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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1877
Page
3
The Lan Alert reports a Probate Court session starting Tuesday to hear criminal cases. Local notices include new goods at Willshire by G. H. Keopple and updates on teachers, decorations for soldier graves, and a proposed Bar Association.
A popular drama was presented last night to a fair audience to raise funds for the Infantry Military Company. It will be repeated this evening and tomorrow evening. The show aims to draw good patronage with admission at 25 cents and 10 cents for children.
The Plymouth mystery advances with identification of the parents Lydia Harp and John Fluckey from near Van Wert Ohio. Harp gave birth near Lakeville with late visits from Fluckey while claiming grass widow status. Local residents urged public condemnation for the alleged inhuman act. Jewelry ad note appears from A P McConahay.
A newborn female child was found in the Brunt House privy vault near the Depot and died Monday night. A woman, about thirty, who arrived by train from the south and left west at dawn, is suspected of throwing the infant into the vault. Her hotel room shows signs the child may have been born there. Authorities pursued leads, including a Delphos train stop, with further news pending.
We announce the largest stock of millinery items in the city including hats bonnets flowers and ribbons. Ladies are invited to call inspect styles and prices at A. L. Teubner and Co.
A busy issue lists events including a temperance gathering at a Presbyterian church and a Sherman’s March to the Sea show at the Opera-house this evening. It also notes crop prospects, merchant fraud, a brush fire alarm, and various local happenings from rail grading plans to a bear sighting in Perrysburg.
Co W. Cowan of Cincinnati visits on business. J W Feeley of Delphos drops in and trades horses with Sheriff Billman. C Mahan returns from the West. Mrs C Arnold visits Union County relatives. Gardner of Ada visits daughter Mrs J W Clark. New York man known as the little man tours schools and praises them. Mrs M Robinson from Ashland visits daughter Mrs J V Stockton.
160 acre farm with 65 acres cleared and a fine orchard, offered at a price 31000 below its value by J M C Marble. See advertisement elsewhere.
Emerson and Marble of the First National Bank seek to purchase stock in the old Building Associations. The move aims to consolidate holdings and stabilize investment in the sector.
Citizens are urged to join at 4 p m in the office of T S Gilli land to plan the Sol diers graves decoration on the 30th prox. The 100 or more young ladies who represented states at the 1876 Fourth of July celebration will assemble at the Opera House or another venue with notice to follow.
A. P. McCoNa Hay touts cheap jewelry as an easy money making scheme. He invites readers to visit his store to learn details and purchase a ten dollar package.
M A Reed announces ready service for bleaching and hat remodeling at reduced prices. Re-shaping and bleaching available at 40 and 50 cents in the vicinity.
Advertisements invite 50 000 ash butts for money at the Handle Factory and note dressmaking on short notice by Miss E Thompson in Bellefontaine Ohio at M A Reed's store. General A Jacobs promises bar gains and hats and caps cheap. J H McCullough touts fresh Evergreens for sale at the new court house in Van Wert.
An 1850s advertisement touts a first class Chilled Plow for 11 dollars by A. B. McCurdy & Son. The rest cites Rev. Henry Ward Beecher on a Indianapolis lecture tour with nostalgic memories of Indianapolis growth from 1849 to 1860 and early city life.
A Danbury lawyer recounts a Saturday visit from a shabby stranger who demanded a quarter. The visitor insists he helped nominate Hayes for president, is seized and kicked out, muttering that the supposed Republican was a liar.
A State Senate speech by Senator Davis asserts his election honors are acceptable because they come from differing political views, urging Democrats to take pride in their independence in voting for him. The column also notes various anecdotes, local events, and scientific curiosities of the era.
A fragment describes lilies blooming and perfuming in mud around a speaker, with error finding them as he spoke. The scene centers on white water-lilies in a floodplain, highlighting contrast between beauty and murky water.
A Union Pacific train tale recounts a young man chewing tobacco to stave off blues. He spits through the aisle, striking a fat gentleman’s hand. Laughter erupts as the man wipes his hand. the incident ends with an antidote purchase and a grim remark about self harm.
Capt Reis of the British ship Fleur de Lis reports a remarkable voyage from Ardrossan with a school of whales that shadowed the vessel from Staten Island eastward to Cape Horn and the Pacific. The whales accompanied the ship for thousands of miles and bade farewell with splashes as she reached port.
Correspondent notes improved business with new brick supply from Beam and rising home repairs. Postmaster Wilson and Miss Carrie Owens move between town roles while Rev Rowand and Professor Anderson address audiences. Plans for a grist mill advance as tile factory interest grows and church circuit meetings set for April 28 and 29 with strong membership.
A brass eagle from the tip of a United States flagstaff was found near Chickamauga, tied to a colors of a Twenty first Army Corps infantry regiment likely from Ohio. Seven skulls were located nearby, indicating heavy losses for the color guard during the stubborn Sunday fighting as the Federal army under General Thomas massed.
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