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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1881
Page
1
The Toledo Water Works treasurer has left for England and his accounts show a shortfall of $10,000. The issue is phrased with notes about the Bible and sin, reflecting historical language.
A disaster report notes a substantial death toll from the Ischia Island earthquake and massive building losses. Germany reacts with concern over growing emigration to the United States and seeks to curb the tide.
South African affairs report a further armistice agreement while Boer leaders insist on absolute Transvaal freedom as the condition for lasting peace.
George E. Gooch, a major Chicago butter and cheese exporter, has failed with a debt of 167,884 dollars. Assets listed include butter, cheese, a house, and furniture totaling 207,845 dollars.
The Executive of the United States of Colombia signs a contract to lay a north south cable from the Isthmus of Panama. The link would run through Central America and Mexico to contest influence with the United States and Europe.
Miss Charlotte Thompson, the actress who recently appeared in Toledo, alleges she lost diamonds valued at $10,000 in that city. She has hired detectives to recover the jewels.
In New Philadelphia Ohio Mrs Athey confessed to killing Mary Seneff and was convicted of murder in the second degree sentencing her to life imprisonment in the penitentiary.
In the Senate on March 7 Senator Mahone of Virginia subscribed to the modified oath and took his seat on the Republican side, prompting the chamber to adjourn until the next day.
The revised New Testament will be released in May. Readers eagerly anticipate whether the update changes beliefs about the hereafter and potential prospects after death.
During a March 9 thunderstorm in Argyle Wisconsin Hans Hanser a Swedish immigrant riding a horse was struck by lightning and killed the horse also perished both mangled.
London advices report forty three arrests in Ireland up to March 10 under the Ceertion Act. Friends of Boyton seek ministerial action to secure his release or a trial before the ordinary tribunal, with plans to have him quit the country.
At the Chicago Lumbermen's Exchange annual meeting the President warned that continued rapid depletion would exhaust the nation's great pine forests in only twenty years due to the lumber industry's growth.
The London World observes Garfield will likely be an immensely popular Chief Magistrate and stay in the White House for four years. It portrays Mrs. Garfield as a quiet gentle wife, beloved by the English, and full of tender thoughtfulness.
The Kentucky and Indiana Bridge Company organized at Louisville proposes a single span bridge over the Ohio River between New Albany and Louisville. It will measure 2,550 feet in length with an estimated cost of 1.2 million dollars. It will permit railroad trains street cars wagons and footmen to cross.
During Charles Freeze's funeral in Fort Wayne Indiana his mother from Wheeling halted the service for an hour demanding control of the body. She appealed for help to remove the remains but learned from a lawyer she could not take them from his widow and the ceremony resumed.
A London cablegram from March 7 reports that twenty weasels were wrecked on the coasts of Forfar Kincardine and Aberdeenshire in Scotland and nearly 200 persons drowned. One vessel named the Ben Rhydding from Calcutta lost its entire crew of thirty. Rescue efforts failed as the rocket apparatus could not reach the distressed ship. The scene after impact was described as heartrending with crew clinging to rigging and others dead as the mast broke. The storm described as unmatched in a century is said to have battered Scotland from Thursday to Saturday.
George Crump British Vice-Consul sent a dispatch claiming 700000 hog deaths in Illinois in 1880 stirring concern among pork dealers. The New York Produce Exchange and St Louis Merchants Exchange seek to correct the report while Philadelphia’s Commercial Exchange condemns Crump’s claim as unfounded and harmful to trade.
Rosita Colorado suffered a major blaze that destroyed eighteen business houses in the past week. Authorities say an incendiary started the fire, causing an estimated loss of 130000 dollars.
In Greenwood's saloon Eldorado Nevada Hank Parish shoots Clark over a card game then kills Greenwood. The coroner arrives and Parish threatens him at gunpoint to take Greenwood's winnings from his pocket and hand them back to Parish who remains at large and defies arrest.
In Terre Haute Indiana Mrs Mollie Mickleberry widow of twenty eight years fired at George Arbuckle sixty five missing him but striking a passing woman in the arm Arbuckle said to own the largest dry goods establishment in the state and the widow sought to marry him.
In Elkader Clayton County Iowa Mrs A B Vines and her sister attended tea when they ate canned salmon tainted by corrosion of the can. Mrs Vines died from the poison effects and the can showed green corrosion.
Mayor F Little of Salt Lake City tells a New York Tribone reporter the Mormons number about 200000 across 500 miles, are contented and virtuous, and should not face government expulsion. He says no man may marry a second wife without support and notes no stray waif is known among them.
James Coyle, a New York coachman, broke into a frenzy as his two year old child lay in the casket. He demanded money for whiskey, threatened to kill his wife, and struck the corpse. Justice Murray remanded him to Island for six months in default of $1,000 bail.
A Liverpool cablegramwarned of efforts to push American pork into England. Police investigate forged messages sent to the House of Commons aiming to prompt the Board of Trade action, with Liverpool Provision Trade representatives seeking Mundella’s stance against such moves.
The Brush Electric Light Company of Cleveland reports a 100,000 candle illuminating power lamp, fifty times brighter than standard street lamps, designed for night attacks and torpedo search. It needs a forty horsepower engine, two and a half inch carbons, and reaches 500000 degrees at the carbon points, capable of a beam readable fifteen miles away with an ordinary reflector.
Intelligence from Italy reports a severe earthquake on Ischia with 300 houses destroyed at Cassa Mac ciola and one street in ruins. One hundred twenty dead bodies have been recovered while survivors flee seeking food as soldiers aid in rescuing women and children and the wounded are taken to Naples.
At Cedar Rapids Iowa the National Butter Cheese and Egg Convention discussed protecting dairy. It favored state laws branding dairy products by character and adulteration articles under National Board of Health supervision. A resolution to that effect was adopted. The meeting also debated lard cheese and urged producers to supply pure healthy products and the press to educate the public on their health value.
The Baltimore and Potomac special carrying ex President Hayes and party collided with another train near Severn Station, eleven miles from Baltimore. John Oliver, a baggage master, died within ten minutes. J Wayne Young of Shamokin, Penn., was found dead in a front car. Eleven others injured as the party aided the wounded and moved to Shoemaker residence in Baltimore before an 11 p.m. departure west.
Senate panels reorganized by the Democratic caucus with chairs named across Privileges and Elections through Public Buildings. Lists include Saulsbury Hill of Geovance Pugh Call Hear an Sherman Platt of New York and many others with multiple state and district affiliations.
The Senate opened at noon with Vice President Arthur presiding. A floor privileges resolution passed unanimously for Winfield Hancock. A Blaine committee proposal on voting modes was laid on the table for printing. In executive session Garfield nominated Blaine as Secretary of State and Windom, McVeagh, James, Kirkwood, Lincoln, Hunt upon confirmation.
A large Irish American Land and Industrial League rally at the Brooklyn Academy of Music condemns British policy in Ireland. Judge Howell presides with several judges, clergy, and lawmakers. Resolutions support Parnell and Davitt, praise Boer victory, and circulate a message to Charles Stewart Parnell declaring never surrender. Messages from Wendell Phillips and others were read.
A Kansas City fire caused by water works failure inflicted about 350000 in damage. Losses include Woodward Faxon Co 85000 insured 60000, Ogleboy Co 80000 insured 75000, Kelly Wills Co 80000 insured, buildings owned by Leach Olmsted Hall valued 50000 with 28000 insured.
General Kilpatrick expects Chilean mission. Raum to stay. Garfield fatigued. Grant family breakfasts with them. Morton nominated minister to France. Browne and Noyes unsettled. Treasury transfers 4.8 million in gold to Philadelphia mint. Windom to remain Treasury head amid surplus projections and possible extra session. National Greenback party outlines anti-bank platform. Biographical notes on Windom Lincoln Hunt Kirkwood.
A factory worker argues in the Christian Register that poor ventilation in a shoe factory leads to fatigue and illness, driving men to drink after work. He describes closed windows, a spring door, and tobacco smoke contaminating the air, urging employers to ensure ample fresh air and ban smoking in workrooms.
In a Pennsylvania town a single man cares for twenty nine children at his home, prompting passersby on washing days to wonder if the house is a school or a laundry.
A reflective aphorism noting that romantic infatuation wanes and lingering flaws become apparent. The speaker recalls how initial admiration exaggerates virtue, yet time reveals true character beyond the early glow.
A survey of recent science notes describes the pulviometer to measure rainfall, fermentation of glucose by a fungus, and a paper process using salt alum and asbestos. It reports photophone applications, Mongol galvanism, and future power from a single electrical source. Dairy labs prize high milk quality, elastic gum behavior under heat, and Paris siege experiments on a horse’s endurance.
A Black Hills superintendent visiting Brooklyn attends a Methodist service and relates a tale to illustrate repentance. The teller uses mining imagery and an elder’s stern wisdom to warn children about seeking quick wealth and the danger of chasing hollow fortunes. The anecdote ends with a hymn request and a surprised reception.
In a wild dash to reach a train at Loveland the narrator and Professor flee a bridge warned by a walking horse. They surge across an iron span while a conductor watches, then joke about the near miss and promise to send the Mayor a copy of the Hawkeye Burdett letter.
Gin HooLy in a Galveston restaurant complains about a cold stove and urges the waiter to keep the stove door closed to stop an enormous draft while sipping coffee. The amusing quip highlights a chilly dining moment in the city.
A Tennessee farmer saw his stack of hay drift downstream as floodwaters rose. He gave a farewell glance and joked about the “wild waves haying” as the hay floated away on the river.
The piece surveys ancient and modern elites, comparing vast fortunes from Cyrus to Nero and Hephaestion, noting lavish lifestyles and expenditures. It contrasts wealth across eras with figures such as Ptolemy, Lollia Taulina, Nero, Antony, and Caligula, alongside modern magnates and society balls.
Ohio Senate and House measures discussed include Steubenville bond authorization for a market-house and Dayton bonds of 85000 for Toledo Delphos and Burlington Narrow Gauge Railway site. Bills on boards of equalization failed then tabled, railways sale authorized, liquor tax changes debated, and education board election provisions considered.
The Ohio Senate moved multiple measures including Pond’s liquor tax bill setting $250 in Cincinnati and Cleveland and $100 elsewhere while numerous other bills cover fugitives surrender, county toll road purchases, village bonds for Jamestown, dog tax surplus transfers, town hall in Jackson, guardianship amendments, and lunatic asylum expenses. A House bill on Marketmaster election in Cleveland advanced as did a third reading of a lunatics clothing and travel provision with yeas 63 to 7.
Dr Greene’s bill to establish an asylum for epileptic insanity passed the House by 21 to 0. A five member board will select a 200 acre site and build a brick, fire-proof complex for 600 patients at a cost up to 200000 dollars. One hundred thousand dollars is appropriated for the project.
A terse reflection contrasts idle daydreams with the resolve of another who labors to mastery. The speaker notes many men mistake genius for an inheritance and wait for inspiration while a rival earns success through toil and persistence.
Classified and transient notices priced at one dollar per line for the first insertion plus half a dollar for each additional insertion. Annual reductions apply. Business cards up to six lines cost four dollars per year.
An array of Ohio incidents and legal actions unfolds across counties. Reading reports include Hancock and Marion counties paying sheep-dog incidents costs, coal mine accidents near Jamestown, and a Columbus murder trial ongoing.
Thomas Bowditch discusses insect and bird instincts, noting a wasp provisioning for its offspring after death, bees storing for the future, caterpillars spinning cocoons, and birds breaking shells with specialized beaks. He cites observed self-delivery in chickens and asks how eggs were hatched before sitting instincts.
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