29 Jul 1874
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1874
Page
1
A reflective poem dated Nov 1 1871 from Steerr Hollow laments loss and vows to seek heavenly goods over earthly gains. The speaker rejects retaliation and urges goodwill toward mankind despite bereavement and fading hopes.
In Cherokee Flat California a notorious fighting horse named Old Pizen terrorized miners, guarding his turf from all intruders. J P Jones and partners later acquire a fierce jackass, leading to a staged showdown with Old Pizen. The jack eventually kills the horse in Devil's Gulch, and Joggles murders the jack to avenge the beast's defeat.
A digest of Indiana and Ohio Republican repudiation charges and pro greenback arguments. Voorhees defends five twenties as payable in greenbacks, while 1869 law affects contract validity. Journal critiques Coburn speech and Republican stances on debt payment in legal tender.
Collumavus July 25 Governor Allen commuted the murder sentence of Hugh Daugherty from hanging at Lancaster on July 31 to life in the penitentiary. The action rests on doubts about Daugherty's sanity at the time of the crime. Also an ad promotes Sozopont as a tonic and antiseptic for dental health.
Correspondent reports a fisherman from Logie Bay capturing a large devil-fish entangled in a herring net. The specimen measures about nine feet long with five foot girth, eight arms including two long tentacles, and hundreds of suckers. It is presented as a remarkable, dangerous maritime creature with vivid, technical details.
A Cincinnati Commercial anecdote describes Senator Bogy and his son Colonel Joe Bogy. The son boasts of succeeding Mr Benton and being his father’s heir apparent. A friend recounts a dream where Joe meets Heaven’s gate, claiming his role, and the angel and Christ invite him to sit on the throne, implying a humorous inversion of fate.
The Louisville Courier-Journal reflects on the long forgotten grave of Colonel Jennings in Notta way County Virginia. An 80 million pound English fortune hinges on proving his burial site and identity via a sword found with the remains.
A St Louis correspondent recounts an effort at enterprise by the local press. He notes occasional spurts deserve record, and recalls Mack of the Globe considering Chicago papers for remarks after the recent illumination. He learns the telegraph says no mail departure, but hopes the mail train may carry papers.
The New York Tribune summarizes Governor Hendricks's Indiana State Convention address as aligned with inflation critiques. It argues inflation fosters perpetual paper money, rejects the Dawes increase, and criticizes the balance of trade theory. It stresses debt, foreign holdings, and gold flows as core dangers to specie payments.
William B. Bourne a prominent stock broker and capitalist shot himself at his residence in San Francisco in the afternoon. Authorities believe he was insane.
A sketch of John A. Cockerill, managing editor of the Enquirer, detailing his Ohio roots, Civil War service as drummer boy, rise from police reporter to city editor, and his reputation as a disciplined, generous leader whose career reflects rapid advancement and public esteem. Also notes Grant’s reaction to the Great Loiterer’s return and hints at a Third Term stance.
A Cincinnati Gazette letter recounts a society romance involving a high ranking officer, his daughter by marriage, and a young ordnance officer. The wife allegedly pursued a uniformed lover at the fort, provoking scandal, a looming divorce, and bitter questions of honor, class, and pity for a torn family.
A Cincinnati visitor sat in a spring loaded iron chair at a newspaper office and, after ten minutes, the chair sprang its spring, flung him into plaster and floor, his hat flew out the window, and he crawled away shaken. He asked if anyone was hurt, and left after a brief exchange.
A fragment from the Cincinnati Enquirer satirically targets the New York Herald for its coverage of Long Branch and the moors, accusing the rival paper of sensationalism and parasitic spittle in its pursuit of gossip and opinion.
The Evansville Courier reports a brutal incident near Shoals Indiana where Joe Baker, a simple man known for petty theft, was seized by a mob after a sheriff delivered him to jail. They stripped him and hanged him from a tree, later hiding the body. No arrests yet. Baker leaves a wife and several hungry children.
A Notes and Queries correspondent cites a 1832 letter from a visitor at Mola di Gaeti describing Madame Vernet and her daughter Maile. The excerpt notes their travel costs, living habits, and English proficiency, and recalls that Maile later married Paul Delaroche and died childless in 1845, reflecting on dynastic arts and lineage.
A Chinaman, name not known, was shot and killed tonight by a fellow countryman. Four or five shots struck his heart as he ran a block and fell dead. Several parties were arrested on suspicion of the murder. Also, Adolph Beal, cashier of Hyman Bros. & Co. at 426 Broadway, was arrested for purloining goods worth an estimated $10,000 to $15,000 from large employers.
In New Haven the Palladium notes Democratic nominee Holman Hamilton has not called on the paper despite visiting town. Warsaw Union reports Democratic Convention results with Todiana candidates. a rattlesnake bite near Mrs. Warrick is treated and she recovers. Kendallville to build a handle factory while Ligonier Banner notes local health improving and July dullness may end with season’s close.
Three people drown after a mother and two children fall into a creek near Roumamy Vermont while berry picking. A Eureka Nevada waterspout kills 20 and damages property. a Central Pacific train wreck near Humboldt causes fatalities. another track washed out near Elko with repairs underway. Additional notes praise Fort Wayne newspapers and detail local press history and firms.
A humorous sketch from a Chicago Times writer in Illinois recalls Grant in Galena and a family tale about napkins. It derides aspiration and glorifies the rise from nothing, then shifts to a bold sales pitch for a $15 household sewing machine with attachments, promised easy money for agents, and nationwide delivery from New York.
Holand's German Bitters claim to cure dyspepsia liver disease indigestion and other bilious disorders with a total health uplift. Podophyllin pills are advertised as an active cathartic usable in bilious fevers, offered by Johnston Holloway & Co of Philadelphia.
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