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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1884
Page
1
Public notice shows advertising rates for the Glermont Courier with pricing for first insertion and subsequent insertions. It references busisteve cards limited to six lines and annual rate terms, indicating reductions and per square pricing details.
A jumble of notes reports on Peary china, a dentist in Italy, a New Jersey cotton crop, Paris Opera lamps, India viceroy salary, Nihilist activity, Belva Lockwood, and portraits of social life. Several items mention royalty, crime, technology, and fashion with no clear single narrative.
Foreign dispatches report Unser Fritz the Crown Prince of Germany becoming Regent of Brunswick with the Duke title dropped and his elder son to succeed. London notes the Cumberland Duke plans residence in England while fearing Austrian offense. Alexandria cites rumors Khartoum fell and Gordon captured. Wolseley reaches Dahl with detachment as hospital corps reorganizes for front.
The Ohio Supreme Court declares the Scott Law unconstitutional in a case from Miami County. State ex rel. George W. Conrey v. David Sinks sought mandamus to compel tax lien action, but the court voided the lien clause and the act overall. Judges Okey Follett Owens delivered the decision amid sparse audience.
In Pike County Pennsylvania at the October term, Fred Drake pleaded guilty to stealing a horse for his brother in law John He was sentenced to seven years hard labor in the Eastern Penitentiary. An accomplice Amzi White was indicted and arrested after a jailhouse encounter. White learned of arrest only when the sheriff read the warrant.
General Stevenson, Cattle Commissioner of St Louis, warns of diseased cattle near East Towle Wadante, twenty five head deemed unfit for food, risking sickness and death. Law blocks selling within the state. only those importing cattle can be arrested. He vows to shoot any offenders bringing cattle to the city, and citizens may sue the city.
Third Auditor Keightly reports the last fiscal year’s operations amount to 94 676 456 dollars. Pension disbursements include invalids 41 011 106 dollars widows 6 577 004 dollars minors 1 109 473 dollars de oes relatives 5 497 454 dollars. War of 1813 survivors 278 926 dollars widows 1 682 302 dollars. Surgeon payments across the clinics totaled 636 725 dollars.
Horace Deland of Brookfield aged eighteen chained himself to brush near his father's house in Union New Hampshire then set the brush ablaze and burned himself. His body was found this morning with a razor cut on his throat and a note to his parents saying he was tired of living. Authorities suggest heartbreak as the likely cause.
An explosion of a keg of powder near the Wilmington Tile Works in Wilmington Illinois fatally injured three boys Carroll Keeney two others and a man George Chambers. The boys were playing with the powder when a flame was thought not to ignite it.
In Hamilton Ontario on October 30 a Dr Carver led cowboys into town causing a chaotic scene. A boy named John Carey was lassoed and dragged along the street resulting in fatal injuries he died shortly after. The incident followed by the crowd and caused local officials to review the event.
Captain J. C. Bonnycastle of the Fourth Infantry, U S Army, died tonight of heart disease in Louisville. He was an associate of General Grant and was widely known.
Shelbyville Kentucky October 30 James Hamblen a former county surveyor died at noon today at Green's Store after taking a dose of strychnine a narcotic reportedly for enorphkinn control or relief in a tragic incident a coroner and local authorities investigated the case as a possible suicide or accidental overdose
Rumors report that seventeen cattle thieves were lynched by vigilantes while camped on Rock Creek in the Gore Mountains west of Georgetown. No details are available and the tale is regarded as possibly exaggerated.
Official dispatches from Pekin reach Earl Granville showing China opposes mediation with France. Rumors stir as Admiral Courbet reports dire health of his sailors and fears abandoning the Formosa blockade. two French ships may remain to maintain the port blockade as Paris notes.
Mary Cross, imprisoned in Covington jail, ended a 34 day fast by taking an oyster stew. Jailer Willenbrink reports she drank briefly then declined further food. This marks her second confirmed fasting episode and she remains jailed until a bondsman signs for her behavior.
Curcaco October 29 A heated dispute over the will of Wilbur F Storey unfolds as Mrs Storey claims all estate bequests to her. The case targets provisions related to a plant and other assets. Formal court action is expected Monday with attorney Lyman Trumbull representing Mrs Storey.
Caitaso October 29. A large brick building at Lasalle and Michigan streets caught fire at noon and was gutted. One man was killed by the blaze, two others were injured, and factory girls on the upper floors escaped with effort. Most are reported safe.
Evansville on October 29 reports a sewer work incident at Sycamore street near Cook & Rice's brewery. Harry Gordon, a colored laborer, descended into an opening and was buried when the ground caved in while he was laying ice. Fellow workers started digging and found him alive after rescue attempts.
Halifax October 29 report: at the West mine near Londonderry a cage broken and overturned as it was lowered. Six men aboard fell two hundred feet. Three killed, two fatally injured, one seriously hurt.
Indianapolis report says Andrew Keener, the wife killer, was respited until November 21 as a petition for commutation is reviewed. In Cincinnati, Ohio, Joseph Palmer, condemned for a brutal murder, was allowed by the Ohio Supreme Court to file an error petition.
Colonel J. G. O'Neil a famed Fenian who led a Tennessee Confederate regiment and the 1868 Fenian invasion of Canada died in Tex on the street after a lung hemorrhage. He expired fifteen minutes after being taken to a Grand Hotel room. He had been in town only a few days and his death was unexpected.
Major Powell of the Geological Survey reports to the Secretary of the Interior that rumors of coal deposits in the Great Sioux Indian Reservation are unfounded. The survey and examination found coal not sufficient to justify mining for local consumption.
Election returns show results across 201 districts with second ballots planned in 54 districts. Conservatives win 25 districts, Center 44, National Liberals 29, German Liberals 14, Alsatians 56, Social Democrats 8, Poles 6, Guelphs 8, and People's party 1. Herr Forckenbeck defeated at Magdeburg.
The wife of George McCreary of the Hudson River Knitting Mills gave birth to four girls yesterday. Each baby weighs seven pounds and is reported in good health.
A freight engine on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad exploded at Locust Point this morning, instantly killing Engineer Joshua Dixon and another man named David Burke. The engine was a total wreck.
In Bloomfield Perry County a boiler on Daniel Wentz’s farm exploded this afternoon killing David Snyder. The barn and 3,400 bushels of grain along with farming implements burned. Insured value listed at 1,700 dollars.
The old Schuyler mansion in Bany New York once owned by General Schuyler was sold in multiple lots for 20845 dollars. It was valued at 33000 dollars and had historic ties to Millard Fillmore and events surrounding the Revolution.
London reports that Germany proposed Brunswick's succession to the Duke of Cambridge and he declined the offer.
The German steamer Rhein rescued 168 aboard the Dutch steamer Maasdam after a fierce gale and fire on October 23. Passengers and crew, including eight cabin and 133 steerage, reported a boiler explosion fanning flames and forcing abandonment. Dr. Smith of Maasdam noted burns to engineers. voyage records corroborate captain’s account.
A Nassau letter reports a hurricane from October 10 to 16 damaging land and sea routes in the Bahamas. The American schooner Jonathan Knight from Philadelphia to New Orleans, loaded with coal, wrecked at Eleuthera with only two survivors. Captain Malloy his son and three seamen drowned. The Baltimore trader San Blas and its crew were also lost.
An early morning explosion at Milwaukee Gasworks destroyed the purifier, shaking the city and shattering windows within a dozen blocks. No injuries occurred though twenty workers escaped miraculously as gas ignited and fire spread briefly before firefighters contained it. Estimated damage to the company runs into thousands.
The Plenary Council plans are nearly finalized with about two hundred official members and nearly seven hundred visiting clergymen. Accommodations are secured and seat applications have come from leading dioceses. Public sessions occur Sundays and Thursdays with nightly sermons by eminent theologians.
Stephen G. Russell was found guilty in U S Circuit Court of gilding English silver coins. He claimed the work was done for customers in his business. The judge ruled intent immaterial since counterfeiting is a crime. A sentence is unlikely as the trial aimed to serve as a test case warning other gilders.
Elijah Henderson of the Arnold Plantation Choctaw Nation reportedly discharged a pistol killing his wife while showing it to friends. He surrendered to the U S Marshal and asked to plead guilty to murder so he may be hanged.
A Fowler, Illinois youth sold a horse for 175 dollars then drank and was lured across the river by roughs. His crushed skull body was found in the river this morning. Suspects are known to have left by a midnight train on the Hannibal and St. Joe Railroad.
New York report shows 267 business failures across the United States and Canada in the past week, up from 258 and 218 the prior weeks. Increases are noted in the Pacific, Western and Southern states and Canada.
Washington October 31 grand jury indicts Colonel Burnside late Disbursing Officer of the Post Office Department for embezzling forty four thousand dollars the amount specified as fifty four thousand dollars in the indictment.
A Hueta factory burned today with twenty seven dead and twelve seriously injured as flames swept through the buildings. Rescue crews battled the blaze but casualties mounted as workers were trapped inside.
Three miners were struck down by a falling rock in a mine breach near Centralia Pennsylvania on October 31. The victims named are John Mollenwitz, John Unglovitch, and Geo. K. Raposky.
The text notes Yucatan’s climate limits staple crops, with corn as the main yield and rye wheat barley unproductive. The northern region is barren calcareous rock plain and soil failures occur in four of five harvests. Locust swarms have damaged vegetation, prompting aid from General Mexican and state governments to prevent famine. A New South Wales topaz discovery is reported.
At Mingo Junction Thomas McLister fifteen attempted to derail a passenger train. he was arrested. Mrs. Elmira Lester of Dayton died after catching fire while cooking. A six year old near Logan burned to death. Burghars stole dress goods in Sandusky. Annie Ash jailed for throat cutting. a man in Akron jailed for stolen goods. A coal train incident near Wadsworth caused damage and injuries. A large grape vine noted in Kingsville. multiple fatal and near fatal accidents reported across Ohio towns. Official election vote tallies and postmaster terms listed. Water scarcity delays trains on the Ohio Southern line.
A veteran commentator explains an updated confidence scheme where four to five people recruit young women to approach wealthy men with legal subscription banks and fake books. The plan uses personal traits to target victims, pressures them into committing to pricey orders, and can involve coercion or blackmail. The scheme has occurred across the United States and Canada, with victims often paying five to ten dollars to avoid exposure.
A speaker recalls a midnight drive from Macomb to Bushnell Illinois to meet a famed man, Schuyler Colfax, for a surprise breakfast. He describes bleak prairie roads, relentless rain, and a perilous washout as they persevered toward an expected reception.
Horace H. Scudder reviews Thorwaldsen's Museum highlighting its exclusive original works and furniture linked to the sculptor. He notes prolific output across repeated mythic themes, with Amor and Psyche a standout, and critiques the layout for varied rooms over a single theme. The piece observes Thorwaldsen's Greek influence, pagan sensibilities, and restrained Christian iconography.
The Olympia Washington Standard reports skepticism from eastern readers toward tales of unusually large clams at Puget Sound. The item notes a rise in sensational rumors and questions the plausibility of such claims.
A roundup of inventions and experiments from several papers. The quadricycle by James O. Brown of Boston claims superiority to the bicycle. Coal-mine experiments in Pennsylvania suggest fewer fire-damp risks with new miner lamps. Michigan engineers propose a steam-engine attachment to condense waste steam, eliminating noise. Sponges absorb water with tinting guidance, and Parisian gate-opening devices use circuits to manage trains. Madame Delangian’s metal-cutting instrument earns praise and medals. Seaweed extract algin yields horn-like material for pigments. German paper bottles from rags and straw promise low-cost, durable storage. German sand-lime partitions promise sound insulation and light weight. hard-wood sawdust plaster offers cheaper, lighter partitions.
The collage cites assorted jests and notes on marriage words, poetic asides, and curious items. It mentions silvery pitchers poisoning fears, a new baby cry device, and a bank cashier game, reflecting early 20th century newspaper skits and chatter.
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