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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1880
Page
3
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Auditor of State Mahlon D. Manson Montgomery County Auditor designated. Treasurer William Fleming Allen County. Attorney General Thomas W. Woollen Johnson County. Clerk of the Supreme Court Gabriel Schmuck Perry County.
For treasurer John W. Scott. For surveyor Harry Jackson. For commissioner Middle District Benjamin C. Mayfield.
The report lists one hundred and four teen wagons for market Saturday morning. Custer, eighty-nine, died at his Monroe township residence Monday. A steamer Shallcross carried a weekend excursion from Louisville to this city. James Robinson the Geat performs in Madigan Friday August 27 at 3 and 9 p.m. The city hosts a grand musical entertainment soon. Jous Sires, fifteen, son of Jacol Sares in Singera township, was fatally injured when a loaded wagon ran over him.
J J Sering surveys contractor work on the Kent bridge and deems the structure as safe as any ancient example of its kind. The notice references the Board of County Commissioners and notes the date of the Friday event in Meadi eon, August 27, with a mention of unrelated sensational showmanship.
Tuos D Jones and Mary H Ab bott of Kentucky wed by Exg. Johnson on Wednesday last. Baker Nay and Anna Steuker married at the bride’s father home in Graham township. An excursion from up-river towns visited the Milton camp meeting aboard the steamer Sallie Carney Sunday. J H Crozier resigned Garfield club presidency Friday night. W S Roberts elected to fill vacancy. Richard Warsxecott of Shelby township fined 23 dollars by Esq Cravens for provoking Janet Brown. Hasry Hameron of Deputy to supervise quarries for Hun ger fill to aid Kirk Jager in cutting stone for Kentucky river locks.
Krye Sarnso presents the Only Genuine Japanese Circus Troupe in a world of wonders with Sells Brothers at Madison. The event is set for Friday August 27 featuring fabulous and fearful feats by the traveling show.
The Tuk Ripley county fair commenced yesterday and will continue three days with all preparations made by the society. Jefferson county is expected to be well represented there. Exran Barron the mule thief was bound over to the Circuit Court in Seymour after a preliminary trial, on a $500 bond. Large quantities of fruit are shipped daily by rail and river with the J M I road moving about one hundred thousand pounds daily. a grower shipped seven hundred bushels of peaches Tuesday week.
The Leviathan Railroad Exhibition is billed as the season’s premier show, with strong emphasis on its day and date. Carter Hitt, injured at Graham and Co.'s spoke factory, died Wednesday and was buried Thursday at Wesley Chapel, where he was a faithful member.
Eld. Robert T. Matthews of Madison Indiana formerly Eminence College has accepted a call to Christman Church in Indianapolis Indiana and is described as rising among the best ministers in the land. Walker Boot wearers seek durability with solid leather and guaranteed ripping resistance.
The piece recalls Senator and Col Baker of California who died at Ball's Bluff early in the war and had lived in the city where his father taught school in 1836. It notes a Hancock and English club organized at North Madison on Thursday night with officers John Beach president Wm Bramwell vice president Dr W E Tilford secretary and J H Losey treasurer.
The Tur Red Men announce a grand hall dance at Trow's new warehouse corner Elm and Ohin streets on Tuesday evening the 24th. The floor measures 48 by 185 feet, accommodating nearly one hundred couples at once. It promises to be among the city’s grandest and largest events.
Railroad tickets to any point in the Great West offered by R P Gahr, agent, at the F M Ins Co office between Mulberry and West, Madison Indiana. Shortest quickest cheapest route. 10-ly
The Hancock and English Club in Madison held a courthouse meeting Tuesday week with Democratic ladies presenting a star spangled banner to the club. E. G. Leland spoke for the ladies and John E. Sullivan, club president, thanked them and urged support for the Democratic ticket, underscoring the flag as a symbol of country first.
Hon David 8 Gooding will address Jefferson county citizens at the courthouse today at one oclock. All residents regardless of party are invited to hear the political issues of the day discussed.
The article touts the county fair opening next Tuesday as the main attraction the department of farm and garden products. It notes enlarged premium lists for cereals and horticultural goods, inviting all farmers to enter displays to showcase local yields and cultivation methods.
Readers are urged to attend the Sells Brothers grand Railroad Menagerie and Circus in Madison on Friday the 27th. The ad touts a $200,000 elephant herd, James Robinson, Ute Chiefs and Braves, living hippos, sea lions, Colorado cattle, a two horned rhinoceros, Willis Cobb’s Miniature Circus, King Sarbro’s Japanese act, and notes no peddlers and a reputational windfall for the Sells brothers.
In Craig township Harrison Adams was swindled by two men who bought a horse wagon and harness and swapped a second horse before Adams vanished. James Lee later identified the stolen property and named a driver Frank Tackett, a painter from Mayaville, Kentucky, as involved.
Hon E H Green of Aurora opened the Democratic campaign in Jefferson County with a forceful speech at the courthouse last Saturday. He assailed the Republicans without resorting to offense and criticized Hayes civil service order and the 1876 fraud. Col Scoby was advertised to speak but did not arrive.
Mrs Morenan an eighty year old Irish woman died suddenly at her residence on West Third Street on Sunday morning after attending breakfast. She rose in good health and perished within minutes of beginning her meal.
Two Evans boys discovered the remains of a newborn female infant in a fence corner two miles west of Vanover on Losingon road. The child appeared murdered with brains knocked against a fence rail. abortion suspected. Coroner Matthews held an inquest and the body was buried on site.
TaE contract for the construction of the masonry of Mill creek bridge at Carrollton Station Kentucky has been awarded to John Maurer and Jacob Schuler of this city.
Jefferson County Agricultural Society announces their 28th annual fair from August 24 to 28 with no games of chance on the grounds. For premium lists contact G S Taylor, Secretary, and W P Graham provides press coverage. The note also records the seventeenth annual Teachers Institute meeting at the High School with remarks by Rev. R Roberts and demonstrations led by Mrs. S E Taylor and Superintendent Tibbets. Prof J W Coombs from Ladoga Normal School spoke on Popular Education in the evening.
A market ad notes 50 cents for a pound of uncolored Japan tea. Mr L C Jones and his mother return from five weeks in the Virginia mountains. In the Bay Horse Saloon a fight leaves Bill Rea badly beaten by proprietor John Apple. Beaugreg Ssirra, injured in Milton Kentucky election day brawl, has recovered sufficiently to be mobile. Grones Kaus weds Miss Ellen Tull at Hanover. The Madison Baptist Association schedules its meet at Wirt Church on September 8.
Three men Reynolds Taylor and Jordan fought in Rich Hollow on Sunday. Reynolds was shot in the right leg. Taylor was arrested Monday before Esq Cravens and fined one dollar plus costs on suspicion of the shooting. The Savage War-whoop act by the Ute chiefs and braves will perform at Sell Brothers Circus in the city Friday August 27 with matinee and evening shows.
Notice is given that Edward Zeiser will apply to the Jefferson County Commissioners at the September 1880 term for a license to sell malt spirituous and vinous liquors in a lesser quantity than a quart to be drank on the premises. The location is in the Third ward on the east side of Mulberry Street between Main Cross and Second Streets in Madison Indiana.
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