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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1881
Page
1
Paris newspaper editors plan to raise a statue of Victor Hugo on the street where he lives. Mrs. Abraham Lincoln is gravely ill with physicians losing hope.
Charles Maude of near Salem Connecticut was arrested after beating his wife and said he acted on orders from the angel Gabriel. He was sent to the insane hospital. A separate filing in Topeka Kansas shows a charter for a co operative society to colonize old Mexico with $200000 capital in 8000 shares of $25.
District Attorney Richards urges Washington to approve using the Ambrose matter for a $15,000 payment. Chances are high his recommendation will be accepted.
George W. Hubley a mail route agent from Philadelphia was convicted of stealing from the mails. He was denied a new trial and sentenced to pay a $100 fine the costs of prosecution and to serve one year in the penitentiary.
In Barth County Kentucky last week Anderson Johnson shot and killed Isaac Alfrey amid a feud over Alfrey’s bogs encroaching on Johnson’s fields. The two men, cousins and local farmers, lived within a half mile of one another.
The Ohio Women's Christian Temperance Union met in Akron last week for its annual convention with full delegate attendance from across the state. Public addresses were delivered by Mrs. S. M. J. Henry of Illinois and Mrs. J. Ellen Foster of Iowa.
Nicholas Schmidt of Wyandot County, intoxicated, sat on the C. B. & C. railroad track near Wharton and fell asleep. An express train passed, severing his head, right arm, and shoulder.
Allison Spence, a farmer near Mur dock Ohio, and his family were seriously poisoned days ago after eating canned sausage. The tin salt corroded forming chloride of tin, but rapid antidotes saved their lives.
A strange deadly dog disease appears near Sesanaek Waskiehehs causing dogs to run howl convulse and die within days. Science has investigated but cannot yet explain the mystery.
United States Commissioners met with Ute head chiefs at Los Pinos Agency to arrange transfer to a new reservation as per last fall treaty. Despite initial resistance, a strong military presence at the agency suggests the move will proceed.
Secretary Blaine answers Irish Emigrant Agent Brereton at Dun dalk that poverty is no bar to immigrants willing to work and obey laws, but able bodied paupers and criminals are objectionable.
Charles Latour was arrested Saturday for stealing Mrs. Meade’s pocketbook containing $25. He was brought before the City Court, bonded at $800, and later indicted by the grand jury. Latour pleaded guilty and the jury sentenced him to three years in the penitentiary.
The Republican State Convention of Ohio renominated Charles Foster for Governor by acclamation. Reese G. Richards was named as Judge of the Supreme Court. Incumbents were renominated for all other ticket positions. The platform endorses Garfield and Foster and includes a liquor question plank.
A would-be assassin struck Hon. John McSweeney from behind with a blunt instrument near an alley as he walked home in Wooster Ohio. He cried out and help arrived. the attacker fled. A reward has been offered for the arrest. The blow was painful but not fatal.
A forged check for 3456 dollars, said to be drawn by the Springfield National Bank cashier, was passed in Hartford Connecticut by a man calling himself Albert B. Fischer. He claimed to be a grain operator and was seen with a well-dressed woman who he said was his wife. He used two genuine checks to cover the fraud and was aided by a Hartford resident who knew him.
In a tense raid, pursued individuals were overtaken and rendered powerless upon awakening. One person managed to break free and escape, while others remained detained. Authorities pursue leads as details remain scarce.
A carpenter McLow killed his brother in law Sims near Berlin Kentucky after accusing him of stealing a partially paid construction sum. McLow confessed after sobering up, nine stab wounds found on Sims, money later found on McLow, he is jailed at Brooksville.
Hayes White, who killed Sheriff W. F. Beattie of Crittenden County, Arkansas, was hanged at Marion last week before about two thousand people. White spoke from the gallows admitting the act but said he did not know Beattie was the slain man until seeing him dead. The rope broke his neck, causing strangulation after an eighteen minute suspension. the body was later delivered to friends for burial.
Jonas Heywood, alleged to have killed Thomas Forsythe in Washington Pennsylvania on April 16, is jailed in Washington after transport from Claude County Kansas. He claims self defense in a prior Utah death. Heywood, a coal miner with two wives in Illinois and Indiana, also has a romance in Republic County. He says he will relocate to Kansas if cleared.
Articles of consolidation filed for the Evansville and Seymour and the Evansville Seymour and Bellefontaine railways list directors Henry B. Hammond Charles W Kohlsant Malcom Peters I N Bette R Pattison A W Carpenter E G Devore C B Cole H C Kimble and Indiana and Michigan Railroad Company articles of association show 50000 capital stock directors George C Kimble Henry Getty Oliver Pillsbury Andrew Nichols Hugh Park John W Chaplin Frederick A Nims line to run from La Crosse to the Michigan state line about forty miles
A Liverpool cablegram dated the 10th reports an attempted dynamite attack on the Town Hall. Two men McKevett and Roberts were arrested with dynamite and loaded revolvers, identified as Liverpool Irishmen. They were found with money and documents linking them to Fenianism. Roberts has lived in America. they face life imprisonment under the Malicious Injuries to Property Act.
President M. E. Ingalls announces the sale of the Kentucky Central Railroad to C. P. Huntington and associates of the Chesapeake and Ohio, at sixty cents for common and par for preferred stock. The line will be extended to Livingston and operated by C&O with Covington cars within sixty days, upgraded to steel and narrower gauge. Huntington already controls the Elizabethtown and Paducah and Paducah and Memphis, totaling about 250 miles, with surveys on a Lexington to Elizabethtown segment.
The Pennsylvania Legislature faced salary disputes as the State Treasurer refused to pay the full claimed sums. Members sought 150 days of service at 1,500, while a 1,000 base for a regular session and 10 daily for extra days faced a constitutional challenge. The Attorney General advised limiting pay to 1,000, and a suit for unpaid services was planned next week under a recently enacted law.
An organization of ex Confederates is formed in Chattanooga Tennessee. Col J B Cook president D M Key and J A Caldwell vice presidents Maj G Conner secretary. They plan to host a reception for the Army of Cumberland reunion in September with prominent Confederate Generals and thousands of ex soldiers from all states. A formal reception will be held on battlefield grounds or at the National Cemetery in Chattanooga.
In Van Buren County Arkansas six men accused of beegum theft are acquitted by a Justice of the Peace. Louis Sweeton later indicts them. They then ambush Sweeton who, tending his babe and reading the Bible, is shot dead at his doorstep as a posse closes in on the suspects found asleep in an old house.
Treasury officials report 5 percent coupon bonds continuing at 314 percent through the 8th with receipts totaling 30 352 700. About 5 000 000 registered bonds await inspection as the Secretary reviews extension details to decide final continuance. The excess from converting 5s to 3s may reach 10 to 12 million, exact figures pending action.
In London crowds braved drizzle for a Home Rule protest after a Hyde Park rally. Speakers urged immediate evictions halt and arrestees freed, demanding Forster resign. Report notes Irish troop strength rising to 30,000 with heavy artillery and cavalry. Bally Brophy shooting tied to bailiff actions. Cork riot deemed non political.
Cincinnati Enquirer dispatch dated the 9th reports a massive blaze in St. John's suburbs Quebec destroying six hundred buildings, injuring no confirmed deaths yet, leaving one thousand families homeless and crippling streets and water supply as fire brigades fail to control the flames.
Tom Boyer of Vincennes age about seventeen shot a man on Hart street after a taunt about a hat. The bullet entered the right side near the nipple and passed through both lungs, killing the man. Boyer fled to Illinois but was captured by Sheriff Haskley and Deputy Rumner and jailed.
Washington correspondent for a New York daily paper occupies a professional position that the judge notes as unreliable. The judge sustains the objection raised by Mr Coke stone, ruling the witness's testimony is inadmissible.
A teacher commands a student to draw interrogation. the pupil draws a hair-pin with a crayon. The teacher sharply rebukes him while other pupils smile at the scene.
The Ohio Republican State Convention held June 8 in Cleveland renominated Gov. Foster by acclamation and backed Lt. Gov. nominee Reese G. Richards after a ballot fight. Judge Nicholas Longworth was chosen for the Supreme Court, with Nash Turney Paul renominated for attorney general and public works posts. The platform endorsed Garfield and state reforms including tax and debt reductions.
A poem from Columbia Grammar School features a humorous piece about a rhinoceros living in Azhar. The playful verse describes the creature’s thick skin and a curious nose, with lines about how to approach and avoid injury, ending with a self deprecating note about being a polliwog if the creature lacked fear.
A Portland woman creates a simple security device to deter theft by using a reel visible to the street and a large dinner bell. When a thief tries to steal the clothes, the bell rings, startling him into fleeing, leaving the line intact.
The piece notes coffee’s acclaim by Voltaire and Schiller and mentions Rubenstein enjoying perfume during studies. It asserts HEALTHY City needs a perfect sewage system to maintain well being and civic health.
The Ohio Sunday Schools Union met at Forest on Tuesday. Ninety nine deaths were reported at Cincinnati Health Office last week. Joan Miller, Columbus banker, died last Monday. Minerva Hannan McMulven, 99, died in Niles. Forty miners indicted at Logan had cases continued. A horse killed by lightning near Plymouth. Payne declines Ohio State Reform Farm trusteeship. James Russell, 9, drowns at Youngstown. Easterling sentenced for logan train riot. Hocking Coal and Columbus Railroad filed articles of incorporation. Columbus and Maysville Railroad contract awarded. Toledo, Delphos and Burlington Road work to start. Wheat and fruits look promising in Tuscarawas. Fourteen-year-old Sharon Bossearman dies dragging by cow. Durham indicted for murder of Constable Stone. Grand Jury called for special session. Mahoning County storm damages. Catharine Brister dies in New York, graveside in Zanesville. Robbery attempt injures Jesse Neer. Accidental fall injures Mr. Evans. Farmer Toko killed by lightning. Jester O’Brien dies after assault. Cincinnati and Ohio River Railroad incorporation filed. Clover Nook to be preserved for Alice and Phoebe Cary memorabilia. Alex Swift to develop Clover Nook with park-like grounds and public access.
The article explains rapid telegraph methods, citing Edison quadruplex and a tape perforation system that increases line capacity thirtyfold. It notes 1,000 words per minute and 500 pulsations per second. It closes with Texas livestock records showing about 400,000 head yearly and cattle priced near eight dollars per head in San Antonio.
The author argues clothing should mimic nature by balancing warmth with ventilation. Winter schoolboy dress is nearly ideal. summer outfits for European and American infants hinder movement and reduce comfort. Excess wrappers and tight garments contribute to infant distress and high northern mortality, while Spanish American practices show lighter dress.
The New York Herald notes varied immigrant greetings. It cites average funds brought by arrivals around 60 dollars with older men holding more. It highlights Dutch frugality, German restraint, Russian kissers, Italian chatter, Irish exuberance, and the cost of aiding some families to relocate west.
The Manchester Mirror recalls a crow’s predatory sweep across New England songbirds. A robin fledgling is carried away, and the crow then returns to seize the last half grown robin from an apple tree, illustrating a long observed hazard to local birds.
A meditation on human life as a transient earthly existence. The speaker asks what man is and notes the fleeting hour of life, crushed by time like a moth. Yet faith and inner purpose endure beyond time, offering a triumph that outlives mortality.
In a terse excerpt a mother warns of danger after her daughter Susan narrowly escaped assault when a young man named Smith twisted her arms and threatened strangulation. The report emphasizes urgency and safety.
The Clermont Courier lists rates for legal and transient ads at $1 per ten lines for first insertions and 50 cents for each additional insert. Yearly ads receive liberal reductions. Business cards up to six lines cost $6 per year.
A collage of lighthearted anecdotes and snippets from a bygone era. Jests about sailors and cooks, puns from vendors, a Goory estate note, and humorous vignettes from trains and ships paint a vivid social snapshot.
A historical essay argues Jews have faced prolonged persecution shaping their identity. It contends centuries of exclusion, inter-marriage limits, and fear of civil liberty erosion define Jewish character more than land. It questions national restoration and predicts future Jewish existence tied to law, not territory.
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