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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1880
Page
5
Local columns list lectures, church calls, marriages, divorces, weddings and social visits. Notable items include Janauschek and other entertainers, church announcements, a post office for Vivalia, a big wedding in Greencastle, and a fatal Coatesville accident.
Father Adam Fussler died at his son William Fussler's residence Thursday after a long illness. The funeral was held the next day with services conducted by Rev. W. H. Grim. He was one of Greencastle's old residents.
Readers learn that Tar Star does not endorse correspondent opinions. Items include visiting relatives Ella King and Laura Barbour, temperance meeting remarks by Dr Mansfield on alcohol effects, plays by Lex Donnahue, and social notes on residents such as Eva Prather and Rosa Sidons. A smoke house fire near Forest Hill Cemetery and a dogwood log mix up are also mentioned.
Madison Township reports oats nearly all sown and preparations for corn. Measles spread across families while residents collect scrap iron and old stoves for carpet rags. A death, Otis Bruner, aged 7, prompts prayers and hopeful lines. notices praise local educators, farms, and church events amid a busy communal ledger.
Farmers in the area show renewed energy preparing for the corn crop and expect exportable pork and wheat levels similar to last year. H T Wright recovers from lung fever on April 1. The death of Charlie McVay, age 2, is noted with consolation. Closing exercises of district No 6 school led by J L Bolton were attended and praised.
The report notes a noon dinner for over a hundred attendees at the school with visits by Miss Sallie Welch and others. Pupils performed declamations and dialogues led by Dick Smith and Ilona McVay while Bolton and Wilson provided music. The teacher’s closing remarks praised the district and recommended Mr Bolton. a fire call caused no damage and a letter from B. L. Summers reports Kansas looks promising.
Groveland reports pleasant winter weather and a Democratic landslide in April with few GOP losses. Local items include Nance and Underwood selling buggies, visits by C P Hubbard and wife from Bainbridge, a tub incident causing an eggs fall, thanks for a district No. 6 school closing repast, meetings by Revs Flood and Moses at the Methodist Church, Berkshire hog stock tied to I N Barker and T S Cooper imports, and a death notice for two year old Charles Sherman McVay with funeral at Clear Creek Church and burial in Clear Creek Cemetery.
Fern Station reports a week of pleasant weather aiding oats sowing and corn plowing while farmers prepare gardens. Otis Bruner dies of fever after eight days, leaving a grieving family. Measles and the Weasels afflict many households. Henry Helton, a county Treasurer candidate, is praised as a good citizen and neighbor.
Public records list multiple land trades and sales. Margaret Smith transfers to John J Miller in Franklin township for 450 dollars. Sheriff P C transfers to John H Miller in Franklin township for 1850 dollars. Daggy comr transfers Daggy's Enl Greencastle for 340 dollars. Allen Darnall et al to Samuel J Stone Cooper’s Isteal Bainbridge for 2000 dollars. Albert G Smith to Daniel Zaring Washington territory for 1100 dollars. Nathan Hammond trustee to 2 P Hammond 157 acres Greencastle township for 10000 dollars. Enoch L Foxworthy to H A Ellsberry Corwin’s field Bainbridge for 600 dollars. Emily P Boswell to Michael W Spaulding two acres Madison for 1660 dollars. Mary Ferguson to S E Strapes pt lot 74 Eastern ea Greencastle for 50 dollars. Talbott to Strapes pt lot 74 Eastern Enl Greencastle for 375. James K Talbott to S E Strapes pt lot 7A Eastern Enl Greencastle for 150. James Sallust to Wm Cox 45 acres Jefferson township for 600. Lewis L Rogers to Indiana Asbury University trustees lots 2 and 3 J A Crawley’s and jets Land 2 Allen’s addition Green Castle for 1060. Daniel Sutton to L D Louderback 18 acres Washington township for 1. Melvin Todd to Lloyd Campbell Marion township for 18 dollars.
The column announces the season opener and a Mammoth Troupe promising unprecedented novelty in equestrian gymnastics and athletic displays. It highlights bareback riders from top performers, notes absence of Pact riders, and teases star names among the troupe while inviting readers to remember the date. The ad also promotes Trade Emporium’s spring stock with low prices on fringes and silks and a clothing discount offer.
The Jeffersonville News notes Miss Margarette Merriman will perform piano with remarkable speed and control despite six years of blindness. The sisters studied at Theodore Thomas College of Music Cincinnati with vocal teacher Signor Alfesi and instrumental coach Prof. Orman Doerner. A performance is scheduled at University Chapel next Thursday evening.
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