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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1877
Page
4
A long account recounts the Espinosa murders in 1860s Colorado. It describes the Anvil Rocks ambush, grisly killings of American travelers, a pursuit led by Lt. Baldwin with Autabees, and the final death of Espinosa at Fort Lyon. The report also includes interviews exonerating Judge West over Know Nothing accusations.
The Forty third Congress saw several deaths among its members, with Hooper Crocker Hersey Rice and others on the list. General Butler sought the eulogy order at the Speaker's desk and Blaine noted that colleagues determine the program. Butler warned he would interrupt with a speech on Hooper if not cut off by the previous question.
A Lucas County Republican circular outlines who must register, who may skip registration, and exceptions for heads of families. It specifies citizenship, residence duration, and registration timing and places, noting Toledo’s new precincts and September 17 appointments for poll registers.
The piece contrasts General Grant’s two premier horses costing 3000 dollars with President Hayes's new team bought by his secretary Mr. Rogers for 300 dollars. It criticizes the Hayes pair as ill matched lazy and unsuitable, faulting Rogers for poor judgment in selecting horse flesh for the White House.
Opinion piece arguing Republican victory in Ohio due to more Republicans than Democrats, backlash against Holland frauds and the Registry Law, workingmen shifting from Democrats, weak Democratic candidates, Tilden abroad and Holland jailed, and no clear Senate advantage for either party.
A year ago General Garfield purchased 156 acres at Mentor, Ohio, twenty-five miles east of Cleveland. The farm features a white, one-and-a-half-story house with a broad piazza and croquet lawn, a study surrounded by books, spacious barns, and stacks of straw. The property lies along the lake shore ridges with Lake Michigan distant views and Little Mountain on the southern horizon.
Joan CocHRAN of Lamb's Creek Tioga County Pennsylvania died at his residence August 15 1877 aged 101 years and seven months. He was born January 1776 in Bennington Vermont. His mother reportedly fled the battlefield on horseback with him at the start of that memorable fight. He passed away on the farm where he had lived for sixty one years.
The Chicago Inter Ocean reports a sensational claim that Osman Pasha of Vidin and Plevna fame is Marshal Bazaine, the famed French commander. It recounts Bazaine’s birth at Versailles in 1511, rapid rise from private to marshal, key campaigns, Metz surrender, and dramatic escape with his wife in 1874, followed by rumors of his disguise in the Ottoman forces at Widin.
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