Hennessey Named Spittoon Boss in Statehouse Pranks
A mocked gubernatorial plan imitates Adjutant General Meily naming Andy Hennessey head of a spittoon cleaning gang at the State House. The satire envisions tables for card games in public rooms, a rotunda bar, and a lively Columbus season with Hennessey supplying games and stakes for lawmakers and visitors.
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Supreme Court
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Columbus
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Democrats purge civil service in Ohio amid partisan probes
The Cincinnati Gazette reports Democrats purge workers in Ohio civil service for Republican ties or votes. An elderly porter, rehired after 15 years, loses due to a past GOP vote. Senator Tyler objects, Governor Bishop faces liberal censure as papers accuse party of reform by removing incumbents.
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Cincinnati Gazette
Ohio Senate
Tyler
Senate
Bishop
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Ohio
Garret
Eim
Columbus
the Times
BisHor
Ohio Legislature Again Considers Morgan Raid Claims
Pike county member introduces a bill to appropriate 580000 dollars to pay MORGAN RAID Claim Commission(1868) awards for property damage from the rebel General Morgan raid and subsequent pursuit. Farmers seek compensation for livestock crops and even a half bushel of hickory nuts seized. Public support has long wavered, and the measure reappears each session.
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Ohio
Pike County
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Plain Dealer critiques nepotism in Bisier appointments
The Cleveland Plain Dealer condemns Governor Bisier's choices, noting railroad commissioner Bill Bell appointed a Republican in his post and then his own son to fill the Republican’s vacancy. The paper mocks nepotism as inconsistent for a Democrat.
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Death of General August Willichn in St. Marys
A special dispatch reports General August Willichn found dead in bed at the Dicker House St Marys on Wednesday morning. He played a prominent role with Ohio troops in the rebellion and led a brigade with a Van Wert county company famed for its stories of their fighting leader.
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Young Crane Out as Civil Service Reform Shifts Office
Little Jimmy Crane, messenger from Soldiers Orphans Home, loses post under Governor Young as Governor Bishop takes power. Crane’s exit clears path for Allen's son to become successor and Executive Clerk aligns with reform.
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Ohio Legislature Faces School Curriculum Cut Bill
The Cincinnati Gazette reports a bill nearing introduction to modify Ohio schools by dropping Greek Latin German science and music from high school curricula, easing state costs by teaching only common branches. It is expected to be a major issue in the current session.
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Ohio
Lima Mourns Two Prominent Citizens Depart County
The Republican notes two saloonists missing from Lima County after last week. One man was arrested for burglary at Newton and fled across the county. The other has been appointed to Governor Bishop's staff.
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Ski
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Ohio towns report population and local notices in brief
Bellefontaine has 3509 residents per recent census while Greenville township Darke county forms a rat killing association. Upper Sandusky seeks a Normal School, and Shelby Taylor is general agent for Allen County Mutual Fire Insurance. A Findlay jail bill is before the legislature. Sidney Journal notes poets and other odd items. Several counties report tax quirks, judicial district changes, and parcel disputes around Edgerton’s claimed island land.
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Shelby Taylor
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Christ. Steinhour
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Sitting Bull fortified near Peck with thousands of lodges
A Fort Keogh report places Sitting Bull at Frenchman Creek with over a thousand lodges and 2 300 warriors under arms, including Nez Perces deserters and Red Bear. Black Moon Four Horns Long Dog and Red Bear are with him, while Miles moves two infantry companies toward Fort Peck and fears a Custer-like disaster if the war party advances.
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Red Bear
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Wolf Points
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Pacific railroad subsidy bill faces public skepticism
General Banks of Massachusetts introduces a House bill fixing a subsidy of 15000 dollars per mile for 600 miles. The piece argues railroad subsidies are public plunder benefiting private interests and claims dishonesty has driven stockholders away. It asserts only honest construction and management could restore public investment faith.
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Pacific Railroad
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Governor Bishop Fights for Disabled Veterans in Job Scramble
The Cincinnati Times notes ongoing devastation under Governor Bishop while disabled Union veterans face removal from posts. One-armed attendants Stetler and Slack are targeted, but Uncle William rebukes removal, citing veterans who lost arms defending their country. The article alleges a hurried spoils push as candidates seek any available office.
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George Slack
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Fiendish Fire Killers Admitted Murder at Knecks Cabin
Coroner resumes inquiry into the Knecks family fire on Sprawls plantation. Dexter McCreary and Fortune Bush confess to planning and carrying out the killing to steal two to three hundred dollars. They entered the cabin, struck Stephen and his wife, chained the door, and burned the family with their children inside. Bush and McCreary were jailed in Aiken.
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Sprawls
Dexter McCreary
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Aiken
Immigration and equality in political partnership debate
The Cincinnati Gazette argues that political society is a partnership with equal natives only, denying equal rights to foreigners and Asians. It contends policy, not principle, should guide Chinese admission and warns against labor exploitation devaluing American workers.
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Cincinnati Gazette
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Asia
Gas inhalation touted for whooping cough in Portland children
The report says inhaling gas as a remedy for whooping cough is widely used by Portland Maine children at the gas works. Physicians testify that relief or complete cure is felt on the first trial.
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Tea Plant Cultivation Sparks Debate in America
The New York Herald calls Le Duc an ignoramus for urging tea-plant culture in the U S. The Herald says tea will grow in the South and Midwest but profits are unlikely due to harvesting costs and low wages abroad. The Chicago Inter Ocean notes two sides and decades of discussion with no basis to dismiss the recommendation.
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