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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1880
Page
6
The Star notes cheerful railroad progress as the Indianapolis Decatur and Springfield line nears completion. It also reports on Springer estate dividend prospects, a stalled heirs meeting in St Louis, and a Senate census reform bill allowing public correction of district returns before final submission.
Indiana town reports Charlie Sharp shot himself while fooling with a revolver and will die. In Rusuville Joseph Newkirk loses use of a leg after a circular saw accident. Wood choppers Id Clarke and William Campbell clash. Campbell severs Clarke’s ear. George Harrod dies from a hay load accident. In Indianapolis Merchant Policeman Bremer traps two burglars Scott Thompson and Harry Stevenson after a late night grocery break in.
Reports from Indiana describe a shooting near Martinsville where Charles Taylor a deputy constable shot Charles Wirtz during an attempted arrest. Wirtz sustained a back wound with the ball grazing the abdomen and is not believed to be fatally wounded. Taylor was immediately arrested.
Hebron Elder Johnston of Darlington Montgom ery county will address the congregation on the fourth Sunday in February. The congregation is in good working order and has an excellent Sunday School led by Superintendent Elder Thomas W. Walden. Hebron lies one and a half miles southeast of Russellville.
Pillmore and Bunten plan Illinois trip next week. A M Perry and H L Bunten seek local offices. J T Cox on sick list but improving. Fur theft from Isaac Cash totaling two dollars reported. Clark McDonald expected home next week. S C Perry contemplates going south. Trappers warned as theft noted. Lonny
Wit Mevicham and Belle Union visitors. Ed Landes moved to Danville. Scott and McAninch shipped about four hundred rabbits. The Cross Roads literary society is active. Mrs. B Pruett is ill. Hurst teaches at Buis school house. Revs Masten and Tilly preached there last Sabbath. A M Ballou posted bail for officers. Township officers face inquiry over unlawful fees. Several members of Union Valley.
Jefferson church members have been summoned to appear next Saturday to explain the reasons and locations for their unfaithfulness.
The Springfield Republican notes Washington’s July 21 1799 letter declining a second term and explains the contrast with Grant eighty years later. It cites Governor Jonathan Trumbull pressing for Adams era reelection and highlights Washington’s public restraint and concern for public good over power.
A Pennsylvania physician alleges a sure cure for consumption with small doses of semi solid crude petroleum. He reports twenty treated tuberculosis cases show cure or marked improvement within four months, noting cough and night sweats ease, appetite returns, and weight increases as treatment progresses.
The passage notes a physician's claim that half of the ideas attributed to him may be valid and that, if true, he has achieved a valuable scientific discovery. The wording frames cautious optimism about the physician's contributions and their significance.
A man sought a tame mount at a livery stable but chose a calico horse with a vicious eye. It bucked, crashed through a fence, and tosses him into a yard. Surgeons reduced dislocations and bandaged him. Weeks later he asks for a gentler horse and safer gear.
A long list of animal tales and oddities across locations from Groton New York to Indianapolis. A sheep buttters trees ducks seized by eagles and shots to recover. beavers in Georgia after the war. a dog whipped in Minnesota. hawks feigning death. fish eye lost to a hook. dogs drowning others. a hen walks and lays eggs. a thief and dog duel in North San Juan. a Pittsburgh fly trap. ants outwitting tarred shelves. a Southern cat and tail injury. a parrot mimicking a switch operator. a dog surviving a 60 foot well. a wasp vs spider fight with a spider victory.
A jumble of animal anecdotes from dogs shepherding sheep and a cockatoo in Philadelphia. Also promotional blurbs for Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup and St Jacobs Oil with testimonials from Rochester and New York figures.
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