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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1894
Page
2
Readers report social visits and local chatter from Liberty township and Ossian. Banter on ward politics, a smallpox variant scare, and Montpelier quarantine recede as church notices, a dyeing shop promotion, and schoolgirl graduation themes outline daily life and moralizing tone.
Bluffton Indiana city council session May 30 notes the last meeting minutes read and approved with accounts paid including sewer, water works, street work, and bonds. A resolution requires plumbers to file bonds of 1000 dollars to guarantee trench safety and restoration of excavations, with bond approval by the city committee.
On motion by Krebs the resolution passed and the marshal will notify property owners on Market Street to lower and trim the curb stone to sidewalk level. The street commissioner is directed to repair and construct all street and alley crossings as needed. Council adjourned.
A sensational Ossian case ends with Frank Foughty charged with stealing wool from W. M. Hatfield’s stable and Munson Foughty later arrested on sight in Bluffton. Detective Eugene Tiston credited for the sting. Value involved totals nearly $500.
For two years the city schools have offered systemic music under Miss Nina Sturgis, whose health now requires a pause and a Pacific coast trip to regain strength. Louis D. Eichhorn will replace her, bringing local high school roots and training from Mansfield Ohio and New York College of Music, with plans to teach next year.
Representative Martin of Indiana delivered the principal memorial day address at Arlington, chair of the house committee on invalid pensions. The national cemetery drew one of its largest assemblages as he spoke from the front of the Robert E Lee mansion atop Arlington Heights for about thirty minutes.
The Wells County Medical Society will meet in Ossian on Tuesday June 12. Dr J W Marsee of Indianapolis will deliver a scientific lecture on important medical topics. All physicians in the county are urged to attend and the public is invited. G E Funton, Sec.
The thirteenth Sutton reunion is planned for June 16 1894 at Dr J I Metts grove Qasian Indiana. A cordial invitation is extended to all friends and relatives. O F Sutton president.
Shoemaker Bros offer rejected handles suitable for hog racks wood racks stock mangers ladder rounds and yard fences. Factory at crossing Muncie and Clover Leaf railroads Bluffton Indiana. tf.
Bluffton Sunday Schools plan their fifth annual trip to Presque Isle Park on Lake Erie. The 4 a.m. Clover Leaf train leaves for Toledo, with electric city transport and a steamer ride to the park. Fare is 1.25 dollars for adults and 0.75 for children under twelve.
An onstage mishap tests Paganini as a string snaps and the crowd erupts with laughter. He steadies himself, then draws a single daring note that soars above the noise, prompting a shift from jeers to awe and culminating in applause or prayer as the final note fades.
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