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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1877
Page
4
A poem laments Murphy influence on a brewer who previously sold two score kegs weekly. The narrator contrasts true blue virtue with the liquor trade and notes a two week old Mueller beer keg after the Murphys arrive.
Seventeen years after arriving in New York from Dublin Hayes rose to fame as a clog dancer with copper cent heels, toured with Christy's Minstrels, then faded into poverty and illness. He died in the Washington Poor House hospital and was buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery after a life marked by both remarkable success and personal decline.
In a candid interview Mr. Murphy denies wealth, declaring himself practically a pauper supporting six children. He details past debt, a wife’s death, and reliance on voluntary contributions, noting he canceled all lecture engagements after a Sun article questioned his temperance lectures for pay.
A speaker insists he will not join or support any new party, arguing the Republican party already has its ideas, principles, and record and must not be betrayed. He dismisses Blaine’s supposed advice as mere axiom that any party should behave, noting the Republican party has not misbehaved and won’t.
The Norristown Herald reports a Missouri pastor is asked to resign for having three wives and being suspected of delaying a fourth marriage. Congregations grow stricter and may deny clergy worldly enjoyment to avoid scandal.
The Philadelphia Times notes a determined individual believes he holds the solution to Charlie Ross case. He cites letters and photographs and says he has visited western Pennsylvania where the boy is thought to be hidden. He claims safe return could occur if Barnum proposal is clarified and Governor grants immunity.
A London speaker tells of a former drunkard who carried his daughter to the public house. The child pleaded with him to stay, and her plea moved him to return home and quit drinking. He credits the girl’s influence with saving his life and leading to his happiness.
Advices from Holland state that vessels formerly engaged in the Baltic and Mediterranean grain trade will now trade with the United States as the Baltic and Mediterranean seas are closed by the Russian Turkish war.
A young man from Auburn New York who traveled to Texas this spring sent his father a telegram reading Fatted calf for one signaling a celebratory homecoming and success ahead.
New York Post Rome correspondent describes lavish offerings to the Vatican by 200 English pilgrims and other delegations. Gifts total around 110000 pounds in cash and valuables including diamonds, gold cups, a gilt throne, and fifty silver watches. A laborer statue, a Pontifical sword, and a grand Salviate chandelier are noted, with the chandelier measuring about 2.7 by 4 meters and featuring papal symbols and glass bouquets.
The Milwaukee Sentinel notes Ohio Democrats optimistic about sweeping this fall with a governorship and a Senate seat hingeing on results. Pendleton and General Ewing are greenback contenders, with talks of Converse backing Pendleton for governor and aiding his Senate bid. The piece predicts a large Republican victory, doubting Democrat gains and downplaying Republican disaffection.
A condemned Russian officer or notable man is forced to kneel on a scaffold before the public. Epaulets and decorations are torn away, his sword is broken over his head, and he is declared legally dead. If married, his wife may become a widow. Estates confiscate to the crown, and wife and children cannot return if they accompany him.
A National Repository June feature recounts Braddock's defeat with Washington urging scouts, the surprise ambush, and the ensuing massacre. Braddock dies four days after the battle, his grave hidden along the road, with locals attributing the death to a Virginia hunter's bullet in a tale of revenge.
An 1835 36 surge of emigration to Michigan filled every hotel room in Ann Arbor. Rev Hosea Brown sought a private bed but faced a crowded scene as the landlord warned of a second lodger. A midnight knock revealed two ministers already sharing one bed.
Frank Yates, a Red Cloud Agency trader, was approached by a Sioux ex scout of General Crook who offered to exchange a $100 bill for Frank’s gold watch chain. The man proposed a full roll for the chain but balked at $140. He then bought a cheap chain elsewhere. Yates recalls his brother dying in the Custer massacre and suspects the $100 bill came from that burial. The Sioux reportedly took the bill from a Cheyenne killed in Mackenzie’s fight with Dull Knife.
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