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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1880
Page
2
The Democratic Sheriff of Shelby county is a defaulter. Full particulars are published in another column under Our Neighbors. The income tax suit against Samuel J. Tilden is set for April 26 with him subpoenaed to appear with his books and papers.
The next Republican State Convention will be held in Columbus on April 28 1880. Delegates will be chosen from each county and district to nominate state officers and electors for the Chicago 1880 National Convention. The plan allocates one delegate per 500 votes for Foster for Governor in 1879, with an extra for fractions over 250, plus a call for county and district committees and attendance to ensure fair representation.
The Republicans of the Village of Van Wert will meet at the Opera house on Friday evening April 2 for nominating candidates. Offices include Mayor Marshal Treasurer Clerk Cemetery Trustee. First Ward Councilman Assessor of personal property. Second Ward Councilman full term and short term. Third Ward and Fourth Ward are listed.
National Prohibition Convention will assemble in Cleveland on June 17 to promote the party platform and rally supporters. Delegates from across the nation are expected to attend and hear speakers on temperance policy.
All hopes of Congress adjourning before mid July are given up even by the most sanguine observers as the session extends into summer.
The Paulding and Cecil Road needs a $1,500 subscription from Paulding to proceed. The Narrow Gauge aid vote is expected when farmers are busy. National debt falls under Republican management, down thirteen million last month. Flood gates remain open as issues persist. Senator O Hagan proposes Sandusky City bond issuance of $60,000 to extend the L E W line from Fremont to the city.
The daily cost ranges from eight to forty nine cents across Ohio counties. Van Wert County reports fourteen cents per day per pauper according to the Secretary of State’s data.
The Delphos Herald notes Robert Martin of the West Side is favorably spoken of as a candidate for Clerk of the Court before the Van Wert County Democratic Convention. Martin is described as an active politician with many warm friends who would make an excellent clerk.
The Marion Independent notes Marion has lower taxes than most neighboring towns, arguing it is a good place to move to. It cites Van Wert planning to raise taxes above three percent to attract residents.
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports Governor Foster issued his first pardon to Samuel Newberry from Meigs County who was serving fifteen years for rape. Dying of consumption, he was released on his mother's personal appeal after she traveled twenty eight miles to the city. The prison physician said he could not live two weeks. The mother will take him home tomorrow.
A fragmented remark row links a Maumee region congressman to a controversy after the Bellefontaine Republican quoted the Examiner. The sequence cites John G. Thompson on the balcony, accusations of drunkenness, and denials from Mr Hubbard while noting Hitt and Hill.
The column lists diverse items from Ohio communities including a plan for a new county court house in Marysville, a man losing his nose in Tiffin after a drunken row, church fund drives in Sidney, road petitions in Union county, and political nominations in Kenton. It also reports a Fremont vigilance committee, a sugar and syrup company in Tippecanoe, a child drowning in Ft. Wayne, and a fast Dayton to Lima rail run.
Special Correspondent reports the Ohio Legislature in a stalemate with the appropriation bill and pool sellers strike. The House and Senate clash over multiple conflicting bills as reforms stall and reorganization measures hang fire. The piece mocks the session’s slow progress and notes salaries, stationery, and local political intrigue.
General Sheridan returns from a Mexico trip with General Grant accompanied by Mrs. Sheridan and Colonel and Mrs. Grant. He dismisses reports of coarse conduct as entirely false, noting they saw no political news and letters arrived late. He and Grant plan future travel from Galveston to New Orleans and Hot Springs, with Washburne possibly joining.
The Springfield Republican argues that President Hayes and Congress oppose overseas canal investment, risking British capital backing away. The London Standard hints England could shield the project but fears U.S. intervention. Meanwhile, fashion notes list over two hundred spring hat shapes, including the broken-down tin-pan and theatrical winged styles from the New Haven Register.
A Iowa City resident praises Shiloh s Vitalizer for cure of long standing ailments. Christian Hanni of Youngstown Ohio reports neuralgia relief from St Jacobs Oil. O P Clark & Son show a Walter A Wood mower and a new Self Binding Harvester. Guilmetts French Kidney Pad touted as a safer cure for kidney complaints, sold by L F Gackenheimer.
The dealer announces price reduction on Chilled Plows to 8.00 each with full warranty and promises repairs for Oliver Chilled Plows.
Advertises Dr King’s New Discovery as a near miraculous cure for coughs bronchitis asthma consumption and throat or lung diseases with trial bottles at 10 cents and regular sizes at 1.00 Hill Wilson’s Drug Store Van Wert also promotes Shilo h’s Catarrh Remedy with nasal injector free with each bottle and claims cures for catarrh diphtheria canker mouth and headache sold by L F Gackenheimer.
An advertisement by GEO H MARSH touts Shiloh's Vitalizer as a cure for dispersia liver complaints indigestion constipation and general debility. It also seeks timber for stave bolts and heading bolts with payment offers for white ash bolts burr blocks and heading blocks sawed to specific lengths.
An 1879 advertisement from Van Wert Ohio offers a salve guaranteed to heal cuts bruises sores ulcers and various eruptions. Priced at 25 cents it promises money back if unsatisfied and lists Hitt and Wilson as sellers with the notice dated November 21 1879.
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