23 Aug 1871
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1871
Page
1
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A Fort Wayne advertisement listing numerous shops and tradesmen occupies the page. It names J. A. Shoaff, Giemon & Bro, Root & Company, Foote & Wooster, Meyer Bros, J. Vollmer, and others in wholesale and retail roles across Columbia, Calhoun, and Main streets, plus related services from medical to millinery and trunk manufacture. The listing serves as a reference catalog for local purchases.
A 9,894 000 acre north east quarter of the south west quarter and north west quarter of the southeast quarter of section 36, township 4 south range 2 west Perry County Indiana. 35 acres cleared eight acres meadow rest timbered. 150 apple trees 250 peach trees plus pears and cherries. Never failing well. One mile south of Leopold. Offered for eleven hundred dollars. Easy terms. Inquire JM Ward Leopold Ind.
A miscellany notes tea consumption by Britain versus the U S, widows in Turo Massachusetts, English magazines, a Columbia broom company run by colored workers, rose tinted window panes in New York, a comic scene at dinner, Hindu Sikh tensions in India, jailhouse quips about Philadelphia lawyers, rag import trends in New York, Eureka boot-puller invention, large Yankee goat ranching in Virginia, Yokohama Herald Japan population data, and a disturbance at Baron de Cuma’s lecture in Ogdensburgh with mob protection.
Senator Schurz argues Republican labor dignity free labor and education, warns against Democratic faults on free schools and tax reform, and defends Ku Klux Klan bill while predicting further tax cuts. Missouri items note oil prospects, rail expansion, county seats, and local incidents across Indiana.
A man named Egbert Holman, once a duber in Quincy, was arrested on false pretenses charges but the case was dismissed due to a complaint error. A Randolph County deputy sought to arrest Peter Casper, accused of killing Clements Jessett on July 1, but misidentified the prisoner and released him. Chief of Police suspects the released man was Casper, intending a renewed arrest for a $300 reward, per two Randolph County citizens.
An army officer recalls women in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and Tennessee who complain soldiers steal milk and chickens. At Chattanooga General Sherman rebukes a leading woman, declaring the integrity of the Republic and Constitution must be maintained, if it takes every chicken in Tennessee.
Dan Goble Sr died twelve hours after being struck on the forehead while trying to save his two year old grandson as a runaway team from Bolingerreen Arora approached a house in Jefferson Crist’s family visit. Crist died days earlier from disease at eighty two, leaving a wife two years younger.
During this twenty five year pontificate Pius IX has seen nearly a hundred cardinals die and twice renew the sacred college. Nine cardinals alive today were created by Gregory the sevenths successor. The youngest is 75. Twenty two vacant sees leave the college at twenty eight members, with several inactive due to age or illness.
An immense serpent, 25 to 35 feet long and as thick as a man, has disturbed Ashland County Ohio near Jeromeville. It preys on pigs and lambs and has been sighted by several reliable residents. Hunting parties are pursuing the monster.
Prof Benj A Gould explains Atlantic cable signals travel 7000 to 8000 miles per second while aerial wires rise speeds to 12000 to 20000 miles per second with height. A Patavpridd youth drowns in a reservoir body found recently in advanced decay. John Stuckinger of Columbia township dies after hunting incident with brains knocked out and leg burned by a falling tree. Jasper Courter.
Severe storms swept through Richmond Indiana and Franklin Ohio yesterday evening bringing wind hail thunder and rain and inflicting considerable damage across the area.
A lengthy St. Louis letter to the New York Tribune surveys claims of magnetism in Michigan waters. Prof. Wincher doubts magnetism, while Prof. Kenzie attributes it to iron tubing. Experiments show water magnetizes knives, pipes, and iron pieces, with varying times. A theory suggests regional lake currents make Michigan a magnet. Local anecdotes also note magnetism effects on compasses and needles.
A rough man on Chatham Street, New York assaulted a Jew he accused of crucifying Christ, leading to a brawl. In Paris Kentucky an election day quarrel at a hotel ended with Alexander killed by G M Hibler after a dispute over a chair and a joke. Hibler was unhurt.
Lognon Paris reports a tense city as rumors swirl that Napoleon I fate, Versailles strife, and possible coup aims threaten, with Thiers disliked by republicans and royalists alike and a potential nonmonarchical outcome feared. In Dublin, a French deputation thanks Ireland amid great crowds and flags, while a Wolverhampton train collision injures about 30 and a Japanese typhoon causes losses near Kobe.
London reports three cholera deaths on Cronstadt to Hull steamers, with Paris also hit. New York officials doubt a cholera visit this year while a physician warns it may be waning in Europe. Washington dispatches note no Corean crisis details, but warn Western powers must cooperate. The coroner’s jury blames a defective boiler in the Westfield explosion and the ferry company for duties. Staten Island ferry Middletown resumes after Westfield, amid safety complaints. Stamp duties on foreign perfumeries face legal challenge. Hequa, a young Japanese prince in the U.S., is dying of consumption.
Staten Island Ferry Company officers were brought before the coroner and committed to the Tombs. The coroner refused bail despite a bid of any amount. They are under habeas corpus before the Judge of the Sapiens Court who will set bail or remand them.
The Pierston Pennsylvania mine disaster leaves many dead and rescues ongoing. Volunteers labor in damp, toxic air to reach emboweled workers as authorities inspect possible causes, including fire damp and airways collapse. Dozens of named miners and observers are noted amid a grim, unsettled scene.
Bangor August 17 The Coroner’s inquest into the Maine Central Railroad disaster concluded with a verdict that Thomas Gallagher died when a bridge broke down. Timbers were rotten and the railroad commissioners inspected the bridge in 1870 and again on June 8 last, failing to detect defects.
Addington T. Hunt of Boston died this noon in Massachusetts after over exertion in a jumping match. The incident occurred in Boston and authorities reported the cause as overexertion during the event.
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