09 Dec 1874
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1874
Page
1
An American father sits with his children as they recount stories from books they heard mother read. Alonso and Minnie quote tales of hangings, forgeries, train kidnappings, and perilous acts, while the parent contemplates future reading and the boys vow to learn to read and read the Herald personals. The scene captures domestic life and the vivid, shared reading of a household.
A Fort Wayne writer chronicles crossing the Atlantic on the Cunarder in nine days and fourteen hours. He recalls a storm, seasick fellow passengers, a humorous table incident, social mischief onboard, a bridal party mishap, and plans to visit London after Sefton Park, Liverpool.
Sheriff Atkinson escorted James Glaize, known as Uncle Jimmy, to the state prison for a twenty year term for killing Samuel J. Wilcoxen. Glaize and Frank B. Clayton, registry clerk, recognized each other upon arrival after thirty-two years, recalling a Plum Creek battle in 1840 involving Texans led by Ben McCullough and figures like Mirabeau B. Lamar, Samuel Houston, and Felix Houston.
The account describes Uncle Jimmy being wounded by Indians at Plum Creek after a lancing and throat cut. Colonel Jack Hayes, then a surveyor, participated in the encounter where about 120 Texans faced a large Native force. Uncle Jimmy is noted for a scar on his neck and a lifelong globe trotting career speaking seven languages.
A London notice reports the death of Lascar Sal, the opium purveyor in Edwin Drood, who died of scarlet fever in neglect at a Bluegate Fields court. The Lancet notes the East End tempering of vice and disease, while white mice roamed her filthy room, a stark image of ruin and gentleness in degradation.
A private letter from St. Pierre relayed by New York Evening Post details a brutal massacre at Indian Tickle Labrador on the night of the 15th. William Morrison and three sons perished, Mrs. Morrison killed, Lizzie Morrison survived. The report notes Esquimaux raids and public whipping prior to the killings.
In Paris the Breton girls are noted for white caps and wide collars that hide their hair. An artist explains how even sixteen year olds flip collars to keep them smooth, a custom handed down from mother to daughter as a sign of rural fashion.
New York Herald correspondent reports in Troy on a brutal murder 16 miles north of Wellstown Hamilton county. Carpenter Ilias Williams and George Smith quarreled after drinking. Williams used a hand saw to decapitate Smith then cut his own throat and died beside Smith. Witness Grant alerted locals. both men buried last Sunday.
The Burlington Hawkeye recounts a pupil who sang with great zeal then caused mischief. He waxed a teacher chair with wax, drew a red chalk portrait on an atlas, bent a pin in a classmate chair, and earned multiple punishments for noisy conduct and other antics.
A Chicago Tribune yarn recounts Senator Roscoe Conkling and Senator Chester A. Chandler in a boxing feud. Chandler boasts of strength while Conkling hosts gym bouts at his Washington home. A Detroit visitor Mr Howard, later revealed as Jem Mace in disguise, joins a dinner gym match ending with Conkling knocked down and the prank revealed.
A historical report analyzes minority representation in the late State election. It notes Republicans won 69 of 153 House seats and combined opposition 84, discusses the impact of minority representation on district outcomes, and explains how the superintendent race figures would yield 70 Representatives for Republicans by standard divisor calculation.
A dispute over where actor George Sennett should die on stage led to a dressing room quarrel with J H Clynds. The police magistrate at Worship Street ordered Clynds to enter into recognizances to keep the peace after he struck Sennett with a cane.
The text argues against more money for the west, insisting that currency restoration and restored confidence would boost investment, industry, and production nationwide. It contends money is abundant if earned, and warns against demagoguery promising mere legislative money windfalls. It emphasizes the west's strong resources and the need for staple currency to spur growth.
An indignant traveler complains to Lake Shore baggage agent Charley Bender about a ruined trunk. The agent quips that trunks packed for long journeys with heavy contents often break under rough handling. The commercial man had not yet filed suit against the company at press time.
Syracuse Journal quotes Ex Governor Seymour praising Mr Pendleton as the coming man in 1876. The piece speculates on Pendleton's influence on national debt, past panics, and the prosperity of manufacturing if his advice had guided policy since 1868.
The Ixpraxarous Herald reacts to Bret Harte needing income from writing. It blasts the overstocked angel market, mocks blacklegs and women of easy virtue, and derides Mother Goose as standard twaddle.
Detectives traced a conspiracy among streetcar conductors using counterfeit bell gongs to fake punches. Materials maker Robert May sold two types of registering gongs to about twenty conductors, enabling false fare collection while inspectors counted legitimate rides. Arrests followed, with one conductor also linked to prior crimes and disguises.
Col Bangs of the Argus had the Great Metropolitan Caravan seized for its ad debt. A Rocky Mountain bear in a cage was brought to the composing room, ate $15 worth of meat, scratched a reporter, and escaped through Bangs' sash as the editor fought on the Third Term. The bear soaked ink, tore up type, and the office paid future bills in advance.
Massachusetts continues its policy against immorality while the governor hosts a yearly Thanksgiving lottery. This year three inmates receive a grant of liberty, each selected from the prison rolls as a festive mercy.
The Japanese wax is valued for easy saponification and bright light. It melts at higher temperatures and is more brittle than beeswax but can be processed with simple methods. Seed yields wax economically, with 400 pounds of seed producing 100 pounds of wax, after harvesting and processing steps.
A French girl, eighteen, hauls cord wood with four horses over rough roads, two trips daily, averaging a cord and three quarters. She drives with ease from a spring seat, her father beside her, dressed in calico and buckskin, dusted by daily work, rarely speaking unless spoken to.
The national board of underwriters executive committee adopts a resolution based on a Chicago visit report. It notes improvements made and in progress and that Chicago authorities will implement Gen. Shaler’s fire department recommendations soon. Each company is urged to decide individually on reopening Chicago operations.
The Pittsburgh Post accuses Lieut. Col. Fred Grant of not reporting for duty for months while continuing to draw pay. The notice calls for accountability, urging duty attendance or removal of rank to stop perceived theft from taxpayers.
In the circuit court Bloomhuff as administrator sues the Masonic Mutual Benefit Society of Indiana for 5000 policy proceeds on Andrew J. Mattison who disappeared during the Great Chicago Fire. The suit argues payment due despite lack of positive proof of death and questions the society’s out of Marion county authority. Mattison had been Fort Wayne resident, previously in Goshen, with a Masonic lodge ties and a July 1870 policy.
Salem Mass resident Mr. W F Putnam Jr director of the Peabody academy and vice president of Essex Institute reports eyeless fish in Mammoth Cave water two new fish with eyes and blackish color reveal touch filaments replacing sight He also notes cave flora skeletal remains charred piles faggots and moccasins suggesting prehistoric habitation with implements and utensils found in abundance echoing European cave discoveries
In a letter to the Tabie-Tippers dated November 15 Murat Halstead states he will not participate in spiritualism investigations. He declines dark room tricks and jugglers, notes a boarding house of deceased Bonapartes, and promises to share any valuable news via telegraph or special telegram if it comes from spirits.
Justice Craig holds that equity courts cannot jail a debtor who cannot pay due to poverty while punishing willful nonpayment as contempt. Fraudulent concealment remains punishable, but distressed debtors are protected from a rigid law. A humorous anecdote about Ferranti and Parepa Rosa accompanies a note on the Quillago Saponaria tree's teeth preserving properties.
In Allen county near the Ohio line a hunter named Robinson trains two young deer named Prince and Peasant as decoys. Prince acts as a near domestic companion while Peasant stays wary at distance. Robinson hunts alone, using the pair to lure other deer, a scene likened to Crusoe living with wild animals.
Transfers recorded include Daniel Hallower to Edward Seidel Lot 63 Brackenridge's addition for 3125 dollars, Samuel Lewis Hough et al to Frank Lucky Lot 3 Skinner's addition for 500 dollars, John Rupple to Mary Coleman Lot 188 Hanna's addition for 200 dollars, Anna and Fred Tegtmeyer to Christian Tegtmeyer Lot 1 and half of Lot 3 Phillips' addition for 790 dollars, J B Lamboley to Lake Lavanway Lot 26 County addition, C L Davenport to Anna B Fairfield Lot 61 Fairfield's addition, Joshua Nachtrieb to Nicholas De Wald Lot 57 old plat, A Heidenreich to Cath Buhr Lot 11 Maple's addition for 425 dollars.
An ad claims Green's August Flower relieves dyspepsia and related stomach and liver symptoms with two doses said to work instantly. It promises nationwide efficacy and offers a sample bottle for ten cents and a full bottle for 75 cents.
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