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Newspaper
The Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1872
Page
2
Newspaper lists pricing options for home delivery by mail and carrier, including authorizing one year and three months terms. Unclear dates and amounts due to OCR errors.
A Christmas note announces no publication tomorrow and wishes readers a merry season. The piece urges citizens to consider railroad aid to reach coal, warns against misused subsidies, and critiques Credit Mobilier investigations. It comments on Santa’s planned generosity and the holiday shopping bustle, urging kindness amidst civic debate.
The Administration plans a firmer, faster approach to the Mormon polygamy issue. Past efforts failed due to imperfect laws and federal judicial irregularities in Utah. The coming actions will reveal the government’s needs and methods to make enforcement effective.
The article argues that polygamy in Utah is a barrier to settlement and growth as the territory sits on a continental highway and near a great lake. It urges the federal government to remove this social and domestic blot before statehood, to prevent discord within the Union.
A young widow, Mrs Duryea, visits the bloodstained coffin of her husband Nick Duryea, murdered by John Simmons after a street fight. She recalls their last kiss and Christmas plans, then collapses in grief at the Beekman Street police station as the news spreads. The scene unfolds with neighbors and reporters recounting the tragedy and her desperate farewell at the undertaker’s.
New York December 4 Barnums Hippotheatron building and contents destroyed with an estimated loss of 300000 also ruining Grotes varnish factory Grace Chapel and contents a dwelling house adjoining 20000 Miner Stevens corsage manufactory 40000 Barnum heavily insured Indians troublesome near Fort Sully Grand River December 24 mail carrier Robbins shot at by Indians near Fort Sully but unharmed pursuit failed as Indians fled to bluffs and ravines
Friends report Col Moulton's burns from attempting to escape burning clothing of Kate O Conner at his home Sunday morning may endanger his left hand. The notice mockingly references the Sunday Splinter editor on a Gallicah encounter and the bucolic's able assistant.
Twelve persons were injured when a broken rail caused a railroad accident near Tomah on the St. Paul line. A woman was so badly hurt she had to return to Tomah. Kelley becomes the first passenger ever killed on St. Paul company lines in this state.
Chicago reports a Common Council meeting where a mammoth petition, claimed to have twenty thousand signatures, urged repeal of the Sunday saloon closing law. Edward G. Eastman, a banker, died yesterday from arsenic suicide attempt, in late consumption, with business left solvent.
The Newton and Co carriage and wagon works at Bata via burned Saturday night. Thirty to forty carriages were lowered from the upper floors. Walcott and Co with drugs groceries and bank counters suffered damage. Newton & Co had no insurance. Estimated loss about 24000 dollars. Walcott & Co insured to cover their loss. Eighty workmen unemployed.
Real estate transfers list includes leases and parcel trades: A Rathmund to C Eckhardt for a six year lease at No 18 Main Street and rent set at 1400. many lots sold or transferred between H H Hulsmann B H Rover and others with prices listed such as 6500 for a Liberty Street parcel. additional transfers cover Fairview Avenue Mt. Washington Corryville Helen Greenwood Streets and other parcels with various sizes and prices. executors and administrators convey undivided interests and tracts including 97-10 acres in Anderson township and 2 acres on Bluerock Pike with amounts noted.
Afternoon market review shows barley and flour steady with limited demand for some brands. Rye flour and oats show moderate demand while corn, rye and oats offer varied prices. Beef and pork markets hold firm with modest wholesale trade and lighter wholesale activity overall. Cotton, whisky, and lard display steady to firm pricing amid cautious demand. hogs and bulk meats range moderate to firm, with oats and corn supplying mixed volumes.
Silverpoole and Chicago report mixed commodity quotes with wheat futures firm and cash grains steady to quiet, corn ranged around thirty cents, pork and lard prices varied, and New York quotes show gold steady, flour quiet, oats and clover seed soft. Receipts noted and market tone cautious across regions.
The article extols Christmas Day as a time of mercy and reverence. Churches celebrate with services and music, Catholic Cathedral grand songs, Sunday schools hold exercises, and charitable institutions receive cheer. The piece notes festive theaters, possible whisky shop temptations, and hopes for peaceful celebrations without regret.
To day in the Court of Common Pleas Judge Burnet passed sentence on several defendants. John A. Buck colored received three months in the Work-house for petit larceny. Hezekiah Whittlesy pleaded guilty to embezzlement and drew one year in the Penitentiary. William Sites was sentenced to one year in prison for manslaughter. C. W. Pattin alias Fred Amor changed plea to guilty and got three years six months. Sam Woodson, for illegal voting, jurors recommended mercy and he received three months with a new term granted. Plea under second count with $200 penalty.
County commissioners ejected courthouse and jail officials this morning. Elected: Frank Simsirens as Superintendent, J M Tucker M D as Jail Physician, Wam G Halpin as County Engineer, night watchmen W C Carter E Kramer and A Buschauser. Terms begin January 12 1873. Death reported of Mrs Gates Fox at 76.
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