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Newspaper
The Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1873
Page
2
The Evening Star announces daily and weekly editions from Cincinnati with subscription options and rates. Advertisers are asked to include real name and address with submissions. Specimen copies available. classified rate details provided for column inch measurements.
Preble and Clarke counties elect independents Barnett and John H. Blose to the convention. DeLawars C. moves to second class city rank, Powell also elected independent. Columbus expects independent delegates to hold balance of power between parties. Ohio leaders note retirements and praise Page of Pickaway for his convention seat.
The Illinois House debated a resolution censuring the Farmers Convention for ejecting Hon. P. Dolan. Dolan blamed ignorance. Quinn withdrew the measure after expressing partial support, urging respect for workers while criticizing professional elites and calling for farmers and mechanics in government.
The ministry and the ladies of St Louis protested the Board of Health regulation of the social evil, condemning unequal examinations of women. Clergy largely absent. Dr. Nichola criticized the Board for suppressing Anna Dirkinson’s lectures as obscene. The meeting adopted several resolutions.
The article argues over which city deserves credit in early locomotive history. It credits Oliver Evans and Philadelphia claims, but notes Francis Shield built an 1830 locomotive in Cincinnati that preceded Philadelphia’s demonstrations. Baldwin’s later work in Philadelphia is discussed, alongside a defeated Illinois Senate resolution on railroad regulation.
Detroit April 9 river Thames Ontario floods North Chatham and surrounding areas with many houses filled to the first and second stories. Large cords of wood along the bank are washed away though railroad travel remains unimpeded.
A party of three farmers on an eastern bound train in Sheffield Illinois refuse to pay more than three cents a mile. Conductor Wheeler tried to eject them but failed. About twenty bystanders watched as two men stayed aboard and others rode to Wyanet paying the legal fare. The conductor later accepted the three cents per mile. The movement against railroad monopolies grows stronger in the district.
Continuous rain for five hours floods the region and submerges goods on the levee in St. Louis. Over 2000 barrels of Kana wha salt are lost at the Northern Line Packet wharf boat. Workers hired at fifty cents but strike for a dollar fifty. owners pay the higher wage. Railroads terminating there suffer land slides and submersions.
A morning blaze on Canal Street near Maxwell damaged multiple frame shops with losses around 15000 dollars. The report also notes the wife of leather merchant H Hardenbergh committed suicide by laudanum during a period of temporary insanity. Whitlaw Reid visits Chicago to inspect offices for a new New York Tribune structure. Deaths last week totaled 149, down slightly from the prior week.
In police court before Judge Straub a series of cases were heard. Sentences included hard labor for cash, fines and costs, and several dismissals. Notable entries include abuses of family, assault and battery, petit larceny, vagrancy, carrying concealed weapons, and disorderly conduct with varying periods and continuations.
Andrew Spearing testifies about a scuffle at a saloon after the Eighth Ward polls closed. Luke Leonard was wounded by a policeman's pistol shot as fights erupted. Leonard cried for water and was carried outside to safety with help from bystanders.
Eyewitnesses recount a brawl at a Front Street saloon near Race Street where Officer Gleason fired a pistol, Leonard collapsed, and a chaotic crowd surged as Murry and others intervened. Witnesses describe the moment of the shot, Leonard’s fall, and the ensuing pursuit of Gleason.
Afternoon market report notes 1:00 P.M. April 9 updates on imports and grains. Flour prices hold firm with light local demand. mixed corn and shelled varieties steady. apples and butter mentioned with rough figures and unclear demand.
The fragment notes clear rib and clear sides demand in a steady lard market with prime steam at 6c city kettle 8c country kettle. Flour prices 780 per 100 bris and ongoing shipments and buyers for April beef cuts and linseed oil are mentioned with various quantities and dates.
The Judges ones posing this Court held a session yesterday with Judge Murdock presiding. The remainder of this week will be devoted to hearings without witnesses. A jury trial for a will is set for the 21st inst. The bar admission exam committee remains the same with added Judge Walker.
Judge Cox presides up to the 22d in room 8. Henry Carver vs C Tatum seeks possession of west half of lot 49 at First Baptist Church Burying Ground. Judgment for defendant. Meier & Riemeier v Louis Fuherman et al. mechanic lien case overruled as to $2000. $800 upheld. General Term docket opened in Room No. 8.
Heal Estate transfers list numerous parcels in Millcreek and Avondale townships including section 15 lots in the Millcreek subdivision and north Avondale properties. Names include Durrells Van Antwerp Wachtel Clendenen Deal Harper and Gates with prices from 1 to 5 200 dollars and lease details for several properties.
Howard C. Anderson aged 18, son of Mrs. C. Anderson, died Tuesday in Whitewater township Hamilton County Ohio. Funeral services at the family residence Thursday April 10 at 11 AM.
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