Van Wert Ohio News Brief March 23 1877
Van Wert Ohio reports on a Friday morning dated March 23 1877 with local happenings and notices from the town. The brief item provides period news in a concise format typical of 19th century local papers.
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van Wert
Ohio
Guardian
van Wert County
Ernst Muntzinger
William Muntzinger
Jacob Germann
Sjr
John Jacob Hoffman
Price & Shissler
A.R. Strother
Lake E. Parsons
Court of Common Pleas
O. Murray A. Brown
Jancis Evans
John P. Evans
Main Street
Town Creek
Market Street
Board of Improvements
T.S. Gilliland
Henry Robinson
Com- Loan and Savings Association
Mon Pleas
Vs. van Wert Co
John McDonald
Fred Billman
A. J. Porter
Germans Pledge Support to President Mayers and Carl Schurz
A Washington committee of German citizens met President Mayers praising his administration and honoring Carl Schurz’s cabinet appointment. They hailed German American influence and noted broad German support nationwide for the new administration.
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Washington
Mayers
Carl Schurz
United States
Schurz
Interior Department
Question on New Hampshire election name errors
A historical note recalls a Democratic ruling that Nathaniel Heap lost a State Senate seat due to ballots reading Natr Heap. Now Frank Jones, elected to Congress from New Hampshire could have been Franklin Jones on some ballots. Will the Democrats cite the prior decision?
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New Hampshire
Nathaniel Heap
State Senate
Colorado Legislature ends grand jury as in other states
The legislature enacts a law dispensing with organized grand juries. Twenty days before the criminal court meets the judge of the county court and two justices of the peace will sit as a court of indictment to hear all testimony before indictment or discharge of prisoners.
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Colorado
Stanley Matthews Elected to U S Senate in 1879 Term
Stanley Matthews yesterday won election to the United States Senate to fill the term begun by John Sherman which expires March 3, 1879. A banquet honoring the event saw many Democratic legislators join in congratulating Senator Matthews on his election.
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Stanley Matthews
Chicago Tribune
Ohio
John Sherman
United States Senate
Howland
Taft
United States
Greeley
Mr. Hayes
Congress
Eph. Holland
Chicago
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Holland
Senate
Louisiana
South Carolina
Hayes
South
Maattthews
Mormon Elder to Die by Shooting for Mountain Meadows Pact
John D. Lee, the Mormon elder convicted of complicity in the Mountain Meadows massacre, faces execution today after the governor refused to intervene. He chose to be shot as his method of death.
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Jouhn D. Lee
Mountain Meadows
Iee
Col Ingersoll Speech Delights New York Audience
The Fourth Page Bulletin reproduces Col. Ingersoll's renowned speech delivered in New York last week, with only the portion on counting the Electoral vote omitted. The piece promises broad appreciation from readers of the paper.
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Col. Ingersoll
New York
Extra Congress Session Set For June Fourth
The article notes an extra session of Congress will be convened on Monday June 4 with the aim that all necessary legislation be completed by July 4.
Weather Shocks County With Snow Rain Lightning
In the past week parts of the county endured snow and rain, multiple lightning incidents, and an earthquake shaking several communities. Residents reported varying impacts and local offices urged caution and disaster preparedness.
Ohio drives compulsory education push in early 1900s press
Fort Wayne Gazette counters Ohio plan to force universal schooling, notes leaders in politics and military praise education. Calls for Indiana to adopt compulsory schooling as Ohio overtakes in educational reform.
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Fort Wayne Gazette
Ohio
Smith
Indiana
Buckeye
Inaugural Mottoes Favor Universal Rights and Education
The text quotes Hayes era ideas urging universal suffrage tied to universal education and nonpartisan public service. It stresses equal citizen rights, unified national identity, and government officers serving the people over party, with a preference for a stable coinage convertible to specie.
Matthews Elected U S Senator to Fill Sherman Vacancy
The Memphis Avalanche reports Stanley Matthews elected by Ohio Republicans to fill the Sherman vacancy. Matthews, a leading lawyer of recognized integrity, is known for independence and for denouncing party misdeeds. His Senate term runs until March 1879.
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Memphis
Tenn
Avalanche
Stanley Matthews
United States
Sherman
Ohio Republicans
Matthews
Senator Matthews
Queer Theology From a Grim Prieve Debate
A colored minister objects to Andersons prieve claiming conversion in extremity proves heaven and warrants execution before any chance of rethinking. The remark illustrates moral irony and religious debate surrounding capital punishment.
German Delegation Honors President with Schurz Choice
A German citizen delegation met the President in Washington to present resolutions praising his inaugural address and cabinet choices, expressing admiration for his conciliatory policy and for Carl Schurz as a constitutional adviser. The group then visited Secretary Schurz to extend God-speed and congratulations. The New York Republican Central Committee also lauded President Hayes and his Cabinet selections in a formal resolution.
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Washington
Carl Schurz
Meyer
United States
Schurz
Einstein
New York
Republican Central Committee
Hayes
Death of Ohio State Senator in a boarding-house fall
News from Columbus Ohio reports the death of Hon Albert Haines State Senator from Preble county after falling down a basement stair at his boarding-house following a Democratic caucus. He struck his head died instantly leaving a bruised eye and a broken neck. His son a U S Army captain was mentioned later in a separate Paris antiquities tale.
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Thomas
Johnson
Dennis
McCoy
Haines
Senate
Eaton
Preble County
To-Norrow
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ColumsBus
Albert Haines
Egypt
Senator Haines
Common Pleas Court
Cincinnati
United States Army
Robbery Attempt Ends in Death at Clayville Meat House
Dr Karns of Clayville Kentucky chased a supposed robber after a shotgun blast. The next morning an unknown white man lay crushed under a falling meat house frame, the victim of a lever trap that dropped the building onto his accomplice.
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Cincinatti
Clayville
Kentucky
Dr. Karns
Karns
President's Church Policy Chooses Foundry Methodist
The President and Mrs Hayes settled family worship at the Foundry Methodist Church near the White House after rival churches vied for their patronage. Dr Newman, eight years Metropolitan church court chaplain, leaves duty. Children Scott and Fannie attend Foundry Sabbath School.
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Washington
Hayes
Foundry Methodist Church
White House
Newman
Metropolitan Church
Scott
Fannie
Foundry
A Critique of Heteropsis and Postal Card Reading
A letter to the Contributors Club laments readers who read postal cards not meant for them. It cites a clerk docked pay for excess card reading and notes a postmaster reading a card to an unmarried sister under a fictitious signature. The piece questions who else has a right to read postal records.
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Atlantic
Richard Grant White
Sable Island Ponies Face Extinction Threat
Nova Scotia government once sent Canadian ponies to Sable Island to prevent seafarers from starving but the ponies thrived on a shrub only found there. They became wild and are now near extinction due to roundup for Anticosti Island trade and sale to Newfoundland and Nova Scotia settlements.
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Nova Scotia
Sable Island
Isle of Sables
Anticosti Island
Newfoundland
French decree allows Janson du Sailly College with large bequest
The French government authorized a college named for Janson du Sailly funded by a donor who died in 1828. Debats notes half a century passed before the will was carried out, a common delay in France for charitable gifts. Such bequests are typical in English speaking countries but rare in France, though they are increasing lately though usually not reaching educational institutions.
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Janson du Sailly
England
United States
France
Coroner's jury finds fault in Ashtabula bridge design
The Boston Bulletin reports the Coroner's jury blamed bridge builder Amasa Stone for the Ashtabula disaster. It notes his lack of engineer approval and protests from the drawings supervisor, urging accountability for a reckless experiment by a non-expert in a period of rising specialization.
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Boston Bulletin
Ashtabula
Amasa Stone
Stone
Boston
Tyner Accepts Second in Postal Department
Ex Postmaster General Tyner agrees to remain as second in the postal department he led, praised for his service and the boost to the public service. The piece notes Hayes era reforms and clarifies the family connection between President Hayes and Judge Matthews, both linked to Dr. Webb of Chillicothe.
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Key
Fred W. Seward
Hayes
President Hayes
Stanley Matthews
Miss Webb
Dr. Webb
Chillicothe
Mr. Matthews
Miss Black
Tennessee
Joseph Webb
Judge Matthews
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Nevada man warned by sign 601 faces vigilante threat
A Reno report notes a man in Nevada received a notice signed 601 to quit a section. He believes disobedience invites punishment by vigilance men. The piece adds that seven thieving gamblers just complied in Reno.
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Nevada
Reno
Steamer Spartar Sets Oil Cargo Record For Sea Routes
The English steamer Spartar sailed from New York with 394000 gallons of refined petroleum bound for Java. By passing through the Suez Canal it will beat sailing vessels carrying kerosene priced higher in January and February. It is the first ocean steamer ever loaded with petroleum and carries no passengers.
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Spartan
New York
Java
Suez Canal
Chicago Tribune
Wisconsin Firm Produces Sixteen Tons of Paper for Building
A Wisconsin company makes sixteen tons daily of condensed fibre paper for weather boarding and building. The material, like a hard fibreboard, packs under hundreds of tons of pressure. Sold in thirty two inch wide rolls it resists heat cold frost and damp and does not catch fire as readily as wood.
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