Dainty Laura Returns for New Program in Greencastle
The Greencastle crowd enjoyed Laura Dainty on Thursday morning and await her return Saturday night with a full new programme. Tickets at Langdon’s. reserve seats free.
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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1880
Page
5
The Greencastle crowd enjoyed Laura Dainty on Thursday morning and await her return Saturday night with a full new programme. Tickets at Langdon’s. reserve seats free.
W A Workman plans to build a dwelling south of town. Callender & Sons handle Saelok. Hamilton Dunnington and Effie McIlvain wed at the bride’s home. Jas Nightingale due back from Warham, Mass. in early April. Riley & Downs of Black Diamond Minstrels went to Indianapolis to buy acts. March 12 show set. Simeon Keith of Warham is employed in a nail factory. Callender and Tom Martin spoke at a temperance meeting, crowd rushed the stand and many signed the pledge. D P Downs resigns from Browning & Butler's. Mud described as terrible. Callender bought a horse. A gathering at Simp Matkins’ last Thursday was enjoyable. Business boom in South Greencastle not as strong as before. W wee.
Local column reports a string of small anecdotes from North Greencastle. Bud Fox visits the country while Miss Alice Williams and other youths host a Monday party. Trades, moving, new barns, serenades, and a planned Dr Emmet drama for Ireland relief appear alongside maple sugaring season and upcoming Temperance Union events.
On Tuesday eight o'clock Will N Hunicutt a Rockville business man wed Miss Lucy Crow daughter of Mr and Mrs Crow at Edgewood near Greencastle. Bishop Bowman of St. Louis performed a grand ceremony before guests from Green castle Crawfordsville Rockville Terre Haute Danville and Bainbridge. The couple left for the West on the midnight train amid well wishes. A list of presents followed including diamond earrings, furniture, silverware, vases, and various keepsakes from many friends and family.
Promptly at eight o clock p m Tuesday evening the 24th witnessed the marriage of Maggie Kleinbuch and Chas Houghland officiated by Elder O P Badger with about two hundred guests. The bride wore garnet silk, orange blossom headdress, others in white Swiss and cream bunting. music by Elliott’s band. grand supper from eight to eleven. guests presented many valuable gifts including a chamber set, bedstead, silver cake basket, inlaid stand, and various silver and glass items.
A long list details items associated with multiple households including Crawfordsville residents. Valued objects include vases, silverware sets, napkins, framed pictures, a carving set, clocks, and various china pieces, with owners such as M T Lew man and wife, Mrs J W Earp, Park Graham and wife, and Emma Kiefer among others.
A large company gathered at William Dale's residence in Boone County Iowa to witness the marriage of Miss Loduskey Dale, a former resident. The ceremony at nine o'clock was conducted by Rev. B. F. W. Cozier with Rev. Eccles assisting, followed by a grand reception and wedding presents on display in the west parlor.
The Putnam County Republican convention met at the Court House with large attendance. J F Darnall presided. Hays and Crow served as secretaries. A central committee was chosen from each precinct, led by J I Darnall as Chairman, with members from Jackson, Franklin, Russell, Clinton, Monroe, Floyd, Marion, Greencastle, Madison, Washington, Warren, Jefferson, Cloverdale, and Mill Creek townships. Resolutions praised the party, denounced Voorhees exodus, and asserted Republican gains in ending slavery and restoring national unity.
The convention denounces the burning and property destruction tied to laborers of color, calls for punishing the perpetrators, and demands fair juries free of partisan influence. Speakers included Williams of Perry Williams, Darnall, and Rae. Tom was placed on the retired list amid anticipated protests.
Malta reports a revival at Liberty Church led by Masten Hunter and Sam Campbell while Charly Knetzer shelves buckets for sugar water. Other items include Elder Greathouse to lecture on singing, Morris Goodwin and family visiting Indianapolis, and school closing around June 1.
At a council meeting a resolution demanded trustees report receipts in cash and securities for the year ending Oct 20 1879 and the cash securities and personal property on hand. Taxpayers urge councilmen to explain opposition while demanding transparency amid local governance concerns. Dr Pruden caused alarm at a prayer meeting in Benton Minnesota with a pistol and Bible, leading to confinement in an asylum.
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