02 Nov 1881
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1881
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Clermont Courier and subscription pricing with a reference to advance rates. Partial text shows date tokens and price display, suggesting an early 20th century local paper notice about rates or circulation.
Immigrant arrivals in the last nine months total 568 681 figures cited with other political notes. Grant signals presidential candidacy while Windom wins reappointment by Minnesota legislature. Irish Land Leaguers hide meetings in churches. Mrs Mary Bradford sister of Jefferson Davis dies in New Hope Kentucky.
A bank thief named Marks, recently robbing the First National Bank of Detroit of 32000 dollars, is in custody. A boy, James Dempsey, thirteen, found dead from drinking whisky in a Brooklyn vacant lot. The steamer Glan Macduff foundered off the Welsh coast. about forty missing. Louisville Exposition ends with 60000 visitors. record crowds. Malley murder case moved to Superior Court. bail denied. Frankfort on the Main authorities seize posters promoting emigration to America.
A London dispatch reports burglars entered a house in Varpalanka Hungary and murdered a whole family of five, including an infant and a ninety year old man.
Water in the Upper Mississippi at Burlington rose two inches above the June 1880 peak and higher than any level since 1551. The flood covered the bottoms opposite Burlington to a distance of six miles.
Mille Grevy daughter of President Grevy of the French Republic married M Wilson in a quiet ceremony last week. The union linked two families in a discreet, intimate event without ceremony.
The article notes the country's settled purpose to prevent encroachments on the Isthmus of Panama and calls attention to foreign cabiners regarding this policy.
New York's mayor last week urged extreme economy in water use amid scarce rainfall. The proclamation warns the water supply will be exhausted by the seventh of the month without copious rains.
Attorney General Nash filed quo warranto proceedings in the Supreme Court of Ohio at Columbus on complaint of the Jewett party. He alleges that Wm. H. Vanderbilt and others, with them, are pretending to act as a corporation without legal authority.
After Coup's Circus in Cartersville Georgia a clash broke out between the circus men and lawmen. A black man was shot dead and others were beaten. Two circus workers were shot. A bear escaped its cage and was killed. a lion remains at large.
A boiler blast at Pince and Daniels hub and spoke factory in Dayton Ohio instantly killed fireman Henry Rabet and 12 year old Kate Makley who was playing in a school yard two blocks away. About fifteen others were injured as a boiler fragment weighing over a ton was hurled 300 feet by the blast.
After thirty five days out Paul Boston ar rived at Yankton D T on the 22d of October. He started from the mouth of the Yellowstone River and plans to reach the mouth of the Missouri. He fears hunters on the water may mistake him for an animal. The Indians regard him as a great wonder and medicine man.
James E. Anderson, famed for national attention during political trouble, drew a revolver in a street encounter. Penrose wrested the weapon from him and struck him with it repeatedly, inflicting severe injuries.
Judge Charles J. Folger of New York is nominated and confirmed as Secretary of the Treasury and has accepted. He leaves a $12,000 annual post for a Cabinet role at $3,000 with rumors he may later be appointed to the Supreme Court upon Justice Hunt’s retirement, a step seen as advancement from the New York Court of Appeals.
Rev Isaac J Stein of Leavenworth Kansas was arrested at the Metropolitan Hotel on burglary and larceny charges. Police found two hotel blankets and an overcoat in his valise along with skeleton keys $65 and many railroad tickets. He claimed to be a pastor with a large family and eight children. He is 52 and was committed without bail.
A Chicago express train between Bucyrus and Pittsburg was halted by three unknown men who tried to force a Pullman sleeper. Conductor Shallis fired warning shots. the attackers fled after passengers roused, with no injuries reported. In Tombstone Arizona a four-man gunfight left two McLowrys dead, Bill Clanton mortally wounded, Ike Clanton and Wyatt Harp wounded.
The London Times argues against Secretary Blaine's stance on the Panama Canal and neutrality, saying no government but Blaine and Colombia should be consulted is not self evident or acceptable to European powers, especially England. The piece frames American interests in inter oceanic canal rights as weighty yet cautions Blaine's position.
Proceedings of the American Woman's Suffrage Association in Louisville highlight reports from state and local societies across Kentucky Massachusetts Colorado California Arkansas Ohio Virginia Maryland Louisiana Maine New Hampshire and New York. Addresses by notable figures including Mrs Governor Wallace Helen M Gouger Lucy Stone and Julia Ward Howe are noted along with calls to petition legislatures for reform of laws on wives and widows and for municipal and Presidential suffrage. It praises pending constitutional amendments and school suffrage progress while confirming Erasmus Correll of Nebraska elected president for the coming year.
D H Williams of Pittsburg reports from the burned Michigan district on urgent needs including shelter bedding clothing and medicine. He notes about 500000 in cash subscriptions but urges more to reach 800000 and warns of malaria typhus measles and pneumonia amid inadequate supplies as Detroit Auxiliary Aid Society workers assess relief options.
The piece discusses widowship dress codes and mourning fabrics, noting crape’s unreliability and the shift toward finer materials like silk, linen, bombazine, cashmere, and silk blends. It covers color options for second mourning and mentions a New York letter on fabric temperature differences under sun exposure.
The Senate discussed Treasury records from 1789 to 1881, adjourned after executive session, and laid a Treasury response on the table. It transmitted the Meline report, debated acting secretary duties, and considered purchasing Rochambeau papers at $20,000. A sweeping investigation into contingent fund disbursements was authorized and referred to the Appropriations Committee.
Reports list multiple confirmations including W. W. Dudley as Commissioner of Pensions, Robert Crowell as Deputy Sixth Auditor, John Cromb as Register of Land Office at Crookston, and others. Mentions resignations, indictments, Alaska governance talks, and whisky tax lobbying, with notes on Guiteau case aids and Mint production figures.
A procession of about ten thousand people gathered in Buenos Ayres on October 28 to honor President Garfield. The event reflected the enduring international interest in the American leader’s death and legacy.
A Texas Siftings item argues newspapers should refrain from mocking deaths and marriages with personal taunts and grim phrases. It questions the practice of labeling deceased citizens as “old landmarks” and critiques terms like “high contracting parties” used in matrimonial notices.
The excerpt presents a personal quatrain by James A. Garfield, written in a young woman's album. It extols moral wealth over material riches, imagining oceans, diamonds, and worldly spoils as merely backdrop to a purified heart. The poem ends with a blessing for a friend on their journey.
Ina Lewis saved two brass band members from drowning during an incident. Ida's clarity declines rapidly after the brave act as authorities assess the event.
A fragmentary tale recalls Violet McAnery and a window dispute ending in her heartbreak after a suitor with carts and trumpets is mentioned. The piece notes Japan’s spiders disrupting telegraph lines and a Bryants birthplace monument in Cummington Massachusetts with a dated inscription.
A historical overview recounts the deaths of U S presidents from Washington to Andrew Johnson. It details burial sites at Mount Vernon, Hollywood Cemetery, Montpelier, and other landmarks, with notes on monuments, vaults, processions, and public ceremonies.
The Clermont Courier lists legal and transient advertisement pricing: one square ten lines for $1.00 for first insertion, 50 cents for each additional insertion. Yearly ad reductions apply. Business ecards up to six inserted for $6.00 per year.
A simple grave marker west of Greenville marks the resting place of the famed leader. The scene overlooks surrounding mountains once guarding his home as readers recall President James A. Garfield, shot at a Washington railroad depot, who died on September 19, 1881, after his July 14 injury.
Snow covers Union County as Buravars rob Mrs Mats Kram’s residence near Caldwell for 200 dollars. The West Liberty Gazette notes changes buyers J. B. Sprague and Ben of Indiana. A series of stabbings, suicides, and accidents across counties, including Dresden, Oberlin, and Millersburg, are reported with multiple arrests and legal actions.
A Nash ville Banner reprints a humorous meditation on married life and labor. The piece contrasts a man’s daily earnings and comforts with his fragility and vanishing fortune, noting his rise and fall, and ends with a reflective line on human wretchedness.
A peddler at a doorstep asks to see the lady of the house and navigates the awkward introductions with wit. The exchange ends with the peddler selling wares and leaving with money, having read the household dynamics.
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