30 May 1883
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1883
Page
1
Legal and transient advertisements priced at one dollar per square for ten insertions, with fixed cent charges for subsequent insertions. Yearly reductions offered. Business cards limited to six lines priced at six dollars per year.
President Arthur appoints Walter Evans of Louisville as Commissioner of Internal Revenue to replace Green B. Baum who resigned. Evans, a lawyer with political clout in Kentucky, previously partnered with Bristow and played a role in federal patronage, taking the post just as the acting period expired.
A blaze in Oporto Portugal at a petroleum storehouse killed five people. Reports from Dublin note arms found under a Sligo bridge and an Ireland Mayo murder conspiracy inquiry with plots to murder. Archbishops urge loyalty to Rome as Pope and Croke speak of Ireland's bond with the Pope.
A Boston to Chicago wire reports a poisoned family in Patterson New Jersey likely from beef stew. New York officials seized 270 tea adulteration packages. General Crook pursues a Sierra Madre Indian band. about sixty Indians killed. Chicago auction of chairs raised 98000 dollars. some chairs sold above seven hundred dollars. Correspondent Joan Behax, in Ireland for the World, jailed for intimidating a mail driver. Prohibitionists in Pennsylvania push a state wide vote on a prohibitory amendment. Persecutions resume in Rostoff Russia, sparking a riot. In Beloit Wisconsin fish fall from a windblown bus amid a fierce storm. Isenberg Bros. lumber yard fire in Louisville cost 30000. other losses in Muskegon Wisconsin 57000 and Ohio homes. Steamer Pilot boiler explosion near Lakeville California leaves eight dead. seven wounded and ten missing. Sixty ninth Baptist Missionary Union anniversary at Saratoga sees Rev George Dana Bondman elected President. union supports 190 missionaries and 102145 members. Rev F A Douglas denies authorizing dishonesty charges against society officials and asks forgiveness.
Reports from Butler, Muskingum, Logan, and surrounding regions describe a near-fatal throat injury, a bystander shooter in Zanesville, and a tense anticontent of local governance. Other items include indictments for incest and manslaughter, crop weather impacts, patents issued, and a Lincoln tribute poem at a Potomac reunion.
A group of sportsmen have constructed a wood one story floating cottage at Albany for use on Saratoga Lake this season. The hinged wall sections form two rooms on a float with a tank beneath the floor to hold captured fish.
An old Indian fighter recalls a peculiar Arizona atmosphere that makes an Indian hide behind rocks with a Winchester rifle, implying seven Indians in a double-barreled, repeating gun, as noted by the Chicago Herald.
A six year old child with no home or known name was charged with drunkenness in the Buffalo Police Court. The article notes the child had no father or mother and was unidentified.
A Boston Post report states a small Boston boy was abducted by a strolling band and found ten days later by his relieved parents. The incident highlights dangers of street pickpockets and roaming groups in the city.
The Wisconsin State Journal reports that Democrats lack fixed principles leading to confusion and dilatory positions on tariffs while Republicans unite behind time tested principles. The paper predicts a strong, harmonious Republican campaign and a likely nationwide victory in 1884.
The article argues Democrats exaggerate unity while Republicans show rising harmony after last fall’s losses. It cites New York and Pennsylvania as areas where Democratic discord could imperil them, while Republicans gain solid front ahead of 1884 contests.
A political analysis argues that Democratic triumph is unlikely without party reform and unity on key issues, while praising the Republican record from emancipation to national debt reduction. It notes the Republican claim as the party of the people and cites grounding in the Constitution, with emphasis on civil rights, unity, and national welfare.
Public notice announces the dissolution of The Empire State Democracy Limited by mutual consent. John Kelly proclaims continued business at Tammany Hall. G Cleveland denounces Kelly and warns against trusting him. Both parties name liquidation and warn against financial dealings with the opposing Kelly.
A Indianapolis Journal comment praises the Empress of Austria for printing poetry at home on a private press and urges editors to show mercy to women writers. The note argues editorial life would improve if more women followed this example.
In a celebrated anecdote Daniel Webster explains a retainer by charging the client a thousand dollars to stay ready for defense in a suit worth eighty thousand. Webster notes the fee secures his availability and prevents accepting the plaintiff’s offers, then reveals the retainer’s purpose in the settlement’s wake. The tale ends with the client learning the fee was for future services, whether rendered or not.
The piece describes how English dealers assign specific labels to horses at sales. Terms include hunter, charger, carriage-horse, park back, weight-carrying cab, useful ride and drive, shoufle or Hansom cab horse, growler four-wheel, half-busser, and flat-catcher. It notes further nuanced subclasses used by experts to distinguish temperament and build.
A survey of new industries and inventions spans ivory hickory hoop poles in Massachusetts, lacquered plaster in Japan, straw pulp to paper in Chicago, a Danish seven pound steel shield, Albany celluloid billiard balls, and silk culture efforts in Philadelphia. Also notes Niagara Falls and a humorous remark from John Mitchell on viewing from the Canadian side.
A jumble of humorous snippets quotes from various papers about clever sayings and misheard lines. The clippings feature jokes about the phonograph, the Lord's Prayer, a drum boy, a scaffold escape, and a humorous exchange over a horse and a dog. It includes quips about a potential constitutional vote for a "dude" and a farmer reacting to a strange sound.
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