10 Feb 1871
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Daily Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1871
Page
1
An extensive Fort Wayne business list details leading firms and locations across chemistry, artwork, books, clothing, dry goods, drugs, furniture, groceries, China ware, and menswear. It notes addresses on Calhoun Street Columbia Street Main Street and Phoenix blocks with names like Ward Saunders Hattersley M. Be Woodward Huestis Hamilton Trentman Vollmer Vogel and many more.
Domestic dispatches report Murphy the New York Collector resists removal while Fenian Halpine sails aboard the Siberia. Prexarp Favre accept a National Assembly candidate. Sumner backs settlement with England. Alarm over the San Domingo Commission aboard the Tennessee and praise for Fenian exiles reception in New York follow. Napoleon issues a proclamation referenced by Wilhelmstione dispatch. Final fishery and Alabama claims settled soon, with Thornbury correspondence on Britain-US settlements. A Toledo trial ends in manslaughter verdict. Montana murder report details a massacre by Indians near Muscle Shell. Snowbound Idaho and Montana divides hinder rail recovery. Tribune decries looting and mistreatment of bodies, officials' inaction, and theft of belongings at the wreck site.
A governor’s report details the money drawn for house rent while in office. Bills pass on schools, city rail aid, and bank tax assessment. A public anecdote recalls Stephen A. Douglas influencing a fortune, and The Lomaville Courier-Journal mocks Beecher’s salary rise as it comments on a heavenly meeting.
The New York breadstuffs market was unsettled and feverish as low grade State and Western flours remained in demand for export. About 8,000 barrels were traded with shipments at 5.80 to 7.08. Money remained abundant at 4 to 6 percent. The Batavia lifted 21,000 for Europe, while the gold market opened at 111 5-6 and closed at 111 1-2.
London and Havre reports detail Thiers Quertier Buce and Cordier elected to the National Assembly. Bordeaux Perpignan and several departments swing Republican, Liberal Union and Conservative gains noted. Thiers election praised. Alleged peace terms and Alsace questions recounted.
Fort Wayne market report lists prices for flour corn and beans, noting White Wheat 6 to 7 cents, Red Wheat 60 to 65, Spring Wheat 55 to 60, and various fats meats and sundries with Karen figures. The financial section cites New York gold prices and government bond activity, with stocks steady but varied by issuer and region.
Fort Wayne lumber prices listed for pine lumber shingles and lath with varied clear and common boards values. Cincinnati market telegram notes cotton, breadstuffs, grains, seeds, and provisions with price ranges and demand trends for flour wheat corn oats rye barley, pork lard bulk meats bacon hogs and whisky.
Telegraph price quotes show flour dull with slow pace. Wheat steady with lows and mixed highs. No 1 amber Michigan at 3425 dollars. No 2 red Wabish at 103 dollars. Corn quiet with mixed bids. oats unchanged at 694 cents per bushel. Clover Seed 8640. hogs 4h87 time. Receipts list flour 600 bbls, wheat 18 050 bu, corn 4 600 ba, oats 2 000 bu.
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