08 Mar 1882
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1882
Page
1
Fragmentary notice shows a price term of 61 50 per year for a service or product. No clear names, dates, or places readable. The legibility limits full extraction of entities or context.
Congress enacts apportionment measure into law. Ten Nihilists including a woman are sentenced to death in St. Petersburg for czarist era plots. Washington Grand Jury indicts Setelde for patricide. Explosions in Bolivia and Leoben kill dozens. Utah Mormon memorial to Congress on polygamy. Liners report African coastal drownings and a large railroad verdict in Louisville. Chinese immigration debates roil California politics. Memphis merchants Menkens assign assets. Timber land schemes thwarted in Texas. Hats industry details and Nihilists named with death sentences.
Mrs Sarah Taylor aged sixty from Warren County Ohio has been convicted of a series of robberies spanning thirteen years. Once a respected citizen, she was under suspicion for years as investigators uncovered missing articles from neighbors.
A passenger train on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was wrecked east of Parkersburg West Virginia when a stone from a cut slipped. The engine struck George W. James store and soon the train and building burned, except for the sleeper. Engineer John Gigsey and fireman John Brewer were killed.
Roscoe Conkling was confirmed by the Senate in executive session on March 2 to fill the Associate Justice seat after Ward Hunt's retirement. The vote stood 89 to 12 with eight Democrats among the negatives and Republicans Hoar Dawes Merrill Hawley named among the dissents. Bayard Hampton Jones Jackson and George appear in lists as descriptively noted. Many Senators were paired.
Miss Mary Ann Herman of Jeffersonville, Indians, has outdone Tanner in the fasting Kane. Months ago she believed she was too good for earth and sought a number of persons whom.
Reporttells of a Virginia accident where Mrs Vickers and three children fall into Bear Creek as a horse collapses midstream. John and two others watch. Tugate prevents rescue efforts until a neighboring worker saves the woman and two eldest children, while the infant drowns.
Memorial services for President James A. Garfield were held in the House of Representatives in Washington on February 27. Ladies in attendance wore somber black, a full length undraped portrait hung behind the presiding officers, members gathered in black, the Marine Band played solemn music from 10 o'clock till noon, with distinguished guests present.
A man named Roderick MacLean fired at Queen Victoria as she entered her carriage in Windsor station. He was seized by police, the Queen unharmed, and driven to Windsor Castle. MacLean, a Southsea resident, claimed hunger as motive. doctors deemed him sane. The Cabinet sent a dispatch praising the failed attack.
The February 1882 public debt statement lists total interest bearing debt at 81,584,325,600 with matured and current liabilities. It shows available assets including cash in Treasury totaling 252,617,648 and gold and silver certificates of 73,862,600. The report notes bonds issued to Pacific Railway companies and related interest and repayments, along with other internal and company interest data and cash payments of 655,198.
A lake near St Paul yielded a box containing two human heads prompting local speculation. The remark notes that heads may be common but boxes are rare and mocks the public outcry, suggesting differing views on propriety.
The Senate debated expanding aid to states and strengthening militia organization, while considering the Chinese immigration bill aimed at suspending new laborers for twenty years after a transition period. Amendments sought broader laborer inclusion and education funding proposals. lawmakers discussed library accommodations and banking note restrictions.
The House adopted a nine member select committee on women’s rights and resumed consideration of the Post Office appropriation bill. Amendments on transmittal envelopes, trunk line funding, and subletting contracts passed or failed in divisions. Various bills, including tea and coffee duties, a Cincinnati marine hospital, and militia organization, were referred or debated as committees processed routine items. The Indian Specitation bill was taken up in committee with total appropriations around 4.92 million and costs for mint operations detailed, while the Consular and Diplomatic bill was discussed in whole.
A fragment from the Philadelphia Sunday Mirror questions church safety after a fatal English incident and calls for stricter regulations to protect worshippers. It contrasts church risk with theater safety and urges authorities to prevent unnecessary danger in churches. The letter notes a Galveston woman's husband reading about a New York railroad accident and joking about dress material, illustrating everyday chatter.
A cynical line declares that knowing more about men increases affection for dogs, suggesting a satirical view of human nature through animal loyalty. The quote frames dogs as a counterpoint to human flaws, implying sharper judgment of people.
A Washington tally notes February debt reduction of 9.78 million dollars. The President backs liberal policy in Georgia. A House bill contemplates retirement of trade dollars. Census discharges reach 140 at March 1. Indiana's O. New assumes Assistant Secretary of the Treasury post. Harper’s editor Curtis addresses the Senate on civil service. Spraaur of Rhode Island cites Conkling confirmation, while Mrs. ville protests. Garfield memorial tickets trade at high premiums. Conkling nomination gains momentum. House schedules further department powers. Generals Incatrs and Holabird to shift quartermaster duties. social precedence shifts due to absence of wives. Mason trial details stir public interest. Ways and Means backs delaying consideration of some tariff measures. Major Ben Poors releases Life or Gen. BurnsipE, a prolific veteran writer. Woman suffrage gains via a nine-member House committee. Venus transit expenses receive presidential approval. Nautical Almanac chief may join Observation Commission. Garfield stamp proofs arrive for Victoria gift, framed in ebony and gold. A push for a Garfield duplicate stamp surfaces. Indian Office clerk Dickson appeals promotion hold while claiming innocence in mail contracts.
A Genter White Creek correspondent relays a tale of a Washington County native. A poor country girl joined missionary work abroad, leaving two rejected lovers behind. After years of service she returns home and meets a nobleman in London, who then withdraws. The faithful suitor, closest to her, wins her hand as the nobleman fails financially. They wed at the bride's parents’ home.
In a Boston restaurant three men discuss the famed actor Boucicault and his earnings. Boucicault interrupts to acknowledge the talk, jokes about vaccination and a mystery about a lovely lady, then resumes breakfast as onlookers applaud his candor and retreat of distracting followers.
A garbled Ohio State News summary reports enforcement attempts on Akron liquor law, a Gambier harness maker’s assignment, several accidental deaths from moving machinery, a Bellevue freight train death, a failed business, a church dedication, a Bronson shooting injury and death, a water overflow verdict in Wooster, a Ross County coal strike, a Newark man jailed over a statutory matter, unsafe theater in Lancaster, a Massillon clothing fire, and various legal actions.
Petitions from nine counties urge Senate Bill No. 10 to curb railroad extortion and discrimination. In committee, Senators Olcott Harr and Dickinson oppose. James defends. House passes third reading of a Drake County site purchase for a Children's Home. Dexter introduces a bill to cut costs in judicial sales.
Voluminous petitions favor Senate Railroad bill No. 10 to curb unfair railroad discrimination and related reforms. House passed Norton’s bill amending Code on contingent payments and school funds. a State Board of Health measure was noted after debate. Local bills were enacted amid remarks and controversy about provocation and insults on the sidewalk.
An unclear OCR fragment hints Warr Warman encountering difficulties as printers struggle to produce text. The brief notes a shy response and initial awkwardness in early attempts before reaching readable output. The exact events and context remain unreliably captured in the fragment.
Reports detail maritime disaster as five crew members disappear after a vessel from Liverpool to Baltimore is overwhelmed.
A Philadelphia Times column likens cigarette consuming youths to midnights apparitions haunting cities. It warns the rising generation risks decline from nicotine and urges stringent measures to counteract the trend.
A boy thaws a half frozen wasp on a chair by the fire to show kindness and a passerby remarks on compassion. Mary’s fiancé enters, sits, and praises her thoughtfulness, then a sudden racket breaks the calm, suggesting a domestic upheaval.
Advertising notice lists legal and transient ads at 1.00 per square ten lines for first insertion plus 0.50 for each additional insertion. Business cards over six lines priced at 84.00 per year.
A collage of jokes and quips from various sources with humorous dialogues and punchlines. References include Lowell Courier and Harvard Lampoon style gags, wordplay about intelligence, marriage, and memory, plus playful questions about fame, plants, and mince pie cures.
The article chronicles Louis II de Bourbon Conde born 1621 at Vincennes. It recounts his rise to command in Flanders at 22, defeats of Mercy and stopping Turenne at Bleaneau, sieges in Lerida, and pivotal campaigns across Flanders and the Netherlands. It notes his shifting loyalties during the Fronde, 1649–1650, and his later campaigns including the 1672 Dutch war, with final years in Ghent.
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