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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1883
Page
3
Local items report J. M. & LR trains now carrying green flags on rear ends following Gen. Carnaham's order to move old muskets from the Madison Guards to the Indianapolis arsenal. Community notices note Senate doorkeeper Vincent P. Kirk, a horse harness vandalism incident at Volga, and various local business and park developments.
Crowded Friday and Thursday night as The Little Church Around The Corner hosted tableaux and recitations supervised by Richard White. Local youths Carl King Rosa Augustine Anna Cravens Stella Pink and Pearl Spleen performed scenes from Luke Matthew and John, with ushers Isaac Wagner Henry White and G. T. Guy noted. A county man George Manley pleaded guilty to boot theft and received 10 days jail plus a $1 fine. A blizzard blanketed the area Sunday with zero temperatures and ducks frozen in three inches of ice on Kimmerl's pond.
A thief or thieves slaughtered a cow near the lower brick yard and took the meat and skin, leaving the rest. The incident shows the city suburbs in fear as police are urged to act. A late evening intruder, masked as a tramp, attempted theft at a residence but was frightened off by the family.
A string of questions raises curiosity about the grand jury adjournment, Pat Kennedy, the Board of Trade, Republican saloon-keepers, costs of the last grand jury, and various local issues from the Star’s editor to public nuisances and future indictments.
A roundup of local social updates mentions the Misses Baker visiting Mr. T. N. Calloway and returning home, various residents on illness travel, and jobs or moves. George E. Trow suffers a severe cold, Carl Cotton visits Moorfield, Mrs. Gerse Dickinson departs for Kansas, and George Hoffman's thriving Indianapolis business is noted. Other entries cover rheumatism, travel to Louisville, St. Louis, and Indianapolis for work, and a death notice for Frank Foster in Lexington.
In Madison nearly all merchants attended the Thursday night gathering at City Hall. John B. Ross was elected president and an executive committee formed to draft a constitution, with plans to advance local commerce and industry.
The notice invites shoppers to bring a basket to J. W. Maddux at Pisneet Grocery tonight and fill it from a stock described as the best selected. It emphasizes offering only the very best groceries in Madison.
The council met in regular session with Schoenstein and Harper absent. A citizens committee reported visits to Hall Lock and Safe Co. and Aurora’s land offer, noting the firm seeks space near its works and may relocate 600 to 1200 employees. Dr. W A McCoy was elected secretary of the Board of Health.
The fox drive drew over 800 spectators last Saturday. Two foxes sold to the highest bidder for 1.65 dollars and 6 cents with a lively crowd enjoying the sport. Uncle Dan Blocher announced drives near Kent on the 27th and near Scottsburg on the 10th. The rest of the piece covers a social visit for Miss Clara Welff, a court-related bond matter involving M. A. Barnett, a minor arrest for intoxication, and demographic statistics from Indiana's Forty-seventh Congress noting many lawyers and other professions and health statistics for 1882.
The Right Reverend Joseph C. Talbot died at 6 pm at his brother Richard L. Talbot’s home in Indianapolis. He had suffered multiple paralytic strokes since 1881 and funeral services are set for Friday at St. Paul’s Cathedral. A moral tale about a clerical appointment was also recounted in the capital.
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