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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1881
Page
8
Train time table and service notes from Cape Up area show eastward and westward departures with times listed for morning and evening runs. Agent Harrison and railway lines in Haute Is provide express and through freight details for a regional network with daily schedules.
Local items report many residents ill visiting relatives and returning from the Springs. Excursion to Michigan City planned for next Thursday fare 1.25. Fires from locomotive sparks cause damage. farm and pasture losses noted. Community events include camp meetings and a county fair address by Prof. Rippetoe.
A spark from a threshing engine set a wheat stack afire on Mr. Ferrand’s farm in Marion township destroying over a hundred bushels. John Allen was seriously injured when a well caved in at State Line. his mother Naomi Allen brought him to the city and recovery is doubtful. An obituary notes the daughter of E and Julia Baily born in Washington on August 6, 1881, at 10 months old.
Four licenses to marry were issued by the county clerk including Riley D. Smalley and Fannie Barnes, Olin A. McFarland and Mary B. Fetcher. The scripture verse quoted reflects the social tone of the announcement.
Councilman Blake receives a letter from Charles Roberts of Evansville proposing water works for the city. He claims a 2 percent tax could raise 20000 funds with citizens buying 10000 stock and Holly Water Works Company taking the rest. A second plan suggests the city taking 25000 stock with Holly holding the remainder, both including a future buyout option at equitable terms.
Elisha Q. Beatty of Cory, Clay County, is jailed in Greencastle after killing his father in law Joseph Dunham, age 76, during a dispute following arbitration over a wheat settlement. Dunham died from two chest wounds as Beatty fled the scene, later arrested and paroled through Sheriff Brandon’s protection amid lynching threats.
Catalogs advertise sewing machines and domestic and imported wares from Mrs Miles and other sellers at J F Hills headquarters. New land plaster from Grand Rapids and a footwear display at Burnett's along with a Sure Cure for catarrh and Nervous Headache offered by landale and Co. Also a life insurance pitch by Williamson Degey and Greencastle Ind.
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