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Newspaper
Daily Logansport Pharos
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1875
Page
3
The Pagansport Daily Pharos lists publication details stating edition times and pricing terms. It specifies daily evening issuance at 4 oclock except Fridays and notes prepayment and delivery location in Par Anoum.
Local city directory details officials and departments including mayor Samuel L McFadin clerk William Flynn treasurer Allen K Taylor and city engineers. Police department names Police Chief Uriah Shouffer and officers while fire and hose companies are listed with engine houses and ladder companies. Transportation notices show train arrivals and departures between Logansport Chicago Indianapolis and Louisville with through cars and express services.
Lascasten Pa May 20. The Republican State Convention adopts a platform urging adherence to the two-term unwritten rule and opposing a third presidential term. Resolutions praise Grant administration and Hartratt, condemn Democratic misuse of powers, and call for municipal taxation reform and revenue defrauders punished.
In Washington on May 27 General Ratus Sifvalls, Assistant Quartermaster General, is detailed to act as Quartermaster General during the absence of General tis who is detached for special duty inspecting and reporting on the organization of foreign armies. General Meigs will be absent for a year.
County officers listed include Commissioners Daniel Foglesong Dennis UNL and John Hynas Auditor George W Blakemore Sheriff Win T Mandy Treasurer Jacob Hebel Recorder Simon P Shear Surveyor John Brophy Coroner Joseph H Ivins Superintendent Henry Wilkon Circuit Judge Dion Dudley H Chase and Prosecuting Attorney Thaddeus Stollins. Court meets on specific Mondays in February April September and November.
Society Directory lists Woon Lodge No 33 Meerta meets first and third Fridays in their Hall at North and Fourth Streets. Orient Lodge No 272 meets second and fourth Fridays in Orient Hall Broad way. Chapter No 2 meets second Mondays in Orient Hall. A council meets on Wednesdays following the second Tuesday in Orient Hall. Staned by officers and treasurers with names like M Frank J M Gug heimer H Tucker and more. Also includes Bet River Lodge 417 Purity Lodge 127 and other groups with meeting days and officers.
C R M Logan True No 28 holds meetings Thursday evenings at their hall located at Nos 74 and 76 Market affest. Officers listed include W ILTL Carter Sachem Jatin Y Woods Senior Sagamore G W Julian Junior Sagamore WS Anderson Keeper of Wampum D A Kraus Prophet J 2B Beach Representative in Grand Council.
A monthly social gathering convenes on the last Monday evening in each month in the Hall at the corner of Bridges and Market streets. Officers named include Michael Wagner as President, Adam Weeht as Vice President, Conrad Gross as Secretary, Join Wolf as Treasurer, with M. Franken Bro's listed in association.
The document lists meeting nights and officer roles for a Thursday gathering at 72 Market Street led by President William Shanahan and chairing staff including Thos Malloy and Thomas NeShechy. It also notes the 10.G.T. Onward Lodge No 201 meeting pattern at Market and Fourth streets with Rev. M. Robertson as W C T and other titled officers.
At Graytown Day and Goyer saw mill and stave factory were wiped out by a morning fire. Loss placed at 10000 dollars with no insurance. In Covington Tennessee a separate blaze at Memellis destroyed about a dozen stores and houses on the east side of the square. Principal losses include L J Lipman grocer eight thousand dollars in halls furniture and warehouse equipment.
A blaze at Latikes saloon caused extensive damage to dry goods and nearby properties. Reported losses include 35,000 to 30,000 dollars with no insurance. The fire origin remains unknown and investigators warn of further exposure at adjacent shops.
A private watchman shot 14 year old John McKenna in Pell Street New York after he taunted the guard. The gunman was arrested and faces charges as city witnesses react to the fatal shooting.
The buckskin stallion Don Elipha, a trotting horse without a pedigree, is expected in San Francisco tomorrow from Los Angeles aboard the steamer Oriza ba. He once hauled slaves in Arizona and served in cavalry, reportedly carrying a soldier 100 miles in a day. Purchased by Smith and Hillings of Los Angeles two years ago, he has raced in Orange Grove City, clocking 2 30 and winning a two mile race for 2,000 dollars, with a bright future foreseen for his racing career.
Paris dispatch notes monogram fashion predominates with diamonds on velvet necklaces and enamel or gold monograms on cloaks belts buttons and brooches. Gentlemen display silver initials on onyx buttons and oxidized metal monograms on hats. Vienna importations drive demand. A news brief also reports six murders and several rapes in Iowa, predicting little sentiment from the sentimentalist party at the polls.
The item presents enrollment totals, attendance and tardiness figures, and a large roll of honor naming students by grade who achieved high marks in punctuality and attendance. It notes the general average omitted, local economies like itinerant knife grinders, and mentions civic notices about the Board of Health, the county superintendent K Waltz, and upcoming meetings. It also records Corpus Christi services as a public holiday observation.
Real estate transfers for the past day record Margaret J. Harwood to Vallick Dy Gallagher and Emily Campbell to Story G. Sband with parcels in Logansport. A narrative reports Dr J H Shultz in a buggy mishap on Twelfth Street leaving the horse free after the vehicle struck a canal bridge. Light social notes mention boys preparing for upcoming events and reflect on Cass county’s centennial in about fifty years.
Early today at about 3 o clock a fire in K. Bliss confectionery destroyed eight business houses and the Odd Fellows Hall in Anderson. Losses included Joss insurance claims across several stores and buildings valued up to thousands. a firefighter died from a hook injury. sensational notes about local figures and distant comments follow.
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