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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1880
Page
7
Exclusive county dealers offer best furniture at low prices. Community urged to guard the Hathaway Block as the sole trusted source for value in home furnishings.
Items discuss gravel road issues with county plans. two Chicago bound passenger trains soon on the New Albany road. Mt Pleasant church festival to fund a district No 4 library. Robert Briggs resigns as passenger agent for L N A & C RR at Ladoga. reminders of winter aid. Cattle incidents include a fatal train collision with four head killed. Mt Meridian reports store and post office burned. L N A & C RR builds a double telegraph line Louisville to Chicago.
Lockridge and Bridges report delivery since July 1 1880 to Robert Shields for Alex Mann Esq of Paris Illinois of five thousand twenty seven head of fat cattle. The aver-
The excerpt recalls John A. Matson a Whig legislator of Jefferson County praised for solid character and moral integrity. It notes his family home life and a move to Greencastle for his children's education before his death, honoring his memory and public esteem.
Correspondence notes that Tak Star does not hold itself responsible for or endorse readers opinions published in columns. The paper states it provides space so people may learn neighbors thoughts.
At a Floyd Agricultural Association meeting officers were chosen for the coming year. President John Wilson and Vice President J W Randolph lead a slate including General Superintendent Wm Wilson, Secretary I Cartwright, Assistant Secretary CO M Pickett, Treasurer M L Craver, and directors Wm EH McVay, Gregory Allen, W Mason, D Pickett, D McCray, W E Wise, J J Talbott, Tightman Biddle, W H Cowgill, C Purcell, W McCray, T J Ferrand and Robert Glover. The group ordered the next annual fair for Sept 13 14 15 1881 and adjourned to meet Nov 27 1881 at 1 PM, Isaac Ganrwraitr, Secretary.
A 1877 statute allows landowners to petition for free pikes funded by county bonds repaid by ad valorem assessments over eight years. Towns may cover up to one fifth of costs. taxes not to exceed fifty cents per hundred dollars. Roads become free pikes maintained like state and county routes. A. J. Neff endorses the plan. A Richmond Ind woman confronts a rival after meeting her lover.
Eleven year old Fred Balder, son of Constable Balder, sat on a gate-post after school and ate bread when a ball of fire enveloped the house and irrigation ditch. His hat and clothing burned, and his sight and hearing are impaired. Physicians attribute the burn to an electric fire. The incident surprised the community.
William V. Grover 50 married 13 year old Jemima Aumack at Eatonton after prior wives died and pension ties surfaced. He shot Jemima twice in the head during a dispute over clothing she sought from his home, then fled and was captured hours later. The girl survived briefly periodical reports say she is dying. Grover, a former sergeant, is jailed at Freehold pending outcome. A Sun inquiry notes Grover’s strained mind and family turmoil along with pension implications.
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