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Newspaper
The Harrison News
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1882
Page
1
Ohio legislature actions noted with bail and grant details amid coverage of Guiteau Garfield assassination trial. Judge Porter’s harsh defense of the verdict portrays Guiteau as a dangerous hypocrite and murderer, urging political murder not to become precedent.
A Cincinnati man has invented a new cable system for propelling street cars. The dispatch also notes multiple other items: Rev. Dr. H. W. Bellows is dead in New York. a New York burglar killed after a fall. Tarapaca's value to Chile. a defense card by Scovi LE for Guiteau. coronation prep for the Russian Emperor. Brattleboro bank judgment against Waite's estate. New Orleans guards patrol for garrotors. Calais reservoir collapse with 27 bodies recovered. ship Milton castaways near San Francisco. French Cabinet list. Cheyenne dispatch on Arapahoe chiefs visiting Carlisle and Washington. and Indian schooling as peace measure.
A shoe-laster strike in Rochester has left about 2,000 workers unemployed. The brief report notes widespread disruption and mounting hardship in the local economy as production halts and families face financial stress.
The assignee of the A. and W. Sprague Manufacturing Company has accepted a 2,600,000 offer for the property. The sale details indicate the transfer is moving forward under the specified agreement.
Ex Secretary Blaine will deliver the Garfield memorial eulogy in the House of Representatives on February 27, honoring the late president. The event marks a formal observance with congressional attendance and ceremonial duties.
The Kentucky House defeated the whipping post bill aimed at punishing wife beaters, ending the measure’s prospects in the legislature.
A bill to relocate the Kentucky State Capitol from Frankfort to Lawsville failed in the Kentucky House by a tie vote, ending the proposal at that impasse.
A report states a plot against the life of the King of Greece has been uncovered. Details identify the alleged conspirators and motive, with authorities promising to pursue the case.
A boiler explosion at Fairfield Maine killed four men and injured several others, authorities reported. The blast caused extensive damage to the plant, prompting emergency crews to respond quickly and transport victims to local hospitals for treatment.
Across the waters reports claim Herzegovinians cruelty has driven Austrian troops to wholesale desertion, shaking discipline and signaling turmoil within the army.
In Lovelaceville Ballard County Kentucky George Stovall fatally shot Lee Edington a wealthy Paducah farmer during a quarrel Edington died instantly the incident highlights tensions in local farming communities and prompts an investigation by authorities in Ballard County Kentucky.
Substantial Dama Thomas Stingham recovers 16500 from A T Stewarts widow through the courts for injuries from an elevator fall. Death of Daniel Boone's descendant Dr Levi D Boone of Chicago dies. Boone descended from Daniel Boone moved to Clinde from Kentucky in 1829 and served in the Black Hawk war.
A tornado at Bradford Pennsylvania wrecked property valued at about $50 000. Flooding from backing waters and an ice blockade caused further heavy damage to nearby properties.
Chicago report says cellar excavators unearthed human skeletons identified as Confederate prisoners from the war, a mysterious discovery prompting further inquiry into their origin and history.
The Census Committee of Congress agrees on an apportionment bill after March 3, 1883, providing that the House of Representatives shall be composed of 820 members.
Chinese immigrants in Hong Kong receive mucilage vaccination due to lack of vaccine virus. They are then sent to the destination country with certificates claiming protection against smallpox.
A severe windstorm swept the New England area on January 27, causing widespread property damage and greatly hindering telegraphic communications across multiple localities.
In New York City a boy gathered a discarded can and threw it into a bonfire causing a catastrophic explosion. The blast killed the boy and injured nine others. The can held nitro glycerine, a highly unstable explosive.
The Guiteau opinion says he did not expect acquittal but thought the jury would disagree. He now expects a new trial. J Wilson Guiteau, the brother, says he believes his brother will hang if that occurs, and will die game.
The President nominates Colonel 8. A. Whitfield for Postmaster at Cincinnati to succeed John P. Lage. Amor Smith, Cincinnati IRS collector, is succeeded by William H Taft, son of Judge Alphonso Taft.
Fifteen Vienna editors have been summoned by police and told that publishing any intelligence about troop movements or war material is forbidden. This official notice targets press coverage of military operations and warns editors to withhold such information to prevent aiding the enemy.
It has transpired that Jesse James of the James gang has been in Fort Worth and Dallas under the alias John Labell. A member of the gang was shot and killed during an attempted robbery at the St. George Hotel.
A St. Petersburg dispatch reports severe disturbances and widespread property destruction near Duanburg in the Vitebsk government as peasants oppose the census. Troops faced resistance for a time during the unrest.
Coroner's jury convicts officers of both trains and executives of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad of criminal conduct and culpable negligence in the Spuyten Duyvil railroad disaster, holding them responsible for the deaths of the victims.
A Bloomington Illinois pastor Reverend Rascol or Rev Hoffman faces an accusation from a servant who previously charged him with seduction. Details unclear due to fragmented OCR text. Authorities have not released further statements or dates.
A church committee has found Hoffman guilty of acts related to tion and bastardy. He previously faced similar trouble years ago but was cleared. Hoffman is described as one of the finest pulpit orators in Illinois and is widely known.
Johnsonville Tennessee a town of about 700 inhabitants has been entirely submerged by the late high waters. Every family in the town was obliged to abandon their dwelling and seek shelter wherever possible. Many smaller houses have floated away and the river reportedly carries houses downstream toward destruction.
United States District Judge Caldwell of Little Rock examined white powder found on a library mantel. He tore it to smell and threw it into the fire. An explosion hurled him across the room blowing off hair, whiskers, and flesh from his arms. He is badly hurt.
A Paris correspondent reports Gambetta's fall from power may not deeply shock the public, as the nation craves a long-needed rest that seems farther from reach despite Gambetta's rise, suggesting the political shift will have limited broad impact.
Six Mormon elders laboring in England to secure emigration to Utah held a meeting at Kings Cross. A procession of Mormon men and women marched singing hymns when a large crowd assaulted the group. Many were hurt and one elder was seriously injured.
The new French cabinet has been announced with ministers appointed to major portfolios. De Freycinet becomes President of the Council and Foreign Affairs while Jules Ferry handles Public Instruction. Others include Goblet at Interior, Worship Humbert, Carnot Public Works, Varroy Finance, Tizard Commerce, Cockery Posts and Telegraphs.
At St. Louis, Pan Cameron Roscoe Conkling Chauncey I Filley and others commissioned 330 bronze medals weighing nearly a pound each to honor the Grant Phalanx at the 1880 Chicago Convention. One medal goes to each of the 313 delegates who voted for Grant, with the remainder sent to Grant himself and a few Stalwart friends.
The January 24 cold wave set extreme low readings across the Northeast and nearby regions. Bedford Pennsylvania hit 22 below, Alton 30 below, Summit City 35 below, Norwich New York 83 below, Whitehall 35 below, Plattsburg 25 below, Keeseville 24 below, Glens Falls 26 below, Saratoga 36 below, Saranac Lake 40 below, Poughkeepsie 16 below, Boston 37 below, Toronto 38 below, Syracuse 24 below. Newport Rhode Island closed public schools due to the chill.
In Trimble County Kentucky John Richmond aged eighteen assaulted his mother with an ax handle and beat his father as well. His enceinte mother died the day after from the injuries. Bond was set at $500 then reduced to $250 with an uncle posting. the court cited not wanting to bear boarding costs for the murderer. The father brothers sisters testified. Richmond then drove them from the house and remains in control of the home.
Paris dispatch reports the Chamber of Deputies votes 305 to 117 against a government bill for constitutional revision including the Scrutin de Liste. Gambetta hands Grevy his resignation and opposed Barodet’s full revision amendment, which failed 290 to 173. Gambetta argues for limited revision and urban stability.
The grounds for a new trial include the verdict not specifying which of three counts it rests on, trial extending without legal authority, Washington Criminal Court lacking jurisdiction, failure to instruct on defense prayers, exclusion of proper defense evidence, admission of improper prosecutorial evidence, court conduct toward the defense, jurors reading newspapers, new material evidence unknown at trial, and verdict contrary to law. The District Attorney offers little opposition beyond character evidence on detective Snyder.
The passage describes a man found in jurors rooms with a newspaper bearing their marginal names, all written by one hand. Snyder, once jailed for forgery and theft, has given testimony on both sides of the Christiancy case, suggesting weakened credibility. Colonel Corkhill seeks to set the execution date for Friday, June 30.
The House strands on adjournment fights while lawmakers push a flood of bills. Measures range from convict labor pay to county infirmary superintendents, alimony bonds, market manipulation penalties, township education boards, public relief physician duties, and fishery restrictions. Major appropriations, judiciary salary increases, and railroad rate rules finish with several bills passed or sent to committees.
The state of New York expended $9,675,992 on public schools last year, more than any other state. Illinois is second with $6,735,478 and Pennsylvania third with $6,046,116. New York has 386,225 illiterates out of 5,082,871 residents, while Massachusetts has 168,615 illiterates from a population of 1,783,085.
A Boston Transcript snippet shows Sam Brown returning between acts and sharing a startling fright. Mrs. Brown responds with sharp humor while John Brown admits a sly habit, adding a domestic, lightly comic tone to the scene.
The judge assails the defense as a sham and imposture while enumerating a blame chain from Doctor Blaine to Mrs Garfield, John H. Noyes, and various relatives as morally or causally responsible for President Garfield's death amid a heated courtroom exchange over testimonies and einquiries.
A Philadelphia rich man died leaving a will that his children must greet each New Year at his coffin. The scattered offspring, now four deceased, meet yearly in Laurel Hill Cemetery’s family vault. In Brooklyn a class of thirteen young ladies study violin and seek a bow.
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