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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1879
Page
2
An elderly resident of this county, Woodford Coleman aged over seventy, died at his son’s residence east of Greenscastle on Sunday. He was a native of Trimble County Kentucky.
A California sheriff secretly moved Ross, convicted of murder and sentenced to life, from the courthouse rear passage on a horseback chase through six feet of snow. The caravan, pursued by Chowchilla men and later Rangers, reached Merced jail after tense, dangerous miles. The escape tale unfolds amid other items on adulteration claims, banditry at Yellowstone, and various local anecdotes.
Mrs. Osborn remains bed bound with illness. Lingle of the L N A O B W shows a neck ailment described as a bile. Several families Dan Kelly Hopkins and Elisberry moved to occupy each other’s vacated homes. Bob Miller on sick list. Fosworthy visits Hendricks County. Woolen Mill repairs underway. Mrs Murphy and Miss Minnie Murphy ill or traveling. Emma Carteron returns to Eaton after visit. Hannah O Brien heads to Cincinnati. Kitty Tobin visits from Ladoga. Sidewalks and roads muddy and in need of repair. John Long still sick with foot. Donnahue teaches music. Mrs Godfrey’s sister visiting. Luther Richardson visits from Illinois. Dr Grubb returns. Christian Church meeting begins Saturday. Teachers institute praised. New sidewalks praised. town aims for further improvements.
An advertisement touts Hoc Bitters as a cure for stomach bowel blood liver nerves kidneys and urinary organs with a $500 reward for any case not cured or any impurity found. It also invites readers to test it and seek truths in another column.
The Sunday School Union for Jackson Franklin Monroe and Floyd townships met at the M E church in Bainbridge on March 1 1879 led by President J A Allison. Devotionals included singing Psalm 119 readings and prayers. Dr R E Fulton spoke on obtaining good teachers calling it a divine gift and two minute remarks on the U S work in Putnam county followed. Music and further readings closed the program with local Sunday School participation.
The Carpentersville led gathering closes after an afternoon of devotional exercises, talks by Rev. W A Smith and Rev T D Fyffe, and discussions on expanding Sunday School work in townships. A new model plan aims to establish permanent Sunday Schools in every school house, with next session set for New Maysville M E Church.
The item list notes ongoing church renewals led by Rers Fyffe and Smith, names several visitors and locals such as Mrs. Alex Welch, and records multiple deaths and funerals including Uncle Charley Bridges born 1800. It mentions arias of illness like scarlet fever, marriages, and local happenings around Brick Chapel and nearby towns.
A local notice reports Misa Davis’s school closing on Saturday amid a winter scene. In a separate item, Jonas Brattin killed a four foot black snake while a snowy February covers the area.
A series of court actions includes judgments by court and by default for amounts ranging from 210 to 1 279 45, foreclosures, quiet title decrees, and trials with findings of guilt or not guilty. Cases name numerous plaintiffs defendants and parties, including Wm Newman, Singleton, Brownlee, Locke, Rudisill, Miller, Smith, Ragland, Eggers, Picket, Farrow, Tincher, Chenoweth, Barrow, Shoptaugh, Owens, Sandy, Allee, McCommack, Lewis, Talbott, and others.
Spring work begins with sugar making and oats sowing as farmers report thriving business. John Wright buys hogs for spring market while Johns and Gates discuss moving their mill to Missouri. Local sickness, stave work, and a literary society debate are noted as the school year nears its close on March 18 with a final meeting scheduled for March 13 and a large community turnout urged.
Report for month ending February 28, 1879 lists pupils reaching required standing Herbert Smythe Cora Crunk Alice Crow Belle Crunk Sallie Crow Ralph Smythe. Not absent: Herbert Smythe Ralph Smythe Fannie Crow Alice Trautimann. Teacher.
Farmers prep for spring work and full employment while Mr Johnson Herods wife battles brain fever. Miss Sallie Welch's school closes Saturday and a debate is planned at Fort Red schoolhouse by Monroe and Floyd boys under 23. Various local notices mention mares, new baby, constable L D Owen, Dr Joe Robinson's busy Floyd practice, and a party at Mr Wilkinson's with invitations forthcoming.
The village reports the end of local revival meetings at the M E Church and praise for participating members. A singing school led by Mr Wires of Elletsville has improved, with a planned concert at the Christian Church on March 14 featuring twelve new pieces and admission 25 cents for double, 15 cents for single tickets. A rumor mentions a haunted house on the village outskirts and mysterious lights near the old R.
A reader scolds anonymous letter writers in church meetings and urges young women to stop the habit. The writer warns against exposing names and notes concern over disturbing scenes in a deserted house at night. The letter protests letter writing in religious gatherings and appeals to female modesty and religion.
The Start is read widely in the community with Fillmore notes missed last week. Sugar-making is booming with 40 to 50 gallons of molasses and sugar in view if the season stays favorable. Fruit prospects are poor after a severe winter. Notable visitors include Prof. Ridpath, Dr. Straushn, B. M. Nicholson, Miss Belle Nicholson, Col. G. Wright, Miss Amy Ragan, and J. W. Bridges. Local events cover illness recovery, travel to Indianapolis, and a church warning about card playing upswing in the village.
A partial report from the term starting September 9 lists 59 scholars with the top thirteen grades ordered by name. Included are Maggie Grider Lizzie Grider Katie Welch Leyla Turner Laura Turner Lillie Dickerson Florrie Stultz Melinda Gardner James Goalin Ellie Welch John Grider Lucky Thompson James Welch.
A sequence of real estate transfers lists James B. Rogers to Russel R. Johnson for 46.88 acres in Jackson township at 1500 dollars and numerous other deeds across Franklin Floyd and Madison townships. Buyers include Pleasent Coffman Cyrus Tabor John B Henry Wm Young and Sheriff transfers to Sylvester Renfro Amanda Grider Alfred Moody and others with prices ranging from 50 to 19800 dollars and parcels described as lots acres and tracts in Clinton Jefferson Marion Madison Floyd and Washington townships.
InpranxaroLis reports 2 160 hogs with steady prices and strong demand, packers as sole buyers, and cattle and sheep receipts with rising demand. Chicago Drover's Journal lists hogs 18 000 receipts steady then weaker, mixed packing 3.70 3.60, cattle dull with shipping grades 4.10 65.25, sheep firm 3.90 5.25.
An advertising claim notes that catarrh cures require internal remedies rather than snuffs or fumigants. It promotes Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy with Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a combined treatment to cleanse the blood, reduce inflammation, and heal diseased tissues.
J R Thompson reports rapid relief from stomach, liver, and general debility after using Cannon's Bitters. He notes improved digestion and health and says the medicine helped his family with various illnesses. Sold by all druggists. ly3
The salve claims to treat cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and various eruptions with a money back guarantee. Priced at 25 cents per box and offered for sale at Alens Drug Store until September 21 79.
The long advertised medicine claims to cure coughs colds hoarseness and throat and lung diseases with a half century of use. Doctors endorse it and offer various bottle sizes 26 50 and 100 cents with a request to contact HB Seller Co Pittsburgh Pa for a circular.
An advertisement promises a free recipe to cure youthful errors, nervous weakness, early decay and loss of manhood. It claims discovery by a South American missionary and urges readers to send a self addressed envelope to Rev Joseph T Inman at Bible House New York City.
The wife of a famed soldier touts Durane's Rheumatic Remedy as effective for rheumatic troubles among friends. She claims it cures water rheumatism quickly and advises sending for a circular from R. K. Helpensatine, Washington, D.C. Available through Stewart & Bar Fee in Indianapolis.
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