Fort Wayne News Briefs Highlight Local Events
Multiple items report on a wide range of local matters. Marriage license issued to John Caskey and Annie Method. Large ticket sales for the Masonic Gift Concert and opera house plans. Turkeys hunted by sportsmen. John Studabaker conducts weekly fiat money meetings. Courtroom work progressing. Sunday school institutes led by Elder J L Carpenter. County commissioners auditing bills and ditch matters. Fort Wayne and New Haven Turnpike stockholders reelect directors. Joe Hunter sells premium stock to Benj Felloce of Rochester for $30. Statehouse work paused for winter. $55,000 spent so far. Pauper died at county asylum. rumored body shipped to Ann Arbor. Rudolph Wilson arrested on bail after indictment. Strong ticket sales for Masonic Gift Concert benefiting Temple and Opera House. Jos Frank and Rose Earhart marry quietly at the Cathedral. relatives uninformed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Caskey
Annie
Opera House
John Studabaker
Bluffton
Court House
J. L. Carpenter
Fort Wayne
Monroeville notes temperance lectures and local crime
The column reports Monroeville hosting temperance lectures and a teachers institute, plus multiple local incidents. Mentions typhoid fever in Miss Janet Fordney, a murder trial at Toledo, a bridge project, and various city updates including births, marriages, and police actions.
Local notices and incidents scroll from Fort Wayne
The column reports a mix of family notices and city events including a delirium tremens condition that is improving, a forty day watch on a grave, and several marriage licenses. It notes almanac style items from horse trades to a reunion of the Pioneer Club, an arrest for burglary, a barn fire with losses, and local warnings about health remedies.
Inexpensive One Mile Telephone Device Sold
A Boston firm has produced a one mile working telephone instrument sold for $3.00 complete. The device is presented as an affordable breakthrough reducing the entry cost for new technologies. Advertisements in the periodical promote the invention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Building Permits and Bridge Work Update
Since January 1st thirty five building permits have been issued in the city twenty four for frame and eleven for brick structures. The value of improvements totals 24679 dollars. The Van Buren street canal bridge will be completed this week and Gay street bridge approaches are nearly finished. The iron bridge across the St. Mary's River on West Main street will be completed in about two weeks with floor beams in place and chords to be hung today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Buren Street Canal
Gay Street
St. Mary’s River
West Main Street
Holiday Silver Ware Sale Promises Wide Selection
A local store promotes 20 percent discounts on a broad range of silver plated and silver ware items including cake baskets call bells card cases breakfast castors and more. It highlights a large assortment of silver ware plus Masonic concert premiums inflated silver ware and fine china vases cups tea and dinner sets and lamp chandeliers inviting customers to view the displays.
Ward's Cheap Crockery Store Seeks Grand Concert Tickets
H N Ward warrants silver ware from Meriden Brittania Company and Roger Bros knives and forks stamped Roger Bro 1847. Tickets for the Grand Masonic Concert cost one dollar. David Hawes suffered apoplexy at the north depot and died at his residence 943 West Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meriden Brittania Company
Roger Bros
Roger Bro
WARD
David Hawes
North Depot
West
Washington Street
Burglary Ring Busted by Local Sheriff
Deputy Sheriff Cosgrove arrested Edward R. Smith found with a watch stolen from Henry Mannin. Deputy Munson tracked Henry Morgen, who was jailed with Smith’s crew at the Shield House on Calhoun Street. George Brackett apprehen ded with two coats, pants and vests. Morgan held on bail, Brackett discharged. Four to five men operated in town, aided by a man selling polishing powder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sentinel
Cosgrove
Edward R. Smith
Henry Mannin
Sheri Munson
Smith
Henry Morgen
Morgan
Harmon House
Shield
Calhoun Street
South Depot
Mr. Manning
Humbrecht
George Brackett
Shield House
Morgam
Bracket
A Cheap Swindle At Armory Hall
The Sentinel reports a sham grand European carnival advertised to lure public school children to Armory Hall on December 14 1878. Tickets promised albums and 150 gifts but the show lasted moments with only scrap pictures and cheap trinkets, leaving children disappointed and guardians angry. The paper warns other towns to beware and withholds names of the organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armory Hall
Main
Harrison Streets
Europe
the Sentinel
Kansas Fever Auction to Close Stock in Fort Wayne
F Becker proprietor of the Popular Auction Room announces a rapid closeout sale in Fort Wayne Indiana. Stock includes a mix of goods at prices well below cost aimed to clear by February first. Store located at No 7 East Main street opposite the courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Kansas City
F. Becker
East Main Street
Fort Wayne Ind
Court House
Foster Brothers
Railroads and economic notes from the Wabash system
The report covers Wabash rail operations with 235 men in Toledo shops, relaid tracks for Whitewater Valley, strong Pittsburgh road earnings, and conductor changes. It notes Huntington freight, a possible Union Bluffton railroad, an employer reading room at Petoskey, and Detroit’s bid to attract Wabash lines. An observed suicide linked to a friend, plus earnings summaries for late 1870s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash
Toledo
Whitewater Valley
Pittsburgh
Tom Maxon
Texas
Strand Rapids and Indiana Company
Petoskey
Detroit Board of Trade
Wabash Company
Huntington
Union, Bluffton and Northwestern Railroad
Ames
Robbins
Com. Garrison
Defiance
Railroad Gazette
Detroit
Chicago
Lansing
Saginaw
West Divisinn
Indiana and Michigan rail lines evolve in cross state talks
The Kokomo Railroad nears Wiltshire with ten miles to finish weather permitting. Wabash and Illinois Central agree to block new lines for St Louis Chicago traffic and keep Chicago and Paducah as a local road. Union Bluffton and Northwestern Railroad forms with 180 mile route across multiple counties toward the Indiana Michigan line north of South Bend. The St Louis Globe-Democrat urges Commodore Garrison to back a through line to the seaboard to reestablish competition in freight rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokomo
Wiltshire
State Line
Wabash
Ilinois Central
St. Louis
Chicago
Chicago and Paducah
Columbia City Post
Ninde
Swinney
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad Company
Whitley Circuit
Lowry
Union Bluffton and Northwestern Railroad Company
Secretary of State
William H. Dean
Joel N. Converse
Robert
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Commodore Garrison
Seaboard
Toledo and
Grand Trunk of Canada
New York
Howe Sewing Machine unveils new model with improvements
The Howe Sewing Machine Company introduces an entirely new model retaining the old machine’s principles. It runs lighter and faster, with test noise claimed to be superior while offering many new features for family sewing dress making and manufacturing. Prices and easy terms through 41 RB Sprague, agent, 110 Fourth Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howe Sewing Machine Company
Howe
Sprague
Athom Street
Fort Wayne
Ind
Sensible Holiday Gifts and Local Fire Alarm Reports
The notice lists gift ideas for holiday shoppers and reports three small fires. A frame barn at No 4 High Street owned by Mrs Chas Melching caused $75 damage from a $100 loss estimate. A chimney fire in Baker's block at Clinton and Main caused no damage. A chimney fire at 132 West Washington Street owned by Mrs Kampeher caused no damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Street
Chas. Melching
Watertown
Baker's Block
Clinton and
Main Streets
West
Washington Street
Kampeher
Local Horse News Sketches Spring Race Hopes and Accidents
A look at spring race prospects as owners seek sleighing speed on Berry and Wayne streets. Notices note Barn fire losses on Baker Street, injuries to Lady Wayne and Belmont Prince reports, plus Vira and Sunshine as promising runners. Belmont Prince clocks 2:45 on Allen county track, owner Perrin drives him, weight listed at 170 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berry
Wayne
Om Hanna
F. J. Hayden
Wilkes
Spirit of the Times
Fort Wayne Hoas
Hartzell
Belmont Prince
Baker Street
Klenger
Fred J. Hayden
Lady Wayne
J. M. Coombs
Chicago
Vira
Rysdyk
Alexander
Belmont
Honor
Mr. Perrin
Olympic Theatre Opens At Clinton And Columbia
The Olympic Theatre at Clinton and Columbia opened after thirty days of work. The brick building seats 900 with a 22 by 47 foot stage and a semicircular gallery. It features gas lighting, a drop curtain, handsome scenery and four proscenium boxes.
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Olympic
Olympic Theatre
Clinton and
Columbia Streets
Columbia Street
Clinton Street
Olympic Theater
YaNKEE GROCERRY Advertises Low Christmas Prices
YaNKEE GROCERRY at 28 Calhoun Street touts lower Christmas prices on cof fee sugars molasses and tea. It promotes Rio coffee and Valencia raisins old citron and fresh candies with money back guarantee for cash buyers direct from supplier. Also notes a Gravel Road meeting in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Hyson
Ste
Rio
Valencia
Pierr Dry Goods and Millinery Bargains
J Pierr on Calhoun Street advertises deep discounts on alpaca fabrics, bourette, silks, cashmere, shawls, cloaks and notions. The piece notes various marked-down prices and urges shoppers to save money this season. Also reports R Higgins injured by a wagon in Warsaw with only a minor wound and John Carter suing Williams for libel over accusations of wife beating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. Up
J. Prerr
Calhoun Street
R. Higgins
Warsaw
Theepublican
John Carter
Reud. Williams
Snetianiea
Carter
Horses Run Wild injure boy and man in Maysville incident
Last Monday evening a team belonging to Urive and Snyder, butchers of Maysville, bolted from a market space on Barr Street with a heavy wagon. Mr. Snyder was thrown but unharmed. The horses struck four year old Henry Didier on the sidewalk, injuring him, and tore off part of Hesh Didier's arm. The animals continued to the Barr street canal bridge, wrecking the wagon before being stopped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urive & Snyder, Butchers of
Maysville
Barr Street
Mr. Snyder
Hedekin House
Henry Didier
Dr Marshals Lung Syrup Promises Quick Relief
A district newspaper advertises Dr Marshals Lung Syrup as a cure for severe coughs and colds. Priced at 25 cents, the ad urges readers to consult their druggist for a bottle to save money and obtain near instant relief.
Church Chit Chat and Notices From Local City Briefs
Daily church notes report Rev Frost preaching to Medical College faculty and students, Bishop Talbot at Trinity Church, Rev McParland on Popular Amusements, and Father Graham's Montreal address. Eighteen people were confirmed at Trinity Episcopal. Croaseville M E Church hires a policeman for rowdy youths. Sozodont jokes about future teeth. Spalding glue ad. Died: George Long, aged 2 years, attacked Tuesday morning.
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Majulayrs Pailey
Frost
Craft
Medical College
Talbot
Trinity Church
McParland
Graham
Montreal
Eigh
Trinity (Episcopal) Church
Will Shryock
Frank Orff
Fred Hanna
Eddie Withers
Lou Withers
Josephine Edgerton
Croaseville M. E
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Messrs
Root & Company
N. B
NHW
Receivad Daily
Root Company
Meekly Hensings
Ann Arbor
M. V. B. Spencer
Indianapolis
Rudolph Wilson
Springfield Township
Montooote
Long
Jos. Frank
Rose Earhart
Louis Wolps
Children’s Oaks
Rom Wes Gaevendes
Louis Wolf
He i Roystens
India
Joe Cope
Edith Bourie
Andrew’ Fegety
Igi
Colerick
Morris Robison
Meyers
Peyton
New
Main Street
Will Swinney
Broadway
Taylor Streets
Gen. Deveraux
Cincinnati
C. M. Barton
Hallenbeck
Temperance
Corton
New Albany
Dougherty
Killian Baker
Caleb Remmel
Gertrude Goodwin
Stratford
N. Y
W. F. Doctorman
Chas. R. Messinger
Isaac Blystone
Louis Altenbaugh
Will J. Craig
Wells County
Delphos
Sheldon
Louis Schroeder
Droegemeyer
Mahler
West Wayne Street
Olds
Lafayette
George Washington
Louisville
Father Hartnett
South Bend
St. Pauls Academy
G. A. Flinn
Louias Flinn
Wayne Street
New York City
South America
Philadelphia
Wm. L. Robinson
Bass Foundry
Hanna Street
Schaller & Gerke
Cincinnati Brewers
Mike Himbert
Patrick McLain
State Reformatory For Women
Robert Tapp
Fred. Tapp
Gorda A. Freeman
M. D. Freeman
Orange
N. J
John R. von
Edward Judson
Calhoun
Old Ben
Mason
Auld Lang’ Syne
Marion County Poor House
Tyler Mason
John A. Droegemeyer
George Hornung
Henry Weibke
William Kanning
Monroeville
Samuel Yass
Clarke’s Hotel
North Calhoun Street
P. McLeran
Joseph F. Franks
Rosa Earhart
John D. Lehman
Frances Meeker
Henry Fred Webrs
Louisa Keffer
Adam Miller
Mary E. Ashbaugh
Zollinger
Unson
Saengerbund Hall
James Hughes
Will Chamberlain
Jim Foo
Chinezer
California
David Hausg
West Washington Street
Bruebach
F. Fliegner
Samuel McGaughey
Huntington County
Civ
Brner
McGaughey
George Schie
St. Joseph Township
Continental Company
Henry Fred Wehrs
Owen Kumfer
Herriett Baldock
Frederick Kline
Lydia Myla
Joel B. Marsh
Carrie E. Conklin
John Binkley
Emma E. Linton
Perry Township
J. D. Gloyd
John Ross
James Hellopeter
John Malcolm
Moellering, Paul & Co
Wm. H. Kreep
Edward Smith
Henry Manning
Beamer
Missouri
Fred Flischman
Bloomingdale Mills
Flischman
Free For All
H. N. Ward
West Columbia Street
Wisband
J. Pierr
FORD
Sao Eee
Sanford’s
Pty
Bath
Drcome Uicetot
Dr. Sanford
Allcasca
United States
Canadas
Weeks É& 2
Gaceral
M.n3
Collins
Tay
Weeks & Potter, Reprietors
Bosion
Maas
Jin
Paul
Oman
Susan
Sciterern & Soxs
Alan
All Lanter
Hong-Al
Aetack
George Long
S. W. Ellsworth & Co
Ofer
Brussels
Tapestry
East Berry Street
Fort Wayne, Ind
Harrison and
Pearl Streets
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Lorevik Drasonn
Ind Vie Americas
Corghiie
Gowels
Wbih
Andres” Bazor
America
American Jewelry Company
Arcade
Easy Bayern
Samuel Morris
S. P. Arnold
Herman Kratzch
Alex. Lanferty
al. Gluckman
A. S. Lanferty & CO
One Price Clothiers
Price
Anper
Jamaica
Steele & Price
Manfrs
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