CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1876 Abstracts 4534 - 4539 SOCIAL FORCES & CUSTOMS (Cont'd) · I approve, 4534 L Feb. 8:7/4 - An anonymous letter to the editor says: of the suggestion printed in the LEADER yesterday that certain policemen be detailed in plain clothes to look after the scoundrels who are in the habit of insulting respectable women and young girls on the streets at night. 4535 L Feb. 8:8/2 - Last evening, Superintendent Rickoff submitted the following regarding the ventilation of public school buildings to the board of education: "The ventilation of many of our larger school buildings is extremely defective. This is true of all of them except the last three erected the Washington, the Tremont, and the Outhwaite.... I hope before the next meeting...to be able to submit plans...for the improvement of the condition of some of them, at least.... It would be well to try, perhaps, two or three of these expedients, and then we shall be able to choose the best. Twenty-five dollars would cover the cost of the trial. The appropriation of that amount is respectfully requested for the purpose.' 4536 L Feb. 8:8/3 The board of education last evening authorized school principals to transfer refractory and incorrigible students to the new, unclassified school; to reinstate pupils in their former schools on having been shown that they behaved well for a term at the unclassified school; and that studies at this school shall be the same as at the other schools, in so far as possible. 4537 L Feb. 9; ed: 4/1 Little Sammy Cox is endeavoring to get the Bureau of Education abolished. He is opposed to education. His constituents are mostly Romanists. That tells the whole story. 4538 L Feb. 9; ed: 4/1 The Rochester EVENING EXPRESS says that the suspicious thing about the fast mail service is that we hear no praise of it except from the New York papers. (L) "By the schedule of the fast mail train, we notice that it arrives in Rochester with the New York morning papers just before the EXPRESS is ready for distribution. Is it not that fact which mainly prevents our bright cotemporary from seeing any beauty in Mr. Jewell's fast white train? Out in this country it is considered a remarkably good thing." 4539 L Feb. 9:7/1 On the night of Feb. 6, Officer Sorge arrested Christian Lards on the charge of violating the Sunday liquor ordinance. The next night they met again near Lards' place and Lard began to insult the officer. Sorge concluded to place him under arrest again, but the saloonist, who is a powerful man, resisted. While the struggle was going on Mrs. Lards and Timothy Reims came to Lards' assistance, and Sorge was so severly beaten that it is thought it will be several weeks before he can again do duty. The assailants were arrested and charged with assaulting an officer. Lards was formerly a member of the police force. (6) (5) (5) (1) (2) (4) CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1876 Abstracts 4540 - 4546 SOCIAL FORCES & CUSTOMS (Cont'd) 4540 L Feb. 10; ed: 4/1 - "Chief Justice White, of Utah, has got some very old-fashioned ideas about things, and has a good healthy way of expressing them." He says, "Mormonism may survive, but if it cannot sever itself from polygamy, it will be to it the bridal of death." 4541 L Feb. 10; ed: 4/1 "Molly Maguireism, in the Pennsylvania mining districts, seems to have received a death blow." The gang known to have murdered a mining boss, and suspected of complicity in several other murders, is being apprehended, and confessions obtained from the prisoners. "It is confidently believed that it will put an end to all the high handed lawlessness which has so long prevailed." 4542 L Feb. 11:8/1 It appears that patrolman Sorge was more severely assaulted on the night of Feb. 7 than was at first reported. His condition on Feb. 9 was such as to cause fears for his recovery, and in consequence, Christian Lards, his wife, and Timothy Reims have been charged with assault with intent to kill. 4543 L Feb. 11:8/3 - A meeting of representatives of the various organizations who propose to celebrate Washington's birthday was held at the Frankfort street armory last evening to arrange a program and the line of march. The matter of positions in the line of procession was referred to the chief marshall. The following resolution was adopted: That the citizens generally are requested, through the press, to decorate their houses, especially those along the line of march. 4544 L Feb. 11:8/4 The Cleveland City hospital building, formerly the marine hospital, was thrown open to the public yesterday afternoon and evening, and a large number of visitors were in attendance. Very few changes in the building have been made. The hospital seems to have met with excellent success in getting into its new quarters, and will be able to greatly increase its sphere of usefulness. It was the universal opinion of the guests that an elevator was needed for carrying the sick to the upper stories. Efforts will doubtless soon be made to carry this project into execution. 4545 L Feb. 12:4/4 - A preliminary meeting of the North Eastern Ohio Teachers association was held at the board of education rooms last evening. A considerable number of persons, both ladies and gentlemen, were present. The subject for discussion was, "Is the charge that the multiplicity of studies pursued is ruining the memories of children true?" 4546 L Feb. 12:7/3 In a letter to the editor, "W" says: The men of Cleveland should not be outdone by the women in sending exhibits to the (2) (3) (2) (6) (6) (10) CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1876 Abstracts 4547 - 4550 SOCIAL FORCES & CUSTOMS (Cont'd) a horse car with "nine men and fifteen horses; a typical Cleveland street; a bunch of street corner loafers; and some of the tramps from Poverty Barn. 4547 L Feb. 12:7/3,4 In a letter to the editor, "An Irish Catholic" says: The IRISH WORLD is accused by the CATHOLIC UNIVERSE of turning Catholics against their pope and prelates. (10) The CATHOLIC UNIVERSE denounces Fenianism, but the editor, who was an officer of the society, did not turn against it until failure and division burst it to pieces. The UNIVERSE favors the bloody Carlist revolution in Spain, but censures the Irish for revolting against their oppressors. In past times, when the church was oppressed the priests were the leaders of the people. But the church is free today, while the people are not. "Irishmen, buy the IRISH WORLD, it will teach you your duty to your poor downtrodden country. The days of sycophancy are passing away; enlightened opinion is marching onward, and the diatribes of the CATHOLIC UNIVERSE, or a million of its kind cannot stem the rising tide of Irish revolution." (21) 4548 L Feb. 12:8/2 An order was issued by the board of police on Feb. 10, directing the superintendent of police to arrest all the women of known improper behavior found on the streets at night. Accordingly, last evening a squad of police visited 158 Seneca st., where it is claimed this class of people are in the habit of gathering. They cap. tured a mixed lot of men and women and conveyed them to the central station. 4549 L Feb. 14; ed: 4/3 - The Granger legislatures of the far western "This is a step in the right direction. Something like the Iowa law should be enacted in Ohio.... This is what is wanted and nothing less than that will reach the desired result." On the Lake Shore road alone, between this city and Toledo, the monte swindlers pick up thousands of dollars a year, despite the care of the employes of the road. 4550 L Feb. 14; ed: 4/5 The record of Mayor Payne's board of police cannot compare with that of the year before, when Mayor Otis and a Republican board had the management of affairs. The most important point of the comparison is in the financial portion of the report. The tax levy for 1874 was $172,552.19, and that (5) (7) CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1876 Abstracts 4551 - 4554 SOCIAL FORCES & CUSTOMS (Cont'd) of 1875 was $175, 371.78, or an increase of $2,819.59. Out of its levy the board in 1874 saved $9,781.93, while in 1875, $7,069.10 were saved, a showing of nearly $4,000 in favor of the former board. An increase of thieves, bawds, gambling houses, and gamblers during the year has been followed, of course, by an increase of crime. During the past year property to the amount of $50, 109.77 was stolen, of which $22,135.91 worth was recovered. In 1874, $35, 559.83 worth was stolen, of which the department recovered $17,856.57; a percentage decidedly in favor of the department in 1874. In 1874 arrests were made to the number of 9,571, but in 1875, notwithstanding the increase of bummers, thieves, etc., only 8,823 arrests were made. This fact, also, speaks for itself. As to the unjust promotions and political favoritism, the LEADER has already placed the present board in its true position, and the facts need not be gone over. But in the figures above, the taxpayers and voters can learn the whole story for themselves, and see just how much buncombe is actually contained in Mayor Payne's promise of economy and reform. 4551 - L Feb. 14:7/2,3 H. M. Parker of Elyria presided at the meeting of the north eastern Ohio Teachers association held Feb. 12, in the board of education rooms. Alexander Forbes of Cleveland reported that a Cleveland publishing house would publish a history of the association, to be sold for two dollars a copy. Frank Aborn of Cleveland read a short essay on "Drawing in Common Schools" which was discussed briefly. C. S. Smart, state school superintendent, gave an instructive address on "County Superintendency." 4552 - L Feb. 14:7/4 A meeting of the Catholic Central association Let no 4553 L Feb. 14:7/4 In a letter to the editor, "Decency" says: Many are glad that the contemptible business of insulting ladies on the street is being brought to the notice of the city authorities. one suppose, however, that this business is confined to Superior st. Forest and Woodland, and Case and Woodland, are two places where ladies are insulted. If a policeman in that vicinity would arrest a few of creatures who insult the ladies and let their names be published, it might serve to correct their own impressions of the estimate in which they are held by those who know them, and might relieve the neighborhood of this contemptible business. 4554 L Feb. 14; ed: 8/3 - The stupidity with which the Gas Committee conduct the lighting of street lamps has become chronic. A rainstorm (8) (23) (4) (7) CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1876 Abstracts 4555 - 4558 SOCIAL FORCES & CUSTOMS (Cont'd) last night and the lamps all out. The streets were in Egyptian darkness, while citizens floundered about in the mud. Give us a change, gentlemen. 4555 L Feb. 14:8/3 Dedication services at Trinity Baptist church in Newburgh yesterday afternoon were conducted, by the pastor, Rev. F. Tolhurst. The dedicatory address was delivered by Rev. G. O. King of the Second Baptist church in Cleveland. Reverend B. F. Ashley of the Tabernacle Baptist church led the prayer. The church is a wood building on Jackson st. The total cost of building it was $2,761. Membership in the parish is 50 in number. 4556 L Feb. 14:8/4 On the afternoon of Feb. 12, three large stone columns, which are to adorn the front of the new county court house, were placed in position. At the sheriff's residence on Rockwell st., the stone work for the second story is about complete, while, on the jail, the east wall is all finished with the exception of a tier or two. Some time since Scott gave up the subcontract for the work and now McMahon, the original contractor, has charge of the work and is pushing it with his accustomed energy. 4557 L Feb. 15:4/4,5 Annual commencement exercises of the Hahnemann society, connected with the Homeopathic hospital college, were held last evening at the college hall 99 Prospect st. Thirty-seven members of the graduating class are members of the society. Reverend C. W. Cushing gave the opening prayer. H. C. Royers delivered the salutatory address. Reverend C. W. Cushing delivered the annual address to the graduating class. George Lee, A.B., the valedictorian, made a speech on "knowledge." The present officers of the society are: President, G. J. Jones; vice president, R. H. Hurlburt; secretary, J. D. Easton. 4558 L Feb. 15:7/3 In a letter to the editor, M. A. Foran says: On Feb. 6 I read an essay on "Communism" before the liberalists of this city at the Liberalists' hall. The tenor of the essay was intended to prove that modern or even apostolic communism is impracticable in the present age. The essay treated of communism as taught by Christ and practiced by the first Christians. This communism, as embodied in the ACTS is so grand in conception as to be beyond the comprehension of the selfish, mammon scraping editor of the Catholic UNIVERSE. Communism means collectivily as opposed to individualism, hence the doctrine of republicanism, which is a communistic principle, born of communistic agitation. The doctrine that the state should educate the child, a pure communistic principle, is the basic idea of our public (1) (7) (5) (30) |