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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1899
Page
8
Rushville records a deep freeze with 22 below zero readings and Indianapolis weather service reports 9 below. Sickness rises in Rushville while deaths increase. roads are muddy and freight delays noted as residents cope with harsh winter conditions.
A fragmented ad shows various opening sale prices including 60 cents 5.00 and 15.00 with figures like Bree 1.50 2.50 3.00 4.50 and 6.00. Mr H D Minces listed as manager.
A wave of illness affects the neighborhood. Callie Conaway of Cicero visits relatives this week. T B Gary and wife of Henderson spend Sunday with mother Mrs Mary E Clark. Ed Betherfard sold his farm to Mr Pavone of Arlington who takes possession on March first. Mr Retherford bought Henry Brown's farm near Arlington.
Richard Harter sick with appendicitis. Dr Hunt attends. N W Crider worse and not yet able to run Hardy's Fork school. Miss Olivé White teaches. Forrest Binford returns from Richmond and Dublin. Walter Young at Indianapolis Business College home sick then returns to work. Al Jessup moves to William Dudding farm. Rufus Powers sick from Greenfield High. Township institute held at High School. Noble Grider absent. Hawthorne quote at roll. Sick list includes Lindamood Butler Hunt Mrs Binford B H Binford. M A Catt visits daily. social store gatherings noted. Lecture at next Saturday by Prof Rettger. admission 15 cents. Miss Orpha Holding quits Westland music teaching.
Dr. Redding spoke to the Physiology Class in the high school Tuesday. Cold weather Wednesday reduced attendance. Elder J. C. Hall will lead chapel next Wednesday morning. A second musical entertainment is set for Monday evening February 27 with proceeds to aid the school's piano payment.
In the house a bill by Mr Glossbrenner Rep and Senator Winfield Dem proposes shifting authority from the governor to appoint police commissioners in state cities. The measure seeks to redefine metro policing and distribute powers to local officials.
Indianapolis Feb 8 The township reform bill clears second reading and is engrossed after minor amendments. Antilynching measures gain House passage with $500 reward for assisting lynching cases and a jailhouse execution proposal. Senate advances library system and charity and anti-pollution provisions while addressing municipal and agricultural concerns.
Cincinnati Enterprise Clothing Co opens a large sale tomorrow in Rushville Indiana. Harry D Minces arrives to arrange the event offering five thousand dollars worth of men boys clothing and ladies shoes from the late Union Clothing Co plus new stock at low prices to raise cash. Attendees can expect three dollars worth free with purchase.
The elections committee favorably reports on Rep Grossbrenner's primary election bill and on Rep Rifenburg's measure requiring sworn campaign expense statements within 30 days after elections. The divorce reform bill to bar a guilty party from remarriage for 10 years is favorably reported, and Mr James's lynching reward bill passes to third reading.
The Enterprise Clothing Co of Cincinnati opens Saturday February 11 in the Martin Block on Second Street opposite Windsor Hotel Rushville Indiana. It offers a complete line of Men s and Boys Clothing and Ladies and Misses Shoes at less than wholesale costs. The ad notes strong interest and bargain prices for the New Year with details in another column.
William P. Henley et al. trustees sue Hezekiah Clark and others in Rush Circuit Court No 7962 for quiet title. Attorneys Smith Cambern & Smith file complaint and affidavit noting nonresidents Mary Dryden Thomas Dryden Mary E Dryden Lindley D Clark Lucy Winston Lindley W Winston. Trial set for March 2, 1899. defendants warned to answer or demur. Clerk Thomas M. Green files the notice in Rushville January 21, 1894.
Nathaniel Koons and wife transfer 80 acres in Ripley to Rebecca Healey for 5000 dollars. John M. Clark and wife transfer land to Samuel B. Hill Owen S. Healey and David Hare trustees for Carthage Monthly Meeting 60 rods in Ripley for 60 dollars. Eugene W. Hutchens to A W Newsom Lot 20 Rose Hill Carthage 100 dollars. William Zion et al to Mary S Siler 25 acres Center 1125 dollars. Wim Fr Sharer and wife to Dora Ridont 52.100 acres Rushville and lots 28 29 30 and parts 31 Stackhouse Park 600 dollars. Thomas B Nelson and wife to William C Nelson 80 acres Posey 1000 dollars. Thomas B Nelson and wife to Charles W Nelson 80 acres Posey 31000 dollars.
Indiana Senate spent the day on second reading of the township reform bill wrangling over minor changes. Two key amendments passed: any qualified voter may join the advisory board, and the board elects its secretary. Also, Powers Bill on appeals from justices of the peace to circuit court was ordered engrossed, limiting appeals on amounts $50 or less. A petition to Congress seeks revenue stamp changes for telegraph and express receipts.
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