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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1881
Page
4
Forecasts for April 1581 predict frost and snow early, with a May-like overall month and regional floods in Chicago. A new salary bill for county officers ties pay to population-based fees, limits extra pay, and removes loaning school funds allowance for auditors.
The piece surveys rising immigrant flows to Kansas and Germany, notes shifts from gas to electric lighting in London and ships, and recounts a dramatic tale of a lone canny rescuer halting a dangerous attacker. It also covers a Chinaman’s legal victory over railroad theft and a local carpet update.
Esther Manson, living with her brother Philip in an old square house, confronts a stranger buyer of the nearby Wellfleet estate who asks her for help arranging his furniture and hints at a possible romance that could upend their quiet, solitary life.
Esther and Miss Preston marry in New York after falling in love with Mr. Bigelow and Philip Manson. A comically fateful coincidence ties their nuptials to matching day weddings on the same street, exposing hidden feelings and ending in happy, unregretted marriages.
A Branch County man in Custer City seeks mail for Zachariah Burch. A Missouri man challenges the claim. a ten minute property struggle ends with Burch predicting no letter has arrived and both men leaving to cool off.
Manchester Guerdean reports that five men condemned to flogging in Constantinople under Persian authority endured a brutal twenty minute punishment. The device resembled a cat o nine tails with iron tipped leather, causing severe lacerations and loss of consciousness.
The session reviews a wide menu of measures across houses. Key actions include codifying common schools laws, adjusting state salaries, and debating prohibition and constitutional amendments. Legislative work spans General Appropriation, officers, probate, watercraft liens, and new judicial circuits with several bills failing for lack of constitutional majorities.
Fayette County clerk Pema and his sureties quarrel over a deposition and a recent transfer to the insane asylum. The Attorney General says the State Auditor lacks power to distribute the three per cent fund without a legislative or judicial order, the fund having been absorbed by the general fund in 1574. Grain quotes from Indianapolis and Cincinnati show prices for wheat corn oats rye and barley. A Montreal correspondent reports a school in which a teacher teaches disloyalty by praising the United States and its institutions as Canada and British realms face criticism.
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