03 Feb 1875
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1875
Page
1
A collage of reminiscences from the Grant era features figures like Deacon Richard Smith, Deacon’s visit to the National Observatory, and a vivid scene with the Cincinnati Gazette. Also includes Lu cy Hooper Paris letters on society, scandal, and portraits of royal patrons in Paris.
A Detroit Tribune correspondent profiles Judge Christiancy a hard money advocate from New York with tariff and currency views. Also reports on Lt Col Long's clash with M'tangili forces near the Nile describing a sharp rifle fight, losses of eighty two killed, and commendations for Said and Abdel.
Twelve year old Baier, with Guerdan and another boy, saved his comrade from a thinly iced river near Plum Street. Guerdan fell through ice cut by workers. Baier fetched help, pulled him from the water, and the boys carried him to a saloon for recovery before returning home.
Indiana reports across towns: a physician treats twenty pneumonia cases in Grandview, a stretch of Wabash waters at Vincennes is cut by ten inches of ice, and Madison suffers a $40,000 loss from Whitney family fallout. Delphi stores freeze potato and apple cellars, while Rudifer faces penitentiary work. Robberies occur near New Albany as track thieves threaten unloading. A Brazil dispatch notes miners ready to strike over wage cuts and powder price, with editorials in London wary of Grant era coercion. Jay Gould lives quietly on Fifth Avenue, but his Wall Street power relies on telegraph networks. Milwsukea recounts a Chinaman, a drunken insult, and a cold city scene. The Wabash and Erie canal board reports surrender of maintenance duties after costly, futile efforts, with assets and debts detailed and a new Huntington manager appointed to protect navigation. The report warns future reopening must use new means beyond the old company.
Our London correspondent notes that Greville's memoirs offend the highest quarters and may anger the queen with portraits of George IV and William IV. The book is described as a serious blow to the Branewick family, with speculation about a future selection being published.
A Wisconsin journal reports a blood chilling tale of two German girls aged six and eight who allegedly were attacked by wolves near the Blacksley farm in Dane county. The father found clothing and heard wolves, then saw three large wolves devouring the bodies before leaving. Officials doubt the event due to lack of corroboration and missing names, though wolves are common in the area.
Rev Geo Herdley argues that if compulsory education is beneficial then compulsory cleanliness would be too. He proposes a law forcing every citizen to bathe a set number of times weekly and suggests inspectors would be appointed to smell for noncompliance.
The piece recounts praised figures and social observations, noting Dasky Bellet at Washington, and describes marital and racial themes among colored women. It includes a Cincinnati Gazette dispatch on African heritage, then shifts to Democratic rooster origin and praise for Senator DeDonald, contrasting party admiration and moral character in public figures.
A circuit court session recounted a man admitting to drinking up to seventy five drinks in a day while employed at a stable. The exchange, involving Judge Lindley, notes the drinks as water and highlights sensational rhetoric about political strategies and calls for state action.
An Alaska Sitka cremation description details a house surrounded by smoke from burning remains and festive feasting. A separate Caszapolis piece recounts Prof Bailey’s lab rat incident at a teachers association meeting causing chaos among attendees.
Three years ago Vr Boscheo s German Syrup entered the United States from Germany to treat coughs colds chest problems and lung diseases. The drug is claimed to have great success with 300000 sample bottles distributed yearly and about 1000 letters from druggists praising it. Readers are urged to visit a local druggist to obtain a sample bottle for 10 cents and try it. regular size is 75 cents.
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