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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1872
Page
2
Mr J C Orr acts as agent for the Evening Star Newport Hy with two editions. The first at 2g o'clock P M includes Telegraphic Local News Market and Financial Reports and miscellaneous reading. The second at 4230 o'clock P M repeats the first and adds further telegraphic and local news.
The latest report says no vote was reached in the Senate yesterday. This morning it is claimed that if a vote had occurred the measure would have passed by two, a promising sign that the law may be enacted soon.
RemaBi information reports that Grand Duke Alexis will visit Mammoth Cave on Wednesday. The notice urges Clifton and Avondale to secure the royal visitor for an exhibition in the suburb. It asks Mr Probaséo to begin negotiations at once.
The piece questions Congress relief for Chicago by suspending duties on imported building materials. It argues relief should be universal for all disaster areas and warns of incentives to spark fires or abuse of imports, noting affected regions from Ohio to Wisconsin and the impact on other Western cities.
A discussion endorses broad and vigorous investigations across government including customs, currency, and judges. It argues investigations reveal wrongdoings, deter corruption, and demand punishment, while rejecting partisan whitewashing and praising accountability as essential to public confidence.
A critic argues against hanging murderer Botts in Newark New Jersey, questioning any societal or utilitarian benefit. The piece cites Sidney Smith and vast moral concerns about executing criminals, insisting the law should not invade divine prerogatives or risk irreversible errors.
The author argues law should confine criminals in penal institutions rather than execute. Punishment aims to curb violence and foster penitence and moral sense. Reform through reflection and religious faith may redeem more than hanging, reducing the wrongs of the act.
Citizens of Union County seek a constitutional amendment to curb state licensing of liquor sales. Other measures request anew Ohio river fill or causeway for navigation, adjustments to county official pay, toll rate restoration, paternity limits on insolvent debtor relief, and various local fiscal and infrastructure bills. Committees referred. recess and adjournment noted.
In Columbia a discussion concluded with the resolution adopted as part of the session. The meeting adjourned after the vote.
Extensive figures compare British railway expansion and finances with those of the United States. Data cover miles of track, capital, receipts, working costs, locomotives and rolling stock, plus notable stations, speeds and costs per mile to illustrate growth from 1841 to 1888 and current stock values.
A Hew Hemshire man explains how a rise in local wealth expands the tax base. The more prosperous the town, the higher the taxes collected to fund public needs and services.
London reports claim a death sentence commuted is unfounded. Rome rumors urge the Pope to leave. Poland imposes Russian as compulsory in primary schools. Paris reports no foundation to Rochefort sentence commutation. London Times notes a Paris train wreck near Nice with fourteen dead or injured. A vote in Cortes set for April 24, with a new assembly to be seated. Reports cover a Naquet protest in the French Assembly and Princess Frederick Charles painting battles. London press bets on marriage ads. printer counts 118 daily papers in Britain and Ireland. A cane-seller La Boule d Or dies in Paris. German resources threaten Baltic fleet balance. Denmark neutralization debated. Severe English floods damage Windsor and Thames. a local Gazette letter mocks beer saloon disputes.
A New York Ledger excerpt reflects on the shy onset of first love with detailed observations of a couple's growing affection and delays before a kiss. It follows a letter-writer noting low Sunday church attendance in Bernard, near a million population, and mentions MP Mr. BB Williams planning a brief U S visit.
A young man reported to Officer Lawrence Cook that he lost a pocketbook containing 79.55 between Liberty and Washington streets and the Union Depot. After advertising, the item was recovered yesterday in Steubenville and handed to a train conductor at noon. The incident, cited by the Pittsburgh Paper, shows the value of advertising.
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