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Newspaper

Greencastle Star

Location

Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Feb 26, 1881

Page

3

Asbury Notes on College Athletics and Graduates

Senior class awards list Cantwell Sato Tea Longden A C Whitaker Kawamura with Sato praised. Birthday celebration at Armory features two mile go as you please, wrestling, ladies walking, dumbbell lifts, sprints, sack race, wheelbarrow, tug of war, and class championships won by Seniors. Neff delivers War and the Warrior oration. Evening program includes Platonean and biological society contests.

Cantwell Sato Tea Longden A. C Whitaker Kawamura DeWitt Hace LaFayette College Chapel Charley Mickes Terre Haute Cumback Greensburg Ridpath Joe Crews Ed. Spinks Susie Kelley Susie Cincinnati Rosa Redding Kappa Alpha Theta Wooster Lam Lod McNutt Washington Mickels Merritt Payne Scott Cook Rariden Hill Mercer Cone Shakespeare lIst Maggie Brenton Mr. Asbury Scarritt Mr. Scarritt Mr. Mickels Litus Sweezy J. R. Ariiston Neff Tater Silvas Academi Quirere Verum Laurens Super Montem Scientia Carpe

Local notes on sickness, sales, and visits in Putnam County

Local items report convalescence and illnesses among residents like J. M. Owens and E. D. Anderson. Mentions include visits by Gay Benton Walker from Anderson and Lida Detrick of Indianapolis. Also notes sales of Rowdy Boy the pacer for 10000 dollars and a Guardian appointment for J. B. Hutcheson’s heirs.

Say Dr. Ry Indianapolis Gay Benton Walker Anderson

College Literary Society program at Asbury University event

The February 22 meeting featured music, essays, and debates by students including A C Congdon and Albert Burnsides. The audience praised Scarritt's declamation and the Hood Collins debate amid disorder. Lizzie Gallagher, imprisoned for manslaughter in Arizona, was pardoned for youth and good conduct after a pending marriage arrangement.

Mr. Scarritt Messrs. Hood Collins Lizzie Gallagher Arizona Territorial Yuma

Hoax marriage notice hints at Greek fraternity feud

Monday night last a mock marriage notice for Mr. Percy Stabler and Miss Emma Blake circulated via College Avenue Church leaves neighbors shocked. The outbreak is blamed on a Greek fraternity rivaling Stabler’s, with invitations printed by Wm. Burford of Indianapolis.

Percy Stabler Emma Blake College Avenue Church Stabler Wm. Burford Indianapolis

A B Dockstader Dies by Own Hand in Galveston

A B Dockstader of Fonda New York died this morning from laudanum self administration. A valise contained caveats and a patent for a palace car. His papers mention railroad signal lights car couplings and an endless rail with letters from Capt. Eads Col. Tom Scott and other railroad officials. He left no money.

A. B. Dockstader Fonda N. Y Eads Tom Scott Texas and Pacific

Distressing death case in Minneapolis linked to delayed letters

Mrs. George Hollister died in Minneapolis after informing her husband in Washington Territory and writing letters he did not answer. Her suspicions of abandonment were confirmed when his letters arrived the day after her death. The report weaves multiple crime and trial anecdotes across several states.

Minneapolis Tribune George Hollister Minneapolis Washington Territory Ettinger Erb Meyer Snyder Henry Stull St.Louis Meli Ma Terior Stull Ernest Graham Balle Roper Clement Ill St. Louis Lewis Lindsay Suta Miss Roper Graham Lindsay

Remarkable Life Claim by Coldwater Resident Allen Tibbits

Allen Tibbits of Coldwater Michigan aged seventy seven recounts a life of caution and virtue. He says he never swore an oath smoked or drank, never had an accident in travel, never lost a game, never struck a person, and can quote much of the Bible. He notes gifting much real estate locally and preaching fifteen years with a single salary of tea.

Reo Allen Tibbits Coldwater

Land Transfers in Cloverdale and Surrounding Townships

A series of property transacts across Cloverdale, Washington and Clinton townships including Sheriff of Posey County selling 117 acres for 2363 dollars and multiple deeds to individuals such as Reuben Michael Theodore M Layne W R Etcheson James Johnson Eben Loyd and others for varied sums. Notable parcels include 80 acres in Cloverdale and 41 acres in Clinton with prices ranging from 1 to 368 dollars.

P. C The Life Insurance Company Cloverdale Reuben Michael Theodore M. Layne H. H. Hillis Washington W.R. Etcheson Alva Darnal Floyd Wm. P. Fishback N. W. Mutual Life Insurance Company DL. B. Green James Johnson R. M. Johnson Joseph Loyd Eben Loyd Clinton Isaac Gilmore W.G. Pollard Cloverdale Tp John C. Byers Jesse M. Wilson Pech’s Greencastle J. M. Bence Lewis Mercer E. DeVore James W. Bridges Fillmore B.F. Gardner J. H. Wilson Joe Brubaker Eliza Shuon Madison J. A. Allison Milroy Gordon O. P. Bainbridge C. A. Howell Wm. M. Hoover South Russellville Robert Smith G. Peck

Livestock Prices and a Chicago Jury Verdict

Hogs receipts and cattle supplies dominate the market notes from Caliaca and Indianapolis with steady to firm prices for hogs and mixed grades for cattle. A Chicago lawsuit yields a $4000 verdict but is overturned after a juror’s offhand inquiry leads to a judge’s reprimand and a set-aside.

Caliaca Asirep Brock Yarps Isptanapolis The Cravens’ Journal Chicago

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