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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1881
Page
6
Mild weather and community happenings fill the week with sickness notes for Frank Sherry and Nellie Robinson. Residents move to Madison, business travels planned to Illinois, and local figures like Judge Coffey appear. Public health concerns include whooping cough and measles as baseball season nears.
Last Sunday night the South Greencastle fire alarm rang for a blaze at the Floyd House near the Vandalia depot. The fire started from a defective flue and consumed the entire second story before being quenched. Estimated loss is $2000 with no insurance.
The Limedale No 1 Primary Department report covers Sept 6 1880 to March 25 1881 with 40 pupils and 93 percent attendance. Prizes awarded for head marks by Mell Walls Ollie Hillis Jennie Robinson Frank Hillis and others. Notable notes include twin brothers born same day married to twin sisters died recently in Gaston NC. A Pittsburgh girl the widower’s sister in law faced a perilous choice involving her niece. Also a sales pitch for Ayer Cherry Pectoral.
A Burlington clergyman on a westbound train refused to engage a noisy intruder. The man grabbed the minister’s ear and was met with a swift side of force from five ministers’ fingers, ending with the bully retreating to the car end as decorum returned for the rest of the trip. A second item reports a Nevadan prospector discovering a borax rich bed at Teel's Marsh, leading to a new, profitable borax operation with recurring deposits.
Early efforts show growth from one agent in 1867 to 487 engaged in 1877 with 91 stations and 511 out stations. Churches number 12 with 13,086 members. 115 Sunday schools (3,000 scholars). 68 boarding schools (1,588 students). 256 day schools (4,200 pupils). Missionary work includes 1,271 assistant preachers teachers colporteurs biblical workers, plus 16 hospitals and 124 dispensaries aiding 182,516 patients in 1876.
An Illinois mob whipped a man to extract a theft confession and, after he insisted on innocence, he confessed to any charge. They searched a claimed hiding place and found nothing, because the confession was false. The man was whipped again for lying.
The new Southern route to the Pacific via Atchison Topeka Santa Fe and Southern Pacific opens up mineral-rich lands in New Mexico and Arizona with through trains from Kansas City. Chicago Burlington & Quincy and Hannibal & St. Joseph run a daily through train Chicago to Kansas City, featuring Pullman sleepers and dining cars, rivaling Pacific trains and directing California travel. A separate card advertises a cure for youth ailments from Rev. Joseph Inman. Port grape wine is noted as highly esteemed for invalids and the aged.
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