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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1880
Page
1
In Avpury Indiana at Butler yesterday Thomas Carthy and Frank Lucas clashed after years of enmity. Carthy attacked with a razor inflicting a deep throat gash on Lucas who was alive at last reports. Carthy arrested and jailed. both men have families and the feud may end in the oath of one participant.
On Columbia street near seven o clock a savage fight left Albert Stone and Frank Dupee fatally wounded. Stone sought to defend his wife’s alleged affair and fired on Dupee after sustaining a life threatening neck wound. Dupee claimed innocence, denying use of a razor as both men collapsed.
Dr Si las T Yount reports Andrew F Erwin, about twenty five, hanged himself in a West Lafayette home after being refused marriage to Miss Mary Ward. Coroner confirms suicide. body found at dawn after family returned from Lafayette. The event casts sorrow across the Benton County area.
In Logansport Missouri on October 25 a prankster group using a Monti cello device triggered a false alarm at the Bun nell home. I. N. Bunnell fired at a supposed burglar, hitting Roth in the neck and seriously injuring him.
John Brake, fireman on Vandalia freight engine No 15 between Terre Haute and Greencastle, was killed by a boiler explosion at 3 30 this morning. He died at 9 30 after being hurled into the tender, leaving a wife and one child. No cause is yet given as Brake claimed adequate water and only slight steam pressure.
A Times correspondent relays gossip about Mrs. Bernard, a former Indianapolis social figure now living in Washington with her son, said to be McDonalds’s future wife. The piece notes a scandalized reception from peers, divorce history, and the bishop’s late involvement, but predicts McDonalds will marry her regardless of snubs.
A New York Sun report details Joseph Smith and family in Phoenix area where Mrs Smith and her daughter fasted for spiritual cleansing. The daughter died after a prolonged fast while the mother’s fast ended. An inquiry will probe alleged insanity. Two men, Ellis and Harmon, became involved in a violent quarrel in Cedar Rapids.
A man dressed in black leapt from the Alaska ferry at Roosevelt street yesterday noon. Passengers and crew halted the vessel, a boat hook and ladder were used to reach him, and he was dragged from the slip near Oak Street Police Station. He gave the name Charles H. Hays, claimed Boston residence, and said he was a sailor on a long cruise before being treated for alcoholism.
A vintage advertisement touts Centaur Liniments as the world’s great pain believing remedy. It claims to heal burns wounds and rheumatism in people and sprains galls and lameness in animals, offering cheap quick and reliable relief.
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