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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1880
Page
2
The Oregon and Minnesota official results assign Garfield large majorities, with New York State and Mississippi showing Garfield leads. A Minnesota St Peter asylum fire killed thirty two inmates, noted as part of 1880 Indiana election year highlights.
Governor James D. Williams of Indiana died at 12 30 P M Saturday November 20 in his Washington Club room in Indianapolis after a period of illness from bladder inflammation. Born January 16 1808 in Pickaway County Ohio he rose from farmer to public service including justice of the peace state legislature and board of agriculture. He leaves two living children John Williams and Eliza Bunn and was survived by widow Nancy Hoffman Williams who had died recently.
The obituary details the life of Governor Williams a pioneer farmer and leader in Southern Indiana politics He served in Congress from the Second District and was governor from 1874 to 1877 He died after a lingering illness at his home with Judge John S Scott and other officials at his bedside The article recalls his height 6 feet 4 inches and his simple virtues and notes his last acts including a respite granted in a murder case and his care for children during his life
The late Governor's life is recalled as marked by sympathetic pardons and a plain, honest demeanor. A fourteen year old girl kissed him in Mobile after he helped her mother on a journey, and Father O Donaghue recalls his charity to distressed families.
Mrs. R C Robins reports long term kidney pain relieved after using Day's Kidney Pad for four weeks claiming she is cured. A St Louis boy who spent his collected dollar was whipped by his father and then drowned himself in the river. The piece promotes Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as a cure for coughs this month.
On a street corner two men argued over a woman who later testified the arm around her was hers and she called the man a husband. Spriggins was accused of ill treatment and both men were arrested as the judge admonished that ladies must be protected.
St Louis Western Watchman notes Emerson Piano Company a leading Boston maker praised for quality. An interview with Joseph Gramer owner cites St Jacobs Oil curing rheumatism in his family. A sensational crime story follows a man named Nicholas Bonifas whose wife fled to San Francisco. he shot her four times, then killed himself. Emergency health ads for Dr Bull's Cough Syrup and curious sight of ram butt trials in Thornbury Pennsylvania close the item.
An Illinois exchange promotes patent remedies and romance turns sour in Texas with Ellen Powell accusing Albert Green of infidelity. Green is killed after a confrontation. A Missouri jailbreak tale describes murderer William Martin eloping with the sheriff’s daughter. A Missouri land dispute ends in a brutal chopping on a six inch boundary strip.
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