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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1892
Page
1
All children admitted FREE on Wednesday. Amusements of all kinds and attractions for everyone with music and entertainment. See the Wheat Premium and Show Ring Premiums. Attend for a good time. Premium list available from Sidney E Haigh Secretary and U K Officer President.
Notice is given that Peter Hertz will apply to the Jefferson County Indiana Commissioners at the September term 1892 for a license to sell malt spirituous and vinous liquors in less than a quart on premises at 318 Main Street north side between Broadway and Poplar in the Fourth Ward Madison Indiana.
In a critique cited from Grover Cleveland, the text argues that tariffs intended to support wages drive up prices for nearly all manufactured goods. Workers, earning wages from employers, must pay higher prices for family needs, effectively reducing their hard earned compensation.
Bufra Aug 16 reports switchmen in Lehigh Valley Erie and Creek yards striking for a ten hour day with same pay as current. Yards show little freight activity while deputies and militia mobilize as threats flare from Homestead to Tracey City and Coal Creek amid tense labor conflict.
In Tennessee, about 400 miners deserted White Hall and Victoria for Inman mines in Sequatchie valley and freed 275 convicts. They guarded the convicts, planned to fire on the town, and transported them toward Nashville as guards were stationed at wires and operators. Governor Buchanan sought troops to quell the chaos amid fears of a statewide outbreak.
With mills resuming after a long shutdown, Amalgamated association works on graded scales ready for signatures. A Youngstown conference with Mahoning and Shemango manufacturers faces a sticking point over a $5.50 puddling rate. Signed scales arrive from Bridgeport Ohio Labelle Works Wheeling Terre Haute Iron and Steel. President Weihe says workers and manufacturers welcome resumed operation and denies political ambitions.
In Indianapolis August 16 thirty union machinists at the Denney Electric Manufacturing Co on South Wiln e street walked out after the company refused to rehire a machinist previously discharged for working with non union men. The plant manager warned he would close the factory if not allowed to run his business. A union committee demanded rehiring and the factory manager protested.
About 500 miners in Harrison Pennsylvania struck yesterday threatening to destroy company property and cause serious trouble. In Washington authorities report the navy seized the Winnifred for poaching in Alaskan waters. Grasshopper damage devastates oats in Huron and surrounding counties. Chelsea shoe firm C H Abbott & Company has property attached with liabilities unknown.
Reports from Teheran state cholera spreads daily with about 2000 deaths weekly. Streets are filthy, workers refuse street cleaning, officials flee, and medical help is scarce. The American mission hospital treats many cases as dead bodies pile up in lower city areas.
The Mark Lane Express reports a six week rise of about half a million quarters in the English wheat crop, with an expected total of 4,256,000. Barley remains near average and higher in quality, oats lag about 10 percent, and English wheat supplies look comfortable in August with prices mostly lower. Indian corn from America rises slightly while Russian prices fall. Russian yield estimates face market skepticism.
The Daily News predicts Gladstone's cabinet lineup with Gladstone as premier, Herschell as lord chancellor, Harcourt as chancellor, Asquith in the v office, Spencer at admiralty, Morley and Munella among other posts with Fowler at local government. notes Pamirs ceded to Russia rumor. Vatican plans to lodge pilgrims during the Episcopal jubilee in Rome.
A. H. Ash was shot from his horse near Loud Rock on a Sunday night. Bloodhounds traced the fugitive to the Ash home and authorities arrested Will Ash, charged with murdering his father after a recent confrontation.
In Hodson Michigan Jennie Tabor confessed she planned to blow up her house with her brother and sister to claim her late father’s $5,000 estate. She said her lover William Meirs influenced them to rob George Goodwin’s home and fund the dynamite purchase. Officials doubt Meirs’s guilt. In Nasuvinti Governor Buchanan announced his bid as an independent. In Atlanta Sheriff Slade of Pike County was killed by his deputy Jock Sullivan during a dark raid on a negro burgh. In Wilkes-Barre Christian Roher, a Civil War veteran, shot himself after suffering a war wound and mental anguish.
In Dickson Tennessee a Saturday incident sparked a temperance drive as a man died after being struck by a freight car and locals formed a mass meeting. A committee confiscated liquor from C Ray and Bill Moore and warned owners to dispose of their intoxicants.
The Daily Capital notes reports from seventy of Kansas counties indicate the state will average 75 percent of a full corn crop. Some counties expect the largest yields in years while wheat harvests also promise record yields. A grain car famine is feared as the crop hits the market.
No news has reached Quiscy about the Baldwin park balloon escape with Aernaut Samuel Baldwin and Harry Mc Mein editor of The Whig. The plan aimed for a 200 mile countrywide trip and the last sighting showed the craft heading southwest.
In Philadelphia a Polish woman died from burns after a coal oil lamp was hurled by her husband Jodwega Kassenski, who is under arrest for murder. The dispatch also notes a Buckhorn township trustee stabbed after a job rejection and General J W Huston reported very ill in PrERsKILT New York. Baseball scores listed include Cincinnati 2 New York ? and Chicago 2 Baltimore 4.
Review of the grain and cattle markets for Aug 15 shows varied prices. Wheat and corn figures in New York and Cleveland are listed with fiber, wool, and lamb values reflecting mixed demand. Prime cattle and spring lambs command higher bids while common stock moves lower.
The piece argues the Democratic party as the people's party with a record of fighting for the many and controlling government restraint on wealth. It notes past bipartisan limits, GOP checks in the House, and compares presidential voting patterns since 1872, urging Jefferson County Democrats to stay united on the eve of a likely victory.
S H Clifford of New Cassel Wisconsin suffered neuralgia rheumatism stomach disorder and weight loss until three bottles of Electric Bitters restored his health. Edward Shepherd of Harrisburg Indiana had an eight year leg sore and was healed after three bottles of Electric Bitters and Bucklen Amice Salve. John Speaker of Catawba Ohio had five fever sores. one bottle Electric Bitters and one Bucklen Amice Salve cured him. Sold by J E and F Harper.
Excursion tickets to the National Capital for the G A R Encampment and to Baltimore at low round trip rates from September 15 to 20, with return until October 10. Side trips to Gettysburg available. Fast through trains from Indiana, Ohio, and Western Pennsylvania offer Pullman and modern coaches. Tickets via Pennsylvania Line agents or F Van Dusen, Pittsburg.
From North Vernon to St Louis and to Kansas City and return at 4 50 and 6 00 respectively on August 19 20 21 and 22 with tickets valid for return through September 15 1892 inclusive. Inquiries to local O M Ry agents or C G Jones District Passenger Agent Vincennes Ind. dtang22
The Chicago & North Western Railway plans two low rate Harvest Excursions in August and September. Departures are August 30 and September 27 with round trips to Iowa Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Wyoming Colorado Utah Idaho and Montana for one fare. Tickets good for return within twenty days.
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