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Newspaper
The Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1872
Page
1
A Louisiana election report claims both parties allege Beauregard was beaten by a colored man. The note discusses suppression of the coolie traffic, Fenian prisoners, and a mass Hyde Park meeting urging release. Also mentions the Porte allowing Abyssinia annexation to Khedive possessions.
Berlin reports the Prussian Government created sixty life peers to secure a majority for the reform bill recently rejected by the Imperial Diet. Across the globe, Russia backs down from its Khiva expedition while New York reports the Woodhull and Claflin case proceedings and a linked libel action by Mayor Hall. The city notes funeral services, horse disease recovery, and widespread election speculation with banking and exchange closings for the day.
Polling opened at six with crowds eager to vote before work. Officials note a heavy anticipated turnout as wards reported quiet, with a Liberal sweep claimed by some and a Republican lead by others. The mayoral contest centers on Lawrence versus O'Brien amid widespread ticket-scratching and a resigning medical staff at Ward's Island.
The War Secretary will not award head stone contracts but will return the matter to Congress with a request for a larger appropriation and a specification of required sizes and materials. Customs receipts for the week end Oct 26 show New York 2,117,838 Philadelphia 125,158 New Orleans 78,706. A Crown Point schooner case with yellow fever arrived off Stonington from San Domingo. one patient died, another convalescent. The Treasury cites a 10 percent duty for goods arriving in French vessels from other than French ports after Oct 30. Indians here to settle on a stocked reservation bid farewell to the President. The Cabinet backs the postal telegraph project. Creswell and the President urge Congress for early action and funding. The government plans to acquire existing lines and appoint appraisers, with a broad push from the Administration to pass favorable measures after the session opens. A $10,000,000 request for city improvements will be among first bills. Horse disease rises. President’s horses ill, few deaths. Census reports Ninth Census completed. volumes due January. Internal Revenue receipts yesterday exceed 500,000, with November estimates at 10,000,000. An Evanston baptism collapse injures several, one seriously. Japanese consider a new language, leaning toward English or German.
A blaze at the Fettins mill in Harrisburg, part of Lochiel mill works, destroyed most of the plant except the fan mill and water tank. Insurance covers about 70,000, with losses estimated between 80,000 and 100,000. Four hundred workers were employed. rebuilding planned. Horse distemper cases in city exceed four hundred, with over two hundred mules affected and no deaths.
Boston reports show the horse distemper easing with 25 carcasses moved yesterday while many more await removal. Navy yard Charlestown grants workmen a half day off for polling with no pay deduction. William Schmidt of Union sugar refinery burned in a boiling sugar vat. Captain Pattison and Boatswain Harding reassigned to Richmond. Maurice Lemnays’ killer Timothy Daley case advances as coroner's inquest continues. Brighton man William R McDonald found dead from coal gas. Andrew Chrisholm narrowly escaped.
Nov 5 New Orleans reports heavy voting and a strong Republican majority citywide. Morley wins Congress. statewide Republican lead projected. A fatal shooting occurred on Elysean Fields street involving a colored sergeant and patrolman. Beauregard defeated. Lewis Voskoned elected Republican.
MEMPHIS November fifth reports strong election anticipation with speeches at four halls. Western state vote appears very close and a statewide majority for Greeley is doubtful. Bets favor Grant beating Greeley two to one, but with few takers.
Weather report from the Weather Bureau in Washington covers 24 hours ending Nov 5. Northerly to easterly winds prevail in the Atlantic States with high barometer and clear skies in the Middle and New England States. South Atlantic and Gulf States see cloudy weather and rain, while the Lower Lakes to Tennessee face south easterly winds and rain. Northeasterly winds threaten rain in the Northwest and Lake Superior region, with possible precipitation extending to the Ohio Valley. Seas remain at Duluth Milwaukee Chicago and Grand Haven.
Chicago reports rainy weather aiding horse disease spread. The Common Council votes to permit diesel engines on streets with a five cent fare cap per trip. Railways run suburban trains, oxen entering use, few horses dying. Election day expected large as weather and disease influence turnout. Republicans likely ahead amid temperance issue clouding results.
The horse disease rages in Philadelphia and Germantown with many stables affected. No street cars run on principal lines as the outbreak spreads along Delaware Avenue. The Postmaster warns letters will not be collected after six o'clock. Disease appears widespread but is described as mild in Germantown.
The Gold Hunter under Captain McNaughton from St Johns NB to New Haven with lumber and lath reached Maine on Saturday in distress. Three days earlier the mate was knocked overboard in a storm and during a rescue attempt the captain was caught by a rope, suffering a severe compound leg fracture that may require amputation. The mate was rescued with bruises.
Rochester reports three men Lucius Gilbert Geo Dover and a truckman unnamed suffocated by gas in new Avon mines. Also included European dispatches on Marshal Bazaine health London election riots and police action in Liverpool and Bow Street murder manslaughter case.
A collage of short items notes smallpox deaths in Louisville, political moves in Paris and Brussels, and impending lectures in Columbus. Reports mention a coal train collision with casualties, a Sherman report expectation, and growing labor figures in China. Also covered are a Westchester gold rumor, stage company suits, Dayton Soldiers Home census, and local criminal acts in Urbana.
Crawfordsville seeks a sausage factory to use surplus dogs. Stark county markets report butter 15c per lb eggs 15c per dozen apples and potatoes 35c per bushel. Fort Wayne records 37 deaths last month. Kokomo opens a $2000 high school building. Hendricks county berries 50c per bushel. Laporte cranberries 50c per bushel. Terre Haute beer sales total 1205 barrels last month. Laporte gains a new Michigan Central roundhouse. Peru eyes railroad through town. Fulton County Fair gate receipts 402 over two days. South Bend plans edged tool mill with 75,000 capital. Laporte population and funds figures noted. Trial of John Straight for attempted murder in Decatur underway. Fire wipes Fort Wayne home, loss 2000. Marion Court appoints City Solicitor B K Elliott.
The October report from the Commissioner of Agriculture notes a broad rise in corn prospects across most states with an average 108 for the nation and about 240,000 bushels more than last year. Wheat and other grains show varied gains and regional shifts. Potatoes face shortages and eastward beetle spread while oats show a modest rise but not reaching census totals.
In a Maine town's final school exhibition a boy won with a quirky essay about the turkle. He describes the animal as water loving, land bound, unable to fly, with four paws, a shell, and occasions of being wet and sticky. He recalls catching one and trading it for a jackknife, noting his fingers cut.
A garbled note mentions a wedding sentiment and a half-formed betrothal line. It then oddly lists gingersnap ingredients including four, molasses, sugar, butter, lard, gin, and salt with vague prep steps. A quip claims Russian army cooks lose a month’s pay for spoiled dinners, and a statistic notes one lady passenger per ten trunks carried.
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