20 Dec 1871
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Daily Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1871
Page
1
A bank draft forger was arrested in Pittsburgh, with authorities pursuing further charges. The case connects to ongoing investigations involving Tweed and related indictments, with Keyser expected to assist in the next steps.
The recovery of the Prince of Wales proceeds satisfactorily. The Conan steamer has arrived. John C. Heenan declares New York charges false and threatens libel action against the news company. Charles Francis Adams and Lord Tenterden return from Geneva. The Queen of Belgium is reported enciente.
Yesterday about noon a Pullman Palace Sleeping car and a ladies' car on the outgoing Chicago Burlington & Quincy train were derailed by a broken wheel five miles from the city. The cars were badly smashed and three or four passengers were injured though none seriously.
In Madrson Indiana a heavy frost grips the river as the steamer Americs loaded for Cincinnati becomes ice bound near the Kentucky shore at dawn. The mercury sinks to two degrees below zero. A Milwaukee deputation invites Alexis to visit Milwaukee, and Syracuse reports the National Wool Growers and Manufacturers Convention forming with Henry Randall elected president.
The Herald notes a lost copy of the US Geneva statement, possible English use, and upcoming disclosures. District Attorney and Grand Jury sessions loom as indictments target Tweed era frauds. Brooklyn Democrats move to reorganize. Key figures include Mayor Hall, Judge Hall, and Bank Examiner Collender amid bank probes and a draft forgery arrest in Pittsburgh.
The column reports a mix of local incidents and curiosities including bank staffing changes at Tut National Bank Bloomington, a miraculous cure from a spoken word in Newcastle, a damaged wedding cake incident in Rochester, and a series of social and safety notes about Christmas and vaccination. It also covers a violent incident in Morgan County, a poisoning accusation in Orange County, a plea for vaccination, a literary donation in New Albany, a goose with an Indian arrow embedded, liquor practice satire from Terre Haute, a jab at Knox residents, a new mansion near Lewrenburg, and a jealous husband threat in Gosport with a dramatic chromic end.
A grim extract notes that a woman carried out suicide by shooting herself in the head, describing severe head injury and her corpse found. The text adds a moral warning about the dangers of a scorned woman, urging caution to the young.
The report notes money tightness around 11 to 16 percent daily, gold dull and heavy near 108 1 2, and government and state bonds weak. The stock market is described as very strong and steady with numerous listings including Wells Fargo, United States Steel, Reading, Michigan Central, Union Pacific, Lake Shore, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Rock Island, Wabash, Fort Wayne, Terre Haute, Chicago and Alton, and Central.
By Telegraph. J Cinatysati reports steady flour and wheat with mixed grain prices and steady whisky. Hog receipts about 9,900 with pork and lard markets dull. bacon and hams quoted. River unchanged. weather clear with two inches of snow and a morning temperature three degrees below zero.
Wheat dull and nominally lower at 1 49 for extra and 1 45 bid for No 1 white. Treadwell 144 amber 140 asked. Corn steady at 58 to 54 cents for mixed. Oats firm with white state 43c and mixed 42c. Clover seed ten cents lower at 6 30. Dressed hogs dull and lower at 5 v0.
Telegraph notes pork at 1305 to 1310 per hundredweight, lard weaker around 9 1 2 cents, green meats weak as buyers and sellers differ. Hogs dull with gains, whisky priced at 83 1 4 cents asked and 88 cents offered.
Flour dull and wheat dull with a general decline. Corn improves slightly with mixed at 4s 5c and low mixed at 4t 1c. Michigan oats steady at 8 1/2c. Dressed hogs held at 4 dollars and 10 cents per hundredweight.
Buffalo market notes show flour steady and barley firm while wheat remains dull and corn holds at 59 cents for No 2 western in lots. Data and price details are sparse in this late December telegraph dispatch.
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