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Newspaper
Daily Logansport Pharos
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1875
Page
3
The notice lists publication cadence as every evening at 4 oclock except Sundays and gives terms for annual, weekly, and single-copy sales. It references Garriests and headings at the southeast corner of North and Mourth Streets.
City offices listed with mayor clerk treasurer and department heads. Police department solar board officers policemen chief of police. Fire department chiefs engineers steamers hose and ladder companies. Rail connections Loganport Chicago routes with arrival and departure times and connections to Indianapolis Louisville and Columbus.
COUNTY OFFICERS listed for Court House at corner North and Fourth streets include Commissioners Daniel Foglesong Dennis Uhl and John Hynes Auditor George W Blakemore Clerk Noah LaRose Sheriff William T Manly Treasurer Jacob Hebel Recorder Simon P Sheerin Surveyor John C Brophy Coroner Joseph H Ivins Superintendent of Schools Z G Circuit Judge Dud Unite Circuit Prosecuting Attorney Thaddeus Rollins Circuit Court meets on February first, April fourth Monday, September first, and November third Monday. Commissioners Court meets first Monday of March June September and December.
Society directory lists A F and A M Tipton Lodge No 33 Orient Lodge No 272 Logan Chapter No 2 and more with meeting days upper names officers and hall locations in Orient Hall Broad Way North Fourth streets market street and Fourth Street. includes Oass Encampment and Eel River Lodge with weekly and monthly meeting lines and key officers.
In monthly meetings the group convenes at their Hall on the corner of Bridge and Market streets over M. Frank & Bro's. Michael Wigner serves as President with Adan Wecht as Vice President Conrad Gross as Secretary and John Wolf as Treasurer.
The notice lists meeting times for Meads every Thursday in Hal over 72 Market street and Onward Lodge No.201 meetings on Fridays in the old Odd Fellows hall at Market and Fourth streets with adjunct Saturday sessions. It names officers Shanahan Malloy McSheehy McGary Manders Dugan Kearey Robertson Shultzown etc and notes rooms over Logansport National Bank and Sabbath services at 4 PM with G C Shepard superintendent and J K H Sammis secretary.
A telegram from Missouri's Abram Colling accepts appointment as Commissioner to negotiate with the Sioux. Senator Alison and Rev Hinman have accepted. Bishop Havens has been offered but not yet. One more Commissioner remains to be appointed.
The railroad war continues in New York. On Monday the Erie Company will cut fares between New York and Rochester and between Buffalo and Niagara Falls. Round trip fares will not exceed three dollars.
The main building of the Agricultural Works in Lenoxox New York burned this morning along with machinery and stock valued around 35000 dollars. About 150 workers were left unemployed and lost their tools though some insurance partially covered the loss.
Kaw Kokomo youth identified in gang talk. Circus plans loom for Loganport on the 26th prox. W. H. Snider sells fly traps on Broadway. Dr. Rodgers to lecture at the Opera House Sunday. Odd Fellows meet at Fourth street hall with free berries and cake. Grover’s health declines after a sinking spell. Races at Fairground tomorrow at 2 PM. 25 cents entry. Captain Powell towns up, grim tales of North Side nuisance and a Salt Lake trip. Welsch sentenced to two years for grand larceny after luring Murphy’s valise theft.
The Oswego High School graduation program featured eight Training School students under Miss Fannie Kimber. Seniors delivered polished essays on Smoke Light and The Real and the Imaginary, with Miss Dodds’ finale earning high praise. Diplomas were awarded by Prof. Waltz as Rev. State gave benediction.
A railway crash near Bath today killed several people and left many injured, with details still coming in. The report notes a deadly incident in England as rescuers work through the aftermath.
Logansport High School holds its commencement with seven graduates delivering essays and orations. Essays include Cobwebs by Fannie Knowlton and Making Faces by Clara Mehaffie. Orations cover Civil Rights by Al. T. Douglass and Influence of Identity on Character by Charles I. Sutton. Other essays are Old Probability by Nellie Ball and You and I by Lizzie Hah. Diplomas and benediction conclude the program.
A horse pulling Ed Rannells’s buggy ran away yesterday afternoon after returning from the Hibernian picnic. The near-miss is noted but not elaborated. The note invites readers to the races at the Fair Grounds tomorrow with a promise of fair chances for all attendees.
Real estate transfers recorded in the past 24 hours include Tobias Julian to John W Rush for lot 11 in EF Stevens addition Logansport 250 dollars John Williams to Steven C Williams part northwest quarter section 20 township 27 range 3 east 100 dollars James Miller to John A Calloway multiple quarters 20 acres 450 dollars Richard B Rogers to Sylvester Shanteau 182 acres 800 dollars Trustees of Logansport M E Church to Francis G Wright part of lot 2 Peter Long's addition 312.50 dollars David Marsh to Richard Gribbs northwest quarter southeast quarter section 53 township 25 range 3 east 40 acres 100 dollars quit claim The Commissioner of Pensions writes to the Secretary of the Interior noting limited funds and proposing to dispense with nearly fifty clerks by the 30th of one.
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