Local notices and events from Madison area
A collection of brief items dated various days including church attendances births and deaths. Notable notes mention appointments at Princeton teachers association next year, a freight train from Cambridge City, fruit crop prospects near Madison, an April 4 1886 snowfall, Geo Sampson relocating a large restaurant, George Griffin injuring his wrist, Dr Davidson removing a cancer from Capt Sam Fearn, church accessions at First Presbyterian and Trinity, no Christ Church services due to pastor absence, marriages announced at St Marys Church, Rev Tevis baptizing fifteen at Wall Street M E Church, truth about grave robber acquittals in New Albany, Ida Stevens death in Newport prompting travel, Madison W C T U convention travel, Capt David S Barmore seen in city, and Adam Faulkner dies typhoid pneumonia leaving a young wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teachers’ Association
Princeton
Cambridge City
Madison
Geo. Sampson
S. Auger
George Griffin
Davidson
Sam Fearn
Hunter's Bottom
First Presbyterian Church
Trinity
Christ Church
N. W. Heermens
Barbara Koehler
Mike Benson
Carrolton
St. Mary’s Church
New Albany
Jackson Scott
Bartholomew, Jefferson and Clark
David S. Barmore
Cincinnati
James Hill
Barmore
Man Found Dead After Battery Incident in City Home
The body of George W. Varble, a west Main Street store dealer, was found in his kitchen this morning around 8 o clock. A broken electric battery lay beside him and the coroner ruled death from a heavy electrical shock though exact cause remains uncertain. Varble, about fifty, had suffered rheumatism and recently bought the battery from Heberhart drug store. His wife is away in Chattanooga and the circumstances of the death involve an unattended battery operation in the victim’s kitchen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Varble
West Main Street
Warble
Heberhart Drug Store
Chattanooga
Tenn
Patrick Moore
Hoe
Chas. Supplee
Edward Lewis
Jefferson Circuit Court Opens April Term Under Judge Friedley
Circuit Court in Jefferson opens its April term with Judge Friedley presiding at 9 am. docket reviewed and routine work underway. Grand jury is in session with indictments expected but not a heavy workload anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friedley
Jefferson Circuit Court
Bills of
Denver climate and scenery attract consumptives
A Denver correspondence from April 2, 1891, extols dry Colorado air and high elevations as healthful for consumptives, noting Denver's mile-high altitude, low precipitation, cool nights, and views of Pike's Peak Gray's Peak and Long's Peak. It recounts travel details to Manitou, coggis wheel rail ascent to Pike's Peak, and a humorous Signal Service anecdote. It ends with a brief obituary of Valentine Schreiber, aged 66, who died after illness, survived by wife and four daughters, with funeral plans at St Mary’s church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H&ran
Denver
Con
Colorado
Indiana
Gray’s Peak
Here
Long's Peak
Pike’s Peak
Pike's Peak
Gray’s
Long's
Siera Blanche
Manitou
Mr. Peak
Pike’s
Mt. Washington’s
Ouray
Colorado Springs
Silver City
Signal House
Mr. Ramesy
Madison
Jane Brown
Among the Pansies and the Lee Family Reminiscence
A historical piece recalls General Henry Lee and his son Robert E. Lee, tracing lineage from Richard Lee to the Lees of Virginia. The essay links Washington, the Revolution, and the Civil War through famed lines about “First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.” It ends with a testimonial for Kent's Ton ic Sarsaparilla and an aside about a local remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Lee
Virginia
Lee
Washington
Congress
Lighthorse Harry
Robert E. Lee
Launcelot Lee
Loundon
France
William the Conqueror
Hastings
Lionel Lee
Richard Coeur de Lion
Palestine
General Lee
Richard Lee
Earl of Litchfield
Sir Henry Lee
Hubert E
Philip Stanhope Worsley
Corpus Christi College
Oxford
England
Mary Custis
Martha Washington
General Washington
Robert
West Indies
Georgia
General Greene
Cumberland Island
A. N. Long
Long
Egbert E. Lee
Harry” Lee
Also Mentioned on This Page
Teed Yan
W. W. Tevis
Jeffersonville
Wall Street M. E
Adam Faulkner
Dupont
Childeas
Pitcher’s Castoria
J. W. Flanders
Coun County
Erast Second Street
Paul Soeder
Soeder
Samuel Brown
Pittsburg
Westport Landing
Adam Faber
Weber's Brewery
Nettie Brazelton
L. C. Jones
North Jefferson Street
Marion Doll
Maley
North Vernon
Mattie Young
Pulliam
Satarday
Hutchinan
Carrolton Democrat
Marion Bell
Maloy
Charles Maloy
North Vernon High School
Oxford College
Christian Church
Elmer Doll
Kent
Circuit Court
K. E.N.Z.S
F. M. Stewart
Yoralt
An Drala
Queen City
Valentine Schreiber
First
Baltimore
Schreiber
St. Mary's Church
North Walnut Street
Pitcher’s Castorla
Bessie H. Woolford
South
K.E.N.T.S
Benet Brow
Ail Dragginte
Price
BROWN
N. Horuff
East Main St
Madison, Mnp
Branham & Ritchie
Branham & Chambers
Ind
Edwin Arnold
Rogers & Cowlam’s
Ladies’ Misses & Children’s Fine Shoes
Albany Dental Association
Albany
DeLeste Bro
Queensware House
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