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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1872
Page
2
The paper collar business expands with 17 thousand workers in Troy, New York, producing fifty million collars and cuffs annually. Colorado is praised for tax freedom with a population of 75,000 owning 24 million in property and a 50 thousand dollar treasury surplus.
The passage notes wealth doubling roughly every decade. It cites national property values rising from 7 billion dollars in 1850 to 16 billion in 1860 and to 30 billion in 1870, describing this rapid increase as a “frightful” trend despite the Civil War.
The tribunal proceeds with merits review while preliminaries are settled and secrecy remains inviolate. Public telegrams and newspaper items are dismissed as idle gossip and sensational guesswork.
An old California pest control tale describes using a bellows and gutta percha hose to puff smoke into underground squirrel burrows. The method, sparked by sulphur and shavings, crowds the area with smoke, smothering entire colonies in about five minutes.
The writer notes empty summer hotels and crowded transatlantic ships as travelers flee extortionate practices. He asserts high prices and pampered service drove guests away, urging reform toward cheap amusements, transport, and lodging to attract patronage and restore business.
Early returns indicate the Democracy won the state by 5000 to 8000 votes and secured six of eight Congressmen. The legislature also remains heavily Democratic.
The 1868 Saline county subscription of $400 000 to a Louisiana and Missouri railroad, tied to a 1859 charter, is ruled void by Missouri Supreme Court. Challenges cited include north-bank location, constitutional bans on grants without two thirds voter approval, and the charter lawfulness. The attorney general sought to restrain bonds and taxes. the court found the remedy lengthy, while the road aims to link Louisiana and Kansas City with 266 miles planned and 51 miles completed, leased to the Chicago and Alton for financing.
A new steamship planned for the Clyde will run between Liverpool and New York. It will be 876 feet long, 50 feet beam, and 28 feet deep, second only to the Great Eastern in size. Reports say the voyage port to port could take seven days.
Cholera endangers European cities while conventions form in Brooklyn with German American teachers. U S politics see Congressional nominees in Indiana districts and a rejected bid. Notable crimes and accidents fill the page with murders, overdoses, drownings, and thefts amid diplomatic banquets and bank heists.
The Democratic conventions in Indiana nominated T. O. Whiteside of Wabash for Congress in the Eighth District and Lee Neff of Dolor County for the Ninth District, opposing Gen. Shanks. A destructive Plymouth fire leveled eleven buildings, with losses around $40,000 and no insurance. incendiary suspicions linger.
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