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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1872
Page
2
Governor Baker appoints Tue Hon. John H. Farquahar as Secretary of State replacing the late Col. Norman Eddy. The County Solicitor and County Prosecuting Attorney clash over a ten percent forfeiture claim on George J. Leininger bond totaling $1,964.05.
The Kentucky House voted 8 to 2 to reject the Cincinnati Southern Railroad charter. Officials urge cautious handling and caution in moving forward with the matter for now.
The Enquirer editor recalls a conversation with a well known Democrat recently in Pennsylvania who says a popular nomination like Colonel Thomas A Scott risks defeat only through fraud in vote counting. The piece questions this cautious prophecy as thin and alarmist.
The Rocky Mountain segment remains snowbound with no trains for weeks. A southern route across the continent is urged as dog days approach. Efforts to clear the track are overwhelmed by winds and drifting snow, making winter rail journeys perilous.
The text argues that civilization is best judged by manufacturing progress not by fine arts. It contrasts crude natural growth with transformed goods and asks whether printing presses or statues better represent a people’s refinement, concluding that practical industry defines civilization more than celebrated art.
A December Yokohama Herald excerpt notes Japanese imitation of American customs, a large fire at Yoshiwara killing many, and a prank where a man rode a governor‑like pony. It mentions a horse riding reform, a disputed railway effect on fishermen, and Japan’s silver yen plans with treaty revision funding.
The passage argues that industrial refinement creates wealth and living standards, while cities must cultivate manufactures to stabilize prosperity. It stresses that diversified industry attracts commerce, shapes traffic, and makes a city essential to trade lines.
The Washington session features heated arguments over an education bill tied to public lands proceeds. Key figures include Hoar, Kerr, Parker, Townsend, Shellabarger, Biggs, Goodrich, and others debating state rights, mixed schools, and funding distribution amid partisan warfare.
In a heated Delaware House session, critics attacked Democratic figures while Mr. McIntyre urged giving full funds for Southern education. The Georgia note praised native control, and Mr. Peck proposed extending bond privileges to Toledo. The debate ends with adjournment until Tuesday for broader discussion.
Legislative notes from Columbus report Senate adjournment after no business. Petitions cite Wayne Licking and Logan counties seeking medical reform and schoolhouse funding. Fiscal gas costs for penitentiary and state house totaled 20 596 09 over five years. Cleveland water works bond bill of one million dollars referred to Finance. Adjourned until Tuesday afternoon.
The text reports Wooster University scholars as religion professors, election of Kennedy Barnes and Shelton to American Bible Society management, Linebach named principal of a Provincial School in Salem North Carolina, Bethel Sunday school thanks donors for Christmas dinner, and a Dublin Cardinal letter urging temperance to curb Ireland’s social ills and urging closing drink houses on Sundays and holidays.
The text outlines Lent fasting rules including permissible foods, exceptions for age illness and labor, and dispensation for meat on certain Sundays and weekdays. It urges abstinence from dairy and eggs for the faithful during Lent and calls for temperance and repentance.
In Dayton Kentucky on February 1 1872 residents urge removal of old political hacks tied to Tammany rings. They call for competent men to run in the upcoming election on the second Monday of next month and emphasize citizen solicitation for candidates. The note ends with a request for publication in the Evening Star. The Boston Hartford and Erie Railroad case against Henry N Farwell awaits Supreme Court ruling on bonds.
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