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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1872
Page
2
A writer praises Stanley as a remarkable African lion in the Herald, suggesting Barnum should recruit him to enhance his African department of the great menagerie. The piece predicts Stanley may soon be exhibited in England.
Heavy rain storms swept the Ohio valley and moved into Mississippi and Alabama. Railroads suffered major destruction in Mississippi while Mississippi crops and Alabama property faced extensive damage, with losses estimated at five million dollars.
A satirical note mocks the New York Herald for grandiose discoveries claiming ownership of famous figures and river heads. It jokes about owning the man paddling a canoe on the Mississippi and the mouth of the river, suggesting the paper confuses ends with beginnings.
A reflective essay challenges the claim that civilization harms the body. It argues against the notion of universal bodily decline, citing statistics, giants of ancient times, and modern measurements to dispute the idea that progress must erode physical power. It notes the shift from guesswork to measured feats and references explorers and anthropometric observations to counter the degeneracy theory.
Fifty years later Captain Cook would find no one taller than six feet on the island, yet vital statistics show longer life and greater average height. Geneva, France, England, and Russia reveal rising lifespans and lower mortality. English sailors prove stronger, New Zealanders shorter and lighter, while Americans outpace both in height and weight. Overall, statistics support improved physical powers rather than degeneracy, with better feeding and living conditions driving gains.
The fourth annual State Auditor report for year ending June 1 1872 shows Illinois insurers likely to post no profit even without the Chicago fire. Losses across 74 companies reached 64 760 461 with 9 562 068 paid and more than 12 000 000 still due. Receivers appointed, bankruptcies rising, no dividends yet, and laws favored speculative officers over insured. Citizens holding policies urged to investigate. Erie Railroad to repudiate 1869 scrip for preferred stock in bits.
The Daily Evening Star reports doubts about a Thomas Morton of Racine Wisconsin patent claiming to remove crank dead centers in steam engines. The piece criticizes the patent system and notes Morton’s lack of world impact after many patents while urging cautious effort for inventors.
A mixed bag of items notes General Sherman’s return in September, Russian cholera advancing west, Alabama flood damages at 5 million, and three would be assassins of the King of Spain detained. Other notes cover the French new bond rate, Geneva Tribunal secrecy, industrial exposition in Louisville, charity in Philadelphia, and a deadly wreck in Wheeling with injuries to several riders.
A biographical sketch of Judge McCunn born 1825 in Coleraine Ireland who fled at fourteen to become a cabin boy then rose to the New York bench. He joined the army in the Civil War era, built a fortune of about one to twelve million dollars through real estate and savvy management, and remained sensitive to public opinion while supporting his Irish mother. The piece also cites the Memphis Avalanche urging universal amnesty and unity within the Methodist Church post slavery, contrasting church division with political party divides and calling for renewed Christian fellowship.
An invention for improving smelting or blast furnaces, called a Stock Distributor, uses a cylinder and valve attachments to place stock within the furnace. It promises greater efficiency, reducing coal use by about one fifth and redirecting waste gases for heat, with Grisworth & Co. testing it at a large iron works.
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