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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1879
Page
3
The circuit court is in session for a short term. Local items report new uniforms for the Madizon Guards, spring garden prep, dedications, and upcoming entertainments. Also noted are weddings, a literary event, a military company forming, and various local deaths and incidents.
A list of perfumes includes Pet Rose Hyacinth Alista Bouquet La dies Favorite and other handkerchief fragrances. The text praises the bouquets as exquisite scents with odors described as dainty buds and rich blossoms.
Tax Choral Union prepares for concert. Mail route to be established Milton to Bedford. Jail contract awarded to Henry Wrave Co. for Hartford City. Jefferson County Sunday School Convention at Second Presbyterian. Marriage licenses listed. Local mischief at Swanville party. Drowning of Henry Lock at Vevay. body recovered. Col B F Mullen dies. Amy Simpson dies of diphtheria. John Chambers obtains divorce and remarries. Shipyard to build steamboat for Warsaw and ferry-boat for Quincy. Unpublished township notice about teachers' institutes. Fire department service for funerals adopted. County printing bid dispute and taxes noted. Gosnell house fire. minor damage. Second Presbyterian service featured Martha overture and Tannhauser march.
Six youths, three women and three men, appeared before Squire Wray at North Madison on Thursday last and were fined $1 with $0.50 costs, totaling $0.50 each, for creating a disturbance in the suburban Methodist Church.
Mrs Abberger assisted by Miss Anna McClure entertained friends at her East Becond street home last Monday night. Dancing lasted late and the event passed off without incident. Earlier, near Middlefork bridge a passenger coach was shot at. two shots were fired with no motive established and the assailants remain unknown.
An advertisement asserts Dr Price’s Cream Baking Powder is free from harmful substances and urges consumers to obtain pure articles only, warning of adulterated foods harming valids and tender children.
Mr. H C Firra shows a finest specimen of crys talized quartz in his window. It was brought from crystal mountain near Hot Springs Ark by Mr C E Whitsett who just returned from a visit to the Springs and surroundings.
The Herald revises its earlier claim, now stating seven hundred dollars could have been saved by selecting a lower bidder for county printing. The piece accuses the County Commissioners of broken pledges and criticizes a perceived “court-house ring” influence, citing Mr. Wright and local lawmakers as complicit, while stressing no personal vendetta.
The St Agnes Society held a lively masquerade Tuesday evening at Miss Geiss parlors. Mrs Lilie Bright hosted with Mrs F Q Brooks and Mrs Mame Smith. Guests wore peasant, courtier, and foreign costumes, with notable turns by Misses Charlesworth Anna as Elda Mollie Dolly Varden Cora Brown Nellie Hubbs Julie Smith Lizzie Todd and gentlemen including Fritz Rogers from 1776 and Hallie Stapp. Music by Gebert's orchestra and a fine supper followed. services at Christ Church Sunday featured a masque theme with soloists led by Mr Pilcher and Miss Anna Eaverson.
The Tuebal masque of St Agnes Society held Tuesday evening was a very pleasant social affair in the city. Despite a low admission price that included supper, the event netted about $50.
The Madison post office compiles a list of letters awaiting pickup on Monday February 3 1879. Names include Miss Lizzie Anderson Mrs Sarah Bates Mra Amanda Belander Mra Charlott Bishop and many others across multiple initials with several entries for Mrs Mollie Montz and Mr Jno Ferre among the numerous recipients.
A mill accident at Deputy ends in the severing of William Graston’s head and fatal injuries to his body as the flywheel spins. The seventeen year old, noted as industrious and honorable, dies. condolences flow to the Graston family from the community. A separate late report notes a minor fire at Abberger’s drug-store, quickly contained with minimal damage.
H. J. Feerus once a city druggist and editor of the Bloomington Courier with his foreman J. C. Wentworth were convicted of the murder of Jas. H. Rogers on New Year’s Eve and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary.
In the United States this flavoring extract is praised as highly valuable and effective for producing delicious cakes pastries and ice cream claims by a Dr Price endorsement highlighting its superior flavor.
The Star argues county commissioners erred by not directing printing to the lowest bidder despite a promised practice. Taxpayers may face about $700 in extra annual expense. The note adds Blackwood's Magazine reprint details and pricing by Leonard Scott Publishing in New York.
Two buggies stop at the Capital Hotel and couples exit in confusion as married partners mistake strangers for spouses. A man and woman quarrel over a buggy swap, an officer is summoned, and both buggies return to the hotel amid dramatic but nonfatal confrontation.
A graphic correspondent recalls Ute shoppers ambulating with tin types of a villainous Indian. Squaws load ponies while braves lash saddles and profit from a bystander. A miner offers to buy a squaw as banter. The piece shifts to a Turkish soldier taught death comes for him, facing fate with calm.
A French paper reports a topical quip where a speaker asks which animal comes nearest a woman. The reply of a bystander is a monkey, then another insists the closest is a man, illustrating a crude exchange on gender.
Trial bottles priced at 25 cents promise quick relief from coughing throats and bronchial ailments. Dr. Swayne and Son, Philadelphia, touts its efficacy for asthma, bronchitis, liver complaints, and spitting blood, with testimonials from Isaacs Sherbein of Straustown, Berks County.
Advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs colds asthma bronchitis hay fever consumption and throat and lung affections. Claims over one million bottles used last year with universal satisfaction and free trial bottles offered at J B C F Harper’s Madison.
An 19th century advertisement touts a salve for cats and humans addressing eczema, ulcers, chapped skin, chilblains, corns and skin eruptions. It guarantees satisfaction or money back. Sold by J. Le C. Harper in Madison with a price of 25 cents per box.
In a crowded ad section the claim is made that glycerole of Amid on will cure chapped hands scalds burns and smooth the skin. W H Rogers & Co advertise the product and provide railway tickets at low rates. The GALT HOUSE Cincinnati promotes economical lodging at one dollar and fifty cents per day led by W E Marsh Jr urging early trial.
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