22 Nov 1871
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1871
Page
1
A poetic reflection laments fading seasons and asks why time passes so swiftly. It expresses gratitude to a noble woman and an earthly angel, blessing a dear friend with well wishes, as the speaker signs memory of S. T. Frax.
The article outlines Oregon's geography from latitude 42 to the coast, noting 96 250 square tiles and 61 600 000 acres, with forests, rivers, and three main valleys Willamette Rogue and Umpqua. It compares population to New York and Pennsylvania, describes climate, topography, and timber, and highlights wheat as a staple with high flour quality and strong market demand. It emphasizes Eastern and Western divisions, Black Mountains, Blue Mountains, and arable lands sufficient for a million people.
The article reviews Oregon farming, noting Portland firms shipping wheat to Liverpool and high wheat prices in spring 1869. It describes oats y ie lds, flax trials, and fruit success in Willamette and Range River valleys, with apples pears and berries thriving and droughts unlikely. It contrasts Western wet and Eastern dry climates, detailing seasonal patterns, temperatures, snow, and grazing viability across Oregon’s regions.
The Circuit Court began the trial of Henry Barkdall a 65 year old German charged with murdering his wife near Collamara City in May. The case features prominent Northern Indiana attorneys and ten more witnesses including physicians who performed the post mortem. Barkdall shows little concern as proceedings continue with unprovoked murder alleged.
A portrait of Miss Fanny Carter, famed as the Hab’s belle, blends beauty and song. She married Lt Lorillard, toured Europe, dazzled at the Tuileries, then wed Mr Ronalds, lived abroad, and died recently at the Isle of Wight after a brilliant, checkered life marked by fame and tragedy.
The Bay of Panama archipelago holds pearl oysters yielding large pearls though inferior to India. Negro divers risk deep waters under overseers, delivering pearls daily with booty split. Monstrous fish and mantas threaten divers. A Fort Wayne roundup lauds the city as a rising West commercial hub with palatial homes, clean streets, and orderly business life, citing the Plymouth Republican.
The famed danseuse Fanny Elsler attracted several suitors including Louis Napoleon Bona Parte who proposed in London. She had a secret prior marriage, avoiding an exile as ex Empress of France. A sister, Fanny Bissier, is noted as the morganatic wife of Prince Albert of Prussia.
The New York Times presents a vivid sketch of chiropodists in the city where rooms resemble boudoirs and patients, from a nervous child to a bowing woman, witness swift relief. Doctors flaunt trophies of coins, nails, bunions, and tumors. one office displays over twenty thousand specimens.
A Kentucky man, James Jeffries of Russell County near Jamestown, recounts a remarkable family lineage. He married young, had nineteen children with seven twin pairs born in a fifteen year span, and his relatives tally thirty seven twin pairs among eleven brothers. Five of his children are married and he is grandfather to five grandchildren.
Kalamazoo paper notes a three division reorganization once iron reaches Clam Lake. First division ends at Fort Wayne, second runs Kalamazoo to Big Rapids with new car shops, third covers Big Rapids to Clam Lake and beyond. A large engine house, depot, offices, and grounds will attract many employees to Kalamazoo around December 15. Also mentions Lewis Bonard will to fund New York dunb animal relief. notes his Pythagorean beliefs and view of afterlife as wandering through animals.
A Chicago actor claims J Wilkes Booth, Abraham Lincoln's killer, passed through Fort Wayne on a 2.25 Eastern bound train. The report questions Booth's alive status amid conflicting stories, noting Booth’s claimed identity, appearance, and a vow to bring him to justice. The piece reflects on public reactions to the Chicago fire and related moral reflections.
A Polish Countess in Paris wears a unique brooch made from four pins bent into a star. Her husband, jailed in a dark dungeon for years as a suspected enemy, found purpose by searching for those pins. The pins saved his sanity and she valued them as a lifeline.
A Girard, Pennsylvania paper condemns some divines for interpreting Chicago's catastrophe as divine punishment. It argues they misread providence, comparing their harsh judgments to opium visions and warning against using disaster to claim moral superiority or vindicate a predestined wrath.
A man named Stewart Holler, living six miles west of Lafayette, was shot at the Mathews residence around 7 p.m. He died early next morning after declaring the shot was fired by William Mathews. Mrs Mathews admits firing the fatal shot, claiming Mathews was absent. An inquest was ordered by W R Ellis Esq. The case stirs the neighborhood as Sheriff seeks warrants for both Mrs Mathews and her son.
An Indianapolis Sentinel correspondent describes a disturbing scene at Indiana Northern Prison where an 11 year old boy, handcuffed for petit larceny, is brought in by a stout man. Officials react with revulsion as the boy stands sobbing while the warden orders his removal and the door closes on him.
A New York socialite aims to electrify Prince Alexis ball with a 25 jets headdress hidden by fur, costing 10 for dress and 150 for false hair. The idea comes from Boston socialite Miss Fanny Carter, famed in Parisian society and linked to the Lorillard and Conkling circles, now noted after her death at the Isle of Wight.
A morning talk with a former newspaper editor reveals a tale of withdrawal from the trade. In a parking lot near a car, a large object and a hickory sapling are discussed as odd props. A joking remark about an eminent citizen being mocked leads to a reported diagram drawn on the editor’s head before quitting in disgust.
Judge Buns of the Ninth Justicial District issues an opinion at the September term in Owen county. Key points: the clause requiring clerk and sheriff to pay to the county treasurer the fees taxed is unconstitutional under Sac. 12 Art. 1. The portion fixing what fees may be taxed is valid and officers may retain fees as provided by law. The Fee Law of 1855 is identified as the Fee Law, while the 1871 provision fixing salaries is invalid for creating unequal salaries and violating constitutional limits on local or special laws concerning fees and salaries.
In Chicago on November 16 a gathering of policy holders convened at Standard hall with J. N. Arnold presiding. Speakers outlined resolve to resist frauds and impositions alleged against some suspended insurers, pledging steadfast action.
Madame Lake's Circus and Menagerie was sold at auction in Cincinnati yesterday. Eight and a half miles of Dayton short line Rail between Low Station and Teuton Forty-Five have been graded and will be ready for iron in two weeks. The remainder will be completed by February first.
A Kalamazoo grocer kept two aged chickens at his back door hoping thieves would grab them. At around eleven, night officer Skene discovered them still hanging and, fearing theft, took charge of the fowls. The grocer’s remarks to the officer are not suitable for print.
The governor is accused of using public funds to pay $5000 for residence rent, but records show only $600 paid, creating a $4400 discrepancy. Zion is praised as Old Honesty in the article as a symbol of integrity.
A garbled Chicago insurance entry reports totals of losses and numbers of insurers, with stray doggerel and a misfit self description. The readable lines reference Geneel 120 and 248 insurers, plus a dubious half column of verse from a self-proclaimed writer aged 27.
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