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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1872
Page
2
Vic Government has mounted cavalry and infantry to watch cattle thieves along the Texas border in a widening effort. Joan Barclay has been sentenced to death with execution set for October 4. The execution follows a murder fuelled by greed, showing the hardness of the culprit.
The lettered reports confirm Dr Livingstone’s safety as he reaches the coast detailing his location and progress. He endures immense dangers and will write a remarkable travel book if he survives to return, eclipsing other heroes with wild adventures.
Mr. Conrax accepts the situation with good grace though his friends show displeasure at the deal in Philadelphia. Overslaughed by many powerful men, he offers amiable resignation while the canvass moves forward and supporters' reactions remain to be seen.
Three young men, posing as gentlemen, hired rooms beside the First National bank in Jersey City and burrowed toward the vault using disguise, brick work, and tools. A boy's vigilance led to discovery and police capture before the heist could succeed. The suspects held nearly a thousand dollars of burglary gear and were locked up.
A significant reform wave in England aims to uplift the agrarian laboring class oppressed by landowners and middlemen. The piece highlights past destitution, famine, and lack of education, noting growing momentum to improve conditions and provide hope for the downtrodden workers.
A feature on Joseph Arch and a two-man committee persuading Arch to address Wellsbourn where a thousand workers gathered. The movement spreads to Leamington with support from Auberon and Lady Florence Herbert, leading to a large outdoor meeting and the rise of unions aiding rural and mining labor amid widespread poverty and oppression.
A Richmond correspondent reports corn crops are badly damaged by cutworms and pests. Fields show uneven growth with many lacking ears and some destroyed, predicting yields down by one third to one half in places. The widespread damage suggests a weak overall crop outlook for the area.
A party aboard the Baum from Cincinnati Landing went to Leavenworth and Louisville for a night afloat. Captain Pink Varble and crew navigated rapids with care, dining well, and enjoying views of Louisville before returning by boat and rail.
Mr Harris cites a sale of twenty acres to a German for over 200 dollars per acre seven miles from town. He praises German thrift, land management, and savings while contrasting a local neighbor who rotates crops, sells farm produce, and keeps finances in the bank rather than relying on checks.
Reports from London Paris and Florence cover arbitration talks in Geneva and army bill debates in the National Assembly. Thiers urges peace while Trochu battles over service terms. A racing result in Paris names Morne as winner and Castelar defends the Commune amid Navarre conduct. Po floods displace 22 000 in Ferrara province.
The excerpt surveys attire and jewelry across social groups in the East Indies. It describes a Brahmin child with gold coins and bracelets, Changua the Mahar daughter with wedding rings and a silver mirror, Parsee women in satin saris with covered hair, and Jewish women in vibrant skirts and layered jewelry, turbans, and anklets.
Alligators in Sarawak rivers, including Batang Lupar and Sebayan, kill seven people and take three Dyaks others. They also seize goats, dogs, and a cow. Locals plan to destroy reptiles by luring them with lime shells placed on killed small animals to attract and poison the predators.
Senate session stretched all night on Friday to pass the sundry appropriation with enforcement act amended and adjourned. A conference report on the river and harbor bill was not concurred in and a Vienna Exposition commissioner bill and an August 1 1872 duties refund bill passed in the House. House action included a pension increase for disabilities and a conference on the Southern Claims Commission. Democrats filibustered the sundry appropriation amendments before referral to a conference committee.
A found figure-head from the Blue Jacket, a woolship lost near Falkland Islands, links currents between South Africa and Western Australia Rottnest Island offshore. The ship burned around 63. A 130000 pound flywheel forged in Chicago will roll steel rails.
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