30 Nov 1881
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1881
Page
1
The Clermont Gourier published every Wednesday under Charles W. Pegg as treasurer. Subscriptions listed at 61.50 per year postpaid. 61.25 if paid within the year. Contains local notices and community notes from a small town periodical.
TEWS OF THE WEEK notes American Park in France while Gumbelta’s new Cabinet backs repealing the decree against American pork. Emperor William is reported ill and enfeebled from a cold. Tunis campaign reports describe ongoing fighting along the coast. The Malley boys charged with the murder of Jennie Cramer at New Haven are refused bail.
Secretary Folger expects to spend about 50 million dollars of the Treasury surplus to buy bonds in the open market.
From Rome comes word that the Archbishops of Algiers Cologne Seville and Vienna will be elevated to cardinals the week prior to Christmas.
Mrs Dunmore of Colorado, former wife of Charles J. Guiteau, declares the assassin was not insane but vain, selfish, and irritable.
In Columbia Missouri three sixteen year olds from prominent families, John Gath Buckner Theodore Murphy, drowned after breaking through ice while skating. Cadet Whittaker awaits exam results in the Judge Advocate Sense fee case, saying he is waiting like a soldier on duty.
President Guaman Blanco of Venezuela has mobilized 10 000 troops and erected heavy guards as a revolution appears imminent. An assassination attempt on the president has reportedly been attempted but failed.
The Michigan governor called for an additional grant of 500000 to aid those affected by the forest fires. New York has already contributed 133784 toward relief efforts. The statement outlines urgent needs and donor totals to date.
T P Baldwin, half brother to a defaulting cashier at Mechanics Bank Newark New Jersey, has been arrested on suspicion of falsifying bank records and making improper returns in the bank books.
A grim message reports Miss Gifford, owner of two small farms, found murdered in her bed at Wexford. The release notes winter hardships and rising outrages, framing a chilling local crime scene with no details on suspects or motive.
The outlaw nicknamed Little Dick, a James Gang member, was captured by Bourbon County Kansas Sheriff Bucher near his father’s home thirty miles from Fort Scott. A $15,000 reward was posted for the arrest.
In January, nihilistic confessions are anticipated to pierce the core of ongoing conspiracy theories, signaling a turning point as key figures reportedly reveal hidden motives and alignments. The anticipated disclosures could reshape public perception and investigative momentum.
West Virginia measures target deathbed policy speculation as four Wheeling agents Jas. B. Wherry N. H. Van Cleve W. T. Zink and Ralph Sharrock are indicted by the Grand Jury.
Reported shift from Castle Garden arrivals to westward relocation as demand for emigrants declines. Earlier claims of easy employment prove false as more newcomers are sent to western destinations.
At Alto Mrs Vermere laced the family soup with poison causing the deaths of her mother aged ninety and her brother within two hours. The motive was a quarrel over a legacy left to the family in Holland.
A three year old white steer owned by L. F. Haight of New York trots a mile in under four minutes in light harness sulky action. The steer, born in Pennsylvania, signals a potential new field for cattle and horse racing alike.
The National Temperance Society met in New York last week and passed a resolution urging Congress to propose an amendment for a nationwide prohibition on the manufacture importation and sale of all alcoholic beverages within the United States.
The man Thier who defrauded friends in Wisconsin of about $30 000 has surrendered to authorities and expects imprisonment. He says guilt has haunted him and he has slept little, living in hell since the crime.
John Kelly sells the New York Evening Ezpress to Cyrus W. Field who owns the Mail to consolidate the two afternoon papers into a single one cent paper. Field says the new paper will be independent in politics.
In Springfield North Carolina Augustus Smith a Black man faced a violent crime accusation after allegedly attempting to hang himself with a rope tied to a beam while a seven year old girl was involved in an outraging incident. The report notes the man’s intent amid local outrage and ongoing legal actions.
A speaker at a gathering uttered farewell lines stating Farewell meet me in heaven as his final wish. The remark reflected a benevolent sentiment at the end of his life.
Ed Maxwell, recently captured in Nebraska and brought to Wisconsin for trial, faced a preliminary examination at Durand where he pleaded not guilty and waived examination. After leaving the court room, officers supervising him were overpowered and the prisoner was seized by a mob and hanged to a tree nearby.
Thomas McDearman, Boonville Missouri marshal, confronted News editor A B Thornton over a critical article. A scuffle followed, revolvers spoke, Thornton was shot in the head and died instantly. McDearman surrendered to authorities.
The Kennebec Journal states authorization to announce that when Mr Blaine retires from the President's Cabinet in early December he will devote himself to private affairs. He will not seek Congress or governorship or the U. S. Senate. Rumor of a posting as Minister to England is unfounded.
Twelve telegraph line constructors racing a hand-car on the E and TH road near Vincennes Indiana were struck by a passenger train on the Indiana Vincennes line. Three were killed, two instantly, others injured. The men, all hurt, were startled by the rapid approach of the passenger train around a curve and could not escape in time.
Louis Raab a Ohio farmer killed his wife then killed himself amid long domestic troubles. They left nine children aged from six months to nineteen. The couple had lived unhappily for years with raab forcing field work on his wife and threats to kill her.
Theodore Hauel says 15 clerks conspired in thefts amounting to millions. He claims Chief Clerk Jacob Cramp ordered falsifications and that Tax Receiver promised his family would be cured in prison. Another figure, Smith, calls the affair a blackmailing plot.
Herman Peter of Lan caster Ohio a German gunsmith shot and killed Philip Betz an innkeeper after Betz taunted him about his daughter. Peter surrendered to authorities.
Guards thwart three attempts to kill Charles Guiteau, with a guard overpowered, a sergeant missing, and a horseman firing from a distance. Guiteau claims divine protection and complains of inadequate safety as a van pursuit ends seven blocks from the courthouse. A farmer’s son is briefly detained, but not identified as the shooter.
Ohio lynching records name Christopher W. Davis, described as mulatto, killed in Athens on November 21 amid vengeance notes. The account references Mrs as context for the motive, with unclear subsequent details following the summary.
In Athens County near Albany widow Lucinda Luckey endured a brutal assault on Halloween after Davis forced entry and wounded her. Angry townspeople later seized Davis from jail, hanged him from the Hocking River bridge, after forcing a confession during a swift mob action. Authorities warned arrests would follow.
A Buenos Aires letter recalls Garfields death with a silent memorial in the American Legation as crowds parade banners. In Georgia and South Carolina, multiple colored men are hanged for murders in March and prior months. The Guiteau trial proceeds with sharp exchanges, interruptions, and the judge threatening gagging to curb outbursts while witnesses recount prior meetings and possible motives.
Detailed trial narrative covers June to July events with Guiteau's defense led by Scoville, insanity plea, and chaotic courtroom scenes. Testimonies include Maynard Burt and O Deara loans and gun shop purchase. A rider on the Garfield assassination is interwoven with threats, crowd chaos, and medical testimony on the President's wound.
A quotation contrasts an enlightened mind with one confined by a self imposed prison. It argues true insight refuses to be limited by walls or chains and seeks the boundless reach of intelligence beyond mere confinement.
Over the last century many dark days are recorded each linked to heavy clouds or smoke from fires and eruptions. Notable dates include October 21 1816 with candles at meals in Cambridge and the 1780 May 19 darkness in Connecticut leading to adjourning the legislature.
The piece extols modesty as the key to female beauty, comparing it to shading in painting and attributing it as the richest ornament. It argues a modest woman radiates virtue, shields her countenance with light, and that femininity without modesty leads to melancholy and shame. It ends noting that true character is learned through intimate companionship.
A poem contrasts two armies one to slay the other to save then shifts to a dissection of poisons. The piece follows opium and morphine usage, famous poison cases, and a survey of global toxins from curare to arsenic, detailing sources, effects, and historical trials with stark, clinical precision.
A Boston Post writer notes necessity spurs invention. He jokes about closing doors between offices by singing to prompt a colleague to shut it, then mentions RuGALTry asserting riches have limits. The piece frames innovation as a social workaround and cites a philosophy on wealth.
The Glermont Courier advertises legal and transient notices at 1.00 per year for ten lines with 0.50 for each additional insertion. A liberal yearly reduction is offered. Business cards up to six lines cost 4.00 per year.
Alliance resident Jon Krang aged forty died by self inflicted gunshot. Youngstown resident Joan Zeifred suicided by jumping. Wellston man Patrick Crang died from suffocation after gas exposure. Editorial changes at Cleveland Herald and other Ohio items across bridges, wages, and trials.
A Cincinnati Saturday Night tale recounts a lightnin g express train at sixty miles per hour filled with passengers awaiting four seats, as a boyish con man cries for money while offering a banana as the “ex cellent real fruit” business act. The scene spirals with screams and searches for valuables among the startled travelers.
In a reflective excerpt, Dr George Beard argues that sheer grit can prolong life more than medical status. He claims that courage and willpower empower the diseased to improve, suggesting self-discipline as a core measure of spiritual strength in the Christian cause.
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