09 May 1883
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1883
Page
1
The Clermont Courier lists legal and transient ads at $1 per square (ten lines) for first insertion and 50 cents for each additional insertion, with yearly reductions offered. Business cards up to six lines are $6 per year.
Generals Humphreys and Wright and Major Carson met the President on the Ist to invite him to the Society of the Potomac reunion in Washington on the 16th. Cabinet members signaled they will attend and the President is expected to fill a Mississippi River Commission vacancy soon.
In St Petersburg authorities gather facts to support belief Nihilists may strike across the Russian empire amid the Czar’s coronation festivities. Dublin cabman FitzHarris faces trial for the Phenix Park incident.
The annual meetings of the New York Central and Lake Shore and Michigan Central were held on the 4th. W. H. Vanderbilt retires as President and his sons gain supervisory roles, aiming to reduce the family’s day to day control of the vast transportation empire..
State news reports the Ohio Supreme Court restarts the motion docket under a new law delaying court business. It notes 22 Cincinnati saloon property owners notifying tenants to quit due to the Scott law and lists patent grants to Ohio inventors along with an initiative to aid Hebrew seniors in Cincinnati. A Cleveland teen dies by arsenic ingestion amid family issues while another local man attempts suicide. A Jackson County murder robbery details two intruders blasting into the Lackey and Hoe households, failing to steal after a deadly confrontation.
State Board of Agriculture figures show tobacco grown in sixty four counties with only three not cultivating. Lancaster York Bucks Clinton Lebanon Dauphin Northumberland and Chester lead production. last year yield about 28,750,000 pounds valued at 3,470,000 dollars. Pennsylvania ranks third in state production.
A Boston Herald account notes a Manchester New Hampshire resident who started opium use in 1845 with tiny doses and now takes a paunc a month. He reportedly swallows enough daily to kill many, yet remains fat and not mentally wrecked.
S. S. Benedict, Government Inspector of Indian Agencies and a practical farmer, states that two thirds of Indian Territory has little agricultural value, yet remains the best cow pasture on earth.
The analysis argues the spring Democratic gains were local and context driven. It cites Ohio Cleveland and Cincinnati races, Indiana Evansville repudiation, Michigan GOP-Greenbacker splits, and liquor issues as limiting Democratic traction while praising Republican reforms in Civil Service, tariff cuts, and restraint on spending. It condemns Democratic inaction and portrays Republican strength as enduring despite past errors.
A Chicago audience heard Democratic speakers offer partisan views on Republican twenty two years in office without presenting a formal indictment. The talks relied on prepared manuscripts and avoided strong charges against the Republican administration. The piece notes unity among Democrats in discussing policy since Lincoln and cites Civil War clashes over secession and fire measures.
The article analyzes electoral votes after the 1880s shifts, declaring Indiana the pivotal state for 1884 while New York remains a key swing. It details gains and losses by state, classifies lines as Republican and Democratic with Nevada and Virginia changing positions, and stresses Indiana’s decisive role in any Republican or Democratic path to 201 votes.
The article details grindstone materials from England and the United States, naming Newcastle and Berea stones for general use, the Washita and other varieties, and describes dressing, turning, and safety steps in stone production. It notes the large Berea works, eye construction, exhaust ventilation, and the superiority of Ransome artificial stones over Newcastle grit in tests. It ends with a note on women clerks in Washington examined under civil service rules.
The Burlington Hawkeye notes a campaign to change funeral customs that force pallbearers and mourners to endure repeated outdoor exposures. It argues pneumonia risks rise from cold weather at graveside processions and urges common sense and better care for the dead without sacrificing dignity.
The piece reviews Chancellor Childers budget figures showing a 1903 projection of Britain’s public debt rising to 591 million pounds, despite annual surpluses, and notes Britain’s high debt burden versus the United States and other nations. It cites tax on spirits as a major revenue source and links recent revenue drops to consumption and industry conditions. It ends with a curious note about a Kentucky monastery with monks, vegetable diet, and coffinless burials.
During a Treasury Department clerical exam in Ashington an applicant dodged a sun distance question by insisting the sun is not so far that he cannot work if assigned the desired position. The remark drew attention to the test's unusual prompt and the candidate's confidence.
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