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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1880
Page
1
A night passenger train was thrown from the track four miles west of Terre Haute by a cut rail. Conductor George Morris died, several passengers were injured, and authorities report an organized gang seeking revenge. Officials and seasoned officers oversee the investigation amid growing tension.
Reports say Jim Smythe, linked to a new coal mine on the narrow gauge, bit his wife's two forefingers off during a drunken dispute ending with the wife seen in town this morning with fingers wrapped and in tears.
Announcement details a September start for a week long fair with state visits for the Corner Stone ceremony of the new State House. Highlights include premiums in the speed ring, exhibition space for the mechanical dept, Educational and Fine Art features, and a focus on women’s contributions. Railroad and freight rates are listed for Indiana State Fair transit. Court cases note burglaries and petty larceny with fines. A Newport bride receives $10,000 and bridal outfit receipt from her father.
The Floyd Agricultural Association completed its fifth annual fair with strong livestock entries and broad vegetable displays amid light drought impact. Premiums were paid in full and funds raised for next year’s premiums. notable winners include J. W. Randolph and Alex Smith in multiple categories across horses, cattle, poultry, crops, and domestic crafts.
A Pocahontas correspondent notes a thinly settled Randolph County case of Thomas Graham who vanished from a remote farm with his Spiritualist wife. Neighbors recall no talks, and rumors claim he murdered a man in Missouri with a large reward for his capture, stirring local fear.
Neighbors lure Graham to a cabin with hunting plan and find him dead from heart disease. His wife, living under the name Degarmore, reveals a long hunted crime tied to Forrester’s 1,500 dollar robbery and murder in Texas, then vanishes to St Louis leaving the tragedy as local history.
Savannah woman Miss Kate Counihan inherits an Irish estate valued above $15 000. Massachusetts women pay one eleventh of the taxes, with many opposing lack of suffrage. Miss Anna B Irish, once rumored to marry Carl Schurz, teaches at Wooster University. A Kentucky Somerset County woman stands trial for common scold, first in the county. Caroline Herschell aided her brother in astronomy for fifty years and swept for comets. Moody funds a girls seminary at Northfield Massachusetts offering board and tuition at 100 dollars yearly for a hundred pupils.
An old advertisement asserts that PITCHER S CASTORTA is not Narcotic and promotes its use for children and mothers It claims the remedy helps growth mood digestion fever reduction and worm elimination with physicians recommending it as a general health aid.
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