10 Jun 1874
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1874
Page
1
A fragmented column interweaves a romantic pageant scene with a sharp debate over German citizens and temperance crusades. It critiques Mr Marine and the Sextixen, defends Germans as thrifty workers, and rebukes bigotry while detailing railroad earnings and public notices.
The Ashington Republican reports a proposed Sumner National Monument by an eminent artist. The plan calls for a central eight foot statue of Charles Sumner and four life sized statues representing the colored race, to be made in Italian marble or bronze. A granite pedestal with four bronze bas-reliefs would support the figures, with inscriptions including the Civil Rights bill. The total cost is estimated at $50,000, and the design emphasizes equal rights under law for all citizens.
Allen county reports crop damage from wire worm invading young corn while Logansport and Terre Haute note graduations at Smithson College and Logansport Female College. May fires cost New Albany 12500. gasometer planned in Logansport. Purdue well 112 feet deep. murder of Abner Mack investigated. Ogden, Liberty township, and Vincennes court acquittal feature in a bustling Indiana update.
A court humorously ponders a drunken woman named Bijah, with comments on circus fantasies as a remedy. Maroney’s arrest for vagrancy yields a bleak tale of rejection by merchants and officials. A Macon tragedy unfolds as Dr Bull and son kill William D. Mitchell over alleged seduction allegations, sparking public outrage. A German community critique follows, denouncing politician Lowry’s use of German votes and urging self-reliant German action in political matters.
A Cincinnati revelation recalls a former engagement between Mr. Conger of Michigan Congress and Mrs. Sibley former Mrs Humphries of Ohio. After years apart both met in Washington, reconciliation occurred, and they married last Saturday at 11. The bride wore pearl satin with diamonds, weighing about 195 pounds.
John Henry died in New Orleans on March 13 from a congestive chill. He was famed for numerous personal encounters and a reputation for a proverbial tune. The Picayune recalls his famed clashes including a 1868 killing, a later fight with Perry Lyons at Merchants Exchange on Common Street, where Lyons wielded a pistol and Henry a gimlet knife.
A Baltimore laborer claims a scientific cure for rampage in cattle using hydropathy. A drove of cattle caused mischief in city streets and a dray horse, then a steer at a dry goods store, before the animal was subdued by pouring water into its ear, rendering it gentle. Citizens nearby are advised to carry water and a funnel for future incidents.
Passengers crowded around the exile as Rochefort stood about six feet tall with broad shoulders and a distinctive face. Reporters noted blue eyes that roam the room, thick lips, and hair silvering with time, while he chatted calmly and carried an intellectual, spirituelle air.
The London Society of Antiquaries and experts at the British Museum debate whether Schliemann's Troy treasure at Hissarlik proves the site is Priam's Ilium. Charles Newton argues the relics are non-Hellenic and pre-Hellenic, while Max Miller disputes the dating, warning against literal interpretations of Homeric Troy.
The Chicago Times reports a tragic sequence in Wayne county Tennessee where Mrs Bennet Kyle washing with her infant discovers a rattlesnake about the child’s wrist. She rushes inside to find the infant dead, discovers another child drowned in a barrel, and her husband falls from a roof breaking his cheek. The item then contrasts with a fashion note about garters and varicose veins warning against wearing a garter below the knee and praises above knee placement.
A discussion on singing as a livelihood notes variety theatre pay from $20 to $200 weekly, with opera stars achieving legendary status yet many singers rising from lower steps. It cites Adelina Patti Christine Nilsson Castle Campbell Parepa Rosa and Olive Logan as examples, then shifts to James Johns a Starkboro humorist who died, known for his Autograph and Remarker and tea aversion. It ends with a plug for new neckwear at Woodward's.
Rochefort recounts a royal gift exchange and a lavish champagne binge. The king and three ministers, with guests, ordered forty bottles and drank like water, while language barriers and playful informality marked the encounter.
A tale from Texas recalls doctors who were away for two months at a medical convention. On their return they find patients recovered, drug stores closed, nurses running dancing schools, the cemetery chestnut split into building lots, undertakers making fiddles, and the hearse repurposed as a circus wagon.
A city granger bought ten cents worth of peanuts from a retailer on Olive Street at seven fifty a bushel. He later found the crop rotted in the ground and learned from an East Tennessee expert that roasted peanuts are not a reliable crop anywhere.
Correspondence from Sun Reaping describes John H. Shearer of Reading, a 30 year old clerk, ballooning from Pottstown to Coopersburg on a trapeze bar with the Globe air ship. Amid snow rain and gale he rose to 1000 feet then 5000 feet, endured a fierce storm, and narrowly escaped being torn through trees while landing in a woods. he sustained bruises and a neck wound but survived to tell the tale.
An order directs the Allen Circuit Court Clerk to advertise a sale by auction of rents and profits for up to seven years. The property is Lot 6, Block 3 in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indian Territory. The sale occurs June 18, 1874 between 1 and 4 PM, with proceeds to satisfy the judgment, interest, and costs if the balance remains.
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