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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1891
Page
5
Local notes report Harris Nickel Plate shows heading to town and include wedding licenses Jay J. Serret and Susie Cobbe. A runaway team on Main Street caused minor disruption but no injuries. Reports of various deaths, accidents, and social events fill the day’s brief items.
A noon blaze destroyed nearly all of the Vine Street two‑story brick at Third, housing Mr. Hitz and Mr. Walton. The roof, walls and plastering burned. water damage followed. Firefighters saved much property. Hitz furniture valued at $1000 insured, Walton no insurance. Nearby Freeman and a destitute woman with six children faced hardship while seeking aid toward Crawfordsville.
Three historic figures on a grim anniversary era are named: Selim III of Turkey beheaded by Janissaries eighty three years ago, Robespierre slain by his own guillotine, and Thomas Cromwell executed for treason under Henry VIII. The notice recalls other dates and births including Mary Anderson and Joseph II.
Lizzie Liston, a Brownstown domestic, was assaulted on a public square by Everett Boyatt who was intoxicated. Ralph Applewhite, recently appointed a West Point cadet, intervened and drove Boyatt away. Liston fainted and later was confined at home as a hopeless lunatic. Boyatt was arrested and fined 23 dollars plus costs.
Last evening a penmanship professor Jay L. Serrett married Miss Susie Cobbe, a society beauty, by Rev J W Turner. The romance began with a school at Sanxay hall and drew gossips as the couple drove to Milton for a license. After the ceremony they toured North Madison road and left with little more public happiness. The bride, a graduate of Maysville High School, was under eighteen only in rumor, though the marriage is legal. The schoolroom broke into chaos with ink on dresses and flared shirt fronts, while the professor departed with his bride. The incident ends with uncertainty about the professor’s whereabouts.
July 30 dispatches report Ada Clark and Nancy Woodfill released on bond. Ada Clark freed while Nancy Woodfill posted 300 bond. The Cincinnati Association team moves to Indianapolis. Thomas Dryden named Ohio Falls school teacher. Various regions report good rains boosting corn crops. Sherman frames fortune on 5000 salary. Voorhees and Jason Brown visiting Green Castle. Vevay nears daily paper with new editions. Local papers plan new issues in Osgood and Madison. Beasts and berries spark rumors as blackberries ripen and a hoax wild man is revealed as a farmer in disguise. Funeral set for George Deller in Jefferson county.
The piece notes that large advertisers tend to spend big in daily papers, citing Wanaminiker Stewart Mabley as examples. It mentions perishable freight moving to big cities, with seven cars of fruit headed to Indianapolis and Chicago, and regular peach shipments from Dean's perch to Chicago. It also discusses a proposed stock baseball club, and planned excursions on Sundays to Dremion Springs, Kentucky.
Mrs. Indiana Stiver, a noted temperance lecturer, will travel with members of the local WLC and TLU unions to Brooksburg on Sunday for two lectures on the Fallacy of Wight License. Also noted: a Madison burglary dummy incident and a real estate transfer involving President Benjamin Harrison.
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