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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1880
Page
3
In Jefferson and border towns of adjacent counties to attract business, the job office offers complete services in all departments and promises cheaper job work. For Clerk, Napoleon B. McKay is presented as a candidate.
The district records multiple deaths including the wife of Frederick Mower of Monroe township and Miss Caroline Metzheiser on Walnut Street. Patrick Cunsincaam and Mrs Voelker die of heart disease and cancer respectively. Kent bridge repair progresses under Hiram Quigley with completion planned this week. Ripley County names Ed Wood sheriff replacing Amos Crozier. School meeting selects Alex and Ed Chambers as teachers. Salada township lists population 1649, with 834 families, 326 dwellings, 245 farms.
Tastes Jackson of Tanglewood committed suicide by laudanum on Tuesday. Wendell, a noted Ripley County resident, died at Napoleon on Saturday from laudanum overdose. Mrs Geteer of Graham road was sent to the asylum on Saturday. The second annual colored camp meeting opens at North Vernon Fairgrounds Friday for ten days. Lewis W Beal of Jefferson County is an independent congressional candidate. Infant Joan Weyer died Saturday and was buried at Springdale Cemetery. City churches will hold one service daily due to heat. About two hundred from the Garfield and Arthur club and others joined an excursion to Indianapolis last Wednesday. While quarrying at the First Lock on the Kentucky river, workers unearthed skeletons and pottery. Census returns show Carrollton population 1340 and Carroll County 9035, up about 3000. J J Kremner, ex mayor of Evansville, nominated for Congress in the First district to challenge Heisman. ExMilier, former mail agent on the J M I Road, injured in Vandalia Railroad collision. Carey Moyroy, J M I brakesman, lost a finger requiring amputation. W Topp, longtime Paris Crossing mail carrier, was replaced by Mr Rector who will also carry to Neill’s Creek and Lancaster. Vevay Democrat notes county postmasters must contribute to the Republican campaign fund.
The Jefferson County Fair will auction refreshments and other privilleges on Tuesday August 4 1880 at 11 oclock. For information contact 112 H Colgate Supt Wa McCoy, a noted livery keeper on West Main Cross street. Mr McCoy died Monday after a week of malaria fever. remains sent to Canaan for interment yesterday. Bryan Chapel camp meeting closed with about two thousand attendees enjoying a candlelit procession and hymns around the tabernacle led by the Sweet Singers in Israel.
Board of School Trustees announces the 1847 teacher appointments across districts for the next term starting August 30. Notable posts include Thomas V. Dodd as Superintendent and Principal, with Miss Mary D. Reid and Mrs. Laura Cunningham as first and second assistants at the High School, and numerous district principals and teachers listed by district. A full letter list follows with many names alphabetically, and Western Fire Company No. 3 elects new officers including S. Grayson as President and C. A. Bowman as Vice President.
A young man and woman arrived at the Central Hotel with a two month old boy. After breakfast the woman left with the man, leaving the infant asleep on a parlor sofa. The child was cared for by the landlady and later placed in Township Trustee Cochran then to the County Asylum. The couple used the name Johnson and arrived by the Cincinnati packet. The baby is named Harry Madison by the asylum superintendent.
An advertiser praises the Henderson coffee-pot as the perfect household item that saves time and money and makes coffee superior. The dealer B. McTyre claims exclusive selling rights in Bartholomew and Marion counties and invites customers to buy one.
The Jefferson Co Agricultural Society announces the 28th annual fair from August 24 to 28, 1880 with no games of chance. Premium list inquiries go to secretary G S Taylor. President W P Graham presides over the event.
Charlestown residents hear of many youths planning to enroll at Hanover College next year. The article praises Hanover as a premier Western college with successful alumni and open doors for all, offering a free course to entrants. Applications already arrive from Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky, Iowa and beyond.
The Jennings county community learned Friday that Mrs. Wm Stanley of Dupuot three miles away died by suicide in a barn. Neighbors report she prepared dinner, then hanged herself. no clear cause is given. Also, Whitham of Barboursville sustained severe abdominal injuries after impaling himself on a hay fork in Trimble Kentucky, and was carried home for treatment.
Miss Sakaun Loven of North Madison has been declared insane and is committed to the asylum for treatment.
The notice proclaims an absolute cure for all kidney diseases now offered by Day's Kidney ad. It asserts universal efficacy and urges readers to seek the remedy.
Madison issues an ordinance restricting dogs from running at large from August 1880. Owners must license dogs, wear durable collars with an attached license check, and pay fees varying by dog or bitch. Enforcement includes penalties, canine killing after August 1880, and rules on confinement during disease alerts.
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