20 Sep 1882
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1882
Page
1
The Glermont Gourier advertises legal and transient notices at one dollar per square for the first insertion and fifty cents for each additional insertion, covering ten lines per square and applying to all ad types.
A mob attempted to force the Sheriff to release John Hunter from his cell after he murdered William Lewis at a picnic. The keys were hidden in advance. Hunter cursed the mob from his window as the crowd clashed with officials.
The article reports a British victory over an American team at Creedmoor, a deadly tornado in Winsted Massachusetts killing four, a sardine poisoning case in Canal Dover, and multiple dispatches on Arabi Pasha, Cairo surrender, and Wolseley’s communication as the war ends.
In Washington on September 8 Judge Wylie instructed the jury in the Star route conspiracy case. He outlined the five features of the indictment, explained that conspiracy could be proven by consequences, and cautioned jurors to decide only on reasonable doubt. The defense argued lines about mutual interest in all contracts and potential bribery concerns, as the jury retired for deliberation after a long charge and a brief pause.
Thekla Popov, a seventy year old gypsy woman from Melenceze, allegedly ran a network aiding over a hundred wives in poisoning husbands. Clients included married women and jealous lovers, paying fifty to one hundred florins per dose. A daughter testified she gave a bottle of poison to Jocza Kukin’s wife, prompting arrests after a jailhouse overheard exchange. The case expands into a wider web of crime. exhumations of suspected victims are planned as the trial proceeds.
Reading special reports Mrs Elizabeth Guckert, a widow from Reading, died from rabies after a dog bite in her yard. The case details a ten week wound, worsening pain, violent spasms, foam at the mouth, thirst, and eventual death around 2:20 PM. The neighbor’s black dog attacked her. physicians treated with cauterization and morphine injections while she suffered in great agony.
A roundup of local misfortunes and incidents across Ohio reports Daniel Helvering breaking his neck after a fall, Louis Bentz wounded in a pistol confrontation, William Mackey killed beneath a train, James Templer’s suicide, a crash injuring four near Barnesville, and race to enter a camp meeting sparking clashes at Ada. Also notes saloon fund efforts in Urica, fatal buggy accident in Canter bury, laborer crushed at Galion, Bob Ford’s health, a wife’s suicide, accidental shooting deaths, pensioner drinking, and a table of crop values from the State Board of Agriculture.
A Louisville era denunciation of the Republican party praising its handling of federal finances since 1861. It argues wartime conditions demanded bold action, touts lower per thousand loss rates under Republicans, contrasts with earlier decades, and credits Arthur era no government losses. It concludes with calls for continued Republican support in Congress and praise for Senator Sherman.
A historic fall contest will decide the House of Representatives for two years, shaping tariff policy, manufacturing conditions, and national policy. It urges support for the Republican party to preserve credit, industry, labor protection, and a steady policy, warning against Democratic power and dangerous Southern elements.
Chicago Tribune reports Alexander H. Stephens recounting the origin of the Democratic Party two-thirds rule for national nominating votes. He traces it to attempts to preserve state balance, cites Calhoun and Jackson, and argues the rule fueled past splits, secession debates, and ongoing party tensions.
In Maine, Mr Blaine delivered a fierce rebuke of the Democratic party calling its twenty one year record one of failure. He asserted Democrats aided rebellion during the Civil War, opposed wartime measures, and only after Lincoln's death did they seek influence. The speaker blamed Democratic policy for opposition to reform and criticized greenback issues and the Resumption Act.
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