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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1880
Page
1
Samuel Neat of Boston sues for 5000 in a breach of promise case over love letters. The correspondence includes phrases like My Heavenly Precious and belovèd one, reflecting courtship fever and cautions that the letters could lead to litigation. The text hints at dramatic verses urging caution for young men and warns of a potential jury verdict.
A new Middlesex Justice recounts becoming a magistrate and the farcical night when he tried to arrest a cabman for drinking after hours. His nephew John’s interruptions, the landlord’s mockery, and a sleeping cabman spark a humorous tale of misapplied authority and misplaced justice.
Albany Express reports Stephen Gregory, a tall red whiskered man, promoting a gas buoyancy air ship. He claims a vessel the size of a canal boat can reach London in four days at forty miles per hour with dual ends, gas cylinders, and a screw propulsion. Three thousand spectators have viewed the model from Maine to Philadelphia, nearly all praising its feasibility except one Albanian who says it won’t work.
A North from the North sighted in a Arkansas town reveals a humorous clash over pistols and social ritual. A hardware store dialogue mocks revolver types and a fictional church led revolver club with sensational anecdotes.
Jack Shields, an eighteen year old seven foot tall Texas boy from White Rock Huot County, runs away with a circus then joins Bunnell's museum in Brooklyn to be exhibited as a curiosity. Agents say he is being trained to grow taller and become the tallest man in the business. His family is tall, his growth uncertain, and he adjusts from farm life to showroom life as a public spectacle.
The Biakiyous and Siskiyous region features Squaw Lake where a central island rose sixteen feet after the lake dammed. Formed from decayed vegetation, the floating mass seems rooted in drifted roots or organic debris. Pleasure seekers note the island's noticeable elevation.
The Prince of Wales desires a higher salary though analysts doubt he will strike or take drastic action to press the claim.
A San Francisco anecdote links imagination to healing and illness. An elderly man survived eight ounces of blood from his wife via transfusion while the wife grew sick, believing the exchange would restore her blood. The doctor performed a second transfusion. the wife recovered and praised the physician's skill.
Newton New Jersey man Jonathan Burrell, famed for a wartime wooden leg and multiple marriages, was jailed after a brutal knife attack on his son Abraham during a disputed coal theft. A crowd separated the combatants as both men suffered injuries.
A six year old admitted to the Industrial Home on South Third Street Brooklyn attracts attention with monkey like antics and clever peanut eating tricks. The child had never undressed for a bath and asks about prayers as staff explain God. The boy previously performed tricks in a saloon for peanuts and whisky.
A group debates punny quips with Swift as the pivot. The discourse includes jokes about stealing art, ridiculous logic, and wordplay on licit and illicit meanings. An old man and youth discuss clover age while an observer asks why an anatomist cannot tickle nine Eskimoes, answered by gesticulation.
A humorous quip contrasts an umbrella with a woman by noting you can sometimes shut an umbrella. The remark reflects a dated stereotype and uses sharp, concise delivery.
A digest of Ohio cases and incidents from Sandusky to Cleveland. Notable items include John Tyson’s fatal fall in Sandusky. Nancy C. Milliser’s murder trial. first degree murder verdict for John Samuel in Canton. a spike in burglaries across several towns. a wave of labor unrest among cigar makers. a fatal revolver accident in Delaware. a brutal assault on Jennie Hain in Newark. reports on railroad prospects and a mass migration to Arizona for mining.
Senate and House actions include a trout and salmon care bill, witnesses fees on trial, election integrity measures, fee protections for corporations, and time limits for director payments. Bills passed and introduced cover school teacher exams, county taxes for fairgrounds, turnpikes, and railroad gauge changes. A range of local matters includes road direction changes, land title actions for Soldiers' Orphans' Home, and urban safety measures on heating for rail cars.
Jeffersonville Dispatch notes large Kentucky migrations into Indiana to vote Democratic, citing Governor Blackburn pardoning convicts and transporting them to Indiana. The exodus includes dozens of families moving to Crawford and other counties, with Voorhees criticized for not investigating. Aimed at disfranchising Black residents and boosting Democratic turnout.
The proposed bill would restore Fitz John Porter by presidential action, with critics alleging a partisan trap to dodge accountability. Republicans warn such moves undermine army honor and could abolish the regular army if Porter’s past alleged treachery is ignored.
The piece notes that Samuel J. Tilden appeared at a Charity ball despite rumors of illness. It describes his slim, wary figure and keen, plotting mind, suggesting he remains a formidable political force even as his body weakens.
The defendant, maker of a promissory note, faced a clear case with counsel unable to mount a plausible defense after careful scrutiny of the note. The detail suggests an emphasized legal analysis by Prof. Simon Newcomb in the North American Review.
The Chestermont Courier lists legal and transient ads at 1.00 per square for first insertion and 0.50 for each additional insertion. Business cards limited to six per inch section priced at 84.00 per year for the service.
A legal dispute centers on a contract to pay 300 pounds. The court rejects the defendant’s claim that the promise meant something else and asserts the plaintiff’s right to judgment based on the literal term. The judge dismisses the attorney’s argument with a sharp rebuke.
The article criticizes The New York World for quoting Democratic platforms from 1864 to 1876 instead of burying them. It outlines past platforms attacking Reconstruction, disqualifications, and financial policy, and ponders what 1880 might bring in the partisan landscape.
The Maine municipal elections last week shifted control toward Republicans in Bath Portland Skowhegan and other towns. In Portland the GOP mayoral winner secured a 1234 vote margin. Skowhegan installed a Republican Board and First Selectman Hiram Iyemert by 401 to 185. Fusion strength waned as Democrats backed their own party rivals.
A historical note discusses Tilden and party dynamics with references to an opera titled The Lost Cipher or Presidential Candidate in three acts with music by Pelton. It mentions Cincinnati rooms and suggests political maneuvering, plus commentary from the Hartford Post and St Paul Pioneer Press about Blaine and convention support.
A Gloucester youth named Jake visits a funeral man to learn the cost of a plain coffin. He has $2.97 toward $10 and fears his mother will scold him if he does not have one. The undertaker jokes that $10 is the price, and the boy vows to save until he can cover the balance. The tale ends noting the boy is reportedly doing well. A German quip about narrowly drowning closes the piece.
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