25 Jul 1883
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1883
Page
1
The Glermont Courier announces legal and transient advertisements priced by square, with ten lines for the first insertion and a charge for each additional insertion. A yearly liberal reduction is offered, and business cards up to six lines are $6 per year.
A man posing as a water inspector assaulted a young Spein family member in Washington on the 17th. He choked her into unconsciousness before assaulting her. Recovery is uncertain. The suspect has not been arrested. Revenue changes: Isham Young from Knoxville named Revenue Agent, replacing C M Horton of Boston.
A Washington telegram reports Col. A. M. Swope’s resignation as Collector of the Kentucky Internal Revenue District is withdrawn and a new bond sent for execution. Other items note Navy uniform change delays, Texas assassination fears, Crook campaign clarified, Holmes dismissed over pay accounts, and Kellogg Star routes case pleas deemed insufficient.
At the Williamson Place near Helena Arkansas two Black men engaged in a duel with a rifle and a musket at twenty paces. One round was fired and both men died.
A boiler explosion at the Glen's Falls paper mill on the 16th wounded twelve employees and destroyed a nearby brick structure. The blast caused an estimated loss of 75000 to 100000 dollars, with some injured workers believed to be in grave danger.
The missing ledger containing state depositor balances was found on the Artisan steps in Nashville. It was undamaged and addressed anonymously to the editor with terms about reward. Roland O. Swayne, once Deputy Clerk of the Supreme Court, was arrested on a warrant by State Treasurer Thomas for abstracting the balance ledger.
The Brotherhood of Telegraphers executive committee presented demands to telegraph company presidents on the 16th. They seek banning Sunday work unless paid as extra, eight hour days, equal pay for equal work, a 15 percent salary increase, and specific monthly wages for first and second class Wheatstone operators plus the same percentage raise. No reply was received and company actions remain unknown.
The Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners on the 11th passed a resolution ordering strict enforcement of the new Sunday law against all unexempted business. Drugstores separately met and agreed to stay open on Sunday only for sale of medicine and to sell no alcoholic spirits, with or without prescription.
Two Barnard brothers held on murder and arson charges in Verona Louisiana were freed by an armed mob on the night of the 17th. They overpowered the guard, forced the Sheriff away, and opened the jail. the crowd vanished without identification and the prisoners' location remains unknown.
Miss Mollie Coombs of St. Louis nearly drowned at Long Branch on the fifth when WM Whittlesey, a 21 year old youth, swam to her aid and saved her. The rescued heiress rewarded him with a gold watch and chain for his brave deed.
Frank Jackson, a 40 year old laborer on German farmer Joseph Schaefer near St Peters Missouri, was arrested on charges of debauching two Schaefer girls aged twelve and thirteen. He confessed and said the acts had lasted two years.
Governor Hamilton declines to pardon Chas W Angell convicted in 1875 of embezzling funds from the Pullman Palace Car Company. Angell surrendered in Portugal and handed himself to U S authorities as part of the case.
The Pullman Company seeks $80,000 of stolen funds. A release petition gained broad backing including the prosecuting attorney and the judge who presided, though the inmate faces six more years of service.
An explosion at the Anthracite Furnace in Reading Pennsylvania destroyed the furnace and collapsed the eight boilers. The engineer was killed instantly and six other workers were injured, with some in critical condition. The blast was felt as far as five miles away.
Four heavily armed men entered J H Smith store in Cincinnati Texas on the 17th, forced the clerk to surrender cash and goods, and fired as they fled wounding the proprietor. The robbers escaped with a small amount of money and merchandise.
The Surgeon General reports Vera Cruz yellow fever severe with 141 deaths since July 1 and seven percent of American sailors dying. Two ships with yellow fever arrived at New Orleans and were quarantined. No U.S. shore cases reported. Swayne confesses to stealing the ledger from the Tennessee treasury. He says Polk instigated the act and paid $175.
While General Terry Senator Edmunds Chief Justice Waite and army officers rode around Mount Washburne in Yellowstone Park Dakotah a pony thrown Waite to the ground injuring and probably fracturing a rib the incident occurred a few days ago with the party present during the accident.
A spark from an engine ignited freshly landed jute at Har beck's dock on the nineteenth, causing rapid flames to engulf the dock. Three ships alongside were totally destroyed and twelve men were seriously injured when the roof of a building collapsed.
A telegram received by the Department of State confirms a press report of an assault on Shaw while Acting Consul at Monterey. The message from W. S. Campbell, Consul at Monterey, dated in Laredo Texas, was sent on the 19th.
The Brotherhood of Telegraphers ordered a noon-wide walkout by its members on the Western Union Baltimore and Ohio and Mutual Union offices. About 90 percent of operators joined the stoppage, briefly halting business though relief came from non-striking workers and colleges and country towns. The Associated Press remained unaffected, but news output will be trimmed. The fight promises to be long and bitter, with both sides confident. The union reports a 260000 dollar treasury and access to Knights of Labor funds for relief if needed.
The Virginia State Central Republican Committee met at Richmond on the 19th and elected John F. Dezendorf Chairman with J. Cochran as vice. Resolutions endorsed Dezendorf, condemned the National Administration for opposing the Republican candidate, and criticized removals of active Republicans while placing opponents in office. James G. Blaine was named the Republican choice for President.
The Mexican Consul at Tucson received a letter dated July 14 noting Apache attacks near Montezuma where a Mexican settlement was killed five. Mexican infantry pursued but faced a stronger force and were repulsed, suffering seven soldier deaths.
At a meeting on the nineteenth, the New Orleans Board of Health adopted a resolution urging the Governor to proclaim quarantine against all Mexican South American and West India ports to take effect immediately A second resolution urged Illinois Governor to bar Dr Rauch the state Health Officer from meddling in New Orleans sanitary affairs and to stop efforts to undermine the Louisiana State Board of Health
Pranx Heprort, a French sculptor, committed suicide in New York on the 16th. Sheriff Royer of Grand County Colorado also died by suicide on the 16th in Georgetown. Levi McConney near Port Henry New York killed his wife and wounded his mother-in-law before dying. Charles Seitz of Allegheny City fatally shot Dr. G W Langfit at Bellevue after Langfit ended a marriage engagement.
A colored man Wade killed his wife in Birmingham Alabama on the 19th then committed suicide. in Philadelphia saloon keeper Joseph Staegerman shot his wife and then himself over money troubles. In Lincoln County Missouri farmer M W Wilkinson was shot in his bed on the 19th, assassin at large.
The steamer Beauharnais carrying about three hundred passengers ran onto a reef in the St. Lawrence River on the 16th. While backing off the vessel took water rapidly and had to beach and sink in eight feet of water. Panic ensued among women and children, but all were safely landed.
In Quebec on the 17th, two sons of Mr Lord aged thirteen and fifteen and a son of Mrs Marchand aged sixteen drowned while bathing in the River du Loup. Earlier, Mrs Marchand’s husband and two other sons perished in a fire.
A mob of Mexicans entered the American Consulate at Monterey and beat the Acting Consul Rev Shaw unconscious, broke furniture, and destroyed consular papers. Dr Campbell, the American Consul, was in Laredo, Texas, at the time of the incident.
An army officer, Mr DeVere, killed a young lady named Mc Kay aged twenty during a lawn tennis game at St Cuthberts England on the 18th and then killed himself. Authorities believe jealousy prompted the double tragedy.
At a Paris stockholders meeting on the 18th De Lesseps said American contractors' cooperation had dispelled prejudices in parts of the United States against his company building the canal.
Cholera declared epidemic in Alexandria with a city cordon and panic among residents. Authorities report steady progress along travel routes and over one hundred deaths daily in Cairo.
Sir Charles Michael Wolseley married Anita Theresa Murphy on the 19th at the Pro Cathedral in Kensington England. The ceremony was conducted by Cardinal Manning with Mr Lowell United States Minister among the guests. The Pope sent a blessing to the couple.
A Cairo dispatch notes cholera deaths appear higher than reported with fifty or sixty deaths feared. Trains from Cairo to Alexandria halted as a precaution amid the outbreak. The Spanish Cortes considers a one million peseta credit to combat cholera. The Berlin National Zeitung backs an English protest against the Suez Canal accord and favors canal nationalization under international control. Daphne steamer raised at Glasgow with twenty seven bodies found. The House of Commons Sergeant at Arms reports an injunction from Bradlaugh.
Wimbledon reports begin with the 200 and 500 yard ranges where the American team leads the British by margins on the first day, totals 1078 to 1070 for the day. Reports also note executions in Can ton Lexington and Memphis and rising flu fears from Egypt to the Suez crisis, plus telegraph labor action in the United States and Canada. The City of Washington carries yellow fever patients from Vera Cruz while a Massachusetts cattle fever bans further imports.
Des Moines reports Polk City postmaster and mayor murdered. two fugitives captured in Shelby County grove after horses stolen near Angus. One gunfight fatal. Gates killed, Hardy alias Smith captured. crowd tried to lynch Hardy but allowed him to write to his mother before transfer to Harlan jail. Wess Maddy shot in pursuit.
Middleboro Mass, July 16 General Tom Thumb Charles Stratton died of apoplexy Sunday morning at age forty six. Widow, who had toured on stage with him since 1863, survives. Barnum’s famed midget rose to fame in 1842, shown as before crowned heads in Europe, with records of high receipts in Philadelphia and Providence. He married Lavinia Warren in Grace Church in 1862 after a long showman’s pursuit, with a public reception at the Metropolitan Hotel.
Str. Paul Minnesota July 16 special from Cokato reports a Saturday 2 am fire in the hotel office. About twenty laborers and guests were inside. three railroad men perished, one guest fractured a leg escaping a window. The building’s burned area spanned much of the town’s business section. loss estimated at 60 000 dollars.
The third trial of John H. Watkins for burning his flouring mill for insurance money ended without a verdict after a forty six hour jury deadlock. Trials spanned months with costs near five thousand dollars. A separate deadly shooting occurred at Dallas Township involving Frank Dick and the deaf widow. Additional items note school fund irregularities in Ashland and Huron counties, a burglary at Bedford, a theft case at Cincinnati, and various local incidents.
Mrs John on sea ey of Argyle Washington County N Y years ago inserted a needle into her palm. It broke off leaving about an inch and a quarter in the flesh. In three weeks it emerged on the back of her hand and she pulled it out with her teeth.
A Texas writer observes a disturbing pattern as three separate incidents see groups of three girls drown during bathtime outings in recent weeks. He muses that the fatal tally might have been broken if four had chosen the excursion.
A fragile fragment reports a giant sea turtle near Cedar Key Florida weighing 425 pounds. No further details are provided about the finder or exact location or date.
A July 4 1883 roseland park ode by John G Whittier lauds America with calls for freedom justice and unity. The piece shifts to a satirical roundup from the N Y Tribune about Ohio politics with Henry Watterson Tilden and Ward Th urnan in a playful hens on eggs motif reflecting national tension and expectations.
The piece recalls the 1890s Democratic wobble after a national tide, naming governors Cleveland Pattison Butler and Waller as hopefuls whose early momentum waned once formal actions began. It notes a shift from presidential talk to tariff debates as the party unsettled, with Waller and others fading from prominent routes.
A Boston Herald critique predicts Democratic investigations will begin when Congress reconvenes. It claims the Star route corruption case will be targeted and asserts Republicans have already exposed core public- treasury fraud. The piece warns Democrats aim to influence elections, while predicting no new facts will emerge.
Two young children aged three and five were picking strawberries near a house in Greham New Hampshire when a large bear approached. The youngsters fled to the house shouting, pursued by the bear to about eight rods from the door. The bear paused, eyed the mother Mrs Rand who stepped out, then wandered off into the woods while continuing to pick berries. No harm was intended as the bear was only about a rod away at first sight.
An elderly, partially paralyzed man in Philadelphia visits jewelry stores on crutches. He cannot touch the diamonds due to weakness and blindness, only gazes from close range. A striking girl distracts the clerk, and the moment his back is turned the man slips a diamond into his mouth, revealing a thief in disguise.
Mr. Mackey, famed bonanza king, outbid the Vanderbilts securing a fine ready made and a good old collection at Leigh Court Somerset. This stands as one of England’s notable private stories of old masters with the buyer sent to finalize the outright purchase.
At a Gloucester barber shop a female barber shaving a customer was struck by lightning. The bolt knocked the razor from her hand and cut a piece off the customer’s ear. Local report notes no further injuries and state the incident occurred the other evening.
A suspension bridge inventor works on a boat to ascend Niagara rapids. An Atlanta man patents a wagon wheel with replaceable spokes. Freight car capacity grew from 20 000 to 40 000 pounds by 1879. Soda springs found near Yakima head of Ahtanum Valley Washington Territory improving bread making with only salt. Chromic acid wart removal method praised by British Medical Journal. Magnesium light used as night signal up to 70 miles. common lamp can be seen 40 miles away. Brooklyn man patents seamless uppers and adjustable instep shoes. London Lancet offers bone felon cure via fly blister. Pine sawdust pressed into center frames for carriages, possibly 23 tons per square inch and future mouldings use. Boston Post notes sawdust market potential.
The act restricting emigration has issued 7,350 certificates for Chinese leaving San Francisco for trips to the Celestial Kingdom and back. The figure reflects recent enforcement and outlines how many nationals have secured travel permits through the period reported.
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