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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1883
Page
1
Weather Signals for Farmers by News Clerk in Washington
Alva H. Dean of the Pension Office proposes a country weather signaling system using farmers flags displayed from mail cars. Flags indicate weather as white for clear, blue for fair, red for doubtful, and black for stormy or high winds, with telegraph orders possible from Washington. The system is claimed to be inexpensive and aligns with new postage reductions for domestic letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva H. Dean
Pension Office
Washington
Signal Service Bureau
United States
Justice Coleridge Arrives in Washington for Reception
Chief Justice Coleridge landed in Washington on the 18th and was met at the depot by Attorney General Brewster and a Bar Association committee. A reception followed at Secretary Frelinghuysen’s house with President Arthur and many dignitaries in attendance. A railway suit with Central Pacific was compromised, the railroad paying 69009 to the government and relinquishing 28816 in interest. Notes mention Butler’s $1,000,000 claim against the government over Great Falls dam and Pension Claim Agent Frazier facing $100,000 and $50,000 suits for alleged damage to reputation. Secretaries Lanier, Wright, and Parke returned from Kanawha River improvements in Virginia, reporting favorable progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coleridge
Washington
Brewster
Bar Association
Frelinghuysen
Arthur
Folger
Teller
Lincoln
Gresham
Miller
Bradley
Harlan
Blatchford
Gray
Mathews
Wood
Supreme Court
United States
Central Pacific Railroad Company
California
General Butler
Great Falls Water Power Company
W.W. Frrzerxaxp
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
How Chinamen Are Still Imported
A discovery shows many Chinese admitted as traders land in San Francisco and other coastal ports on government certificates. Many certificate bearers are among the least educated laborers, yet customs officers say they cannot challenge the Chinese Government's claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Forfeiture Case In New York District Court
Action filed in the United States District Court at New York seeks forfeiture of dress goods laces and related items valued at several thousand dollars. It is alleged the property was attempted to be brought ashore from a steamship without duty payment. Claimants are Misses Partridge dressmakers of Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States District Court
New York
Misses Partridge
Boston
Train tragedy at Connellsville ends lives of three
A Baltimore and Ohio train struck Curran, Dan Farrel, Mary Farrel, and Alice King at Connellsville Pennsylvania on the 15th. Two children died instantly while Miss Curran and the remaining child were badly hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curran
Dan
Mary Farrel
Alice King
Connellsville
Miss Curran
Skeletons of three cattle thieves found near Glorietta
A Las Vegas New Mexico dispatch notes six murders in two weeks and reports railroad workers recently found the skeletal remains of three Texas cattle thieves murdered near Glorietta four years ago. The thieves' exact fate remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
N. M
Glorietta
Fatal Railroad Collision Near Cleveland Caused by Sleepy Operator
Two freight trains on the East Tennessee Virginia and Georgia Railroad collided eight miles west of Cleveland on the 16th. An engineer a fireman and a brakeman were killed and several others seriously wounded. The crash was blamed on a sleepy operator who failed to relay the stop order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
Cleveland
Family Sentenced For Manslaughter In New Haven
William F P Bronson Eliza his wife and Amos their son were found guilty of manslaughter in New Haven Conn for death of Carrie E Gordon by gross neglect. Elder Bronson got three months jail and one dollar fine while Eliza and Amos received six months imprisonment and one dollar fine each. Judge urged jury to consider mercy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William FP. Bronson
Eliza
Amos
New Haven
Conn
Carrie E. Gordon
Bronson
New York Exchange Bans Butterine Sales
At its meeting on the 16th the New York Mercantile Exchange denounced the sale of butterine as butter and appointed a committee to confer with the Attorney General State and City Boards of Health and the District Attorneys of New York and Brooklyn on measures to prevent the practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Mercantile Exchange
New York
Brooklyn
Removing Confederate Dead Arrives in Norfolk
Remains of Southern soldiers disinterred from Arlington Cemetery, Washington, arrive at Norfolk, Virginia, on the 16th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington Cemetery
Washington, D. C
Norfolk, Va
Mass legend to Raleigh escort and funeral procession details
Remains transferred to cars after minute guns and half mast flags as ex Confederates line the civic and military procession in Raleigh. Floral offerings profuse. Massachusetts bars ruling upholds Pittsfield decision on public liquor sales. widespread hotel bars may close under law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Is a Woman a Legal Person Questioned in Boston
At a Boston Executive Council meeting on the 16th Governor Phinney nominated Sylvanus B. Phinney to fill a vacancy on the Board of Health Lunacy and Charity after alleging Mrs Clara Lonard had no legal place on the board The Governor sought the Attorney General’s opinion and Sherman ruled that a woman is not a legal person for the board’s nine member requirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Executive Council
Boston
Sylvanus B. Phinney
Board of Health, Lunacy and Charity
Clara Lonard
Sherman
Counterfeiter Vark Mulvey Arrested in New York
Noto rious counterfeiter Vark Mulvey alias James Clark was arrested in New York on the 16th. He offered fifty dollars for freedom, pleaded guilty after bribe failed, and sought ten years. Mulvey escaped officers in 1879 by leaping from a third story window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vark Mulvey
James Clark
New York
Mulvey
New York Chief Justice Calls Oyer and Terminer Grand Jury
In a 1877 first this oyer and terminer Grand Jury is ordered by Chief Justice Davis for the Investigation of Frauds on the city treasury. It will sit alongside the ordinary criminal Grand Jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
New York
Millionaire Vanderbilt Injured in Fleetwood Park Crash
While driving his fast mare Early Rose on the Fleetwood Park track on the 17th, W H Vanderbilt collided with Robert Bonner's racing team moving opposite. Vanderbilt was thrown to the ground and suffered a painful but not serious injury to his left shoulder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Vanderbilt
Early Rose
Fleetwood Park
Robert Bonner
Mr. Vanderbilt
Verdict on Tivoli Disaster Brings Manslaughter Charge
Baltimore Grand Jury, after investigations into the Tivoli disaster that left sixty five excursionists drowned, returns a charge of manslaughter against Tivoli proprietor Lowery Albert and lessee Frank Debilins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tivoli
Baltimore
Lowery Albert
Frank Debilins
Bank Closes Bond Purchase Drive for 130 Clerks
The First National Bank of Chicago requires 130 clerks to procure bonds ranging from 4 000 to 5 000 dollars each, totaling over 320 000 dollars. The move signals a strict capitalization effort by the bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank of
Cbricago
Suspected Dynamiters Arrested in Halifax
Two suspicious men imitating James Holmes and William Brackett were seized at Halifax on the 17th. Holmes had two loaded revolvers, cartridges, two dozen dynamite cartridges, and an Irish paper. Brackett held a revolver and dynamite cartridges. In their hotel room were two valises with forty and sixty pounds of dynamite. Authorities assume they are dynamite fiends or burglars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Holmes
William Brackett
Halifax
Holmes
Brackett
Indignant St Louis Citizens Demand Police Board Resignations
A St Louis mass meeting committee presented a paper to Governor Critten den on the 18th demanding the resignation of Lutz Caruth and Cleveland, the Police Board members whose vote ousted Colonel Campbell as Chief. Malfeasance charges were leveled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Crittenden
Police Board of
Messrs
Lutz
Caruth
Cleveland
Campbell
Saloon Shootings and Suicides Rock Cities
In New York on the 16th Jeffries insulted Prince's wife and daughter, leading to a deadly exchange. Joan Irving and John Walsh, burglars, killed each other in a saloon fight. Fant SuitH, a compositor, killed himself after family losses. Danskgt Brisbois, Missouri Pacific cashier, suicided in St Louis after thefts. In Chicago, a saloon fight left Edward Patterson dead after Charles Reynolds struck him with a billiard cue. both men were vagrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frres
Jeffries
Prince
Joan Irving
John Walsh
New York
Fant Suith
Danskgt Brisbois
Missouri Pacific Railway
St. Louis
Chicago
Chas. Reynolds
Edward Tatterson
Patterson
Time standard adoption set for November 18
The Southern Railway Time Convention forms a committee to arrange transmission of the new standard time with telegraph companies for railroad use. The revised schedule takes effect on November 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Railway
Centennial celebration marks Washingtons army disbandment in Newburg
The centennial commemoration of Washington disbanding his victorious army was held in Newburg New York on the 18th. The perfect day drew a large crowd with about fifty thousand strangers and scores of excursions. Addresses were delivered by Senator Bayard and William E Evarts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Newburg
N. Y
Senator Bayard
Wm. E. Evarts
Death of General James B. Steedman in Toledo
General James B. Steedman died at his Toledo home on the afternoon of the 18th from pneumonia aged sixty five. A noted Civil War officer he earned major general honors at Chickamauga and held posts including Provisional Governor of Georgia and Ohio State Senator. He was then chief of Toledo police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Steedman
Toledo
Chickamauga
Georgia
New Orleans
Barbour County man gets nine years for mail robbery
In Barbour County West Virginia Jacob T Hoffman former wealthy citizen was sentenced to nine years in the Penitentiary for robbing the mails. His remaining property was sold to satisfy a judgment won by his niece over a slanderous notice placed on church and schoolhouse doors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbour County
W. Va
Jacob T. Hoffman
Decimated Altata Hit by Fever and Hurricane
Dispatches report Altata Mexico ruined by yellow fever killing about twenty daily for two weeks. A hurricane on the 3rd destroyed most of the town with refuge in the mountains, rail line damage, and only depot and machine sheds remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guaymas
Mexico
Altata
Great Land Frauds in Texas Reported
The Texas State Lands Frauds Board on the 18th submitted to the Attorney General a list of alleged illegal purchases of school lands totaling over 65 000 acres and advised suits to recover. The alleged illegality centers on purchases exceeding statute limits, made by state employees in the names of minors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Texas State Lands Frauds Board
Russell County Murder Near Columbus Reported
A report from Russell County Alabama describes a fatal shooting six miles from Columbus on the 15th. Thos. Prince shot and killed his father in law B 8 Jef- details are scarce in the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell County
Ala
Columbus
Prince
Jef
United States Awards at International Fisheries Exhibition
United States medals tally at the International Fisheries Exhibition in London lists 147 awards with forty-five gold, forty-five silver, and twenty-eight bronze medals, plus nineteen diplomas and ten money prizes. United States Fish Commissioners receive eighteen gold and four silver medals and two diplomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United State
United States
London
Fish Commissioners
Calamity in a Synagogue Causes Deaths in Podolia
In Ziwonka Podolia during services a false fire alarm in the women’s gallery sparked a deadly stampede. Forty women were killed and thirty injured as worshippers crowded toward the door amid the panic. The incident occurred in a Jewish synagogue within the Podolia government area of Russia. Omitted tobacco case follows. The London Committee of Justices refused tobacco for Guy O'Donnell after medical review deeming him in good health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ziwonka
Podolia
Russia
O’donevell
Committee of Justices
London
Guy
O’donnell
Devastating Smyrna Coast Earthquake Kills Many
An earthquake along the Smyrna coast in Asia Minor devastates southern villages. Estimates place fatalities around a thousand with many homes buried. Survivors wander cold and hungry as the Porte appeals for aid for about twenty thousand homeless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smyrna
Asia Minor
Porte
Liberal Conference at Leeds Adopts Seat Redistribution
English Liberals at the Leeds convention on the 18th backed a plan to redistribute Parliament seats to reflect national will. They also denounced minority representation by special laws as anti representative government. Sir Wilfred Lawson’s motion condemning Bradlaugh’s seat refusal and urging abolition of parliamentary oaths passed unanimously with cheers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leeds
England
Wilfred Lawson
Commons
Bradlaugh
Trichinosis Outbreak Hits Saxony Villages
Four hundred people in ten Saxony villages are prostrated by trichinosis with fifty in a hopeless condition. Daily deaths occur. Nearby London matters report a true bill against O Donnell for James Carey’s murder with trial set for November 21. Moody meetings in Cork see patrols to guard the hall. Limerick Moody mission reports success. Cholera resurges near Alexandria with four deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saxony
London
O’donnell
James Carey
Moody
Cork
Limerick
Alexandria
Deficiencies and executions mark latest dispatches
Comptroller Sheer of Pittsburg reports a 48000 deficit after examining Clerk of Court Ronand's books. Edward Hovey hanged in Toombs New York for killing his sister-in-law Fanny Vermilyea. Henry Gwynner, president of Hook Manufacturing and National Railroad Publication, dies by his own hand in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheer
Pittsburg
Ronand
Epward Hovey
Toombs
New York
Fanny Vermilyea
Henry W. Gwynner
Hook Manufacturing Company
National Railroad Publication Company
Supreme Court Rejects Civil Rights Act as Unconstitutional
Oct 15 report from Whsitrxeton notes Justice Bradley's ruling that sections one and two of the Civil Rights Act of March 1 1875 are unconstitutional under the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments. Justice Harlan dissented. Fred Douglass and Prof. John M Langston offered strong reactions, claiming the decision undermines civil rights and social equality and sparks nationwide debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Whsitrxeton
Bradley
United States
Samuel D. Singleton
Dnstiet Hradléy
Justice Harlan
Bayard
Garland
Congress
States
District of Columbia
Fred Douglass
Europe
John M. Langston
Hayti
Charles Sumner
Court
Dred Scott
Taney
Fatal Train Collision Claims Four Children and One Woman
In Connellsville Pennsylvania a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train struck a group of pedestrians including Margaret Curren age seventeen Alice King age five Mary Farrell age ten Daniel Tarrell age seven and their guardian a young woman. The victims died or suffered fatal injuries at the scene or shortly after. The children had been walking with Miss Curren when they stepped off the track to avoid a passing freight and were struck as the east bound train neared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connellsville
Baltimore & Ohio
Margaret Curren
Alice King
Mary Farrell
Daniel Tarrell
Mary
Farrells
Harry King
Miss Curren
Tragic Freight Yard Accident Claims Two Men
At Derry Station on the Pennsylvania Railroad John Bley and James Maloney, switchmen, were repairing a damaged freight car when the engine moved unknown to them. Bley died instantly under the car. Maloney suffered severe injuries, later died after becoming unconscious on the cab floor and during transport to Latrobe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitttspuren
John Bley
James Maloney
Derry
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bleu
Maloney
Bley
Latrobe
Discovery of the Cause of Cholera
Dr Koch of the German Commission to Egypt reports a living thread like microscopic organism causes cholera, resembling a microbe seen in phthisis. The finding ties the epidemic to a specific pathogen rather than miasma or environment, marking a major scientific breakthrough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BrErwin
Dr. Koch
Egypt
Prohibition Buyer Refusal Ties to Warner Bros Brewery
Warner Bros proprietors of the Sidney brewery refuse to purchase barley from farmers who voted for Prohibition. The item is part of a larger list of diverse local incidents and notes from various Ohio locations and national figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner Bros
Sidney
Coshocton
Charles Schwachow
Martin Kroch
Henry Carson
Indiana, Bloomington & Western Railroad
Castalia
Erie County
Moerlein
Cincinnati
Ohio Poultry Association
Toledo
American Poultry Association
Jno. W. Lawless
Northwestern Insane Asylum
Michael Schilling
Columbus
Wit Davis
Norwalk
Wm. Kirker
Second National Bank
Ironton
Galloway
Pacific Coast
Australia
Richardo Gilson
Alliance
Salinesville
Laying on of hands bemoaned by papers over superstition
The Denver Tribune mocks Mormon belief that laying on of hands cures ill children noting five thousand deaths in twenty five years when medicine could have helped. The Concord Monitor laments high White Mountain hotel prices leaving inns with slim patronage again this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver Tribune
Concord
N. H
White Mountain
Nasby On Votes And Liquor Interests In 1833 Kentucky
Nasby argues that majorities come from gin mills and liquor interests, denounces Democracy and its leaders, and advocates exploiting distilleries, gin shops, and immigrant votes to gain power. He mocks Republicans and links liquor to political influence, predicting future shifts with Chinese and opium voters. The piece preserves satirical tone and local political critique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Republikin Party
Ic Detstad
Leeder
Amerika, Leon
Tooty
New York
Tweed
Republikan Party
Justis
Prerroleum V. NasBy
Reagan Criticizes Democratic Weakness and Evasion
The St Louis Globe Democrat reports Congressman Reagan of Texas denounces Democratic cowardice and evasions on tariff currency and labor issues. He calls for explicit party policy, contrasts with Republicans who publish clear platforms, and warns against negative positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reagan
Texas
Indias
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
The Rat and the Cheese and Other Tales
A dated collection of anecdotes and moral quips contrasts a clever rat at a pantry with a trusting householder who banishes cats. It notes a moral about political reform and tax pretense, then mentions lost jewelry found in ash and a swift Florida rail claim about a catamount.
Multiform 19th Century Clippings From North America
A scattered collection of brief items notes a Montreal death linked to seven wives, rail and capital figures in Mexico and England, debates over a Southern VP candidate in 1884, winter housing in Aiken South Carolina, a Lancet beer recommendation for writers, a New York wine fraud, a Newberry Court jury oddity, Langry remarks on republican government, a Chicago style Cuban taxi earnings claim, southern drought and no rain since July 15, a U.S. minister in Berlin enjoying Parisian life until a new push on hogs by Bismarck, a warning to Senator Edmunds over a presidential bid, and an eloping Long Island couple gifted 62 000 for a new home.
Spain Demands Formal Apology From France Over Settlement
Spain presses for a formal apology from France and refuses to accept a partial settlement. The Spanish ministry is said to have nearly resigned to push the dispute to a new government. Miss Ayer, heiress to 5 million, in Paris, faces marriage offers from aristocrats. Grant jokes about family wealth amid reports of his fortune. Topics at a national health conference include contagious animal diseases and legislation. A National Co operative Working Men’s Union forms in New York to help workers obtain wholesale goods. Maxwell Evarts is honored with Yellowstone Peak Mount Evarts, and meltwater from the mountain feeds Hell Roaring Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
France
Workingmen’s Union
New York
Wilhin AM
Maxwell Evarts
Hayes
White House
Yellowstone Park
Mount Evarts
Hell Roaring Creek
Gladstone's Continent Trip Breaks Precedent for Premier Travel
The Pall Mall Gazette notes Gladstone’s European trip marks the first English premier to holiday abroad in fifty years. It questions whether any first lord of the treasury since Walpole ever left Britain for nonwork reasons, suggesting the departure is unprecedented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladstone
Continent
Pall Mall Gazette
British Isles
Treasury
Walpole
Inadequate Inland Village Policing Draws Criticism
A New England paper criticizes local police saying constables are nominal, night watchmen absent, and criminals escape in inland villages. It notes manufacturing areas face a turbulent element unrestrained by the law and farms oppose funding village watchmen, leading towns to neglect policing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
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