02 Jan 1875
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Newspaper
Daily Logansport Pharos
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1875
Page
1
The item lists the Logansport Daily Phares schedule and office location with readers informed of the 4 o clock evening publication time and street address, reflecting 19th century newspaper practice.
The Cass County section lists city offices with Mayor Samuel L. McFadin and officials such as Clerk William Flynn, Treasurer Allen F. Taylor, and police and fire department heads. It covers nonresident notice for a case to quiet title with parcels in Cass County and a private sale of described lands under court orders with detailed metes and bounds.
County officers and court schedules listed with names for the commissioners auditor clerk sheriff treasurer recorder and school official. Courts meet on fixed Mondays in February April September and November with the commissioners court meeting on March June September and December.
Directory lists Tipton A M A F M lodges with meeting nights across first, second, and fourth Fridays, Mondays, and Wednesdays. Officers including W. Mu, J. Mee Gregor, H.R. Carson, C. Carson, and M. Frank appear, along with Orient Lodge and St John Commandry details. The German Benevolent Association also meets monthly at Market and Bridge streets with officers Michael Wagner and Conrad Gross.
Father Matthew T A B Society meets Thursdays at Inthair Hall 72 Marketstreet Wim Shanahan president Thos Malloy vice president Thomas Meshechy recording secretary Patrick McGary financial secretary John Diggan treasurer James E Kerrey murshid. Onward Lodge No 201 meets Fridays at Old Odd Fellows Hall Mar ket and Fourth streets and alternate Saturdays at Onward Hall ShultatownRev M Robertson W O I DB Graham TW GC Otitia Wand W V I J P McNary WLRS EC Ward deputy.
Telegraph news from Albany reports Gov elect Tilden's inauguration in the Capitol attended by a large crowd. Gov Dix escorted Tilden to the assembly, then administered the oath with the Secretary of State. The event included a band, cheers for Dix, and a brief departure ceremony.
New York reports the week starting January 2 shows bank statement loans rising by 544 500 with specie up 4 576 900 and legal deposits up 2 580 200. Deposits gain 12 500 and reserves rise 5 162 200 across financial institutions.
At 10 50 this morning KB Ward collapsed in an apparent aptotic fit while walking up Griswold street in Detmorr He was carried into a nearby bank where medical aid was given but he died within minutes.
Washington reports that the public debt increased during December by 85,050,007. The brief item notes the monthly rise and cites the overall fiscal movement without extra details.
Dispatches from London indicate European powers will recognize Alfonso soon as his representatives gain accreditation at courts. Carlist officers under Dorregarty are set to join Alfonso, while a squadron sails from Cartagena to escort him to Marseilles. Alfonso plans to land in Valencia and visit armies before Madrid.
In York County Pennsylvania two teen brothers Robert aged about seventeen and William aged about fourteen from a colored family of Stephen Young and wife ventured to shoot birds for a neighbor’s ill daughter. They were last seen near their home during evening hours. Robert was found mortally wounded beside a fence corner while William lay nearby with a grievous injury.
An eyewitness recounts a Newfoun dland dog warning a drowning family and then swimming to recover a child after a canoe capsized on the Mississippi above Keokuk. The dog carried the child to the shore, while the parents reached safety.
An excerpt discusses the value of Parisian mud or Paris debris used for soil and filtration. It notes crude valuation around 120000, with yearly cooling costs and street cleaning duties. Historical figures show fluctuations from 1823 at 75000 francs to 1845 near 100000, reflecting growing demand and revenue from public works.
Count Jaubert, recently died, had attacked Marshal Soult with epigrams. At a court reception the marshal turned him back as the count approached to speak. Jaubert said, I am told you consider me an enemy. Soult asked why, and Jaubert replied, Because you are not in the habit of turning your back to the enemy. The marshal then extended his hand, completing the count’s modest triumph.
A Chicago Times fragment accuses a Communist group of seeking government aid for jobs while criticizing others for seeking opportunity. It notes silk worth 25 000 to 30 000 stored at Warehouse Point burned, with furniture heated and silk charred. legends of theft and social unrest appear in the damaged text.
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