The Centinel,
Gettysburg, PA, September
25, 1811
Cincinnati, ( Ohio )
August 21
Burning
of Judge Symmes’ House
Some interest has been
excited on this catastrophe on account of the reputed loss of
property and papers, besides the house which has been consumed by
the destruction of the premises.
In the
court of common pleas,
April Term, 1811, the
grand jury of this country returned a bill against
John Hart, a
magistrate in that neighborhood for the said burning and being
charged he was committed.
The trial in this
important case was commenced on the 7th inst. and lasted
till the 16th. Mr. Glover was the
prosecutor on behalf of the state, and was assisted by Mr. Burnet.
Mr. Monroe and Mr. Longworth were counsel for the defendant.
About 70 witnesses (on
both sides) were examined and arguments of considerable length and
ability were held, which together with the evidence we presume will
be given to the public as we understand the trial is to be reported
when prepared for the press.
The Jury retired
on Friday morning to make a verdict and after returning two
or three times with no verdict and the court sending them back to
their room as often, no verdict could be obtained.
On Saturday morning the jury returned to their box, but
without any officer as we understand they had broken out of the room
in which they were and the officer would not again take them into
his custody. The court refused to recognize them
and after remaining sometime in the box without the care of an
officer of the court,
they dispersed to their respective homes and the prisoner was
remanded back to his confinement.
[Submission from Nancy Piper]
The Centinel,
Gettysburg, PA, September
26, 1810
Cincinnatti,
Aug. 28
It is evident this Western
Country was, in former ages, very populous, witness the number of
artificial mounds and old fortifications that abound in almost every
part of the state; and although we are left to from conjectures
respecting the former inhabitants of this county, yet, we may reasonably
conclude, from the vestiges of works yet to be seen, they must have been
very numerous, and from the bones that have been dug up from time to
time; (as a proof in point).
A few days ago, as the workmen were digging a cellar, near Halley’s mill,
Little Miami, 18 feet and 24, at the depth of 18 inches and 3 feet, they
dug up no less than 26 human skeletons, one of which appeared to have
been a chief, as he was laid upon large flat stones, one of which was
placed at the head; on the right side of his head there was found an
earthen cup, in a complete state of preservation.
The cup is in the possession of Mr. John Campbell. Perhaps
some of your subscribers may have met with something of the kind, which
might lead us to some knowledge of the people, as it may be the practice
of some Indians to place a cup on the right side of their departed
chiefs to this day, as I have no doubt it was the general practice at
that time. The bones were much decayed, and appear
to have been deposited there at different times.
They were placed in different directions. A
considerable quantity of ashes was also intermixed with the bones.
[Submission from Nancy Piper]
The
Centinel, Gettysburg, PA, June 21 1809
Cincinnati, June 7
Distressing
Occurrence
On Sunday the 28th ult, Isaac
Simpson, of Milford township,
Butler county, went down into his well to bring up the bucket;
his wife some time after going to the well perceived him laying with his
face in the water, when she immediately went to her father (Mr.
Richardson,) and soon returned with him and his two sons - the eldest
being the most active arrived at the well first and immediately
descended; the father and younger son on coming to the well behind them
both at the bottom is a distressing situation, the father was just about
to go down to their assistance, when his son insisted that he was better
able to render them assistance than his father, and went down; as he
came near the bottom he stretched up his arms as if struggling for
assistance, fell back and expired. Mr. Richardson
suspecting there was a dampness in the well let down a candle, when it
had nearly reached the bottom of the well it went out - the three were
then taken out by means of hooks, every effort to restore them proved
fruitless.
[Submission from Nancy
Piper]
The
Centinel,
Gettysburg, PA, March 15, 1809
Cincinnatti
Ohio , Jan. 26
On Wednesday
forenoon, as Francis J. Mennessier was weighing some gunpowder in
his father’s store, at the same time smoaking (smoking) a cegar
(cigar), the powder in the scales took fire and communicated to a
canaster (canister), containing about 6 or 7 pounds, which
occasioned a tremendous explosion, by which F. J. Mennessier was
burnt in his face and other parts of his body.
His mother was knocked down by the forcing away of the partition;
the doors and windows were shattered to pieces, and driven out.
We hope that the hurt will not prove fatal to Mr. Mennessier,
but rather than to cegar smoakers it will prove a warning, not to
indulge themselves when gun powder is so near.
[Submission from Nancy Piper]
The New York Times
19 April 1852
The Cincinnati Gazette says that during March last, between 3,100
and 3,200 persons – generally farmers – shipped at that point for
California – mostly without any intention of returning.
[Contributed
by Melissa Rodriguez]
New York Times
5 July 1853
Railroad Collision in Ohio
Cincinnati, Saturday, July 2.
A gravel train on the Central Railroad ran into a passenger train
between Columbus and Zanesville yesterday. A fireman and engineer, and a
MR. GUTHRIE, of Putnam, were injured, but not seriously. The gravel
train was out of time.
[Contributed by Melissa Rodriguez]
The Daily Messenger.
Canandaigua, NY. Jan 16, 1922
Claims Man He Shot Attempted Hold Up
Cincinnati, O. Jan 16 – Loren Hartzell, 33, of Anderson, Ind., charged
with murder, today claimed he shot Carl Katz of Newark in self defense.
Katz, his pals said, was killed in an attempt to hold up the driver of a
rum running automobile. Hartzell admitting the shooting told police
officials that he shot Katz when he leaped to the running board of his
automobile and attempted to hold him up.
[Contributed by Melissa Rodriguez]
Butte Daily Miner, Butte Montana, November 19, 1880
A Delayed Funeral
Cincinnati, Nov. 18-W. E. Adams, 50 years old, who lived alone, was
found in the cellar of his house, having been dead several days.
[submitted by Shauna L. Williams]
Mattoon Journal quoted by Charleston Plaindealer,
June 23, 1887
Kirby Smith, a former Queensware merchant of Mattoon, is reported
drowned at Cincinnati.
[submitted by Kim Torp]
Suicide of a Wealthy Manufacturer
Cincinnati ,
September 3. – Adam Amburg, of A. & W. Amburg, hosiery
manufacturers and proprietors of three establishments, committed
suicide this afternoon by shooting.
His business was
unembarrassed and very prosperous. The cause was
worrying over work.
[Times
Picayune –
September 4, 1890; Transcribed and contributed by:
Frances Cooley]
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