26 Oct 1881
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1881
Page
1
John Dillon M P has been arrested and jailed for treasonable practices. Humboldt Tennessee fire destroyed twenty nine business houses causing about 175000 dollars in losses. The British government plans an expedition to search for the missing Jeannette. The Land League in Ireland has been and all its meetings will be dispersed by the authorities.
The article reports that John Stevens Jr. has been found guilty of numerous forgeries. Details on the case, including charges and potential penalties, are summarized from the court proceedings and verdict.
Following a horribly fatal fire in Philadelphia the Mayor directs all factory and building owners in the city to install permanent fire escapes. The decree covers factories tenement houses seminaries hospitals and asylums and aims to improve safety and egress.
New York foremen of the Fire Departments have been instructed to use dynamite for demolishing buildings in case of a dangerous fire amid a water famine. Government receipts since the fiscal year began from customs and internal revenue total $129,000,000 with October daily average $1,280,000 including Sundays.
Captain Adams of the whaler Arctic arrived in London from the Northern Ocean and reported that the last of Sir John Franklin's men died at the house of an Ecquimanax while making an overland march to Hudson's Bay.
General Tyner the First Assistant Postmaster General is urged to resign. Mr James the Postmaster General holds the view that his aide should step down amid ongoing questions of leadership and policy.
A man fled along the river and, pursued by McCarty who fired while in the water, disappeared from view and was not seen again. The incident ends with an unresolved search for the missing individual.
Reports from October storms describe Vemmer's forecasts verified by snow in Quebec six inches and New Brunswick ten inches. Ohio saw sparse snow that caused damage as rivers rose and famines of homes. England ponders Irish conflict with the Land League urging civil war.
Five people die in a Cincinnati Southern Railway crash just south of McKinney Station 129 miles south of Cincinnati. Conductor Mark Neman cannot stop the engine before it strikes a section of a train on the track. Victims include David Campbell and George Campbell of McKinney and railway workers Joan Alcorn Charles Knobbs and George Whippey. A worker lost a foot and another had both legs severed in the wreck.
Capt H H Riddleberger and Hon J D journeyed to meet Wise. Wise and the editor of The State have been arrested and placed under bonds to keep the peace.
A Dubuque dispatch reports the Upper Mississippi’s high waters causing extensive damage to the lowlands along its banks during the past week. Local authorities brace for continued flood conditions and assess impact on communities and agriculture.
The report describes an unusual season with water up to two and three miles wide, submerging farms, overflowing cellars, carrying away materials, and forcing people from homes. Corn crops are ruined as fields sprout in flooded areas. similar conditions hit Genessee Ill Davenport Hannibal Keokuk and Alexandria.
Lima reports Garcia Calderon's government has fallen and Chilean commander in Callao decrees all Peru authority beyond municipal level must be exercised by Chile. U.S. Minister Hurlbut informs Callao of U.S. disfavor with Chilean conquest plans. Finders in U.S. Senate note Windom's first ballot win in Minnesota caucus. Windom expected to sweep Republican votes.
Two unknown individuals attempted arson on the Cunard steamer Bothnia by applying phosphorous fluid to a heavy woolen carpet called the runner. The vapor caused ignition when folded and moved to the deck. two full bottles stood nearby, but their contents had not been touched. Authorities plan to capture the incendiaries.
Alonzo Porter bought Vermifage from a local store for his four children. After a few doses the children reportedly expelled nine hundred worms and suffered severe stomach and bowel inflammation. They died within hours, described by a physician as a most terrible sight with self harm as the agony peaked.
Summary of maritime loss: eighty five vessels, mainly British, lost off the UK coast during the latest gale, with twenty wrecks elsewhere in the world in the early week. Total wrecks last week reached 130 for British and foreign ships, up 104 from the prior week. Property loss estimated at £8,000,000, British share £6,000,000. Reported dead or missing total 138, including fishermen from Burnmouth Eyemouth and others. fifty nine Burnmouth Eyemouth drowned and one hundred forty missing.
Riots continue in Dublin and other cities with bayonet wounds reported in Limerick Hospital. The Land League HQ has moved from Dublin to Liverpool as unrest grows with police criticized. the Dublin phase has widened from political arrests to broad anti police exasperation.
The DC and N Railway agent at Winfield, Illinois reports following Prof King’s balloon from Chicago on the Galena Division. He saw the lamp lit near Elmhurst then observed a course shift toward Chicago and Lake Michigan, predicting the balloon would likely be over the lake or east of it after 10 o clock.
The Pall Mall Gazette reports judges from the bench on the 17th ordered police to fire with effect not blank rounds. It warns the Land League faces forcible oppression and predicts Britain may need a new system of government for Ireland if the Land Act fails to calm tensions.
A severe hurricane drenches England with widespread damage. Four hundred trees fall in Southwark. many houses lose roofs. numerous fishing vessels vanish with dozens dead or missing. The Cyprian wrecks off the Welsh coast with twenty two lives lost.
Telegram from Sarah Parnell describes widespread terror in Ireland with shootings in Limerick and Dublin, mass arrests, and a government push to deploy troops, while the Land League calls for no rent and aid for affected families. Also notes a Louisville astronomer observing a nine-body comet swarm linked to historic comets 1811 and 1845 46.
A grand assembly of military and civic orders marked the Yorktown Centennial. The stone laying was led by Masons led by the Grand Master of Virginia with a gavel carved from Lawrence wood. Notable addresses included President Arthur and French and German delegates, with grand pyrotechnics and a royal salute to the British sovereign.
The President pro tempore announced replacements on Senate committees including Foreign Affairs and Commerce. Names such as Aldrich Lapham Hawley Miller Iller Sewall and others were added in place of Burnside Conkling Platt Teller and related roles. The pro tem noted he lacks authority to name a chairman. The Senate adjourned after executive session.
An old-time reflection on alcohol’s lure guiding a drunk to the rails for a nap. The piece notes the track’s hypnotic pull, the swift, risky luck of reaching the line before trains, and hints at broader concerns with sobriety and danger.
The piece notes ongoing delays in the Christiancy case and Cabinet debates around Garfield era figures. It cites tax, pension, and Marine Hospital Service concerns, mentions revenue surplus, and reports on nominations and confirmations including postmasters and land office appointments.
A stage driver recounts a perilous ride in New Mexico after a pioneer passenger pulls a pistol to demand a free fare. The driver and passenger share a wary moment, ending with the driver accepting a safe passage despite the threat.
A Detroit wife asks her husband to stop snoring claiming it makes her homesick for a coast home near a fog-horn. He asks what’s wrong and resists, then she cries as memories of the old home flood back.
A roundup of 1883 era notes reports Morgan declined Arthur’s Treasury offer. A British bark Lebu abandoned off Isle of Man. lifeboat capsized, twelve drowned. Ireland’s Land League crackdown stirs consternation as Ladies' League looms. Guiteau mind study notes monomania yet legal guilt. A lynching in Union County shows brutal outrage. Local libel sentences in New Jersey. Balloonists Kiva Hashagen found after 65 miles flight. Garrieto asks Garfield literary remains published posthumously. Vicksburg reporter Love shot by Lanier in Greenville. Lanier jailed.
The article lists diverse scientific notes including gold density 19.5, shellac use in hatter trade, the earth’s atmosphere volume, blue vitriol timber preservation, lamp black light absorption, a carricR wire one tenth inch thick supporting 300 pounds, lacquerine brass-like effect, beryx fish fossils, steel hardening by heat, stationary engines coal use, horsefly eye lenses, Mrs. Connexious Herz telephonic transmission, cocoa nitrogen content, aquatic plant flowering behavior, tattooing as arterio graphy, ice machines in France, Russia hospital deposits, puosixorvs colorless form, tide differences at St Malo vs Norwegian coast, protein intake, swamis and chameleons on air, Bates beetle, steam engine heat exchange, mineral oil lubricants, heat to raise water vs turpentine, mercury volume expansion, gold coating on silver wire, and ideal height and weight rules for a 66 inch male.
The Philadelphia Times argues success comes from a blend of intellect and bold self-confidence. Mere brains or mere bravado fail without the other, as nerves and perseverance must back up knowledge. The piece calls brass a modern courage guiding brains into practical action across professions and life.
The Virginia speaker belittles verbose politics while a civic delegation from Boston and Providence passes through Fredericksburg en route to Richmond. He likens Washington’s sword to sever the thirteen stars from the British lion, imagining a grand constellation drawn into a tide as an artist might capture on canvas.
A young man escorts his companion from church. She chides him on habits and prudence, suggesting he discard the cigarette, ditch the cane, hide the watch chain, and stay home to study brains. The walk ends in silence as he reflects on the exchange.
An elderly man proclaims he saw the sun rise a few moments ago though it is midnight. He admits he is no astronomer and disrupts moonlit celebrations on the porch before sending his daughter to bed.
A preserved letter in the New York Historical Society includes a passage lamenting a daughter-in-law who died after her husband’s wife, noting that she is “very much lamented by all who knew her.” The writer expresses a wish that the mother-in-law, “riper for the other world,” had preceded her.
A Moscow letter to the London Times extols Russian rail lines from St. Petersburg to Moscow as superior to other nations. It praises roomy cars, clean platforms, and cheap refreshment rooms, while contrasting Russia’s comfort with European travel’s bustle and discomfort.
A Quaker sees a neighbor stealing from a pork barrel and after confronting him at a cellar window, forgives the crime but imposes a humane punishment. Half the pork is taken as restitution, and the man returns home bearing the bagged portion. The incident remains a secret shared by families for years.
Jack Russet, a famed hunting parson of Devonshire born around 1728, has reportedly never missed a hunting day since 1814 after witnessing his first red deer at Exmoor. The eighty six year old travels fifty miles home each day after a hunt.
Advertising rates listed for legal and transient ads at 1.00 per ten lines for first insertion and 0.50 for each additional. Annual reductions available. Business cards for more than six lines priced at 6.00 per year.
Ohio State News reports diphtheria concern in Newcomerstown and Crestline deaths. Fosten’s large plurality and a 20 000 temperance vote with 1 000 Greenback support are noted. Multiple shootings, escapes, a jail break, and a fatal gas explosion at a cistern occur, with standard local names and places such as Steubenville Cincinnati Wooster Findlay and Circleville.
A colored school marm in a Georgia county runs a school with several men and their families in attendance. One forty year old man boards with her, and the landlord was among the first chastised. He defends the woman and states his duty is to submit to the whipping if required during the school attendance.
The Peru government is said to have earned about 2.4 billion dollars from oil sales, but only four or five might record costs totaling 150 million. On signing the Oroya railroad contract, contractor Meiggs allegedly gave the president’s wife a bouquet concealing 500 thousand dollars in cash.
A historical excerpt presents Jerusha and Michael in a vow exchange on love and faith. Jerusha asks who loves her and Michael answers with divine affirmation, urging that God loves Jerusha and hears widows and orphans.
Willows leaf out first in spring and keep growing until heavy frosts end the season. They tolerate drought well and can provide rapid renewals for fuel and shelter year after year.
A reflection on work ethic contrasts those who waste time with those who labor to advance their employer's interests. The latter find meaningful tasks and steady employment as a result.
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