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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1883
Page
1
The Glermont Gourier a weekly publication edited by Ales W Pegg with terms noting year subscription prepaid and paid within the year.
The Treasury orders uniform tea sampling across frontier ports with the result reports to the port of importation. The Utah Commission reports success enforcing anti polygamy laws at August 1883 elections and urges stronger Edmunds Act compliance and polygamists’ disfranchisement.
The President sustains Postmaster General Gresham's action in the New Orleans National Bank case. He answers a petition from merchants bankers and others of New Orleans objecting to the Post Office Department decree in the lottery matter. The bank had acted as agent for the lottery company, and its mails were treated as those of the lottery.
The October 1883 Public Debt Statement lists total public debt and cash assets, with notes and US claims detailed. Interior and Naval Observatory propose adopting the seventy fifth meridian as Washington City local time, requiring clocks to advance eight minutes.
An explosion of fire damp occurred in the Pennsylvania Coal Company's mine near Scranton on the 29th. Thirty men were in the mine. three were burned severely, six seriously, and three may die. The blast hurled some workers as far as thirty feet while the rest escaped unhurt.
The first machine harvested bale of cotton from a field was displayed at the Cotton Exchange in Charleston D C on the 30th and drew wide notice. The quality was rated as good as hand picked cotton of the same grade, with further tests planned.
Cameron Texas dispatch reports Sheriff Lipscomb complying with gubernatorial orders to the eastern county where white and black residents showed excitement but no violence. A joint meeting expressed peaceful sentiment and the disturbance appeared to have had no real foundation, with tensions subsiding.
Timothy J. Mahony, Buffalo city Comptroller, declines renomination claiming mental aberration due to prior illness. His resignation is accepted as the city faces questions over a reported $5,000 embezzlement of municipal funds.
Christ Dickson of Kiefer and Stiefer’s tannery in Allegheny City Pennsylvania entered an old well connected with the tannery on the thirtieth to test water depth and was instantly suffocated by foul air. Two nearby fellow workers heard cries and descended to help him but they also perished.
Walter Garrett, a Cole City resident, beat his wife in a church after she attended services. He dragged her from the building before fleeing. The assault, described as brutal, left her near death and raised fears she may die. Authorities pursued Garrett.
Major 8S. R. Crumbaugh, collector of internal revenue for Kentucky's Second District, stood trial in Louisville federal court on charges of using official envelopes for private correspondence. The jury returned acquittal, ending the case against Crumbaugh.
In Richmond Virginia on the 30th Chris Baker and William Burnett, colored, resurrectionists, were caught moving a pauper’s body in a wheelbarrow. Keeper of the morgue, David Parker, was also arrested as the body had been stolen from the morgue and an indictment alleged a scheme to push Crumbaugh from his post.
Vanderbilt University officials announced on the 31st that restrictions on secret societies have been removed, marking the institution as the only prominent U.S. school without such bans. Chancellor Garland delivered the announcement. A separate report notes Charles W. Sams, purser on a Savannah to New York steamer, was accidentally shot in a New York rifle gallery by a companion. Miss Jennie Mitchell, who fired the rifle, was arrested. Also, Massachusetts Governor Butler criticized ballot access, saying citizens find it harder to vote there due to laws affecting naturalization and voting rights.
The Post and Tribune and the Free Press announce price cuts from ten dollars yearly to seven and from five cents to three cents per copy. No change in paper size or reading matter.
A volley of bullets tore through Hunter's Consolidated Shows tent in New Edinburg Ark killing a contortionist during a crowded exhibition. The shooters fled in darkness as authorities began inquiries. A separate note reports Thomas Hoag seen in Albany on his way home after a mysterious Broad way disappearance.
A one story frame building at First Avenue and Thirty ninth Street collapsed during demolition. Eleven year old John Laws and nine year old Eliza J. Barnes were killed while eight year old Louis Lacomb was fatally injured and another carpenter hurt. Suit will be brought against the contractors for damages.
Hugh N. Goldsmith aged nineteen son of Hon J M Goldsmith of Stone Mountain Ga was arrested in Macon on the 1st for forging his father's name to a five hundred dollar check He had arranged to elope to Texas with a prominent Macon girl at the time of arrest.
John Collins son of E. K. Collins brings suit against his stepmother Mrs. Sarah J. Collins for false imprisonment and malicious prosecution. He alleges she caused his arrest on a perjury charge in May to deter him from contesting his father’s will which favored her with the greater portion of the estate.
The schooner Henry Dervish arrived at Key West on the first and reports passing Swan Island on October 24 when four teens boarded seeking provisions. They had only wild hogs and cocoa nuts and no ammunition to hunt. Henry Dervish supplied food likely to last ten days as locals expect a Baltimore vessel with more aid. if none arrives they face starvation.
Aggie Hill, posing as Mrs Sharon, sues in San Francisco Superior Court against Senator Sharon for divorce, division of community property, and alimony. She alleges willful desertion and repeated adultery. She says the senator was deeply in debt at marriage. joint management increased the value of common property from 5 million to 15 million, and seeks its equal division.
H L Eisen of Milwaukee, a clothing merchant, left for his shop on October 31 and has not been seen since. Officials suspect self harm amid unsettled thoughts and business troubles. He leaves a wife and three children. firm considers dissolution.
Steve Raymond, a noted thief and forger, was sentenced to life in the penitentiary in New York on the first for forging Union Pacific Railway bond coupons. He has spent twenty five years already in confinement for various crimes and repeated indictments and convictions have filled his past.
The Judge sentenced him to life imprisonment, noting the penalty was severe but permissible under the new code in that state which treats forgery as a life term crime.
Annie C Cheever, 8 young woman in Port Jervis New York, found dead on the 29th from a bullet to the heart. A croquet game near Woodbury New Jersey ended in tragedy when Rudolph Hines killed his wife with a cowhide boot after she beat him. John Ashenback, near Cincinnati, shot at his wife, then killed himself after failing to kill her. In Columbiana County Arkansas Ephraim Bandy shot William Scott over an old grudge. both white farmers.
Two blasts rocked separate London underground tunnels on the 29th, injuring about forty people, some seriously. Authorities contend the incidents are Fenian in origin, with trains in service near the blast sites and passengers among the injured.
The English Government issued a circular urging the Irish Emigration Committee to organize mass shipment of Irish people to Canada. Boards of Guardians and Union clerks are to aid emigration. No workhouse paupers will be sent. Large contracts with shipping firms exist and the Canadian Government supports the scheme.
The steamer Holyhead from Dublin collided with the German steamer Alhambra bound Liverpool to New York twenty miles off Holyhead on the 31st. Both ships sank immediately. The Alhambra lost its entire crew and two of the Holyhead crew were drowned. A later dispatch reports sixty total drowning.
Dublin press denounces authors of London outrages while Freeman’s Journal protests Irish accusations. Irish Times questions English remonstrance to President Arthur over New York dynamite plot. Paris hosts Brisson flying machine test with 30,000 watching. craft vanishes in fog and later lands east of Paris. Trichinosis spreads in Ermsleben with 500 cases and 18 deaths. London anxious over tunnel blasts from nitro glycerine and Fenian threats. Spain’s PM vows to end slave holder patronage in Cuba and free slaves.
The week’s top items include Captain Walker’s pay stopped after an escape from St Elizabeths. Four Erie youths drown during lake duck hunting. U.S. and Canada business failures tally 215 for the week. Judge Bradley wed Mary Harris, who had killed a Treasury clerk long ago. West Boylston schools shut amid diphtheria cases and deaths. Rioting workers on the Schuylkill Valley Railroad lead to arrests. Camden attorney James Young murdered. body dumped in the Delaware River. New York Grand Jury targets license grants to thieves and calls for revocation. Privy Council warned of an assassination plot against the Duke and Duchess of Connaught. Rensselaer Institute suspends classes over a banner clash. two students injured. Kansas City hosts a cattle show with high prices for heifers. New York Grand Jury indicts ten city workers for water rents embezzlement.
Two blasts hit the Metropolitan Railway near Praed Street and between Charing Cross and Westminster station causing numerous injuries and widespread property damage. Officials suspect Fenian bombs and rocket-like devices amid a broader railway terror.
The official returns show the next General Assembly members in both Senate and House: Senate districts across Ohio, listing party affiliations and names such as Wm. L. O'Brien, John W. Gregg, Gilbert Smith, John H. Williston, T. J. Godfrey, and many more. House members include John B. Young, Geo. W. Hull, J. W. Ogden, David Baker, James Walker, and numerous others with Democrats and Republicans noted. An attached note mentions Loomis's seat contest and possible changes. A Columbus broker, J. Minuaro, is noted as missing with unpaid debts of about one thousand dollars.
In Allegheny City a tannery well accident claimed three lives as Christ Dickson fell unconscious from toxic air. Ferdinand Schrader and Charles Schultz descended to help and perished. Salome Bamberger and Rhinehart Remsen were lowered to recover the bodies, then revived with restoratives and sent home. Dickson was single. Schrader and Schultz were married.
In Philadelphia on Tuesday Charles Briggs faces trial for his wife's murder. A bright twelve year old girl testified with clear detail, recounting quarrels between Briggs and his wife and revealing alleged domestic depravity. The testimony undermines the defense theory that Briggs was insane.
Major-General John M. Schofield, former head of the Division of the Pacific and now in command of the Division of the Missouri under General Sheridan, arrived by the Northwestern Road from San Francisco with his wife, two daughters, Colonel William M. Wherry, and Lt. C. B. Schofield. He is staying at the Leland house and denied plans to move the division headquarters to St. Louis.
In Ciubacco on Oct 81 Frank L Losing and John Flemming were indicted by the Grand Jury for posing as a brokerage firm under Flemming & Merriam and diverting funds from a fictitious Actual Co-Operative Fund W to their own use. They allegedly used illegal emails to send and receive letters for these frauds.
Washington dated Oct 31 reports Hon John C New after a long interview with President Arthur reconsiders his decision to resign and will retain the post of Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. The note places emphasis on his continued tenure in the treasury department.
Washington reports the Money Order Bureau of the Post Office Department issued 9,275,822 orders valued at 125,047,238 with 8,751,077 paid totaling 120,407,468 and fees of 1,272,060. Domestic order value up 3,955,980 or 3.4 percent. fees up 48,111 or 4.57 percent. Improper payments ratio noted at 1 in 273. A Louisville note mentions two Gallacher brothers from England, tall at six feet seven and six feet one, part of a remarkable 23-sibling family with twenty brothers and one sister, all living with parents in England.
A century ago the lowest letter rate for forty miles or less stood at eight cents, rising to twenty-five cents for distances beyond five hundred miles. These high rates endured with little change for over fifty years, as reported by Joston Post.
Ohio news recounts the Wauseon Henry County murder of W.Williams and wife by Wesley Johnson, with a six month old baby found starving beside the mother. It notes rising male voters, a Springfield colored meeting backing civil rights legislation, and the sentencing of George Horn for murder. Other items list a ColumBus missing girl, a Shelby County rape verdict, and various local crimes and accidents.
In Peterville Ohio Nasby describes a pro liquor shift that sealed a Democratic win. Brewers and saloonkeepers backed candidates, beer flowed freely, and ballots swung by liquor influence, producing an unprecedented county majority despite transport and turnout issues.
In a forceful editorial, the National Republican argues that eight Southern states lack valid elections and warns Bourbon Democrats in South Carolina, Alabama, and Mississippi pose a national threat. It calls for strict election laws, federal marshals, and district attorneys to safeguard ballots and curb fraud ahead of the 1885 presidential cycle. It notes Lincoln and Grant’s legacy and praises Alfred Nixon’s long-distance bicycle ride from London to John o’ Groats as a notable aside.
Mrs Nolittell told the Norris town Herald her husband must have a swarm Irish friend, for on several occasions recently she has heard him in sleep utter the name Pat Flush.
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