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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1894
Page
3
A medley of short notes reports weddings births and illnesses across Fort Wayne and nearby towns. Items mention visits by Ernie Lepper Miss Tuth Tapp and Miss Lon Crawford plus local accidents including a derailed freight train near Lima and a fatal track incident near Dunfee. Public notices cover court publication choices and the Indiana tax board setup with railroads and telegraph firms awaiting assessment reviews.
Attorney Chas A Hays attends a law case in Hoagland. Miss Mary Single visits Fort Wayne friends. Dr G W Miller now agents at 19 East Washington. Bowser Oil Tank dispute settled with Bonner Co to receive 19000 insurance minus salvage. Niagara Falls trip via Nickel Plate departs 4 45 pm at August fare five dollars round trip. Ohd Byerling hosts party at John Thompson farm. twenty five guests. Rev J L Leeper plans Bay View assembly lectures August 12 and 19. Master Joseph and Miss M Davis visit Fort Wayne relatives. Jacob Shell and daughter Adah attend Francis Digner funeral. O Connell burglary reported after circus visit. rear window entry. Barnum Bailey circus praised for crowds and performances in city.
Clara McNearney through attorney Chester Holder seeks divorce from Thomas McNearney alleging a June 17 1802 marriage and 1894 separation after cruelty and abuse. Henry Haberkorn sues Caroline Haberkorn for separation citing years of abuse and dispute over alleged incidents. Deusilla Mautzer sues Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway for 5000 damages after being forced from a train. A German man seeks the killing of a dog after his son hired it. Court notices declare suppression of the Kansas City Sunday Sun sale. Multiple court filings include Mary Ballard seeking divorce from Levi Ballard and other civil actions and licenses to wed.
The record notes multiple civil and assault cases including Lillian Kronmiller suing for divorce from George Kronmiller with attorney J. H. Aiken, Sydney Snyder restored to her maiden name, Ellen Hill divorce outcome against Thomas Hill, Mrs. Stabe on trial for assault, and William Sterling arrested for assault. Also mentions J. B. Harper representing the plaintiff and a Maples arrest of a Mr. Doguet, with Justice Hays, Justice France, and Judge Dawton cited. Joni McCaffrey and Flora Charters wed as announced.
Fort Wayne police battled four blazes at about noon on Monday as barns tied to H. Milley, George O Brinley, Lars Richey and others burned or were ruined. A sixth blaze near Wabash machine shops followed later, prompting theories of arson or spontaneous combustion.
Two Frenchmen Julian Paroat and Charles Bercyt argued over money at Kiefers saloon on East Columbia Street. Bercot stabbed Paroat in the groin and neck with a pocket knife, injuring him badly. Paroat survived after arterial repair. Bercot was jailed on a charge of assault with intent.
Fire in an old brick building housing Miller Bros rag Healers near Nickel Plate tracks started likely from spontaneous combustion in a rag bale. Firefighters contained a blaze that threatened nearby Dreier and Weinsa y properties with estimated damages and insured limits noted.
A blaze destroyed a building once owned by W. W. Cree causing $15,100 in losses with minimal insurance. The fire began around 1 o'clock and left the Dreier Bros. cellar with five feet of standing water. Obituaries report death notices for L. M. Jones of Catonsville and Mrs. Lekinel of South Bend, plus Dorothea Zokind buried in this city. The Caledonian Games brought a day of sport with events across throwing, running, and jumping.
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