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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1881
Page
3
The Herald serves Jefferson and border towns with ads and job work. Reports note 51 asylum inmates, a $25 gift to veteran George Meuser, and prayer meetings nightly. Miss Saran Oscoop dies in St Paul at age 12. a Fair Play Fire Company fundraiser nets $152.20 for Meuser.
The Sherley steamer crew and about forty couples attended a lantern display on the Kentucky river last Thursday evening, with attendees noting the scene from the harbor.
Alpert G Porter is inaugurated Governor of Indiana in a ceremony at English's Opera House in Indianapolis with attendees and officials present. The event marks a new administration and sets policy expectations for the state capital.
Mr. Wit of Columbus attended the Pogue reception in the city Friday night and left for home Saturday evening after paying his Herald subscription. A break in the harness caused Peter Webber’s sleigh horse to run away last Saturday, causing no damage beyond the sleigh.
H. B. McCune & Son, once based in the city, filed for bankruptcy with assets fixed at 45 000 dollars and liabilities at 25 000 dollars by Indianapolis panels. The T M and T Road reduced travel time between Indianapolis and Louisville to three hours and thirty minutes starting last Monday. No time change for the Madison branch. State authorities allocate common school fund apportions Jefferson county paid 88 1904 and received 14 681 25 with 11 745 children. each child gets 125 dollars.
Fate Play Fire Company No 1 hosts a grand masquerade ball on February 22 to raise funds for building an addition to their engine house including an engine room and flue.
Daniels of Indiana sues Harriet W. Sewell, victim of Beaver's crime, in September 1878 over a $500 note given in July that year by Sewell and her husband for services as M. H. Daniels, plaintiff's husband, as real estate agent.
Mr George Botey a longtime clerk at the city post office will resign his position on February 1 after four years of service. He has made many warm friends there and is likely to secure another and better job soon.
Mr. Thomas Wisp a well known county figure died at his home in Shelby township on Friday morning in his 88th year He served multiple terms in the Legislature and for many years as County Commissioner The funeral was largely attended and held at Hebron Cemetery on Sunday
Ohio man Oxe McWhinney through Auditor Graham gains tax titles to nine lands forfeited to the State for nonpayment. Owners must pay purchase money plus 15 percent after six months 25 percent after a year and 40 percent after two years to redeem or lose the property. River damage reports show limited impact locally but serious loss at Cincinnati with Gen Lytle sunk and about fifty coal barges lost. Josefa Progsr Western Hotel clerk dies aged 34 after long illness leaving a city grieving openly.
The Madison post office on Monday January 10 lists remaining patrons and delivery names in two sections. Readers see specific ladies and gentlemen by surname initials such as Brown, Beat, Chambers, Hammersmith, Hughes, King, Leland, Moore, Nichols, Osting, Piper, Ray, Ryanolda, Steffens, Stickrod, Thomas, Taulman, Teichman, Vance, Wade, Wilson, Wolfe, Weber and many others. The roster also notes gentlemen under initials B through W with surnames like Boyce, Brennen, Craig, Crandill, David, Dinsher, Everhart, Gabel, Griner, Hinds, Hoffman, Klein, Lenhert, Moore, Murphy, Porter, Ringaward, Schlick, Salyards, Siler, Thomas, Wahl, Weir.
Thomas Lockard, once missing from the city, was arrested by Marshal Cisco on a charge of robbing Charles W. Chowning of a gold watch and eighty dollars. The watch was found in Lockard’s uncle’s valise after a search, and Lockard admits being with Chowning the day of the robbery but denies guilt. He was held on $500 bond for Circuit Court after a preliminary Mayor Brashear trial and jailed on grand larceny charges for failing to post bond.
Sup t Smuart presents annual figures for city common schools: average pupils 1,288 with 1,218 daily attendance, 42 teachers, 31 pupils per teacher on average, 197 session days, 7 buildings and 7 janitors. Incidental expenses from schol revenue total 7,662.05 dollars. tuition revenue paid teachers 18,795.40 dollars. janitor average salary 212.57. teacher average salary 447.50. average tuition cost per pupil 20.54.
Last Thursday night Angerona Lodge No 65 IOOF North Madison installed officers T A Wray N G James S Vawter W G W Y Monroe Secretary Wm J Elvin Treasurer Trustees John W Allen Jas B Vawter T A Wray Names listed reflect lodge leadership and governance for the upcoming term.
Farr Puay Fire Company No 1 elected officers at the last meeting with John W W Bishop as President Wm Antle as Vice President James W Hinds as Secretary J Tess as Treasurer W J Graham as Chief Director J W Linck as Assistant Chief Director W H Jones as 1st Hose Director A Neal as Assistant Hose Director L Ernat as Engineer A Thomas as 1st Pipesman J F Geebe as Assistant Pipesman Wm Wolt as Messenger James Hargan John Kirk and J J Craig as Trustees
At the annual election held Thursday night last for church officers, Chas Bach was chosen President Bernhard Lotz Vice President Andreas Werner Secretary Otto Heuse Jr Treasurer Elvers William Dietrich William Heck Trustees John C Ochs Philipp Kestner Sr Jacob Weber were elected to the board.
Friends in Hanover and Leadville praise J A Deans business pluck and accuracy. The June Chronicle reports his ten month assay total reaching 2154, surpassing older standards, with five years in the field. He formerly served Denver Dry Ore Reduction Works and San Juan Milling Works, runs a well equipped assay office, and frequently provides check assays.
A New York paper notes 147 steamships were lost in 1880 totaling 171362 tons. Of these 107 were British and 56 stranded, 32 collided, 31 foundered, 12 missing with no crew, 6 burned, 3 sunk by ice, 3 abandoned, and 1 capsized.
The nation hosts 43 000 post offices and 60 479 postal employees. Last year post office expenditures topped receipts by 3 000 000 dollars. civil service reform could reduce the shortfall.
Democrats and Greenbackers organized the State Senate ensuring radicals will not have an easy path as some anticipated.
The House approved the army appropriation bill last week in an easy vote. The current funding amount is 339000 dollars less than the previous year’s allowance.
Next week Senator McDonald will deliver a speech outlining the Democratic party’s future policy. The event is highly anticipated as a key moment in shaping party direction.
Governor Porter married Miss Stone on Wednesday afternoon in New York City. The ceremony occurred as public and social circles noted the union in the capital region.
The Virginia Chronicle launches a new feature titled Smallpox Gossip providing brief notes or rumors about public health concerns. The column promises quick reads for readers seeking updates on outbreaks and preventive measures.
Georgp Detsrer and Lizzie Siegel were married at St Marys Church on Thursday evening last in a simple ceremony attended by local family and friends.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a remedy for teething pain in children. It promises immediate relief, bowel regulation, and rest for mothers and children, calling it safe, pleasant tasting, and a prescription of respected female physicians and nurses. Sold nationwide for 25 cents a bottle.
A historic advertisement urges stopping coughs and sore throats to prevent lung disease. Brown's bronchial troches are claimed to relieve asthma bronchitis coughs catarrh consumptive and throat diseases. Sold at twenty five cents per box, with decades of tested use by public speakers and singers.
A mixed page of editorial observations and local notices recounts foreign rhetoric and German gestures in Europe, with satire on metaphors. It covers Madison Lodge elections, city council notes, a child injured by a cart, an assignment of Henry Horrstapt, a mule accident at Snyder's distillery, denial from Senator McDonald about Vateon, and political commentary on Ropeson and Credit Mobilier.
Construction has begun on a telegraph line from Browns ville Texas to Brazos Santiago. Wires will extend to Tampico and then to Vera Cruz where a connection will link with the existing line to the Mexican capital.
A. H. Stepneys, Georgia representative, told the Atlanta Constitution that Southern hostility to Northern settlers is a misconception. He states, We want Northern men we want Yankees we welcome all honest citizens. His assurances are described as gratifying.
An advertisement for the Home Lamp Co in Cincinnati touts a clamp lamp that mounts to tables and can convert to a wall lamp. It features an argand burner, filling indicator, and match box, advertised as safe, affordable, and easy to sell to households. Religious papers endorse it as a trusted product. agents urged to canvass for exclusive territory and substantial commissions.
Advertises railroad tickets to any point in the Great West using the O and M Short Line, claiming shortest quickest and cheapest route. Sold by BR. P. GAR, agent, at the FB. & M. Tis Co. office on Second Street between Mulberry and West in Madison Indiana.
The passage questions whether Democratic and Republican congressmen fulfilled their duties to the people who elected them, implying absenteeism concerns and political accountability in the House.
The Indiana Legislature will elect a United States Senator today with indications that Ben Harrison is favored to win the seat. The vote follows a heated session as lawmakers consider the future of the state’s representation in Washington D.C.
Mrs Brown and her co defendant Wade faced murder charges near Indianapolis. The second trial resulted in life imprisonment for Mrs Brown while Wade’s bid for a new trial was denied. Earlier trial sentences were death by hanging. The cases cost the state and parties about 840000.
A garbled patch lists phrases about miners education and coal trade with scattered maxims. It mixes observations on pay schools, dealers, effort over dreams, and strange typos about Colorado and invention. The piece reads like a stray editor’s notes or a lesson fragment rather than a complete article.
A fragmentary collection of odd aphorisms and misspellings discusses money value of paper, depreciation, curious phrases about peacocks and muffs, odd natural sayings, self harm by trigger, bowling risks, alcohol warnings, and a caution about stomach damage from drink.
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