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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1872
Page
4
Special weather page by optician Henry Twitchell notes cloudy conditions for Tuesday July 2 and Wednesday July 4 with temperatures around 18 to 29 degrees and wind and time entries. Observations include sun rise at 4 51 and sun set at 7 0, moon rise 10 54 and moon set, all indicating cloudy conditions.
The will of John T. Power was admitted to probate. Dayton Park commissioners offered 500 to a French Band for Eden Park, but were declined. Daniel Lanigan identified as the sunstroke victim from Dayton Hospital. Temperance excursion to Philadelphia via multiple railroads started today. A True Daughter of St Crispin called for a letter at tram office. Lucy and Jay Gould arrived for trotting races at Buckeye track. A boy was garroted and robbed of 25 dollars on Race Street. A five-month-old girl awaits adoption at Children’s Home. Western delegates to the Iron Molders Convention praised Trojan reception in Troy, New York. An unidentified painter fell from a scaffold and broke an arm. A fourteen-year-old boy threw a boulder into a Route 9 streetcar, injuring a woman. suspects sought. Mt Washington toll gate abolished. $80,000 verdict affects Colerain Turnpike between Brighton House and Mill Creek bridge. An inquest found drowning death of a North Bend man. A rare Indian relic shown at Geo Wilcox’s in Cincinnati.
The regular annual temperance excursion of Dayton Hamilton and Richmond societies will travel to Philadelphia by Baltimore and Ohio railroad. Round trip tickets cost 22 dollars, valid for return until September 1.
Judge Carter handles a list of defendants. Jacob Schmidt and Andrew Hoffmann face disorderly conduct charges with fines and costs. Wm Wanefeld charged with fighting Wm Brachman and drunkenness. James Lawler jailed thirty days for drunkenness and striking his wife. Henry Smith accused of disorderly conduct and provoking a bloody fight. Cordelia Wade’s drunkenness case continued due to hospital. Harvey Thomas and Louisa Wilson sent to the Work-house for thirty days after a street altercation. Theodore Hanlin charged with striking Mrs Luck. $10 and costs. Frank Manning jailed ninety days for striking Maggie Shafer. Charles Lee guilty of stealing a harness. thirty days in the Work-house. Peter Fowler and W B Sayers’ trial for alleged large cash and valuables theft continued to Thursday. Aug. tried on assault charge with partial hearing. Charles Henry linked to Alhambra House case.
The board met with thirty one members present and accepted the resignations of Geo. D. Temple and Louisa V. Stewart. They postponed elections for the Sixth and Seventeenth wards for one week and discussed compensation for an assistant superintendent. A report proposed library and teacher instruction rules was postponed, and a religious instruction amendment failed. A distressed welfare note described Cordelia Wade’s suicide attempt and hospital rest.
Last night the Garde Republicaine Band drew a crowded crowd to Exposition Hall where one entrance caused a crush injuring several attendees. The audience cheered as the band opened with Hail Columbia and the Marseillaise and Meyerbeer pieces, led by M. Paulus whose baton elicited lively applause.
A local review lauds a band for harmonious play and precise drill with strong solos and encores. Wagner’s Lohengrin and Libertas motif performances intrigue Louis of Bavaria, though Marsellaise by Miss Anie Goodall falls short. Dark Friday at Wood's Theater draws large audiences tonight.
The narrative describes rising river levels and a near stand at Pittsburg with 6 feet 5 inches in the channel and 17 feet 8 inches in another, plus arrivals and departures of steamboats and tugboats. A new boat by Capt. Wise will be named after James W. Gaff, and the J Briarly reached St. Louis after adjustments in the Illinois River. A sailor, John W. Hill, died after falling overboard near Kentucky. An Excelsior ferry engineer faced arrest for drunkenness, risking a boiler incident, while Buffalo investors plan a four-propeller streetcar style water transport line in St. Louis area and at Pomeroy.
The report shows dull trade across staples with Bran at 10 12 per ton ship stem and 14 17 per ton for middlings. Coal demand unsettled with prices dropping. coke and other fuels show minor shifts. Grain and fruit markets are mixed with fresh reserves and scarce lemons. oats and corn face lower demand but prices hold in many lines.
Prices for bacon, lard, sugars, coffee, and rice show active or steady demand with modest gains. Pork cuts and shoulders rise while New Orleans sugar and Demerara show limited movement. pork by products and cured hams remain in varied demand across regions. Potatoes and other staples trade at nominal or modestly improved levels amid cautious buyers.
Special correspondence from Madeira dated July 28 1872 reports an almost unprecedented rain hampering camp meetings yet attendance remains strong with about five hundred gathering despite soggy ground. Organizers remain hopeful of success predicting a great outpouring of people and spirit if skies clear.
A New York Tribune correspondent describes touring a Berber bazaar in Berber, observing a Syrian merchant and his harem. He notes the sale of a young Abyssinian girl and a dark haired Egyptian woman, with prices quoted at four hundred and five hundred francs, and condemns the system of human trafficking.
A Kansas City Times correspondent describes David R. Atchison as a confirmed bachelor living in a Plattsburgh home with an unmarried sister an invalid niece a young nephew and his wife. The nephew runs a 1200 acre farm with 800 cultivated while Atchison tends vegetables and spends mornings in the garden and afternoons in his room reflecting on political history.
The narrative recalls a former U S Senate figure appointed in 1843 and serving twelve years, including pro tempore leadership from 1846 and serving during two presidential inaugurations. The interview details his brief ascent to the presidency for about thirty six hours and his alleged successful, stable administration with a full cabinet and no changes.
The Virginia City Nevada Enterprise reports several hours of sandspouts yesterday afternoon over the Twenty two Mile Desert. Five or six tall columns, ten feet wide and about a thousand feet high, moved over the plain for two to three hours without merging. The event signals possible weather change and recalls past sightings east of the Lower Sink of the Carson.
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