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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1892
Page
8
Prints quoted higher by manufacturers and jobbers are still selling Indigo Blues and Silver Gray Prints at 5 cents. Merrimac Shirting Prints also 5 cents. An extra good shirting check 31 inches wide at 10 cents. Fresh bale of yard wide Brown Muslin at 5 cents.
The Scott county fair begins August 30 and lasts four days. Daniel Hollinsworth and Lydia Mc Kay have been licensed to wed. Harry Dorsey is jailed for drunkenness and disorderly conduct. A large Democratic pole rises near the Old Point House. About fifty Madison passengers rode the 7:05 train this morning. The best gasoline for stoves is sold by Hoffman and Quinn at 107 East Main. The Woman's Relief Corps plans delegates for the Madison convention.
The Democratic County Central Committee will meet at Hoffstadt's Hall in Madison on Saturday August 6 1892 to transact important business. All members are urged to attend. By order Executive Committee J T Brashear Chairman B E Collins Secretary.
The Jefferson County Fair Association plans a Floral Hall 20 by 40 feet for fine plants and flowers. A Merchants Purse of 600 dollars is the week’s main attraction with excursion rates arranged on several rail lines and boats. Admission covers all grounds, no amphitheater charge. Special trains from Madison to Columbus and return options offered during August 16 to 20. Also notes a Revolutionary Pensioner in Indiana and a local doctor’s favorable reception after early skepticism. Also lists uncalled postal letters from Madison Indiana with instructions to claim.
The proprietors Messrs A P Ordway Co recently sent three dozen bottles of Sulphur Bitters to the Catholic Home for the Aged. Directors and inmates highly appreciate the gift. “As ye sow so shall ye reap.” editor Catholic Union augdw2t.
A local supplier promotes a line of choice novelties in thin black fabrics for summer wear. Products include dotted Swiss, Grendine stripe, Pordered novelties, Bedford cords, embroidered Swiss, Bulgaria lawn, plaids and stripes with fast color warrants and price range from 12 percent to 35 cents.
Early yesterday Supervisor Jones began removing the Panhandle switches in the heart of the city. The effort will end the switching nuisance after about a day or two more. The Madison and Indianapolis line, built fifty years ago, moved its depot and yards south of the city, leaving only passenger trains through the old heart. The work has reduced street disruption and accidents once caused by the yard operations.
Ottawa county prisoner James Doyle attempted suicide by hanging Sunday night. He was found and revived. Doyle, partner of Frank Rowland who died by suicide July 17, says Rowland’s ghost torments him nightly for lack of courage and that is why he wants to die.
Washington dispatch notes a stormy House session over a resolution to extend appropriations to August 4. Blame shifts between Republicans and Democrats as lawmakers accuse each other of obstructing sundry civil bills and delaying the world’s fair funding. Senate waits, weather remains hot, and delays continue with little enacted.
Dannemora N Y August 2 Cal Wood the condemned murderer looked from his cell as sunset faded behind the Adirondacks. He kissed his wife and wept. His brother Charles will claim the body for burial after the execution between 9 and 10 this morning. Electricians tested the engine by killing a bull. the chair to be used is the one at Sing Sing. Dr. Ransom of Clinton prison and Dr. Ewing of Auburn prison will oversee the procedure. the dynamo runs without a pause.
A committee raised 150000 for entertaining G A R visitors in Washington next month. Officials warn merchants supplies will be exhausted with 850000 visitors expected. The city anticipates strain despite preparations.
In Baltimore on August 2 Theodore Pennypacker and Joseph Hughes fished with dynamite to kill fish. The blast killed Pennypacker and badly burned Hughes, Pennypacker blown to atoms with a sole fragment of bone remaining. Also noted a villa fire in Atlantic Highlands New Jersey destroying a boarding house valued at eighteen thousand dollars with insured loss and injuries to the owner.
Aug. 2 report fromBrrareuam Alabama notes the state election produced the heaviest vote in years with a large Black population voting largely for Jones and the regular Democratic ticket. Jones carries Birmingham Mobile Montgomery Selma Anniston by thousands. legislature largely Democratic. Grover Cleveland quoted criticizing tariffs. Republicans claim tariffs raise wages domestically while Europe lags under protectionism.
Dr H W Dimmit of Vanceburg reports locals excited by a genuine wild man haunting Lewis county hills and thickets. The creature is described as gigantic with thick hair and ferocious, prompting a rocky rejection when approached by a resident who tried to speak. Dr Dimmit says he has seen the wild man himself.
Market notes from Pittsburg New York and Chicago show WHEAT prices around 16 to 26 cents for various grades while CATTLE range from good to prime at about 3 50 to 6 00. Ongoing sales include SHEEP LAMBS and OATs with spot and contract figures and petroleum quotes in Cleveland and Cleveland Oil region markets.
A dense 1892 price sheet lists flour types with per sack values, grains such as wheat corn and oats, seeds, produce like potatoes eggs and butter, groceries including lard coffee sugars and dried fruits, and livestock-related items. It ends with an advertisement for a medical book offer from A. P. Ordway & Co. Boston.
Letters from men and women in the professions praise Hood's Sarsaparilla for its benefits. Hood's Pills claim to cure a variety of ailments including jaundice biliousness and sick headache. A promotional note offers Dr Kaufman's book with health guidance, send postage to A P Ordway & Co Boston.
Plan a summer visit to Yellowstone National Park using the Wisconsin Central Lines via the Northern Pacific Route from Chicago and Milwaukee. Through vestibuled and tourist sleepers with dining cars, plus access to cool Wisconsin and Northwest resorts. Pamphlet available from D W Janowitz or James C Pond in Chicago. June 23wtt Indianapolis Ind.
The Burlington Route offers greatly reduced round trip tickets to Denver Colorado Springs Salt Lake San Francisco Portland Yellowstone Park St Paul Minneapolis Split Lake the Black Hills and other tourist points in Colorado Utah Idaho Montana Wyoming Dakota Minnesota Alaska and California. For rates and information contact A C Dawes General Press and Ticket Agent St Louis Mo. Jdul2iwtf.
The Jefferson County Fair Association announces the Madison event August 16 to 19 with $5 in premiums and purses. 387A children admitted free on Wednesday. Amusements, music, and attractions for all. Premium lists available from Sidney E. Haigh secretary. U. K. Officer president.
Guardian Henry T. Stuart will sell at public auction the real estate of Christina Wood two miles south of Deputy in Jefferson County Indiana on August 6 1892 from 10 am to 2 pm. The property totals about fifty acres comprising the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter and adjacent ten acres. Terms: one third cash, balance in two equal payments at six and twelve months with notes and 6 percent interest, first mortgage on the property, sale subject to Jefferson Circuit Court confirmation. Attorneys G F Lawrence and G V Carn represent the guardian.
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