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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1879
Page
5
A long list of civic and social items from Fort Wayne includes health concerns. Several residents are ill or recovering, funerals held, and marriage licenses issued. Notables mention Crance and jury remarks, local officials named, and various appointments and changes in city institutions.
Marriage licenses listed for multiple couples including George Albert Higgins and Matilda Faustknight and others. Local items note a legislative investigation in Indianapolis, a vacancy in society caused by evictions to Buffalo, deaths in Perry township, a $10,000 brick library building planned, Bishop Dwenger attending obsequies in Chicago, and several civic updates on sewers, sidewalks, and construction.
The article recalls a 1871 Chicago fire linked dispute where the Masonic Mutual Association refused life insurance on a presumed dead man and Mrs Matteson won. It notes a $500 payout after the court decision and hints at readers remembering the event as a cautionary tale of low profits and generous claims by insurers.
Pittsburgh engine 116 returns to service while Wabash receives government order to weigh mail. Judge Cheney re elected director. agency changes. 1878 Wabash earnings rise to 1,523,000 with freight and passenger gains. New depots and lines discussed. construction on Delphos to Wiltshire narrow gauge expands. Rev Dr Sibler suffers collapse but shows recovery after church service. enduring health and work of a German Lutheran leader noted. BETTER.
Mrs. Lavina Burnam born 1799 in Connecticut lived in Ohio and Indiana before settling in Noble county. A universalist by early faith she joined the Methodist Church at Kendallville after inquiry, then moved to Fort Wayne and Huntington placing letters with several congregations while enduring long illness and finally blessing her family and neighbors with steadfast piety.
The SENTINEL last Monday evening revived attention to the Newland murder. Reports claim a party with prior business dealings threatened him and a man from Allen county aided the plan, possibly in Kansas or Texas. An Fort Wayne officer suspects a local conspirator who helped plan the crime and expects to share plunder, with clues from the SENTINEL likely to bring criminals to justice soon. The case dominates talk in Maysville and nearby, and officials hope these facts will illuminate the full truth of the crime.
The Springfield township teachers held sessions at the Maysville public school on February 15 1879 with Miss Howe and G A Astry presenting geography and physiology. The program planned further meetings for March 15 1879 with topics including arithmetic notation spelling and geography. O J Greenwalt presided with G A Astry as secretary.
The condemned murderer William Crance, sentenced to life, writes to the Sentinel from prison. He disputes public sentiment, laments loss of liberty and family, condemns alcohol’s influence, urges caution to drinkers, and asks that his children not bear stigma. He cites a self defense death and reflects on capital punishment versus life imprisonment. February 21 1479.
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