ edited by Erastus Brooks, alleging legal document based rascalities tied to Samuel J. Tilden. The extracts accuse Tilden of ongoing robberies over fourteen years, portraying him as a reform candidate with hidden misdeeds.
General Bristow lauds the Republican ticket as the best chance to unite the nation beyond sectional lines. He urges persistent, directed effort, urges former Whigs and Douglas Democrats to join, and calls for an unbroken front to advance the party principles and past gains.
The article profiles Samuel J. Tilden as a railroad manager and trustee facing a legal suit over alleged fraudulent voting in the consolidation of the Galena and Chicago Railroad with the Chicago and Northwestern. It notes Galena’s pre-1864 strength and Northwestern’s weak, watered stock, with Tilden blamed for steering the merger.
Legal and all transient advertisements priced at one dollar per square for the first insertion with ten lines. Fifty cents for each additional insertion. Yearly reductions offered. Business cards up to six lines priced at six dollars per year.
The passage recounts a dramatic collapse of the Galena and Chicago stock after a bankruptcy linked to the Chicago and Northwestern, ruining hundreds along the Galena Road. It also accuses Mr. Tilden of involvement in the St Louis Alton and Terre Haute affair, alleging a $300,000 excess stock issue and unanswered inquiries, with many other dubious Western road dealings promised for another day.
The National Republican Committee figure, William E Chandler, estimates the presidential electoral college at 369 votes if Colorado is admitted. He lists sure Republican states totaling 280, leaving 69 votes from California North Carolina Connecticut New York New Jersey for a to reach a majority of 189.
Amos J. Purdy assails Mr. Tilden at the St Louis convention, arguing Tweed’s vast robberies spanned years and that Tilden directly chaired Tweed-controlled conventions and remained silent during the schemes. The speaker contends either Tilden is a fool or a thief, unfit for the presidency.
The piece argues that the American passion for owning a home unites native and foreign born citizens, tying individuals to government and laws. It contrasts with Ireland while highlighting home ownership as essential to national identity, then shifts to Theodore Rhorer’s ingenious gold stud watch with miniature clock mechanisms and a reversing pendulum, noting Centenn ial barrel progress in Durham New Hampshire.
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