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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1880
Page
6
The Star reports farmers in Morgan County see cattle go blind from a drying nasal reservoir issue. Dr. Jacob Rusie has treated many cases in the eastern part of the county. Early care is urged as the illness progresses to blindness. The cause is believed to be inhaled irritants while grazing.
The Putnam County Republicans held a mass convention to nominate county officers for the fall election. Capt. D. KB Stuss and M. B. Welch led littoral tickets against rivals, with several candidates named for treasurer sheriff coroner surveyor and clerk. Delegates were chosen to attend the Senatorial Convention from multiple townships.
The Madison region reports corn in good condition and active threshing by David Duree & Co. Farmers cut grass and oats stacks near completion. Levi Moore attends school in Danville Indiana. Boswell considers Missouri in the fall. Democratic support for Hancock for president is noted in Madison.
Frank Wilkerson recounts a Kansas woman with female clairvoyance who dreams vivid scenes of distant events. The dream sequence foretells her brother Dan’s grave illness and death, matching actual events in Altoona and Hollidaysburg, and ends with Dan’s body arriving in a box at their home. The accountclaims the vision extended only to blood relatives and preceded his death by hours.
An 18th century case recalls Ben a slave in Michigan whose life spanned eras of English and American law. He faced theft punishment, endured exile, then aged in Ohio and Bucyrus poorhouse, surviving into modern abolition eras. The tale concludes with an advertisement for Dundas Dick & Co. medicines and local real estate listings.
Professor Proctor discussed earth's crust changes over hundreds of millions of years and the vaporous origin of the planet. The Indianapolis Sentinel notes contrast with a reflection on how surroundings shape individuals and cites biblical measures for reference.
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