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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1898
Page
4
A flood of Attica visitors and locals fill the week with circus sightings and social calls. Ed Mayer attends the LeRoy fair. Miss Vera McCabe improves from typhoid. Charley Bright and Sam Board circulate through Covington and Lafayette areas.
rs D V Spence attended the Crawfordsville fair yesterday. Mrs Wingert the milliner attended the fair at Crawfordsville on Thursday. Dr Myers and family went to Crawforsville yesterday to take in the fair. T M Kiua and family drove to the Danville fair yesterday morning. Mrs Henry Schulenberg was reported much better yesterday evening. Fred Harden returned from Kingman last Saturday night after work on the Star.
The Coyington schools will open on the 10th inst with Prof Hart in charge and an excellent corps of teachers. It is hoped patrons will send their children on opening day as attendance is expected to be higher than ever and the school board has prepared to accommodate all applicants.
Citizens are urged to attend Covington Day at the fair with business and city work paused to allow clerks and employees to participate. The event aims to showcase the Covington fair as a major community occasion and encourage strong local support.
After Governor Matthews death friends learned he left a robust estate valued at 345000 fire insurance. He was born December 14 1843 in Bath County Kentucky and was an only child. He claimed a life of sobriety moderate tobacco use and good health aside from early pneumonia and a flu episode.
A 14 year old, Willie Foster, son of Newe Foster near Attica, climbed a wind pump, lost balance, and fell fifty feet landing on his hip. He endured injuries but is expected to recover. Also, Isabella Vanmeter, pioneer resident of Lowan township, died at her sister’s home near Attica at 72, funeral at Salem Chapel and interment at Williams cemetery. Wedding notices list several couples obtaining licenses. Local court actions include several debts and divorce suits. An advertisement touts a cough medicine as best with no substitutes.
In Vermilion County two murders followed a week of quarrel between Aaron Nelson and James Scott. Nelson, a leader among local colored residents, shot Scott near Clinton after a dispute over a stolen wardrobe and a subsequent search warrant. Scott was killed as he walked home from the mines.
A critic accuses the city council of faulty Democratic economy noting a missing Sisul then contending contracts and emoluments favored relatives. He cites orders unpaid with funds in December and discounts on payables, arguing politics harmed fiscal discipline.
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