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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Democrat
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1869
Page
1
Rates show legal advertisements at 150 dollars per square for each insertion and 75 cents for each additional equivalent. Ten lines of large type equal one square. Ads charged to attorneys, with publication after payment. All letters must be addressed to R D Dumm and Co Democrat Office Fort Wayne Ind.
The quoted verse contemplates lost youth, vanity of self love, and escape from darkness through faith. It contrasts opium dreams with rising light, citing Byron and others, and ends with a Christian redemptive call urging the soul to find completion in Christ.
An impartial survey traces six social spheres in Paris through unwed wives mistresses grisetttes and violettas. It notes women educated and orphaned apprenticed to government aid become mistresses for married or unattached lovers. When lovers marry or abandon, the mistress moves up or down the ladder. The grisettes seek livelihood in shops. the violettas are glittering adventuresses shaping Paris nightlife, wielding power over men and time, with brief, luminous careers. The piece emphasizes social tolerance, emotional strain, and the perilous search for luxury.
The piece surveys Parisian women in four tiers from maidenly memory to the demi monde. It describes the charcoalers and bagnios as the lowest, the well dressed boulefants and their secure finery, and the nymphs who tempt at midnight. It notes mortality, retirement, and moral posture amid urban temptations.
A correspondent describes entering Herculaneum gate into Pompeii’s Street of Tombs with marble sepulchral monuments, notes inscriptions about Caia Oppia, and observes that only ashes lay in tombs. He details narrow streets, stepping stones, inns, and carriages, then surveys private and public rooms, mosaics, wall paintings, baths, and dwellings in a Pompeian gentleman’s house, with vivid contrasts between rich and common homes.
The writer contrasts motels and houses with luxurious forums baths temples and theatres in a third rate provincial town. They note Powpeians enjoying a delicious chimete and living abroad all day, only dining and sleeping at home.
A small merry party met Tuesday evening at Kenkel's under Sherman House. After drinking, four intoxicated patrons lay in a heap. the driver, in trying to sort them, asked to separate them again by directing each to a different destination, but a mishap scattered them anew and left the hitchhiking passengers in confusion.
In Meadville a couple sought nuptials at nine the next morning. A novice John hid a cow and calf, the groom fled to the barn to shoo the old cow away, then returned to finish the ceremony as the minister waited. The bride kept washing dishes as the scene unfolded.
Washington gossips relay a lurid tale of a Northern Congressman and a young woman once close to him. After years of alleged dishonorable intimacy the woman’s child was placed in a foundling hospital, she drank heavily and reportedly cut her throat with the betrayer's razor. The alleged killer was said to have been advanced to a government post and the body disposed of discreetly. Police investigate the rumor as circulation grows.
A Odessa scene reports two Englishmen in eccentric pursuit. One man sought a land route to India and pressed for directions from the British Consul, who urged steam, then stage, then foot travel. Days later the companion confessed the first man’s bet to walk Calais to India and follows to watch the feat.
While hunting in Prince George County Virginia last week Richard Bowden tried to mount a stump and discharged both gun barrels. A grave wound to his abdomen proved fatal by 9 PM after his dogs guided his brother and Mr Sanxy to his location. The dog with a note on its neck stayed with him while another dog led rescuers to him.
A Cincinnati furrier devised a scheme to sew a man into a bear skin and send his bear-man to distribute shop bills. The staged bear caused panic, with women screaming and a milk cart demolished before police intervened and the furrier faced mayoral attention.
A long lurid tale traces Serena Talbot Fitch from Louisville society to marriage, divorce, scandal, and crime, ending with her flight aboard the steamer Stonewall at St Louis and presumed death in the Neeley’s Landing disaster. Also included is a satirical advertising anecdote about a brickman and public curiosity.
In Michigan, near Camden, W. RB Noyes was shot and killed by G. H. Derr during a turkey hunting trip in Sanford's woods. Noyes and Derr, longtime neighbors and farmers, mistaken each other for game while hidden behind logs. Parker witnessed the event. Noyes died after saying I’m shot. Funeral planned at Camden Center.
A true domestic romance in Louisville follows a former hotel bar keeper who, adopting an orphan mint girl named Araminta, sends her to school and academy. She grows to fondness and they wed, making him a prominent real estate owner and her a social matron mother to several young Marquises.
Clerk to Jacob Astor visits a rich miser to collect a draft. Lacking six cents, he agrees to wait. Early the next day Halleck returns with a sly plan and persuades the old man to hand over four and a half pence.
A humorous calculation imagines a tobacco chewer consuming two tides of a plug daily for fifty years, totaling sixty four hundred feet of plug and five inches by six inches, costing over five thousand dollars. It also computes daily saliva output at a pint for fifty years, totaling about twenty three hundred gallons, likening it to a lake nearly large enough to float a big ship.
A New Albany Ledger report describes Mrs. Adolph Jurgens nursing a three month old when she fell onto a grate striking her head. The infant died from a head wound. doctors found a pool of blood on the hearth. Mrs. Jurgens fainted, later learned the child was dead. Doctors concluded the fall caused the accident, not intent.
A Cincinnati paper recounts Mrs Faudre, long a figure in Longs Worth and Plum streets, who believes a fence hides her husband who fell at Gettysburg. She uses a small box attached to her waist, hoping to rise enough to see him, and will be sent to Longview for winter care and treatment.
A Land and Water correspondent suggests feeding criminals horse flesh as punishment. He argues the meat is wholesome and cheap, could deter crime, and would repurpose a currently wasted resource, though many offenders would object to the diet.
A London man died on route to the hospital after tobacco in his mouth caused glottis spasm. A Pennsylvania judge recalled a witty betrothal in Westmoreland county. Akron’s liberty is challenged by a claim of no personal freedom. Jane Foggoerty beer incident ends with police restraint near a billboard.
A New York dispatch reports Mr Perghet ols his wife and son Gardner murdered in Yantington Pennsylvania during supper by two desperadoes who looted the house and set it ablaze They were captured at Altoona and part of Perghetols money was found with them The Bissel divorce ruling says living with a woman as wife makes one effectively married and condemns feigned unions as villainous and false.
A wife urges her husband to quit smoking, calling the habit odious and foul smelling. He argues that the time and money already invested in learning to smoke would be wasted if he stops now.
At the Medical Congress in Florence, Professor Schiff argued that pancreatic juice treatment cures cancer. The source paper asserts there is no doubt about the perfect efficacy of this method, urging the fact be widely known.
Boston churches strive to end pew rents and reserved seating and report success. A Cambridge charge that earned 1400 dollars from pew rents last year now collects 3000 dollars in voluntary contributions from those occupying free seats, indicating broad support for the change.
The Centreville Republican notes losses from a lottery scheme. New Albany orders immediate vaccination for all unvaccinated. Indiana Medical College appoints R F Brown as chair of chemistry. Evansville goat fights continue with police limited. Telegraph wires blow down along the Indianapolis and Jeffersonville line after a storm. Rumors link George Harding to the Courier-Journal. Coal supplies tighten in Vincennes as Davicas county miners strike. A 196-pound dressed deer is reported in White County. Wheat and corn shipments from Laporte and surrounding rail lines total about 16 000 and 5 600 bushels respectively. Byrd duo arrested in Evansville for bigamy. Essex County New Jersey sells 181 000 dollars worth of land. A Warsaw accident kills Alice Wilson while hydrating. Prominent lawyers attend Indiana Supreme and US Courts in Indianapolis. Old School Presbytery grows from 3 to 14 ministers and 15 churches. Vannetti acquitted in Warsaw on wedding party poisoning. Madison Courier cites 75 000 dollars in damages against the US Mail Line. Local votes fund White Pigeon and related railroads. Madison saloonkeepers form a legal fight plan with a high-cost attorney. Jeffersonville prison capital cited as 2 000 000. convict labor paid forty-five cents daily. Vincennes Sun reports hotel financing plans for Main and Fifth or Main and Water sites. Father Ravenscroft leaves Rockport for rest with family. Lafayette reports thunder during a heavy snow storm. Terre Haute Herald covers Frank Redford killing John P Curry in Parke county. Other general notes include varied crimes, weather, and public notices across states.
Prince Napoleon met on the street by a former mistress living in poverty with four children. He gave her enough money to return to Stuttgart, a generous act noted as remarkable since he had been the first to seduce her.
Mobile aims to position itself as a premier winter retreat offering a delicious climate and first class hotel board at three dollars daily. The town cites early greens and strawberries, an abundant fish market with pompinoes sheep heads and snappers, plus fine drives and venison for visitors.
A Town editor recounts a Chinese laundress critique of a printer's services. She complains that the printer is dirty, the shirts are not cleaned, skin is scrubbed off, and she would not hire the laundress again, noting charges of two dollars a dozen and cursing the printer.
A quotation attributed to BEN. BUTLER urges printing currency for bonds and shifting funds to labor, marking a push for money and prosperity. The speaker warns Butler against reentry to the Democratic party, noting the party’s endurance of affliction but cautioning him about his fondness for spoons.
The Radical State Central Committee met in Indianapolis yesterday and decided to hold a State Convention in the city on February 22 to nominate Radical candidates for state offices to be filled in October. Many leading Radicals from across the state attended to assist in the effort.
A described pillow is a wooden box four inches high eight inches long and two inches wide at the top. It is covered with folded papers and supports only the neck rather than the head, reflecting elaborate hair dressing that avoids head pressure against a pillow.
A fragment argues that if greenbacks are legal tender in part they are in all and usable to pay interest or redeem bonds. It cautions that if designated so by law they can be made wholly so, ending with a pointed remark directed at a Mr. Radical.
The residents of Winnemucca Nevada welcomed Mr Bonnefield who started the Registe now publishing locally. They honored him with gifts including an office and house materials from Bob McBeth, a $250 check from G W Fox, a stove from Tom Julien and Wash Wastermira, candles from Rosenthal, Havena cigars from N Levi, and a keg of whisky from Jim Smith. Humboldt County residents display unpredictable conduct.
A Philadelphia man in faultless attire with a large diamond is described as a frequent figure on Chestnut Street. He allegedly blends and adulterates liquors using Iceland moss, catechu, strychnine, and zinc to create imitation brandy, while chemists study the process. The piece also notes oil regions bears, inflated oil yields, and sensational telegraph reports boosting speculative real estate near wells.
Two elderly sisters, Polly aged 85 and Sally 83, were found in dire straits in Brookfield Madison County New York. Polly lay dead on the floor and Sally near death on the bed after multiple injuries with tongs and a wood stick. Sally died the following Saturday as an inquest was opened.
The piece notes widespread wife beating in the country and debates an effective remedy. Some advocate public flogging, arguing it targets offenders. Objections cite that beating also occurs among the well to do, especially beneficed clergy who should not face corporal penalties. For respectable classes, six hours in the pillory is proposed.
A Bombay report notes a recent locust flight over a district of the Western Presidency. An eye witness estimated the swarm at seven miles long and five miles wide with a depth of 300 to 400 feet, destroying crops. Locust visitations are said to occur about every seven years, villagers beating tom-toms to frighten them away.
In Wilmington Delaware two young men argued over a lady and proposed a duel. Seconds arranged a knee to knee tether and small swords, but they balked when mortally wounding seemed real. One apologized. the other accepted, ending the plan.
A country deacon told his wife he was abused at the store and labeled a liar. She queried why he did not demand proof. He replied that he did seek proof and the neighbor indeed provided it.
A brigand once jailed near Civita Vecchia says he was not liberated by force but carried out by an angel sent by a Madonna moved by his sufferings. Police recaptured him soon after the escape and he now seeks an official inquiry and judicial acknowledgement of the miracle.
A sailor criticizes captains of the day on the coast of Afriker, recalling a dying crewman to whom a captain threatened to throw overboard. The exchange highlights harsh maritime discipline and fear of burial at sea as the dying man protests.
An elderly Canterbury resident, aged seventy five, died recently. He was buried in a suit he bought in youth and wore in succession as his Sunday attire for over fifty years, reflecting a life-long habit and thrift.
In St Paul Minnesota last Wednesday morning two well known brothels run by Madam Robinson were destroyed by fire. The building and furniture suffered about twenty thousand dollars in losses, with fifteen thousand dollars insured.
In 1871 Minnesota will elect a United States Senator to replace Daniel Norton whose term expires March 4 that year. The contest for the seat has already started among Radical party representatives.
Turkiye observers report a Turkish salute of 3030 gunshots welcoming the French Empress in Constantinople. The event drew crowds and marked a ceremonial display with strong diplomatic signaling.
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