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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1880
Page
4
A report details the fifth district Republican Congressional Convention to be held at Martinsville on June 25 1880. It notes related political moves including possible adjournment timing and Louisiana delegation questions ahead of Chicago nominations.
In a letter, Burron Swan relays Col. Hiram Miller’s claim as the longest residing man in Putnam County. He cites Harrison Athey who, with his father, settled south of the old boundary line between Crawfordsville and Vincennes in 1816, marking sixty four years in the county as of last March.
The Congressional Convention of the Greenback Party in Martinsville nominated John Clark Ridpath professor of belles lettres and history at Indiana Asbury University. The Indiana State Sunday School Convention will meet June 22 to 24 with round trip tickets from Greencastle or Danville and a special train from Anderson to Warsaw for a lakeside trip and an Island Park Assembly visit at Rome City with Sunday school workers from Indiana Michigan and Ohio.
The new Presbyterian Church at Poplar Street and College Avenue was dedicated with a large attendance. The building cost 10526 46 dollars, subscriptions reached 8050 48, and over 3000 more was pledged to retire the debt. Dr E W Fisk urged further gifts as the dedicatory address closed, praising the Gothic structure and the Willing Workers society which furnished 1400 for furnishings.
Long list of Asbury University events spanning June with multiple ceremonies including annual examinations, Baccalaureate Sermon, lectures, anniversaries, cadet reviews, alumni meetings, and literary society activities. Notable items include Oration by A L Mason B Ph79, poems by professors, and joint trustees meetings. A separate crime report mentions a paralyzing sawmill accident and a Kansas City dog on trial for biting children.
Leaders urge unity and concerted effort to build and dedicate a new house of worship. The speaker compares solitary prayers to a trickle and emphasizes the church as a flowing, city-shaping river. The sermon presses that the temple should spark revival and draw people to God, with hearts devoted beyond the builders.
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