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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1881
Page
5
Local items report ongoing illnesses including scarlet fever and congestive chills. Visitors and residents travel between Indianapolis Pittsburg and Paris Ills while officials change hands and new appointments are made. The town records probate m James Gifford s will and notes several arrests illnesses and social events with multiple named residents and visitors.
The Indianapolis Review notes Asbury University wields political influence with figures like Governor Porter and Lois Dice. A small blaze in Hanna & Hays law office is contained, prompting calls for more fire cisterns and better city protection. Reports of burglaries, arrests, and a seduction case circulate with community updates across townships.
Boarders and staff updates at Mrs Dorriel and Browning Butler's. Minor remarks on Will Skelton the cigar maker who never carries cigars. Castor Rockaway works despite a sore leg. A column teases a burglary incident and previews a burlesque on Mary had a little lamb reflecting party satire and a reel of local gossip.
Dr McNutt's lecture last Sunday drew praise from the audience. Philo literary society prospers. debates over Webster versus Sumner drew notable effort from Hendee Moore Arnold. Plato debated abolishing the military department. Students enjoyed coasting on Black's hill. Senior speeches show unusual quality this term. Rev Tevis led chapel. Dr Ridpath teaching again. Bennett sick with quint. A day of prayer for American colleges observed with addresses by Drs Martin and McNutt. Laura Dainty prize expanded to all students except Seniors. six finalists to compete for 1925 prize at Commencement. Captain Wheeler visited Thursday, declined public chapel reception, hosted private dinner at Central House, initiated into a college fraternity, then returned to Terre Haute.
Prof J W Ragan visited the school delivering a lengthy discourse titled Old Times. James A Knetzer suffered a serious accident while cutting saw logs last Saturday and was trapped under fallen limbs before his brother Charles freed him in a terribly bruised condition. John Juffman returned from Kansas.
Reports recount numerous local happenings from Bethel and Liberty to Fillmore and Lena. Movements include Thomas Chandler moving to Kansas and Billy Eggers taking C A Campbell's farm March 1. Dying event notes Miss Maggie Braner in Lena. Community sickness and sleighing abound as the Vandalia Railroad runs hourly.
In Indianapolis on Tuesday January 25, 1681 at 6 30 a m Rev John B Ab bott aged seventy four, a brother of Mrs Stephen Vancleave, is reported deceased. He was born in Franklin County Kentucky and known to many old citizens.
A Purdue born minister born in Kentucky in 1807 moved to Columbus Indiana in 1807 and married Margaret Hinkson in 1828. He joined the Methodist Church that year, preached and lectured on temperance, and served as moral instructor for Plainfield’s House of Correction. He spent his last decade studying scripture, died after a long life of faith, leaving a wife, two daughters, and extended family. Funeral was at the family residence in Indianapolis, with interment planned in Columbus, Indiana after a vault burial at Crown Hill.
Col. Pierce finished sawing a house pattern for Jas Nelson who plans to build in spring on the farm recently bought from Harvey Farrow. Oakley may buy Priests stock if Priests departure proceeds. Blacksmith shop runs day and night. Hall and McNary seek settlement with customers before dissolving partnership as McNary becomes Poor Farm Superintendent. Miss Della Gilkey of Illinois visits neighbors. Bascom Obair sold his farm to his father and seeks a good farm to invest in.
The American ae journal notes that feeding the rats and mice of our country costs as much as feeding the poor, and perhaps more, highlighting concerns about national resource allocation and social welfare.
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