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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1882
Page
2
The Weekly Herald offers prizes for the largest clubs outside Madison before June 1 1882 with a prize of 310 and another of 590 for the largest western club. Subscriptions must be prepaid. An agent is wanted for every county post office.
The Tur Courier attacks Hubbell's alleged blackmailing scheme to fund his bid for Congress and re election plans. It cites a 1880 circular as evidence of a reuse of tactics and questions how two million dollars raised by Hubbell's committee will be used, warning of corruption and imperial party control.
The Madison Courier calls out corruption allegations against county officials aided by Republicans. It urges prominent Republicans to condemn such conduct and questions a sheriff raid on the Herald office and alleged jailings tied to election influence, demanding public accountability.
The Nashville Jacksonian vents frustration at timid candidates and announces a call for a mass Democratic meeting in Brown and adjacent counties. The group aims to force a direct vote on the prohibitory amendment, arguing the matter was settled by constitutional framers and questioning why the Jacksonian opposes submission.
A fragmented remark warns that direct citizen voting is blocked unless rulers yield to representatives at the next election. The speaker cites fixed legal questions and notes disputes over jury selection and gubernatorial term length.
The President and Cabinet discussed whether workers should be fired for not quickly and favorably supporting Jay Hubbell's circular. They held no official can be punished, since Hubbell was not a United States official, and argued loyalty tests would imply party bias and distrust.
A Dublin crowd reacts to news that a man in Venezuela confessed involvement in the Phoenix Park assassination and claimed twenty pounds payment and accomplice names. Investigators say he was not in Ireland during the Caven dish and Burk killings, making an open confession unlikely from those truly guilty.
The straight out Republicans of Virginia nominate Rev J M Dawson of Williamsburg for Congressman at large. A resolution deplores the administration’s policy of concentrating the party in one man who voted for Hancock in 1880. They resist Mahone’s continued rule.
Carr Nugent spent time in the city last week with the captain, the sheriff, and Sheriff’s first man Geo. Dickinson. They discussed a major political issue likely tariffs or temperance as these topics dominate public discourse.
A sunken eyed man with a ridged nose is pictured in G Whillikins' poem. He has spent time at the county offices leasing furnished rooms in the courthouse and spends his spare moments cursing old Gs gray hairs for drawing the picture so fine.
At the Vincennes Democratic convention last Wednesday Hon. Thomas R. Cobb was renominated by acclimation as the congressional candidate James B. Patton of Sullivan was nominated for joint representative and Newton F. Martz was named for Circuit Judge.
Isaac Turnen, a colored man, was dropped into the hereafter at Lexington Kentucky last Friday by unknown hands. He had purchased his passage with the blood of Ab Ray another Black man.
The Senate Committee on naval affairs reported favorably an appropriation of 25000 dollars to remove the bodies of Lieutenant DeLong and his companions from Siberia to the United States, enabling their return home.
In Squire Cravens' court Tim, Barney Gray, and Thomas Sinnott faced trials, noted as the only cases where the sheriff appeared to take a personal interest.
Tris states Wisconsin prohibitionists intend to nominate a candidate for Congress in every district, a move that will complicate politics and local campaigns across the state.
Sixnor proclaims innocence in relation to county affairs and asserts the Niag toe was only lightly tapped. The remarks defend his conduct amid local scrutiny and public interest.
The Tor International Photographic Association convenes in Indianapolis starting on the 8th inst with photographers from multiple regions expected to attend. Organizers promise exhibitions and talks.
An exchange remarks about Jay Hub Bell and a cord wooed on subscription. The wording appears garbled but suggests a dispute or refusal related to a subscription matter involving a person named Jay Hub Bell and a cord or connection.
A severe storm swept through Durham and Orange counties in North Carolina last Wednesday, causing damage and disruption across communities. Local officials reported downed trees, power outages, and structural damage in several neighborhoods as residents assessed the aftermath.
Pike county outcrop yields about forty bushels per acre while Spencer county farmers enjoy strong conditions. Isaac Bayne loses an arm in a threshing machine. George Barchett, a Batesville teen, dies by self-inflicted gunshot. Mary A. Dya dies in Hancock county near Philadelphia. Will KR Ellis, pioneer editor, dies in Chauncey amid Lay fayette area. O’Brien injured at New Albany woolen mills. Giger farm near Noblesville loses 700–800 bushels of wheat to fire, believed arson. Frankfort Banner reviles Gougar per suffrage, while Terre Haute Ledger limits poetry to Indiana products. Columbus forms Herald Publishing Co to launch a Democratic daily. New Albany’s Air Line rail boosts coal cost to nine cents per bushel, with barge-pit Pittsburg coal at eight cents. Independent candidates emerge in Floyd county legislature races. Andrews depot theft incident involves officer dumping money. depot saved. Knox county wheat yields top 48 bushels per acre by machine, heavier by weight. Republican judicial district caucus in Monticello nominates Gould for judge and Stanley for prosecuting attorney. St Paul worker Erbele killed at Flat Rock bridge by train. Mitten and Watson involved in July 4 incident. Mitten arrested for attempted murder. Loganport bank cashier Oscar Goodwin seeks bail as he faces charges and distress.
Dispatch from East Forest fires sweep north south and west destroying grain fields farm houses fences orchards and cedar and pine areas. Reports mix unreadable but indicate stock losses and farmers fleeing as a thunderstorm moves in to help check the blazes.
Washington notes report a House bid for a 10 million dollar yearly program to educate illiterates failed amid objections.Secretary Chandler backs Admiral Nicholson’s conduct at Alexandria while discussions surface on a commission to probe historical shipping interests and black market tax schemes.
News notes a Methodist district conference in Quincy endorsing pending prohibitory amendments. Reports include a Lexington farmer robbed and later fatally injured, a Denver hotel incident where a boy stole 4800 dollars from a woman, and a string of violent acts including decoyed stepmother stabbing and a Cincinnati man who shot himself in the head.
Dispatches report the Ottoman sultan denouncing Arabi Pasha as a traitor and Arabi denying resistance to Turkish forces. British efforts include proclamations proposed by Lord Dufferin and a cautious stance on surrender terms as Egyptian forces clash with British lines near Ramleh. Reports detail arson, desertions, and a widening conflict involving Egyptian, Bedouin, Italian Swiss German and French participants under British pressure.
Dr. D F Collins brother of Jerome J Collins demands a full probe of the Jeanette disaster. He alleges that after Melville and Danenhower reached safety Danenhower asked to search for DeLong but Melville refused and sent Danenhower south. Collins says Melville’s own search failed and jealousy among officers doomed the expedition and that Danenhower and Dr Newcomb are ready for the investigation.
Cadet Whittaker speaks at Sharp Street M E church in Baltimore on social equality and West Point, arguing training cadets from all races should be treated as gentlemen. He decries a conspiracy by Gen Schofield and officers to discredit him and mentions Lieut Flipper as a figure praised by a Republican President who dismissed him.
A preacher struggles to be heard as his audience coughs persistently. Dr Kings New Discovery offers relief for consumption coughs and colds with trial rates at E Heberhart's Drug Store. A hail storm near Ortonville Wisconsin last Wednesday damaged Cork crops.
A narrative recounts a shave in a busy Ocean Hotel barbershop where the narrator is mistaken for others linked to a Boston gent and a local band, undergoing a comic, exhaustive sequence of questions, strops, lathers, and rough mishaps. The piece ends with the narrator realizing the mistaken identity.
Information from seventy eight Kentucky counties through July 27 reports wheat as the largest crop ever and averaging at least twenty bushels per acre. Corn looks well with some local rainfall needs. Tobacco counties expect good market yields. Barley runs above average. Oats and hay are exceptionally strong with wide county variation in hay yields from about one and three quarter tons to two and a half tops per acre.
A health notice touts Electric Bitters as a woman’s true friend for common female ailments. Claims include restoration of health when other remedies fail, with pleasant taste and a fifty cent bottle price. Sold by C. E. Heberhart.
Creditors heirs and fogatees of decedent Overton A Fitch and Touiie N Fitch administratrix are notified to appear in Jefferson Circuit Court Madison Indiana on August 15 1882 to show cause why final settlement accounts should not be approved and to prove heirship and receive distributive shares. Witness the Clerk July 24 1882.
The administrator will auction the estate at the late residence on Indian Kentucky creek Shelby township Jefferson county Indiana on August 3 1882 starting at 10 am Personal property includes cattle poultry household and kitchen furniture bed clothing wheat and other articles Terms cash for amounts up to 5 and credit three months for larger sums with a note at 6 percent interest after maturity and security Joan McGregor Atty
Otterbein University in Westerville Ohio advertises a 35th term starting in August for both sexes with classical and philosophical studies and preparatory teachers department. Tuition is 30 dollars per year with all incidentals, low expenses for needy students. Good facilities for music drawing and painting, high standard of study, no saloons, moral religious influences, beautiful location. Students admitted any time. Address Rev I A Thompson D D president. Mention this paper.
A miscellaneous price list from B. Craig shows items such as Bran per ton Wheat per bushel and Mixed Corn Oats Onta White Butter Potatoes apples dried fruits and various seeds and commodities with assorted per unit or per pound rates. There is no narrative context beyond the price catalog entries.
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