CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1874 Abstracts 211 - 215 ART & ARTISTS (Cont'd) and after five years is one of the most eminent fruit painters in America. His pieces adorn the dining rooms of the most fastidious connoisseurs of art. The exhibition at Ryder's is a group of peaches, grapes, bananas, and plums lying about a globe containing a gold fish. 211 - L June 3; ed: 4/2 - Cincinnati is stirred by the return home of Mr. Probasco, the wealthy and liberal gentleman whose generosity secured the endowment of that city with the finest bronze fountain in America. He has returned with the idea of establishing a metropolitan art museum. It is thought probable that Mr. Probasco will give his own private collection of paintings and statuary valued at $300,000. "The pity is that while there are so many men far wealthier than Mr. Probasco, so few have a title of his liberality and taste, or any part of his feeling that great riches are given to men to be used for the good of their families and mankind, not to be hoarded for spendthrift posterity to debauch itself with." 212 L July 11:8/4 Messrs. Cook and Kroger, our celebrated fresco. artists, are engaged in frescoing the residence of H. B. Perkins in Warren, O., and also the National bank rooms of that city. The home of T. S. Beckwith on Euclid ave. and the new Masonic hall at Elyria, O., are other jobs they have in hand. They have in their employ 23 accomplished artists and are able to meet their engagements with promptness and satisfaction. It is 213 L July 18:8/4 Kemmer, Kushman and Company, fresco artists of Cleveland, are widely known for their genius in pleasing the most critical eye in their line of work. They have nearly completed the frescoing of the First Methodist church at the corner of Euclid and Erie aves. most admirably and fittingly executed; the design is in perfect keeping with the Gothic architecture of the edifice; and the subdued richness of the tints are in perfect harmony with the quiet and solemnity of the place. (3) (5) (3) Quite a different style of their art is exhibited in the apartments of the Society for Savings. In the office of Otis and Buckley, 6 Rouse block, decorators are shown a specimen of Kemmer's patent improved oil. frescoing, which has attracted attention throughout the country. (11) 214 L July 24; adv:6/5 Kemmer, Kushman and Company Fresco Artists in all the various branches, for churches, halls, residences, stores, offices, etc. Office Otis Block, Euclid ave., Room 1-2, 115 Broadway avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. Prices are lowest. We are also prepared to do Kemmer's patent improved oil frescoing. (4) New lot of fine paintings of Edward Moran, Geo H. Storey, J. O. Eaton, CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1874 Abstracts 216 - 224 ART & ARTISTS (Cont'd) James Hamilton, Morston Ream, G. L. Clough, G. C. Lambdin, R. A. Blacklock, and other noted artists on view. (4) 216 L Aug. 4; adv:6/5 - Fine paintings from easels of Edward Moran, Geo. H. Storey, J. 0. Eaton, James Hamilton, Morston Ream, G. L. Clough, G. C. Lambdin, R. A. Blacklock and other noted artists on view at Ryder's. (4) 217 L Aug. 13:8/1 - J. F. Ryder is preparing the portraits of all former county treasurers. When completed, they will adorn the treasurer's office in the county courthouse. (2) 218 L Sept. 29:8/1 - The beautiful collection of rare marble and alabaster statuary now on exhibition at 131 Bank st. will be sold at public auction this morning. (1) 219 L Oct. 17:8/3 Messrs. Cook, Kroger, and Company have been engaged since May in frescoing the dwelling of T. S. Beckwith, 409 Euclid ave. They fully sustain the judgment of Beckwith in entrusting them with the responsibility not only of executing, but also of choosing, the manner and style of frescoing his elegant dwelling. 220 L Nov. 6:8/4 J. E. McClees and Son of Philadelphia are now exhibiting their collection of pictures at Garrett's hall. They will remain on exhibition during the balance of the week and will be sold at auction Nov. 9 and 10. 221 - L Nov. 23:7/1 - The character portrait of J. H. Stoddart, seen in 222 - L Dec. 9; ed: 4/2 - The National Academy of Design is in pecuniary trouble. "It will be strange and not altogether creditable if, with all the wealthy men there are in New York anxious to do something permanent for American culture, the noblest begining thus far made by Western art, should have to be thrown away to satisfy a mortgage." (15) (8) (3) (5) 223 L Dec. 25; adv: 4/6 - OUR BOY and OUR GIRL are two splendid chromos representing the grace and beauty of that period of childhood succeeding infancy. They are sold by subscription. H. O'Brien and Company, 327 Superior street, are the publishers. See also Architecture & Architects; Cartoons & Caricatures ASIA 224 L Jan. 19; ed: 4/1,2 - Mirza Yussuf Khan, one of the ministers of the Persian government, was sent to Astrakhan to buy food for the Persian (5) CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1874 Abstracts 225 - 228 ASIA (Cont'd) people. Yussuf took a large amount of money from the treasury of the Shah, but all was not spent for food. As a result thousands of Persians died whose lives might have been saved and Yussuf been an honest man and kept out of the Credit Mobilier. Instead of dismissing him with a whitewash report by a committee of investigators or making him chief clerk and parlor boarder in a penitentiary house, the Shah sent his artist to chop Yussuf's head off. "There are some things that they do better in Persia than in other countries." · 225 L Apr. 21; ed: 4/2 "Turkey is the next unhappy country to be infested with the Jesuits, those expelled from Germany having commenced migrating thither in large numbers. They propose taking up their abode in Constantinople and in Syria, if unmolested by the authorities." 226 L June 10; ed: 4/3 - For many years it has been foreseen that there would come a time when the population of British India would outgrow the resources of that country and render it necessary that some should die in order that others might live. "The question that comes home to England is, therefore, shall the government withdraw its missionaries, its medicine and its efforts against famine, and let pestilence and want sweep off some of the superabundant millions, or shall it go on saving life and nursing the prolific case until it fairly overflows the land?" ASSAULTS. See Robberies & Assaults ASTRONOMY 227 L June 11; ed: 4/3 A party of astronomers are embarking from "The sturdy practical astronomers who have just stepped aboard the SWATARA, in the port of New York, and are now steaming out into the blue waters of the Atlantic, take a more common place, yet far grander, view of the project undertaken. The benefits which will accrue to the world, both on land and water, should the observation result as expected, are incalculable." 228 L June 16:4/2 A Mr. Lick has made a donation of $700,000 for the purpose of building an observatory on the summit of the Sierras. America has already the four largest and most powerful telescopes owned by any one country, of which the most powerful one, costing $44,000, is now found in the National observatory at Washington. (5) (2) (9) (12) "There ought to be ingenuity and perseverance in this country sufficient to carry out the splendid purpose of the California millionaire, and set up on the blue crest of the Sierras an instrument that will serve as a model to European astronomers for a generation to come." L July 13:8/3 - See Weather (3) CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1874 229 - L Dec. 8; ed: 4/4 - About eleven o'clock tonight, Cleveland time, observers from those parts of the globe which are still in the sunlight may see a faint black spot slowly creeping across the disc of the sun, and know that the much talked of transit of Venus is in progress. Comets 230 L June 25; ed: 4/1,2 - Newspaper descriptions that Coggia's comet had been discovered at Marseilles Apr. 17 are spoiled by the statement of a New York astronomer who says that the comet now visible is not Coggia's comet at all. "The half dozen gentlemen in this country with big telescopes now will begin the debate over this discovery." 231 L July 2; ed: 4/3 - Cleveland telescopes and opera glasses have been turned with interest during evenings of the past two weeks on the comet now blazing through the northern sky. It is estimated that the tail of the comet is 3,000,000 miles long. At 9:30 tonight it will be visible in the north-western heavens with a tail reaching across an arc of five degrees. It is progressing southward and downward so that by July 14 it will have advanced so far that the head of the comet will be visible only a few moments after twilight. After the head has disappeared, the immense tail swinging around with the curving flight of the comet will be in sight evening after evening for hours after the head of the comet has disappeared. will enwrap in its hazy glories the earth and the moon. It When our This is an opportunity which science has craved for years. present comet's tail has reached its maximum brightness, a corps of scientific men in every civilized country will turn their spectrums upon it, and in a few hours learn more of the real composition and nature of comets than has been discovered by man since the morning stars sang together. 232 L July 11:4/6 - In a letter to the editor, F says: "Appearing in your July 1 issue, an article concerning the approaching comet, may cause baseless apprehension on the part of superstitious people. "The writer of the aforesaid article states that on or about July 20 we shall enter the tail of Coggia's comet, but will not come into collision with the nucleus or solid portion. "Scientific men feel there is no question but that the tail is composed of gaseous products of combustion carried on in the comet or nucleus; hence, all fear of colliding with solid matter is wholly removed. In conclusion, I allude to the very fanciful notion connecting the prevalence of some disease with the appearance of a comet. If (10) (4) (8) CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1874 anything here said shall relieve anxiety of some over-credulous, the writer will feel amply repaid for his labor." 233 L July 18; ed: 4/2 Coggia's comet has not performed up to its advertisements and must go down in history as a fizzle. There were many who received promises of the comet's effect on the earth and civilization, and its failure to perform some of these prophecies have disappointed many. "It was handicapped by too much preliminary puffing and must retire amid disappointment and contempt." 234 L July 25; ed: 4/1 - Coggia's comet has gone, leaving the world safe and intact and without affording scientific men any valuable light on the nature and properties of comets. "Mr. Coggia's comet will be remembered as a disappointment." (10) 235 L July 29; ed: 4/1 ed:4/1 A certain astronomer who tried to become famous through the medium of the tail of Coggia's comet, is probably exulted over the idea that certain of his predictions have come through. The predictions have only become true by fate, but they will assist the minds of superstitious people to believe the earth has received a switch from the tail of a comet. Eclipses 236 L Oct. 24; ed: 4/1 - A total eclipse of the moon tonight will be visible from every part of the western hemisphere. It will begin about 11:30 p.m. and end about one a.m. Total darkness will last about thirtyfour minutes. (5) (4) (4) "Many ignorant ones will doubtless look upon it with the same superstition as that which was inspired by Coggia's comet." (2) 237 L Oct. 26; ed: 4/1 Our astronomical editor, in figuring the eclipse of the moon, timed it a couple of hours too soon, as those of our readers who sat up to watch the performance probably found out. (2) ASYLUM, POLITICAL. See Political Asylums AUTHORS. See Books & Authors AWARDS & CLAIMS L Feb. 11; ed: 4/2 See Constitutions Ohio 238 L July 8:5/2 City council, under suspension of the rules, last night passed an ordinance for the payment of claims amounting to $88, 624.58. |