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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1881
Page
4
Express freight flows through southern routes with jammed depots and rising delays. Officials warn of bottlenecks as freight volumes surge and freight crews scramble to reroute shipments.
The Star reports a time change on the Vandalia line and lists varied items from sickness cases, local travels, and social notes. It mentions Mr. Larkin Turner’s lung fever, a sick six year old daughter of Mr. George Ricketts, and typhoid fever cases near Stilesville. The piece notes steel rails contract for the Louisville New Albany and Chicago road and local log hauling. It also covers community happenings including spelling bees and New Year events in Indianapolis and Cincinnati.
The Saturday night event attracted many from rural suburbs. Competitors used frail boats on a symbolic sea and were judged by Webster's dictionary sea. First prize went to M. B. Rudisill for $10, second to Miss Jenette Walls for $7, third to Miss Minetta Taylor for $3. A small profit, several dollars, was donated to the temperance union with plans for another match discussed.
Mrs Mary Burcham dies of lung fever on Thursday. W W Gardner of Hamricks Station moves into Jones house this week. Mrs Susan Whitaker returns from Indianapolis after visiting her daughter. Wm Fellows of Missouri visits relatives here. New drug store reports good business. Spelling match Monday night draws Putnamville crowd. Polum Co plans a new saw mill next week. Miss Jane Wheeler of Morgan County visits sisters Mary Sublett and Hannah Mullenix this week. Mrs Maggie Lee visits Terre Haute this week. A wedding is talked of. Mrs Volney Smith called to Greencastle Thursday for her father's death.
Richmond Va. Saturday afternoon Stanley Carl superintendent of the menagerie attached to Coup's Circus narrowly escaped being torn to pieces by hyenas. He entered the cage with a club to separate fighting animals and was bitten and wounded but managed to drive them off with a pitchfork and escape. One hyena is said to die from wounds. Carl's injuries are not fatal.
A Kansas Penitentiary inmate once confessed to murdering Farris in Topeka and, convinced his father was guilty, chose self sacrifice to save him. He claimed the murder was by his father, and later his parents failed to secure a pardon. Details include the burning of a boot bag linked to the father and a letter revealing the son’s confession.
A jumble of testimonials and advertisements tout cures like Hop Bitters and Day Kidney Pad. Legal notices describe a circus poster damage suit and saloon prosecutions in Star City. Other ads promote shoe tips and Fellows' Syrup with digestion claims while Hill's Buchu markets kidney cures.
J W Kling of Ringgold County sues Miss Belle Tharp for breach of promise seeking 2031.00 dollars for damaged affections and 51.00 for money spent on her trousseau. The item also lists ads for hair products and medicines, plus local chatter about a hermit in San Francisco and a masked burglary incident in St Louis.
Kansas City Mail reports Mrs. E A Hewitt of Hanibal married Judge Sharp in Carthage Illinois fulfilling a promise made over a year ago to the dying wife of Judge Sharp that she would become his wife if he remarried. The piece notes the widow of Mark Hopkins commands a million yearly income and San Francisco Nob Hill residence with Garibaldi claims over a 12 000 bill.
A late 19th century single sheet advertises free cures for youth disorders and nervous weakness from a South American missionary found by Rev. Joseph Inman New York. Other items promote Port Grape Wine from Speer’s Vineyards sold by Darnall Bros. & Co and HAMMOND'S HACK to call for passengers. Shiloh’s cures for coughs and ailments are pitched with guarantees and a free nasal injector, priced 50 cents to 75 cents, at Conrad Cook’s store.
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