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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1880
Page
1
The notice advertises a loan of $16,000 on good security for a set term. It states to contact C. Lewis in Greencastle Indiana for particulars and mentions a specific code 10123 with the date WHEN.
Sergeant McCoombes reports the escape of William Rooney a twelve year old witness from the House of Detention in New York City. Rooney vanished from his cell after 7 pm with bars secure and guards vouching for their posts. A fellow prisoner John Myers claims Rooney climbed closets to a yard wall scaled the guard rail and escaped to the street with possible inside help. Police pursue leads as investigations continue.
In 1733 sixteen Charleston maidens petitioned the governor to bar widows from marrying young men until the maids are provided for. They urged fines on widows who wed and on bachelors who marry widows, arguing widows steal away the youth and threaten the maids’ liberties.
A New Hampshire court nullified a Lisbon union begun as a joke when a Justice of the Peace solemnized it at a gathering in July. The couple assert the ceremony was not intended to be binding, yet the ruling voids the marriage.
In a St. Louis circus incident Mr. Conklin wrestled a leopard from a lion cage. The beast attacked and scratched him, then leaped at him again. He struck with a heavy whip, killing the leopard instantly. The four year old animal, valued at 500 dollars, had been imported from Brazil.
The Rochester Union reports in Ithaca a remarkable marriage attempt between 83 year old Samuel Love who is bedridden and 60 year old Mrs. A. M. Fenner of Lansing. A niece thwarted a prior plan. The bride and her escort entered Love's Tioga House room while he is described as helpless and nearly inanimate. The piece also recounts a chain of violent exploits and a murder at a barroom, with mentions of a Chinaman robbery, a self amputation, and a physician saving a poisoned victim who then reflects on faithfulness and death.
The Drovers Journal reports today's markets with firm hogs at about 4.50 to 4.75 per 100 pounds and strong beef cattle sales around 4.75 to 5.00 per 100 pounds. Receipts total around 28,600 hogs and 4,400 cattle. sheep trades show fair to good demand at 60 to 84 per 100 pounds.
A boy named Johnny McCarty was found pinned by a railroad tie at the lakeshore near Chevetown Ohio. He alleges a neighbor woman Don on Muirson Street abducted him to the lake and tried to place him in a boat, then held him down with the tie and warned him he would never roll a hoop again. The mother killer insanity rumors surround the suspect, who has escaped and is being sought as authorities investigate the chilling incident.
Charles L. Jones a prominent hotel man in this city vanishes after selling his Huntington House stake to his brother Robert and sending $1000 to his wife with a note to meet in Kenton Ohio. He departed toward Kenton via Cincinnati with 2000 to 2500 dollars in cash and has since vanished amid detective searches and speculation of foul play.
In Rock Hill North Carolina a man named Janes Gooch attempted to borrow ten cents during a church collection. He produced a pistol as collateral to secure the loan and it discharged fatally striking Gooch in the head. The incident occurred after a preacher urged donations for the Christian cause.
Wanasa October 28. Frank Ridgeway a bright twenty year old hunter went out squirrel hunting and did not return. At nine o clock his body was found with a gunshot wound to the face and his discharged firearm nearby. His faithful dog stayed with him until discovery. The death saddens a large circle of friends. A People’s Church has been organized in Chicago by Rev. Dr. Thomas who was removed from a Methodist pulpit for unorthodox preaching.
An early advertisement touts PITCHER'S CASTORIA as non narcotic for children. It claims it helps growth, soothes mothers, and is recommended by physicians to regulate bowels cure wind colic reduce feverishness and destroy worms.
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