25 Mar 1872
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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1872
Page
1
A report notes a murder in Springfield Illinois with prominent figures and international concerns including the Queen of England, the King of Spain and a German Catholic bishops conference. The item mentions Howard on an Indian mission and Earl Granville's second note amid turbulent temperance and political topics.
King Aimadeus states he will not abdicate while he has the confidence and support of his subjects and will defend the Spanish crown against any attempts to undermine its integrity and honor.
A conference of the Roman Catholic Bishops of Germany will be held in April to establish a common attitude toward the Government. The meeting is planned to unify responses across dioceses and coordinate policy.
In London on March 24, Queen Victoria left for Germany due to private family matters. The second note from Earl Granville to the American Government regarding the Alabama claims was sent by the Baltic and is described as conciliatory in tone. The document is lengthy and details the disputed issues, signaling continued British reluctance to submit the matter of consequential damages to arbitration.
Washington March 24 military members of the Japanese Embassy observed the signal office session for weather reports and probabilities. By 1 30 a m the synopsis was finished maps printed and copies delivered. Gen Meyer hosted the visitors with hospitality.
The Marine Corps has placed Wm. A. Parker and Charles A. Stillman on the retired list. General Schenck has advised regarding Earl Granville's reply to Secretary Fish's note and notes it left Queenstown on Friday.
The Times notes General Ho's arrival in Arizona as war fears rise with Apaches ready to move. Howard’s supporters favor a Crook-led strike first while Secretary Fish prepares civil service rule orders to implement across seven departments.
Revenue officers uncover a Boston firm smuggling goods from Haké sounds into Eastport Maine with shipments from Provincial fishing vessels. Two Maine firms implicated. From 1859 to 1872 the Boston firm moved cod liver oil valued over $9 000 and another firm evaded duties on $5 000. Resolutions on Labor Reform platform adopted at Columbus congress. Dr Samuel Gregory Pergossa dies at 58 founder of Beyond Female Medical College.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention a person and place with unclear context and no definite event, date, or outcome to form a full report.
The Chicago mayor received a letter from John Grave ex mayor and Manchester Relief Committee chair announcing goods worth £49,900 from Manchester citizens had been forwarded. Building in the South Division is rapidly advancing with most of the district rebuilt or under contract within a year and the area improving overall in two years. Building activity and real estate demand rise as prices climb. A man named Adolph Berk, a Rochester-born carpenter, was found hanged in a barn near the station after being implicated in a prior robbery. A separate note reports a Chicago Irish Temperance union meeting to organize Illinois enforcement of the new liquor law, with Irish generally favorable and Germans opposed. Jacob Uhlrich from South Bend died in the county poorhouse from arsenic in his pocket, indicating suicide.
A moving car from Pana caught fire from engine sparks near Springfield with horses cows and household goods destroyed the owner escaping badly singed. The next day Henry Stay was shot dead in a saloon by Edward Duffy who then wounded proprietor Edwin Slater. Duffy fled. Mann who shot Neal Lewis at Chatham is arrested and likely to die in jail.
Falling barometer will extend through tonight and Monday from the Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic with easterly to southerly winds and rising temperatures. Rain and snow expected from the ice to Lake Erie and the Upper Lakes. mixed precipitation over the South. By Monday clearing occurred with northwest winds and no dangerous Atlantic or Gulf coastal winds anticipated.
The Southern Farmer notes that while the small stout two seated horses are favored for practicality, larger horses are seen as clumsy and harder to manage. The piece contrasts compact, nimble mounts with roomier ones and expresses a preference for practical utility over size.
A digest of political notices and events: German Americans in Little Rock back Schurz. Missouri Democrat continues as Grant paper. Oregon Republicans endorse Grant and Colfax. various arrests, deaths, and incidents across cities including Memphis snowstorm, Akron train death, and St Louis arrest of John McNeal.
A correspondent argues that mental activity keeps a face handsome. He cites an example of a man who lost his beauty by not working, while sustained effort and constant mental engagement preserve or improve the facial lines.
A fragment reports a celebrated local church tenor was recently delayed by illness, affecting a service or event. Names and places are unreadable in the damaged text, but the note underscores the impact on the church’s music program and the expected performance.
The Democracy calls a May meeting on the third Monday in May in Independence to nominate an anti sheriff candidate. An unrelated violent incident near Berry's station left a man dead after a stabbing. the suspect Collier fled and eluded capture.
The Annunciation festival is observed as a holy day in all Catholic churches. Captain Ed. Air’s wife presented him with twins a boy and a girl on Sunday evening. A roof near East Street collapsed on Sunday afternoon. A habeas corpus case seeks to determine possession of a daughter placed with Mrs. Catharine Borches after the mother’s death. Judge Jo Doniphan partially heard the matter and continued to the April term of the Chancery Court.
Charles Van Sicklen is elected director in Building Association No 2 replacing the resigned John Weaver. Five hundred and thirty shares have been taken. City Councils plan to discuss the Ferry matter this evening with sessions at Templars Hall and Ehmer's Syndicate Bus Association tomorrow.
Reverend Gilbert delivered an able discourse at the Town Hall while Reverend Hypes of Walnut Hills closed with a touching address. The Methodist P E Church on Sixth near Race donated seats to the town association. Miami township Republicans nominated on Saturday. Democrats plan a caucus Tuesday. D E Adams and Eri Richardson chosen delegates to the State Republican Convention.
On Binday evening the crowd at the Presbyterian Church heard Rev. B W Chidlaw for the American Sunday School Union and gave generously to the cause. The church under Rev Atchinson is prospering and the Sunday School is growing in numbers and usefulness. Trustees plan forty repairs to beautify the house of worship.
A Wyoming town reports on the Somerreian Sunday school activity led by G. H. Urrows Esq providing support to the American Sunday School Union. Members contributed yesterday to make the superintendent a life member of the society.
Whitewater Township braces for a Democracy caucus on Wednesday and a Republican meeting on Thursday at the Town Hall. Rumor swirls of a citizens ticket joining the race.
A fragmented description portrays an old walled city with red tiles, churches and convents, ruined ramparts, weeds on steeples, and a busy Isthmus with rails, ships, and soldiers. French muskets and sabers, an officer in dress, and a diverse crowd, including black spectators, fill the scene.
Weather notes describe a soggy night with heavy rain and a warm cloudy morning. The ship entries list arrivals from Cincinnati and New Orleans and departures toward the Red River, noting river levels fell by two inches.
New York reports a sharp Erie rise to fifty-two then fifty five and three quarters with huge spot sales of four hundred bales and futures orders of sixteen thousand five hundred. Haggerty and Baulck are arraigned on theft charges but trial postponed due to Connolly's disappearance.
In Washington on March 2 the Senate approved a relief measure for officers. The bill provides targeted aid and benefits to law enforcement personnel recognized in the legislation.
Reports say a passenger train from Mobile to New Orleans passed the Ocean Springs bridge today. Many casualties feared as the train carried numerous passengers and the bridge was described as a high structure with limited details available.
The city sees a bursting building season with saws and trowels heard across quarters. Jos B Moore of company D 39th O V I lies ill at his mother's 270 Hopkins street, hopeful yet resigned. The jury returns not guilty for Joseph Houseman in the Maggie Malony murder case. Contempt cases of Maylr and others in the redistricting matter set for Judge Cox tomorrow.
A grower describes moving cranberry vines to pine land beds, digging two foot wide channels twenty inches deep three feet apart, filling with muck, and planting clusters deep in soil. The new plot covers one square rod and shows clear weed control with likely annual profits covering labor.
A farmer's wife notes butter is prone to taint from noxious atmospheric odors. She describes poor storage and references a jar that smelled and tasted off, indicating contamination and quality concerns in farm production.
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