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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1872
Page
3
A fragmentary poem about lovers on a shore where names fade with a rising wave, followed by a discussion of Col Angus Crolls hypothesis on spontaneous combustion of iron rust and its implications for fires in refineries and iron pipes. The piece merges romance with a technical note on ignition.
A new theory suggests cholera is not a bowel disease but a nerve disorder. Early signs include shrinking fingertips and bluish skin from reduced blood supply, with debility and coldness. Some cases show little health impact initially, progressing only when larger vessels are affected.
A boastful lawyer narrates how he tricked a client by paying the shoemaker to drop a suit. Johnson accepts a five dollar payment to end the dispute, keeps the fee, and tells Jones the matter is settled. Jones later praises the outcome and vows future business.
Henry Wage Lescher reflects in New York Seeger on money’s limits and the enduring power of ancient trees. He contrasts vast elms with aging humanity, praising trees for vitality, rootedness, and the light they offer, while lamenting that wealth cannot create such living grandeur.
Foreign news items report governments dodging questions on arbitration while five daily sessions are planned. A British journalist Warner is robbed and murdered. most money recovered. Cholera spreads from eastern Russia to central regions. Moscow hit hard with eight to one deaths to recoveries. Royal visit off the American fleet remains private. Woolwich diggers strike. tariff debates continue in Paris with adjournment planned.
Indiana items report a fatal shooting of William McAbee city marshal by Patsey Madigan, who is jailed. Details include a Rochester native Edward Bolton dying from a skull fracture, a prostitute named Sons implicated, and various local mishaps. The round concludes with court verdicts, accidents, births, and odd anecdotes from Terre Haute, Attica, Bluffton, Alexandria, and Richmond.
Last Tuesday three men cleared a well for Joseph Goodykoontz near Tipton. William Branham died after being overcome by gas and Alexander Boyer died tying a rope to Branham. A follow up accident on Bee Line road near Fortville killed Michael Lavin with Henry Gardner severely injured but alive. Several others were hurt. Also a humorous note on roosters and hens.
On the first day of July the women of Illinois favored appointive offices under last winter’s act. The law allows all occupations except elective offices and jury service. it also warns women need not work on streets or roads. A court scene shows a lawyer repeatedly citing his wife’s testimony, prompting a judge’s quip about the heavens falling. Elsewhere thieves lift a church carpet marked as stolen, suggesting churches mark property for identification.
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