19 Oct 1881
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1881
Page
1
The fragment shows pricing and terms phrased oddly, indicating a yearly charge of one dollar fifty in an Ax related context. No clear entities or events are identifiable beyond the price reference.
Snow fell in St. Lawrence County New York on the 10th. The Grand Jury found eleven counts against Charles J. Guiteau. Exiled Jews have arrived in this country. The South Boston Iron Company of Boston failed with liabilities around $300 000. New York City contributions to Michigan sufferers fund total 94 258 to date.
A Regus diploma holder is sentenced to one year in prison and a $1000 fine for alleged offenses. In Wexford, Parnell brands Gladstone as a coercionist and slanderer of Ireland. A Nihilist and a mob tragedy report note a colored man hanged after a vigilante action against a white woman.
A massive explosion detonated 300 pounds of nitro glycerine in a remote Bradford Pennsylvania ravine last week. The blast left a deep crater and felled trees while rescuers found no trace of the two men nearby.
The New York Democratic scene was jolted as John Kelly and Tammany faced denial of recognition at the State Democratic Convention. In a Tammany Jr meeting, Kelly’s faction asserted the convention’s improper handling and aimed to influence the full State ticket.
Miss Minnie Thee converts to the Jewish faith in Little Rock Ark amid a large audience of denominations. The event creates a notable stir in social circles.
A large fire gutted the Fourth Avenue Railroad Company car-house stables and repair shops at Fourth Avenue and Forty-second Street in New York. Loss is put at about 2 million dollars, with the building valued at 500 thousand. It is believed over 200 horses perished in the blaze.
A thirteen year old boy was injured in a crossing incident on the Chicago and North dy as three other people sustained injuries.
The policy provides land, houses, implements, work cattle, a cow, mare, and twenty five cents daily for one year to emigrants over twelve. Each emigrant receives 75 dollars and each child 40 dollars. Colonists must repay the same in ten years.
The September report on agrarian outrages in Ireland records killing and maiming cattle in several incidents, five riots and two administering unlawful oaths. It tallies 233 intimidation cases 189 threatening letters and 44 miscellaneous acts.
A Dallas dispatch reports Wall Street parties in New York offering 2.50 dollars per 1000 Confederate bonds. Observers suspect a collusion between European and New York capitalists to buy bonds and press the State or General Government to redeem them for profit.
J. G. Holland, editor of Scrilmer’s Monthly for eleven years, died suddenly in New York on the morning of the 12th instant after enjoying his usual health. Born July 24, 1819 in Belchertown Massachusetts, he was 62. A physician by training, he was also a noted poet novelist and biographer and previously edited the Springfield Republican for seventeen years.
Mt. Vernon Indiana sees a sensational press feud as John Barter editor and P Wertz editor of the Republican trade barbs. Wertz quoted 1866 scandal about Barter’s wife, leading Mrs Barter to fire at Wertz with a revolver. by-standers intervened. She was arrested but released on $300 bond.
A Southern Pacific train near Willcox Arizona saw a clash between citizens and Indians on Thursday night. Gunfire was loud and continuous, causing panic among passengers and halting the train’s progress as the combatants retreated into the area.
Charles Parnell was arrested in Dublin at Morri gan's Hotel on two warrants signed by Forster and taken to Kilmainham Jail. The city braced for action as Dublin remained in ferment with troops and police on alert, likened to Paris after the Bastille.
Five line repairers shot near the track. A mob hangs Jack Williams after a trial for raping an eleven year old girl. The Orangeburg mob prints a note defending the action and bias against the verdict. No district confirmation yet.
Guiteau issues a statement blaming the country press for opposition and claims a forthcoming book will prove his actions prevented civil strife. He says the Lord urged him to remove the President to unite factions and that the Lord guided the President’s departure. He seeks Benjamin F. Butler as counsel. Scoville suggested Ingersoll, but Gaiteau rejects him for being an infidel.
The New York State Democratic Convention backed William Purcell for Secretary of State Geo H Lapham for Comptroller R A Parmenter for Attorney General R A Maxwell for Treasurer Thomas Evershed for State Engineer and ex Attorney General Schoonmaker for Court of Appeals A resolutions package denounces 1880s corruptions calls for debt refunding at low rates and Star Route fraud investigation Tammany was excluded from the convention and issued an address to the State Democracy.
In Lawrence County Basil McLane aged seventy shot and killed John Arnold a prominent stock trader as he sowed wheat early morning. McLane fled toward Salem then was chased by three young men who shot at him through a door, wounding Arnold fatally.
A Little Rock dispatch reports Cox Delaney and Munroe, three train robbers, sentenced to seventy years each. The trio, once printers from San Augustine Texas, described their motive as love and marriage plans, admitting $8,000 to $9,000 in cash and bank checks was taken. Captors dispute robbers’ claim of simplicity, noting money was split and most delivered to the Express Company.
The article notes that plague in Buenos Ayres spared grave diggers and other frontline workers who faced infection without fear. It argues fear worsens illness, claiming the brave persevere while cowards suffer repeatedly, urging calm, cleanliness, and bravery to avoid undue alarm.
The article notes imitation corals are formed from resin and vermillion or from marble powder paste with varnish and soluble glass and a touch of isinglass, colored with Chinese vermillion and molded. The knife test reveals the material is too soft for a genuine article.
A brief essay-like line contrasts a learned fool with an ignorant fool, noting the former’s superior yet still flawed folly and the limits of knowledge in judgment.
The dispatch notes Japan’s harsh rebuke of Mahone in Richmond who says he will ignore it. Headlines also report on Cabinet reshuffles and potential resignations, postmaster appointments, and widespread sickness in Washington from malaria and Potomac odors.
The Senate met in a special session on the 10th with Senator Harris presiding. Amid votes and debates, Bayard was elected President pro tem for the day and Nelson W. Aldrich and New York delegates were sworn in. handling of New York seats and standing committees followed with further adjournments and provisional actions.
More than twenty people died when Landenbarger’s mill in Philadelphia burned. Twelve girls and thirty-three men and boys were inside as the flames spread, with victims jumping from windows and crowds scrambling to help. Firemen faced collapsing floors and seared bodies as they searched the ruins.
A New Orleans clothing shop on Poydras Street sells “Prussian ledder” shoes at six dollars. A customer bargains down to four dollars but buys the shoes after a comical exchange. The owner laments slim profit and fears the business may fail if conditions don’t improve.
A genealogical note recalls Franxury who died in 1790 as the grandson of a man born in the sixteenth century during Elizabeth I’s reign. The passage highlights three generations spanning two centuries and ends with a proverb on wisdom and ignorance.
The report notes Parnell’s arrest approved in Germany and Epward Earu hanged in Sayville for wife murder. Frank Hopson hanged in Dawson for murder of David Lee and two others. Ohio election returns show Foster with 24,062 lead. Guiteau’s arraignment and trial scheduling progress with defense concerns over insanity and malpractice, jury jurisdiction, and potential counsel.
A compact collection of aphorisms on virtue, mindset, courage, learning, and social conduct. It contrasts belief with action, notes the limits of language for feelings, and urges self-reliance, integrity, patience, and perseverance in facing duties and misfortune. The tone echoes a 19th century moral miscellany.
Arsenic is not freely soluble in organic mixtures and may appear as a white sediment. When thrown on red hot coals it emits a strong onion-like odor and thick smoke. Common arsenic cannot be detected by taste.
A poem reflects on a voyage from a harbor in October as a ship sails away with a beloved’s memory. Lake Michigan lies hidden as the speaker grieves a treasured face lost to the sea, the autumn scene set in quiet moonlit imagery. The speaker recalls the departed love and the ship’s distant departure.
A philosophical discussion of death explores fear, pain, and the dying process. It describes the death agony as a misbelief, explains painless death through anesthesia and carbonic acid effects, cites historical anecdotes of executions and drownings, and concludes with brain and metaphysical questions about near-death visions and chloroform influenced experiences.
The late Dr Chapin faced a pun filled incident as Dr Emerson preached and placed a silk hat on a seat with a paper atop it. Dr Chapin entered, sat, and quipped that the hat had become a satin, turning the gag into a light moment at the service.
The notice lists legal and transient advertisements at 1.00 per square for the first insertion and 0.50 for each additional insertion. A yearly reduction is offered for ongoing ads. Business cards up to six lines cost 4.00 per year.
Reports from Bellefontaine and Granville detail thefts pickpockets and a death from a horse kick. Accidents and crimes span Milan New California Circleville and Mount Vernon with multiple robberies assaults and a mystery box delivery at Delaware depot.
Old building wreckage in New York’s upper wards yields vast material yards selling lead, timber, doors, ironwork, stone fronts, and brass fittings. Large profits drive big buyers as firms haul truckloads daily, with Twenty third street houses cited as high value sources.
A Vermont Tribune reflection from Mendon Vermont praising practical faith over doctrinal talk. It likens horse-shed Christianity to reliable care for horses and family harmony, arguing tangible acts outweigh debates on grace and sanctification.
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