11 Mar 1874
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1874
Page
1
An aging narrator recalls a vanished romance with Leanore, hearing her laughter and seeing her face as memories drift from youth to old age. The poem frames sorrowful nostalgia and the lure of a past love that cannot return.
A car loaded with live cattle plunged from a track on a bridge over the Genesee River above the falls. While wreckers freed some, most animals were swept over the falls or killed. One bull fought the current, yet miraculously swam shoreward as crowds cheered. Two others fell. one perished, the other disappeared amid rocks and water.
The article recounts Beecher narrating childhood blushes and social embarrassment. It notes how blushing started from memory, fear, and praise, with early school and family anecdotes. Cure came through firm resolve, deliberate practice, and facing society until composure returned. Purdue University opens with twenty-one initial entrants.
The note states that natural philosophy chemistry algebra physical geography and higher arithmetic are taught but women will not be admitted this term. Efforts will be made to admit them in the fall term, a decision greeted with disappointment by several young aspirants from the city and the west.
The Graphic details a daring Newcastle Delaware jail escape by Frances Carter James Watson James Brady and J W Frazier. They used a female confederate to contact prisoners and a steam tug to flee with the guards overpowered. Frank Big Frank was captured in Philadelphia leading to a remarkable arrest.
A letter to the Philadelphia Press extols Senator Morton of Indiana as a forceful speaker with a magnetic presence noted for depth seen by women. Senator Mitchell of Oregon is praised for beauty and elegance with vivid descriptions of appearance and demeanor. The piece uses playful literary allusion and contrasts male politicos’ public images with private temptations. A separate local note reports masked men firing on a Veedersburg to Attica train near Big Shawnee, with shots fired at the engineer and conductor Lou Dickson returning fire. one handkerchief shows blood.
A Henryville correspondent reports Barney Rosenthal and Fh B Guernsey have leased 60 acres from Thos Montgomery and plan building furnaces to roast ore before shipping. One lode measures 14 feet thick and is of better quality than nearby ore.
A brisk sketch recounts the lifelong bond of Chang and Eng, Siamese twins, detailing their inseparable life, shared home, and mutual care. It notes their love triangle with a single woman, Eng’s devotion, Chang’s temperance zeal, and the brothers’ intertwined fates, ending with ages 51 and 43.
Long statement from Hon W S Groesbeck recounts 1871 Burnet Woods park offer by Robert Burnet and Mrs Groesbeck, lease approval in 1872, and a $12 500 commission paid for the disposal of the property. He asserts no city wrong, offers to return rents, and defends motives, noting a donation plan and desire to correct any misstep.
Personal descriptions and reminiscences of the new Prime Minister of England sketch a tall, dapper Disraeli in youth and middle age. The piece notes his ironical smile, dancing gait, and famed fashion from a velvet coat to ivory cane, with women predicting a future greatness amid mixed male opinion.
The Far West notes cucumber eating in San Rafael and almond blooms in Ventura. San Francisco houses 15 Masonic Lodges with 2125 members. Oregon shipped 42 wheat vessels this period, while Montana reports an epi zootic resurgence and some stage lines halt services. Oregon Packing Co plans 40 000 salmon cases at Clifton. Eastern Oregon reports 12 000 residents and 6 000 000 in property with 32 250 state tax. Baker City donates 50 000 to Blue Mountain University. LaGrande funds near 10 000 for scholarships. Alum incrustations found near Sandia Plana Amador. Spring Valley Mining Co clears three bars valued at 73 000 from Cherokee Flat. Wheat sowing continues near Lewiston Idaho. Centreville Washington Territory farmers plow. Grangers plan a beet sugar mill at Dayton. T M Wait authorized to buy machinery in San Francisco. Utah Legislature has five members without more than one wife. three of the five are Mormons by profession.
A roundup of public figures and issues including Gov Dingley Maine enforcing prohibition, Parson Brownlow Civil Rights stance, and J A Van Pelt as a cautionary temperance figure. It notes embezzlement cases, a New York asylum doctor on drunkenness, and reforms tied to liquor laws alongside civic topics from Colfax to Grant Butler rivalries.
Canon Charles Kingsley argued in New York that Norse explorers reached America over eight centuries ago, suggesting a possible Scandinavian settlement in Mexico. He cited Harold Hardrada, Rolf the Ganger, and Normandy's conquest to illustrate civilization's path, then shifted to American finance by praising gold and greenbacks over inflation. C. B.
A Philadelphia Press report on E F Loisseau at the Franklin Institute describes a method to convert mine waste dust into a usable artificial fuel. He claims he can produce a superior coal substitute from anthracite waste at very low cost, addressing a massive accumulation and mining-region nuisance.
A Philadelphia Ledger letter argues the public misreads currency inflation because money is quoted above par as gold, not as the real value of notes. It urges naming the dollar's true value at eighty eight cents, linking wartime concealment of depreciation to current policy and calling bankers to explain real value.
In a House speech Mr. Dawes criticizes the Treasury Department for an expanded staff of about 2800 with only 400 officers by statute. He notes annual patches to clerical needs, cites the second auditor’s growth from 15 to hundreds, and urges systematic reorganization rather than incremental additions. He links rising costs to the war era and laments lost days of simplicity.
Indianapolis Journal items report temporary stoppage at Knightsville rolling mill and diverse Indiana news. Delphi speaker Wm Baxter drew crowds. Richmond census 11 022. Keokuk butcher offers chrome with meat. James Day, pioneer of Jackson county, dies. County tax comparisons, church revivals, sewer contracts, newspaper roars, and a bridge petition lead a sweep of local happenings.
M D Conway writes to the Cincinnati Commercial that Lancashire is a hot bed of Republicanism and the English masses will need a long education before they accept a republic. He notes the decline of the English Republican movement, Bradlaugh’s low poll, and that elections show no real shift toward conservatism. Readers acknowledge American crises influence views on monarchy versus republic and some remain republican but cautious about immediate change.
A reader derides Canon Kingsley as the worst speaker heard in public lecturing, criticizing his North of England brogue and clerical whine. The account notes other platform figures like Bishop Potter and Cyrus W. Field, and praises Wendell Phillips as a leading English orator while deeming Kingsley uneloquent yet the lecture substance adequate.
Captain Draker of the City of New York sailed twelve miles from Havana then returned to port to surrender three stowaways learned on board. The men claimed Cuba libre sympathy and refused to be drafted, offering to repay their passage on arrival in New York. A 50 percent dividend will be paid to depositors by the Reserve Bank next Monday. The Ashantee War reports note Coomasie captured, Barat fled, and peace talks with a possible envoy arriving to 13th. Bank statement shows weekly increases in specie, deposits, and reserve, with decreases in legal tenders.
In New York on March 7 the crusade against liquor dealers moved from private prayer to a mass meeting. Dio Lewis seeks to be placed where he can be most effective. Women in Brooklyn and the city endorsed daily and weekly temperance prayers, pledges, and landlord pressure. Six-woman boards will visit selected saloons to persuade dealers to quit the traffic, with a mass meeting set for Dr Talmage's Tabernacle.
Special to the Sentinel from Hillsdale March 7 reports a blaze at Hillsdale College yesterday morning believed caused by a large fire in a freshly painted room used to dry it. The cabinet and its decades of specimens were destroyed, with losses estimated at $100,000 and insurance of $50,000.
In Loxpox on March 7, several prominent persons face prosecution for conspiring with Orton to gain possession of the Tichborne estate. In Sheffield a foundry blast destroyed the building and severely mutilated twelve workers.
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