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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1880
Page
2
The Ottawa Sentinel reports that J. L. H. Lona was named Presidential Elector on the Republican ticket by admirers at the State Convention, but this nomination is not binding as electors are chosen by the Congressional Convention. The piece notes the distinction between state convention talks and official Congressional action.
The Ohio Republican platform celebrates the resume of specie payments and sound currency. It lauds Jon Sherman for financial leadership and civil rights advocacy, urging his nomination for President at Chicago. The text also endorses Hayes administration and pledges united Republican efforts for the national ticket.
The Van Wert area debates a narrow gauge railway bond issue set for early June. The BULLETIN opposes bonds and a local group plans to withdraw support from the editor to punish him. The note warns such tactics are unmanly and pointless.
The Pennsylvania town of Coudersport suffered a severe blaze that destroyed much of its business area, following earlier oil fires in Bradford and Milton. Reported losses reach $260,000 as Tuesday night dispatches detailed the tragedy.
Andrew J Currin of Pennsylvania quits the Republican party to seek a Democratic nomination for Congress in a district once seen as safely Democratic. Defeated at the polls, he faces rejection by Democrats who favor a Greenback candidate as the last of the great war governors teeters in political despair. David Davis of Illinois remains a cautious figure in the backdrop.
The newly named Bryan Census Supervisor Willett is accused by Democrats of being a virulent copperhead who insulted Union soldiers during the war and even spit tobacco juice on a crippled soldier. The dispute centers on W D Hinn's recommendation and frames the appointment as an insult to Democrat soldiers.
In whispers a faction fears a railroad vote will drive away about twenty of the town’s first families. The letter laments the loss of wealth and leadership these residents created, noting their influence and urging the community to mourn their departure.
The Delphos tale follows James Hummelright, a millionaire drayman, suing R. B. Jervis for professional services and draying. The Van Wert court upheld the verdict, with Judge Day noting the worker’s hire is deserved and interest on the amount from the date. The awarded sum was fifteen cents.
The Methodist Conference in Cincinnati elected four bishops. Dr H W Warren formerly of Connecticut now pastors a Philadelphia church and has written for religious journals. Dr Joan F Hurst native of Salem Maryland is president of Drew Theological Institute and author of books including History of Rationalism. Dr Cyrus D Foss a New Yorker and president of Wesleyan University is forty six and famed preacher with Methodist lineage. Eratus Oris Haven born Boston 1820 is chancellor of Syracuse University with a long academic career and ministerial service in New York and Michigan universities.
Mr. Henry Chisholm of Cleveland celebrated his birthday by giving each of his five children $40,000. The report notes no further details about the timing or recipients beyond the generous presents.
A Louisville Courier-Journal correspondent recalls Van Bibber's escape near Kanawha Falls West Virginia. Cornered by Indians he stood on a jutting rock while his wife and babe watched. She urged him to leap and riverward, he jumped, swam, and boarded their skiff amid arrows. They reached shore living to tell the tale.
Miss Lizzie Lloyd King confined in a Brooklyn asylum stitched a readable letter from cut letters and sewed text to petition Congress to repeal the law sending indicted but not convicted offenders to asylums. Governor Cornell holds the letter as part of the case.
The Greenock Advertiser, a historic Scotch newspaper seventy eight years in print, has suspended publication. It once deemed Campbell's Hohenlinden not up to the mark and refused to publish it.
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