03 Feb 1871
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Daily Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1871
Page
1
A compiled directory of Fort Wayne firms with names and addresses across categories. Notable entries include Wallin Calhoun Street, Saunders Phenix Block, Shoaf Palace of Fashion, Davis & Bro Calhoun, Stockbridge Columbia Street, McDougall Columbia Street, Ward Calhoun Street, Woodward Calhoun Street, Guff Colum bia entries, and others in groceries, clothing, furniture, hardware, and more.
A morning blaze in Virginia City swept two thirds of Mast street from Union to Sutton avenue. McKay's stable near D and Union was threatened. Piper's Opera House was saved after heroic efforts. Pat Lyons and a boot-black known as Smoky died in Mrs Shoeman's house. Loss and insurance totals are not yet known.
The report covers diverse events: a 200 million franc fine for Traris, crop damage in Costa Rica from heavy rains, Spanish floods in the north, Pehuantepec attacked and destroyed, a ministerial crisis in Portugal, and a Tunisian settlement of a dispute with Italy. It notes a coal bank near Newton employing 35 men, a Tartars revolt in China, a California physician’s will about wiring his skeleton, a murder in Nansemond County Virginia, a New York firm investing 12 million in walnut forests near the Indiana river, a Gainesville to Micanopy trip ending in a lynching, a Des Moines wife curing her husband’s snoring, religious motto debates on currency, a Dutch scare prank in Ottumwa, and Pittsburg’s enduring dirt and coal issue.
The Indiana Senate reports favorable for a bill to compensate judges for extra services, passes a time fix for the Eighth circuit, and approves a land assessment for roads. Other actions include a benevolent institutions appropriation, care provisions for the insane on 160 acres, and a free list amendment for essential goods.
Latest telegrams discuss French and Prussian affairs with claims of cabinet changes and electoral disqualification. Reports note German ignores Alsace elections and Mantueffel pursues the French eastward while Swiss relief centers aid wounded and sick. A New York note cites opposition to income tax.
The Bible Society presented names through Vice President Walsh including Yale President Woolsey and lawmakers Curtiss and Parker. Letters from Mrs. Washburn signaled arbitration support. General Pleasanton is due today with locals planning to thank him for opposing the income tax at Delmonico's Saturday dinner. A Washington-bound delegation seeks to widen national cemetery burial rights for volunteer soldiers from the late rebellion by amending the law.
Washington reports swirl over a March cabinet shake up as Fish may exit the State Department with Morton likely to replace him. Reports tie General Pleasanton to Boutwell’s repeal stance, while opposition to Boutwell remains widespread.
Three men disguised as policemen entered the Kensington Bank at Branch and Laur ent streets about 7 pm. They overpowered and gagged the watchman and spent the night inside until 3 am. They left with an undetermined amount of money.
Financial and commercial brief from Fort Wayne detailing lumber prices and stock items. Listings include pine lumber shingles and lath. clear boards and flooring. common boards and joints. dressed stock. sawn shingles. and lath with varying prices and categories across multiple grades and finishes.
Long catalog of commodities from Fort Wayne including flour wheat corn and oats plus meat lard and poultry values note prices per unit and quality terms. Also lists hide and fur values such as raccoon mink wolf skunk and otter with sizes and classifications. New York and Cincinnati market reports give futures and cash prices for cotton flour wheat corn and pork with brief remarks on demand and weather.
New York February 3 stocks held steady with minor declines after the call. Government securities remained dull and steady, state bonds showed little movement, and gold held at 11 percent. Currency and money markets showed firm conditions with exchange rates steady.
At seven last evening an engine on a freight train derailed near Dole's Mills on the Indianapolis Muncie and Lafayette line. Engineer Percy died four hours after the crash. Seventeen mules were killed. Percy resided at Lawrenceburgh.
In the Missouri Legislature a bill would establish a uniform passenger fare of three cents per mile for all railroads in the state and also proposes to reduce freight tariffs.
Flour steady with quiet demand. Wheat shows steady prices around November at 355. Corn remains high with mixed bids near 56 1/4 to 61 cents. Oats quoted in Michigan at 49 cents. Clover seed quoted at 86 40. Dressed hogs priced around 934 85.
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