Van Wert Bulletin opens with Friday morning January 7 1869
The Van Wert Bulletin dated Friday morning January 7 1869 presents the latest local news notes and brief items from the Ohio town, with customary early 1869 newspaper details and notices.
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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1870
Page
2
The Van Wert Bulletin dated Friday morning January 7 1869 presents the latest local news notes and brief items from the Ohio town, with customary early 1869 newspaper details and notices.
Secretary Boutwell ready to submit a threepart loan bill to Congress. Each class of four hundred million dollars would run 15 to 30 years with bonds payable in coin and interest redeemable in the United States or Europe. Four and a half percent rate, tax exemptions, and exchangeable bonds featured. bill to be reintroduced after Senate adjournment.
The Commercial and Financial Chronicle reports the year ended with healthier national finances. Nine months saw ninety million obligations repurchased, foreign trade crisis avoided, crops boosting industry and commerce, Wall Street cautiousness aiding financial health, and railroad growth aligning with commerce, signaling overall satisfaction with the year.
The legislature opened and organized with A J Cunningham of Hamilton County elected speaker. Democrats fill minor offices while Reform Republicans align with Democrats on many measures, implying Democratic influence over the body. The note hopes fusion Republicans remain party loyal on major partisan issues.
A survey notes Columbus Kentucky has 3,000 inhabitants and no schoolhouse. Other items report deaths and trials in Ohio and Tennessee, a Hamilton revival, Pittsburgh oil weighing, and varied local incidents including a Memphis marriage dispute and a Bellefontaine suicide attempt.
John Cottle, who bludgeoned John Bell to death at Bell’s door, was sentenced in Cincinnati last Thursday to five years in the penitentiary for the murder.
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