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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1882
Page
2
The Herald highlights that all standing advertisements will be collected quarterly. Local notices are to be collected monthly, with six months and Whive months mentioned alongside a $150 amount and a 75 50 collection figure.
The undersigned ends his connection with the Herald as Mr. A Barnett, formerly editor of the Sendrick County Democrat, assumes control after this issue. Barnett is praised as scholarly and experienced, with the paper expected to prosper under his leadership in Madison and Jefferson County.
The piece attacks Burbridge of Kentucky turned Pennsylvania, calling him a human monster and murderer from the late war. It cites Blackburn dismissing him for office and notes Burbridge’s letters defending his record, warning that political use of such men could continue after the war and hinting at appointed offices.
The 90 year old Reverend Wester Jones died at the residence of Mr. Liam Jackson in Saluna Township on the evening of the 9th inst.
The Grand Jury reports no jail or public officer corruption found and notes jail and poor house conditions. It lists 51 male and 30 female paupers with mental health and child counts, cites 93 indictments, and logs 159 witnesses over 11 days. Also records two local medical notices about injuries and relocations.
Co Wright of Madison Indiana writes to the Herald claiming authorship for The Endless Story and explains it was written by Miss Mary Ainge DeVere of Greenpoint Brooklyn, first published in the New York Independent. He encloses The Last Treasure for publication with DeVere's consent and hopes readers find it as interesting.
A meditation on the end of life and true riches as the dying speaker renounces earthly gains. Only faith remains valuable as the spirit departs, while ambition, wealth, and cherished possessions fade. The poem centers on the soul's passage beyond mortal: what remains when breath ends is faith.
A cautioned guide describes washing soft flannels without shrinking or yellowing. Use mild soap dissolved in hot water, form light suds with cold water, soak in a weak suds bath, rub lightly, and rinse in cold, borax-softened water. Do not blue or rub soap directly on fabric. Dry promptly to maintain softness.
Darwin cites a keeper rescued by a brave American monkey when a baboon attacked in a Zoological Garden cage. A captive monkey in the West Indies feigned death to robbers, then killed a crow to avenge thefts. Monkeys here display loyalty and cruelty, with grief and conjugal tenderness noted in Jardin des Plantes specimens.
A Denver Tribune Primer note catalogs illustrious figures from poets to scientists who served as soldiers in their youth. It highlights Dante, Chaucer, Buchanan, Ben Jonson, Sydney, Bunyan, Steele, Collridge, Lope de Vega, Cervantes, Calderon, Loyola, Descartes, Maupertuis, Molus, Rochefoucauld, Lamarck, Niepce, Cobbett, Murchenen, and T. R. Lee as examples of this crossover between military service and later achievement. The piece blends a historical list with a playful ink bottle classroom aside from the tail end.
A Rochester man writes to the Democrat and Chronicle recounting his near death from a mysterious illness. He describes years of misdiagnosis, failing treatments, and illness that reduced his weight from 207 to 130 pounds. After trying a new remedy urged by his pastor, his condition improves, curing his hiccups and pain, prompting him to offer public lectures about the experience and the remedy.
Dr J B Henson of Rochester New York declares Brights disease a leading killer with few symptoms. He recounts his recovery after using Warner s Safe Kidney and Liver Cure and urges early attention to kidney trouble to avoid death and misdiagnosis. He claims over half of American deaths come from kidney disease and offers to substantiate his statements.
At a Boston party a host urges a guest to engage Mr Blank who has written a book on butter. The conversational blind spot ends with butter talk failing to spark interest until the hostess reveals he actually wrote on Buddha. The scene ends with shared astonishment.
A Stone County observer recounts a thirty minute duel as an eagle attacked a flock of geese on White River near Sycarhore Creek. The goose and eagle fought in water and on surface, the flock fleeing, blood coloring the river, and no geese were killed. The escape ended with the eagle retreating toward the mountains.
The article traces the franking privilege from England where it began with the House of Commons, through France, to the United States where it appeared in 1776. It details 1782 free letters for government and military figures, expansion until 1845, and repeal by act effective July 1 1873, concluding with a reflection on the impact of strong leaders.
William J. Coughlin of Somerville Massachusetts recounts a near fatal lung illness from 1876 to 1877 and credits Dr Williams Hall’s Balsam for the Lungs with his recovery. He recalls a hole in the lung, hospitalization, heavy medicines, and a period of presumed death before improvement after taking two bottles. He urges readers to try the remedy, sold by druggists.
An advertisement touts Scovill's Sarsaparilla and Stillingia as a strengthening blood and liver syrup. It claims to cure scrofula, syphilitic disorders, kidney weakness, erysipelas, malaria, nervous debility, bilious conditions, indigestion, and general blood impurity. A single bottle is said to prove its merits as a health renewer.
A compact listing of prices and items from Craig's Sunbeam Flour, including wheat per bushel, bran per ton, shorts per ton, shipstuffs per ton, hominy meal, grits, bolted meal per sack, various hay types, grains, seeds, and staples, with values and vendor notations from Totten & Collins. The fragmentary OCR presents numerous price figures and product names such as Chickens per dozen, Navy beans, sorghum, millet, buckwheat, sugar, coffee, and bacon alongside assorted grains and feeds.
Cattle-Common fair to good. Butcher stock. Good to choice cows. Choice Heifers. Oxen-Common to fair. 2 500 3 50. Good to choice. 100 5 25.
Fragmentary OCR text yields no coherent events or names. No clear person, organization, place, date, or outcome readable for a valid summary.
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