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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1891
Page
3
R M Snider of Williamsport returns home after visiting the city. Grace Blystone returns from a wide trip through Central and Eastern Kentucky. An express office opens at Baker on the Nickel Plate. Several individuals are licensed to wed. Local illness and business moves accompany a busy community update.
County commissioners wrap a special session by awarding Milwaukee Bridge and Iron the superstructure contract for eleven iron bridges at 845 feet total length for 3590.30. Buxton & Mills of Westerville Ohio win the substructure bid. Total project cost about 20000. Licenses eyed with remonstrances possible. 35 applications filed. Regular March session to settle funds and grant liquor licenses.
Gen Charles A Bookwalter ends four year term as state public printer and exits state life. A Fort Wayne journalist recalls his rise from Fort Wayne papers to state prominence and notes his new role as secretary of the Indiana State Investment Company.
Dozois and Beadell dissolve partnership in the People’s dry goods firm. Beadell remains as manager while Archibald Mitchell and John Porteous of Norwich, Conn join as partners. Dozois seeks new ventures, possibly in Kalamazoo Michigan.
A meeting of local business leaders adopted resolutions urging passage of Indiana house bills 614 and 617. The bills concern gravel, macadamized and plank roads and related maintenance and materials. The committee sent the resolutions to Indianapolis for legislative action.
The store room adjoining the vacated bank will soon house L. P. Sharp, founder of a Foster block crockery business. Golden & Monahan leased the space to Barnett heirs for five years. four remaining years transferred to Sharp. Sheriff Daily and Bluffton hardware dealer Brickley pursued a crook known as Tough Pete, captured on East Main Street and returned in cuffs.
Judge Bobo, a famed jurist long associated with Adams circuit, allegedly fired at a 23 year old who refused something, wounding him severely. The incident occurred as the judge, now in sheriff custody at Decatur, awaits the wound’s outcome amid public attention in Indiana.
Rumors swirl over whether John Mull the Defiance High janitor killed himself or was murdered after a recent clash with school officials. Mull’s body was found near the Wabash track with severed legs and a slashed throat. Post mortem and inquest conclude suicide, though mobs and rumors circulate amid high local tension.
Mrs Susan C Williams widow of Hon Jesse L Williams died shortly before 6 pm Friday at 96 West Wayne Street after bronchitis and grippe. Born February 17 1808 in Chillicothe Ohio she lived most of her life in this city. Survived by four children Henry M Williams Meade O Williams and Edward P Williams. She was a leading member of the First Presbyterian church and known for charity actions across the community.
John L. Bowen of the southwest corner farm in Wayne township lies dangerously ill at his Bis country home. He came to Allen county in 1845 and has lived here continuously since, well known and respected by locals who note his long tenure as a subscriber to Taz Senraven since 1847.
After a short trial in Whitley circuit court the state secured a verdict of 25 dollars plus costs against Editor Williamson of the Columbia City Mail. J W Adams of the Columbia City Post initiated the suit accusing overcharge for a legal advertisement. Marshal and McNagney prosecuted, Henry Colerick defended.
Antwerp Ohio residents are buzzing over a new oil well just miles from Fort Wayne. A rough test indicates output around 100 barrels per day, with expectations it could reach 125 barrels daily. The discovery alarms locals between Antwerp and Defiance about future prospects in the region.
A terrible DeKalb tragedy unfolds as Judge Bobo, intoxicated, orders his son Roland to perform a task, and in a drunken frenzy shoots him at home Friday evening, shocking the community and prompting a court investigation.
A circulating petition led by Charles A. Wilding calls for incorporating Lakeside as a village, backed by property owners. Some heavy owners favor annexation to the city for city privileges, while Lakeside has grown with new residences and improvements by the Land and Improvement company, and broad local support is noted.
Crowded Friday morning session chaired by Col Zollinger with O N Heaton as secretary. Ellison outlined opposition and apathy in legislature as committees were appointed to contact township trustees secure property owner signatures and pursue Indianapolis trip for bill passage.
Mr and Mrs Henry Spitler celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a surprise gathering at their country home near Cedarville. Seventy six year old Mr Spitler and his wife at seventy watched guests present many gifts including two pairs of gold rimmed spectacles. The reception featured a bounteous supper and well wishes for future anniversaries.
The undertakers report deaths for the week ending Saturday February 28. Listed are Carl Zickraff one day cause exhaustion Gustav Lauer one day exhaustion Louis Bernius 40 typhoid fever Lilian Tegtmeyer 15 months bronchitis child of Henry Bucker stillborn Willard Vaughn 65 diseases Harry Hatfield 8 months e plasm Mary O Tiedmans 72 old age Bartholomew O'Leary 73 general debility Josephine Saylor 16 months spinal meningitis Susan Williams 83 bronchitis Patrick Reath 80 old age. Also birth notices from Amos Yoder A L Shele Harry Moritz Breidmeir A J Deering Henry Hoff man and Harvey Sutton.
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