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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1882
Page
1
A wandering speaker recalls Joaquin Miller’s ballad of a cattleman and his wife. The Texan guide asserts twenty years of faithfulness before revealing his wife has been dead for twenty years, prompting reflection on love and constancy in the West.
A speaker laments empty arms and restless craving for a nurturing home. She longs for doors and windows to reveal laughter and light, imagining rooms filled with children, broken toys, and music, contrasting with the current weary stillness.
A lyrical fragment recalls a moonlit April romance where words and flowers crowned a loved one. The verse mourns a fading glory, as November gloom and a lingering thorn imply beauty lost and memory's ache.
William L Scott's imported French Etallion Rayon Dor shipped by express to Exie Pennsylvania. Fifty thousand dollars cash refused yesterday. Wilkes' Spirit of the Times praises the horse. Winnings in 1879 were $90,985. he cost $38,000 and landed in New York as the highest price paid for a horse on either continent.
The National Agricultural Convention will assemble at the Grand Pacific Hotel in Chicago on December 12.
Ropert Tooss a celebrated rebel from Georgia is said to be worth about 2 500 000 dollars. His law practice yields him a large income and he holds extensive landed estates.
Jates Worren of the Indiana Supreme Court rendered his last decision in the Vincennes lottery case. He has served on the state’s high bench for nineteen years across different terms.
The Goshen Democrat Max Dembuisky emerges as a potential candidate for Secretary of the Senate. Described as active and well liked across the state, he would bring competence and courtesy, rewarding his party for years of loyal service.
The report shows total internal revenue of 138,884,090 for the last fiscal year but proposes a reduction of 100,000,000. The plan would cut Mr. Hubbell's assessment significantly, yet proponents say relief from taxation would benefit the people.
Gen Ros Encrans repeats aims after re election saying he favors abolishing most internal revenue tax and accuses the revenue department of harboring thieves. He claims Germans left the Republican party to stay and cites a national political revolution driven by that fact.
An Indianapolis accident on a Vandalia line killed engineer John Cromwell of Terre Haute after a rear collision near Belt Line. Coal ejected scalded him against a red hot boiler as steam escaped. cries persisted for over thirty minutes before rescue could reach him. He left a wife and three children.
Milwaukee residents express alarm over a spate of abductions. Maggie Henneck and Mary Nelson vanished without trace weeks ago, while a recent case saw a young woman lured into a buggy by a stranger and escape after injuries. Calls rise for firm government action and swift punishment.
The piece argues Republicans used temperance as a political ploy to avoid placing prohibition amendments on a general election ballot in 1884. It claims party leaders feared losing votes if the issue stood for statewide vote and favored a special election instead, prompting expectations of future opposition in the legislature.
The item catalogs political commentary across papers like New York Sun Buffalo Courier Boston Herald and Chicago Times noting figures such as Blaine Cor nell Sherman and Mahone. It references President Arthur in Washington and public notices of party shifts Tennessee victories and a New Jersey Delaware senatorial save. It also mentions local presses on elections and a range of public figures and opinions.
A Nashville man started a mutual benefit association with pompous officer titles. A lone citizen joined, was regularly arrested, and when his policy came due he tried to cancel it. The organizer asked for payment immediately, claiming he must assess the single member for the full five hundred dollars. The policy-holder left in disgust.
Judge Lindsay of Kentucky rose from war era labor to wealth in the bar. He ended the war as a blacksmith, then a young lawyer fifteen years later. He served in the state senate, was elected to the court of appeals, and after one term resigned to build a vast practice.
The quotation frames care as a cold blooded race and likens politicians to domestic animals. It claims care little who is master and comments on overturnings and midnight caucuses as primaries.
A Baltimore merchant endorses Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as the best preparation for coughs and colds, noting it provides almost immediate relief after three years of family use. The testimonial is signed by B. Waterman of 118 Light Street.
A soaring, hopeful portrait of young Democratic leaders like Connecticut’s Governor elect Waller and Pattison of Pennsylvania. The piece argues the new generation, under thirty-four to forty, marks democracy’s sweeping advance and will shape future presidential prospects after the Civil War era.
The president vows action against government employees who misuse influence to hinder justice. The paper notes the move to remove Helm, manager of Gen. Brady's Critic, and asserts Spence may face arrest if located, citing contempt of court and defiance toward the president. Questions rise about influence maintaining him as a Union Pacific director.
A guide to creating a hanging garden using a printers towel as a base with sowing tips and care. The column then recounts John Grismer’s confession after a $20 church donation traced to $2,000 stolen funds, a fatal finger injury to Mrs. Ellen Day in New York, a 1982 Chicago Herald edition predicting future cognition, and a Richmond dispatch about George Washington’s servant Methuselah Learson. A New England senator’s wife discovers house guests turned her Washington residence into a boarding house with mixed patrons.
The Cairo township case recounts Samuel Kintzer urging his son Samuel Jr to copy the Old Testament by pen and ink after school and leisure. The boy quit ten days ago, ran away, and has not been heard from since. The item also notes a historic wine story from Harrisburg tied to a Democratic governor election.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve touted as the best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers and skin eruptions with a money back guarantee. Sold by C E Heberhart at 7 in the local shop.
An advertisement urges mothers to buy Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup to ease teething pain in infants. It Claims immediate relief, bowel regulation, rest for mothers, and safety, labeling the product as the prescription of a long established female physician and nurse. Sold everywhere for 25 cents per bottle.
Harper & Brothers offer the last four annual Harper's Weekly volumes in neat cloth binding mailed freight included or express free if freight stays under one dollar per volume for $700 each. Cloth cases available by mail for $1 each. Remit via post office money order or draft.
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