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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1883
Page
1
Advertising and transient notices are charged six dollars per square ten lines for the first insertion plus fifty cents for each additional insertion. A liberal annual reduction is offered. Business cards may run up to six lines for six dollars per year.
The report notes rangers near the San Carlos reservation and fear of Indian actions. The Indian Agent warns against defensive tests and Secretary Teller orders rangers not to surprise the Indians. The Jeannette Court of Inquiry conclusions on Siberia survivors are approved. Civil Service Commission to begin, with D B Randolph Keim chief examiner and W W White clerk.
A Chicago and Grand Trunk freight collided with a passenger train near Belleview switch on the 27th. Two Pullman sleepers were demolished. among the dead were P. J. Wall, J. W. Higgins, and Howard Fry. Several others injured. Also a New York broker Wa Macourra shot his wife and child then killed himself. Despondency over business troubles cited.
Disaster reports from Copiah County Miss and nearby towns describe a devastating cyclone that leveled Wesson and Beauregard, killed dozens, injured many, and left hundreds of dwellings in ruins. The storm extended across Georgia and into Alabama, with extensive property loss and scattered casualties.
Report notes Ecuador’s new government lasted only five minutes amid political chaos. The remark ties to a broader regional note as Boston’s game result is referenced with a cryptic jibe.
A provincial adage argues against returning a wrong with equal cruelty. It questions whether wrongdoing justifies harsher acts and promotes restraint in response to harm.
A Georgia community currently known as Tight Squeeze plans to shed the sobriquet and hatch into a full fledged incorporated town named North Atlanta, signaling a formal civic transition.
A Chinese lawyer has set up his practice in Colusa County California, described as a pioneer in the legal line. The Hudson River trade is valued at about 75 million dollars annually, illustrating the vast commercial flows of the era. In Boston a window displays a bridge crafted from 300000 miles of spool silk.
J D Campbell of Belle Center reports burglars ransacked his hardware store taking about 500 dollars of goods. Campbell offers 100 dollars reward for information leading to the burglars and recovered goods. Also noted: multiple Ohio items and incidents across the state.
The State Senate on the 18th passed measures abolishing the Cincinnati Board of Health and creating a Health Commission, expanded school age records, and allowed road view at county meetings, with several infrastructure and insurance reporting provisions. Appointed trustees for Miami University and other state institutions were confirmed. The House also passed multiple bills on oaths, survey records, arrest costs, insurance reports, notaries revoking commissions, and a Mad River bridge project, with adjournment sine die. On the 19th more bills were approved including tax claims settlement, Mecca Township church purchase, Riverside tax levy, and McConnellville funds transfer, followed by adjournment sine die. Rockport Township was divided into two precincts. Hamilton County road and Badgely Avenue improvements were authorized.
A Baltimore hardware dealer’s collector seeks payment from a village blacksmith. The smith denies failure and insists balance must be paid in full, arguing doors were open and the claim valid. The anecdote ends with the shop secured and the payer vowing prompt action.
The New York Tribune reprints a dramatic Iroquois Club row in Chicago with heated exchanges among Harrison Bayard Hoyne and others. Remarks attack free trade and feuding senators, ending with wrecked decorum and a wake like banquet amid laughter and scorn.
The piece portrays Pattison Cleveland and Butler as failing Democratic leaders in disarray. It cites Cleveland losing anti monopoly support after a fare veto, Pattison's inactivity drawing party rebukes, and Butler’s missteps including an alleged spoon theft story from New Orleans. A Portland dog and Boston political gossip follow.
Sufficient dynamite to blow up half the town was found under Mary Wills store in Winchester Kentucky the other night. Authorities say it was evidently placed by parties intending to destroy the town. A New York man is identified as John Fish Dresser.
The Washington Exchange notes Ohio Republicans must shed factionalism and rally behind a strong national program. It warns that continued complacency could invite Democratic gains and societal disorder. The piece stresses unity, fiscal reform, anti-corporate pressure, and vigorous leadership to restore the party’s strength.
A Maryland political letter portrays Democratic ward control as corrupt and fractured, while Independents and Your Democrats threaten to back Republican nominees. It urges cautious, principled Republican nominations to win the U.S. Senate seat and cites Virginia and North Carolina as models for leaving party darkness for pure Republican light. It also notes a London stock set and ends with a literary quote from Frances Ridley Havergal.
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