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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1872
Page
2
Cincinnati dispatch of June 24 notes new tax intelligence from Long oe and reports the “Federal Family” up and about as the telegrams close. The piece asks who will be the county’s next congressmen and hints at Joe and Anon possibly returning to Washington, urging readers to judge their fitness and speed.
The writer celebrates the rain and the beauty of the twelve mile park encircling Cincinnati from river to river. A grand avenue around the entire semi circle from Linwood to Riverside is hoped for, with the coming day not distant and the city living in hopeful anticipation.
The report paints a chaotic convention with frank failures and feints toward a “new departure.” Governor Cox spoke with a ready exit, Schurz and BryANT reacted oddly, and STALLO endured a lone, mournful retreat as Cox Kittridge and Oliver folded their tents and departed.
An unsigned critique calls Cincinnati markets obsolete and filthy urging city officials to replace open street markets with cleaner, better organized facilities. The piece condemns street odors, animal waste, and street-side litter harming family shopping and cites heat and exposure as added harms.
The author argues for modern enclosed market squares replacing open street markets. They praise clean, well ventilated halls with dedicated sections for meats, vegetables, dairy and other goods, protecting shoppers from heat and filth. They compare to San Francisco markets and urge Cincinnati to adopt similar, respectable facilities.
Edmund Burke’s idea that manners shape laws is applied to America where tone governs conduct. The piece labels American slang as Dolly-Vardenism, a vivid but sometimes empty rhetoric affecting journalism and social norms.
The public adopts Dolly-Vardenism as a rapid, flashy standard in manners and speech. It spreads from fashion to politics and literature, signaling extreme tastes and showy, trashy language as a social phase that will not endure long.
Special correspondence reports a Sunday schools’ jubilee in St Louis on June 21 1872 with about twenty thousand in seven divisions marching to Sengerfest Hall. Bishop Marvin Rev Paxson Mayor Brown and Rev Chidlaw spoke as the South Mission with two thousand scholars led the west gallery. The event, despite rain threats, drew vast crowds, inspiring singing and orderly departure.
Nine jurors have been secured in the Stokes trial. A disastrous fire is reported in Flores Guatemala. The Edgar Stewart heads Aspin wall in charge of Wyoming. The Grecian Government denies sending criminals to the United States. The German fleet fired two guns at Port au Prince on the 11th. The Duke de Montpensier issues proclamations about the Spanish throne. Geneva dispatches say the tribunal insides indirect claims inadmissible. Lord Dufferin sails for Liverpool to assume Governor Generalship. American Surveying Expedition reports Lagos river 47 feet at highest point. Cashel wins $1,000 purse at Fleetwood beating Daniel Boone and Grace Bertram. A Dublin statue attack is noted. News of railroad sale negotiations to Oil Creek & Allegheny River road. Reports of a Philadelphia shooting and various local incidents round out the item.
Special Correspondent describes train trip toward Baltimore and Washington, noting Parkersburg bridge, dry weather with drought affecting crops, John Brown’s old engine-house, Relay House stop, and the city’s summer bustle during Congress recess. Mentions Willard’s, the White House, Freedmen's Bank, and improving streets, with humor on health fears in hot weather.
The text discusses Brazilian slaves in Minas with claims of strength and intelligence, notes on revolt and death by action, mentions a jeweler murdered in Michigan City, a Missouri death of an elderly woman aged 117, and a misjoined anecdote about an omnibus driver and an Independence era figure.
Gin Wilcox sells the New Castle firm to Adolphus. The Second National Bank of Richmond starts next week. Decatur County settlers hold their annual Centerville reunion on the first Saturday in August. Raspberry growers in Posey County seek 10 cents a gallon, with a 2 cent rise on strawberries. William McClelland dies at 100 in Springfield Township. Republicans open campaign with a mass meeting in Indianapolis, Morton and Coburn speakers. John Ingle resigns. B Cobbs named trustee. W A Jones may resign. Anderson Catholic church considers independence. four Marion horses stolen. a P&S railroad wreck kills the fireman. Supreme Court grants Stephen Jenks a new trial. Kentucky saltmen lease Benham wells. air line railway prospects show coal vein. Lebanon reports a juror ill in Clem trial but expects resumption. verdict likely either acquittal or disagreement. Voorhees to defend. regarded as a strong effort.
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