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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1883
Page
1
The Glermont Gourier lists legal and transient ads at 84 per square ten lines for first insertion and fixed cents for additional insertions. Annual liberal reductions apply to advertising, with business cards up to six lines offered at $6 per year.
Internal Revenue estimates rebates on tobacco products may total 5.3 million dollars as part of an 1884 act while annual revenue reductions for tobacco, snuff, and cigars reach 36 million dollars. Treas. Wyman rejects postal notes for express charges, citing non-tender status and post office constraints.
In West Tennessee and northern Mississippi, Arkansas and Alabama the cotton outlook is poor. Breathing rust and shedding will reduce yield about twenty percent from last year. The corn crop decline is estimated at around thirty four percent.
Rose Clark of Stratford Connecticut is found dead near her father Nathan W Clark's home after the morning of the day. Finger marks on the throat suggest choking and postmortem reveals extensive injuries indicating a violent struggle. Boston White and others are suspected in the case.
A boy in charge of the passenger elevator at the Grand Pacific Hotel in Chicago lost control during a morning ascent on the fourth and urged two passengers to jump at the next landing. Christian Jackson, a hotel painter, was killed as the elevator halted at the top floor. The death was needless since the automatic device would have stopped the car naturally.
Richard Michaelis editor of the Chicago Free Press was arrested on criminal libel charges filed by August Spies editor of a rival paper who he had called a thief. The warrant was sworn out and the case centers on press conflict in Chicago.
A janitor at Forton Colored Grammar School on Sixth Street Philadelphia found two infant corpses in a rear cess pool. Both males, ages about five months and three months, were identified as colored.
A heavy frost in Hampden Hamp shire and Franklin Counties Massachusetts on the night of the 4th damaged the tobacco crop severely. Franklin and Hampshire loss is estimated at 125000 dollars. Farmers report about half a crop already cut and housed, with some tobaccos fields a total loss to be plowed under.
Judge Bond of the United States Court rules that tendering coupons for taxes is legal in Virginia, preventing the state from collecting any further revenue until it provides for the coupons. The ruling impacts tax collection practices and coupon validity within the Commonwealth.
James King and George Gaddis, both Black men, were arrested in Edwards Mississippi on a grave robbery charge. They confessed to stealing the body of Mrs Hattie Howell a white woman to obtain arm bones for use in conjuring. A mob of about 150 demanded Sheriff action.
Splenic fever has attacked cattle in several parts of Pennsylvania and is raging with great violence. A large number of cases have proved fatal, and the disease appears to be increasing, causing alarm among stock owners.
A tragic Genesee River drowning near Rochester New York left three young women aged sixteen to twenty dead. Anna Schuey Lulu Havlin and Libbie Simmons were in a pleasure row when the boat capsized during a mid river position change. They were seen by two boys who raised the alarm and the bodies were recovered.
Henry Franks was sentenced to three years and six months in the Pennsylvania Penitentiary for conspiring with Geo Rankin and George Wesner to obtain a fraudulent pension, with a $509 fine and prosecution costs. Wesner and Rankin received two years in the penitentiary and costs. Moses Hamburg of Hamberg & Co. in Philadelphia is held on bail to answer charges of receiving pension certificates on pledge for loans, having surrendered eighty three certificates since arrest.
The Federation of Labor in Washington adopted a resolution to appoint a committee from each trade to recruit a protective society for women insulted on Washington streets. The group would hear complaints and advise redress methods, urging the community to report incidents for investigation. A campaign against masher and dude behavior was announced. Also, St. Louis Sunday case dismissals ended the drive against saloon keepers for Sunday beer sales under the 1857 law.
Carrie Waldmayer aged nineteen and Amelia Weaver aged twenty one from Philadelphia were drowned at New Brunswick New Jersey on the sixth. While strolling along the beach Miss Waldmayer slipped from the rocks into the water and Miss Weaver attempted to rescue her. Waldmayer's body was recovered.
Official advices from the Pensacola Navy Yard on the 6th report thirteen new cases and seven deaths in the prior forty eight hours. A strict cordon surrounds the infected area as authorities seek to confine the outbreak.
The Lamport steaming from Baltimore to London struck by a hurricane and disabled. It carried 170 cattle and rough seas swept overboard or killed all but 36. Several vessels in the area are reported lost.
The New Orleans Board of Health asks the Governor to withdraw the non intercourse proclamation and keep the April 4 quarantine in force for ten days for ships from infected districts. Ship Island reports no sickness among quarantined crews. the schooner Jennie Woods from Vera Cruz arrived and is isolated.
In Riverton Illinois on the 6th a house owned by John Evans burned. Mrs Phabe Hyland age 68 and two Evans children, a four year old boy and an infant, died in the blaze. Mrs Evans, burned while trying to save them, fled with injuries after the stairs caught fire.
About fifteen thousand people attended a reception in Brooklyn hosted by the Irish National League of Brooklyn for Alexander Sullivan, president of the National League of America, on the night of the 6th. The Ancient Order of Hibernians and St. Patrick's Alliance were involved.
Frank James was found not guilty on the murder and train robbery charges after a two hour jury deliberation in Gallatin Mo. The court continued the case against his alleged accomplice in the 1868 Westfall bank killing until October term, with James remaining in jail. The verdict drew applause from James supporters as clergy attended the gathering.
A heaping of fatal incidents includes James M. TurHity in New York City shooting himself in his room. Willis Omer fatally stabs his brother at St Johns Louisiana. A Bath Maine night watchman was shot by burglars. John Crone mortally wounds his wife in New London. M Ussery murdered in Luling Texas by suitor rejected by his daughter. Teluer druggist in Handy Hill New York killed himself with same weapon his father used a year earlier.
Storms in South Ireland nearly wiped out grain and crops, fueling distress and rising rent protests. Authorities expect a renewed rent agitation and a general strike. Boards of Guardians across Ireland demand amendments to the land act.
The Governor telegraphs Telekbelong is probably totalled after a volcanic eruption. The district is inaccessible as roads are obliterated. Lampong details scarce. Some straits lighthouses remain, lights out. Tjiringine tidal wave destruction and 10,000 drowned confirmed.
The Hon. Richard OShaughnessy, who recently resigned his seat in Parliament, issues a valedictory to his district electors. He believes the English masses want Irish affairs guided by Parliament with careful, generous regard for Ireland's condition and necessities.
The London police hold facts of renewed Fenian activity with noted rendezvous of Irish agitators under strict surveillance. Marwoop the English hangman is dead and the Invincibles are suspected of poisoning him. A statue of Lafayette was unveiled at Le Puy amid a large crowd praising him as forerunner of the Republic. A Zululand dispatch reports natives in mutual extermination war.
The report notes wheat yields of 15 y bushels per acre and oats at 29 2 5 bushels in four Michigan southern tier counties, with corn nearly ruined by heavy rains then drought through July, amid famine fears and crop losses across the region. The article also covers Virginia cotton receipts, disease news from Pensacola, Ischia relief disputes, and various legal and international notes.
The Ohio Southwestern Press Association met in Cincinnati with fifty delegates and adopted a rate schedule for advertising contracts, including foreign ads. Reports cover a Glendale murder burial find, a Georgetown saw mill explosion killing three, a Columbus street fight between editors, Fremont’s Mohawk Hose Company win at London, Ontario, and various arrests and public notices. Crop data project wheat at 24 million bushels, oats 29 million, hay large, pastures good but drying. Governor Foster pardons Emanuel Alfred, a dying ex-prisoner. Incidents include highway robbery near Columbus, train wreck near Sidney, crowd shooting in Harrison County, and a mass wool growers convention in North Fairfield urging wool tariff restoration.
Cincinnati reports a six story hemp warehouse fire at Henry Drehman & Co. 232 Walnut Street ignited by a gas jet. The blaze gutted the fifth and sixth floors where a paper composing room lay. ten men escaped an elevator scare as flames spread. One worker fatally burned. several firemen injured. Missing include Rosa Liddie Mary Burke Annie Lynch Nellie Kelly and others. total loss estimated at 75 000 with 15 000 insured.
A Boston area stage near Nantasket Beach was attacked by a gang of 25 to 30 men. Edward Hawley and three other men were severely beaten. valuables including watches, jewelry and a purse were taken. The assailants pursued in an express wagon before stopping near Hingham. many women suffered fright and distress.
Warren Smith the famed oarsman and all his crew aboard a fishing schooner were drowned in last Thursday’s gale. French banking fleet losses include multiple vessels with many crews lost or saved. over thirty ships missing as storms raged with unprecedented violence. Gloucester schooner W E McDonald towed the dismasted banker Mechance to port after rescue efforts. eight crew saved, master navigator and two others missing.
The Haane telegraph reports Telekbelong town inland and isolated with surrounding destruction. Lampong on Sumatra’s south coast yields no new details. Some Straits lighthouses stand but lights are out. The tidal wave wrecked Tjeringine and the death toll reached 10,000.
Mrs Limberting carries a tale of Flessing siblings and a released state prisoner. The gossip travels through Tankville as Fanny Flossing’s brother Tom struggles to find work, with the community debating whether past crimes should be kept secret. Mrs Limberting pleads for discretion while fearing the social blowback.
In a Denver News recount, the famed West poker figure Tabor outdraws rivals in a high limit home game. He shows a remarkable bluff by drawing on a bank to cover a massive pot, revealing three sixes, three nines, and four kings with an ace. He pockets a hundred thousand, leaving opponents stunned and departing.
The Racing Calf Wabash a two year old calico calf from Evansville Indiana credited with a mile record of 2 20 was brought to Philadelphia by Colonel Charles J Burns. He has won seven races this summer and beat Major a mile in 2 20 at Bedford Park last Wednesday. Burns refused 1500 for the calf and intends exhibiting him on tracks nationwide.
The Acting Solicitor of the Treasury concludes that using miniature and full-sized imprints of a postal card as a brand label for cigars sold by a Philadelphia firm violates Sections 5 413 and 5 416 Revised Statutes. The manufacturers and users face possible prosecution.
New York Graphic notes that in 1844 Professor Morse proposed selling the entire telegraph enterprise and his Washington to New York line to the Government for $100,000. The claim highlights Morse’s early bid to privatize or transfer control of telegraph infrastructure.
A sponge eight feet in circumference is claimed as the world’s largest, with Asia and the Americas boasting the humbler specimens. Other notes include electric Paris omnibuses, roof tiles from duck cotton, irrigation in Nevada’s Pyramid Lake, and a decade-spanning glance at Chicago’s lumber use, sugar in Mexico, and insect sensibility after decapitation.
A collage of quips and comic snippets from late 19th century papers mocking philosophy jokes, editorial tactics, and playful satire. The piece includes snippets about Voltaire stockings, burning mosquitoes, fly on a nose, and comic misplacements in a room, reflecting humor and social commentary of the era.
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