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Newspaper
The Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1872
Page
1
The Louisiana Citizens Committee denounces misapprehensions about state events and calls for a candid federal investigation into actions by state and national officers. They distance themselves from Warmoth’s allies, accuse irregular installations, and urge Congress to review recent political upheavals.
The jury found that hotel rooms opened to a corridor with a wooden platform staircase and closed windows. Proprieter ordered life-saving measures for inmates. Barnum’s circus burned down at 3 am. most animals and property destroyed. church and gas-house both burned. Funeral services held for publisher George Palmer Putnam at Madison Avenue Baptist Church. Train remains at Tombs. George Francis Train resists. Gould reportedly to gain about 2 million in Erie stock sales beyond 9 million paid to directors.
December 24 forecast from the Weather Bureau notes New England and the Middle States will have northerly to westerly winds, rising barometer, clear skies and cold weather. The South Atlantic States face increasing cloudiness, Gulf States expect rain, and Tennessee to Missouri see northerly to easterly winds with partly cloudy conditions. From the region to the upper lakes winds shift to northerly to westerly with generally cold weather and low temperatures.
Boston reports a devastating fire on Washington Street damaging Mrs. Charlotte Adama corset stock valued at 5000 plus textiles, with total loss around 100000 and 75000 insured. Separately at Charlestown State prison Sunday, convict Charles Mahan attacked Deputy Warder Hale with a file knife during chapel services. wardens restrained him and placed him in solitary confinement.
A blaze at the upper part of William Barker's elevator at the foot of Pacific Street Brooklyn caused about 10000 in losses, with grain losses around 2000, all insured. David Dawes owns the fire risk. Henry Zigler died from stab wounds after a drinking quarrel. Frederick Wire fled and was not yet arrested.
Advices from Arizona dated December 14 report General Crook's scouts hold the field from Date Creek and move toward the country of the Tonto and Pinal Apaches. They are aided by Pah Ute, Apache and Yuma allies. Apaches retreat to the mountains as winter campaign nears.
In Harrisburg on December 24 a frozen boiler exploded tearing the kitchen range apart. Mrs. Samuel Knox was severely scalded and burned and died about two hours later. The incident occurred during the city’s intense cold snap that froze water pipes.
In Philadelphia on December 25 James McDevitt and Thomas O Neill fought at Twenty second and Callowhill streets. McDevitt drew a knife and stabbed O Neill in the temple severing arteries. O Neill is in critical condition and not expected to recover. McDevitt was arrested.
A fire in a Bay street public school-house, attributed to a defective flue, destroyed first and second floors and furniture. Loss about $55,000 with $5,000 insured. Many evening scholars escaped safely. Bay street fire reported with disrupted local conditions and broader political notes follow.
A voyage ship ran ashore near the Gironde mouth during a violent storm, thirty passengers and crew lost at sea, survivors rescued by a French steamer. Reports from London and St Petersburg cover a German ship named Imany wreck, Cape ministry formation in the Cape, a 288 carat diamond find, and political trials in Porto Rico. The Russian warning to Britain over Afghanistan, the Prussian ministerial reorganization, a Rome consistory, and church tensions amid Italian laws are noted with various official condemnations and protests.
John Leslie of the National Theater clashed with a stage hand over wages after a matinee. The hand fled but later compromised, promising not to press claims. Leslie then confronted Charley Broadwell’s bill, receiving a severe beating that may deplete the matinee receipts to cover wounds.
The intense cold halted river traffic as ice thickened and the rising current created a hazard. The Telegraph river steamer Teleph fought through the ice to reach the river and arrived last night, then lay at the foot of Broadway awaiting safer conditions.
Report notes a Mount Washington theft and Linwood Post-office raid suspected to involve foreign artists. Robbers allegedly entered the railway station, lit a stove lamp, and examined stolen letters before departing. A man on the hill reportedly shot during a house break-in, and a photo found at the depot resembles one from an earlier Columbia burglary.
Smallpox abating in Kentucky as a second trial began on the 23d. General A. P. Hovey fell in Mt Vernon Sunday night breaking his logansport. Logansport reports the coldest Sunday since 1866. Jay Gould continues to fork over to Erie. Secretary Boutwell will leave the Cabinet in March and run for the Senate. Warrants issued for cock fight arrangements near Saratoga. Franklin School-house Washington to be a Vienna Exposition model. Fourth Infantry in Kentucky ordered to Little Rock. Last rail laid on Short-line connecting West Wisconsin Chicago and Northwestern. A boy Geo Kline, twelve, run over, thigh taken by a hose reel at Dayton. Washington from Louisiana issues address to U.S. people. Portland fire destroys three blocks, loss 350000. German packet Germania ashore off France. thirty drowned. Treasury draft sent to Columbus for Cincinnati public buildings site. Kinchelo murder trial at Owensboro interrupted by juror illness. Daniel Leobtz cuts Wm Biles with razor at Rockport. Engineer and fireman frozen to death on Cincinnati Wabash Michigan line now reported safe from Warsaw. Rome consistory: twenty two Cardinals seated. Pope denounces hostility to wars and condemns Spanish and American heresy.
Citizens of Newport press for a handsome depot and better accommodations to attract travelers, noting rail fare to Louisville and Way stations is 25 cents cheaper than Cincinnati. A holiday event for Grace M. E. Chuck Sunday school children and an Oddfellows library social are slated for tonight, while a Newport resident broke an arm in two places after a fall on Rickey street.
Councilman Holmes of the Seventh Ward fell near his retort works and injured his head severely. A verdict awarded seven hundred dollars damages against the city for a boy's death. Elwood may replace Shadford Easton as Covington Post Office special agent, with the ident's father kept as postmaster. J L Ames declines Third Ward Council bid. Joe Williams linked to the Sunny Night saloon affray was arrested and jailed.
Superior Court decisions include M Clements v Board of Commissioners holding county not liable to sub contractors on a $3900 mechanic lien for labor and material to the new County Infirmary. Other actions include judgments for plaintiffs in promissory note and wine contracts cases and an administrator foreclosing a mortgage.
A cryptic passage describes a man amid branches facing a dragon, two serpents with poisonous lips offering honey, and a choice between life represented by a tree and death by a precipice. It warns that partaking in honey leads to ruin, while the tree embodies life and the serpent danger, with hours of day and night marking fate.
A refined young woman on the Central line last week felt shamed by a well dressed passerby known as Mrs Shoddy. After a courteous apology, the elegant silk dress was found slashed in several places, suggesting hostile meddling during the journey.
In a Figaro anecdote, Jackson arrives at Laurel Hill with four bouquets for graves of his two wives. At the gate he is told he cannot remove two bouquets. He explains he placed two on his first wife’s grave and intends to take two to his second wife’s grave at the Catholic cemetery, forcing him to buy four more bouquets to avoid jealousy.
The Danbury Newsman lampoons wheelbarrows as perilous and meddling devices that topple users with sudden twists and scrapes. It notes the tool’s odd menace, yet concedes its uses, while urging proper handling to avoid humorous disaster.
A late 19th century account reports Prof Newton of college observing 250 shooting stars on the night of the 24th, believed to be fragments of Biela’s comet. The event follows speculation about comet dangers, now described as celestial fireworks rather than a threat, with fragmentation caused by space conditions.
Dr L Ambert notes cold ablutions as broadly useful in fever especially typhoid and eruptive fevers. They lower temperature aid perspiration and secretions, calm nervous symptoms, lower pulse, last two to eight hours, and can be done by cold baths or cold wet sheets.
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