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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1879
Page
3
Brave introduces a fresh stock including Was Lawns Bordered Lawns and Striped Plaid Nainsooks Organdies novelties in white goods new prints muslins cheviots tickings and mosquito nets at low prices plus summer underwear from S. S. Moffett & Son.
A promotional notice urges readers to credit the Herald when buying from advertisers. It highlights the paper’s widespread circulation in Jefferson and nearby counties and promotes the job office and affordable local printing and job work services.
The Central Hotel dining room has been enlarged and improved. MoOREFIELD, Switzerland County, population 125. Surertn Tenpent Harper is overhauling all fire plugs. Greenwood canning will employ about six hundred workers this season. Jefferson County Sunday School Convention set for Saluda on August 7. Vevay news: new onions arriving at 60 to 70 cents per bushel. A rattlesnake six feet long with fourteen rattles killed near Brownstown. Mr A R Suepp Herp named principal and Miss Lang Senter assistant at Pars schools. Jacos FLOERKE at Weis' epuke factory lost a thumb and finger in a spoke lathe last Wednesday.
The Ripley County Agricultural Association fair starts August 12 and lasts four days. The Cemetery street bridge is completed with substantial construction. Versailles and Osgood consider a telephone link. Miss Ipa McCrady wed WK Bender in Vicksburg. Madison shipyard remodels the C B Church into a Lake Providence wharf-boat. A city mill receives wheat at five hundred bushels daily. Stephen Rice in Scott county sustains serious injuries after a hayload fall. City Council adds Health Board emergency powers and quarantine barracks near Crooked creek. A rare birth in Bibb county lacks facial features and dies. Farmers plow furrows to shield wheat from fire along the J M road. Morgan-raid claims must be filed this year under new act. Carrollton will not quarantine despite Louisville’s actions and invites refugees.
A Columbus girl of fifteen eloped with a Cole's Circus attache on Friday week and returned home to her widowed mother on Tuesday. A local wagon-maker’s house was broken into recently with a watch and razors stolen. Various court cases and notices are reported, including a guilty plea for assault and a grand jury indictment.
A young spy named Patrick Rafferty aged eight drowned Wednesday after falling from a small boat while rowing with other boys near Johnson's starch works. The body was recovered in about an hour and life was extinct. An inquest by the Coroner returned a verdict as stated. Separately, steamers L A Sherley and Magsvie Harper collided near Locust creek mouth about nine miles above the city. Sherley lost about twenty feet of guard. Harper had one swinging stage slightly broken. No severe damage or injuries.
Claim agents traverse counties offering to collect Morgan raid claims against the Government for 25 percent of recovered funds. Congress is expected to appropriate about 80 000 dollars to pay these claims, after which claimants will need little legal aid to collect.
Mrs. Wib Baughman in Brownstown reports a dramatic morning encounter between a black snake and a blowing viper. After a vicious fight lasting minutes the black snake subdues and swallows the viper, leaving only an inch of tail visible. She then clubs the exhausted predator to end the spectacle.
A Paris gathering of old settlers drew eight to ten thousand attendees last Saturday. Gov Williams did not arrive, prompting disappointment. The event opened by Dan Blocher and Rev. Wm. Lewis featured several speakers and a new permanent committee for future meetings.
Joax H. McFappen dies at his Wooster home with disputes over wealth. A Cincinnati dispatch says his fortune exceeded 100000 in property and money, with a will granting nearly all to his daughter and a 10000 to his second wife. Scott county clerk Newt Wilson contests the total at just over 20000.
Rev Dr Fisner formally accepted the presidency after a favorable executive committee communication. Prof Young also accepted his newly elected chair. Rev Joseph Waugh has been offered an instructor position pending acceptance. Hanover plans immediate improvements funded by a handsome pledge and aims to enhance student attractions at the session start.
The Board of Health imposes a strict quarantine on Memphis with boat and train inspections and other precautions. About twenty Memphis refugees have arrived, but no yellow fever cases shown among them yet.
The Ver non camp meeting attracts heavy interest with over ten thousand people on Sunday. An excursion train of four fully occupied coaches arrived from the city and another trip is expected next Sunday.
Steps of stout oak have been erected along the embankment on Third Street west of the old cemetery to aid residents living near the trans Crooked creek area.
A horse belonging to Wm. Robinson died of illness while the owner was in town last Saturday. The incident was reported as a sudden, non-violent death with no surrounding disturbance noted.
At a Saturday meeting the Board resolved to clean survey and grade gutters and sewers at street corners and notify property owners. If not complied with, the Board will perform the work and charge the cost to the property, city or citizens.
Nearly three hundred thousand bushels of coal head to this city due to the recent rise in the Alleghany. Total shipments to Cincinnati and Louisville reach about ten million bushels. In a separate suit, Frank Ardner won $50 in damages from Chris Metzheiser for injuries from an assault noted last week.
An alarm on Sunday morning was caused by the partial burning of Mrs Bettie Whartons stable located behind her West Street home. The incident prompted investigation and local fire crews responded to control the blaze.
MARRIAGE LICENCES include Truman Mc Cain and Fannie Robbins, William Winsor and Gussie E Foster, C A Martin and Mary Losteller. Mr W D Stapp, a popular hatter, departed for the East last Monday to buy a full stock of goods.
The farmers jubilee of Saluda township is set for the first Saturday in September at Swan's Grove. Moorefield plans to form a military company.
In Calcutta a letter visits Indian flora, noting mangoes, tamarind and other trees, and contrasts with Western tastes while observing animal life and respect for nature. A Burlington Hawkeye note reports a West Hill school fight where two boys duel with racial insults, the red haired boy winning in a loud verbal clash likened to a Congressional debate.
The Bavarian king Ludwig grows more singular and reclusive in Munich rarely seen by the public. Gossips claim romantic loves and Wagner inspired theatrics including swan drawn boats and imaginary banquets with Louis XVI. Yet he remains discreet, liberal, and benevolent.
The passage describes European folklore about ravens and a legendary "raven stone" that grants fortune and invisibility. It details beliefs in Lech Valley, Swabia, Tyrol, Pomernia, and Rugen about how stones are found, how to obtain them, and the role of magic, Satan, and infancy dew in raven care.
The article recounts Professor Tyndall receiving a severe electric shock from a charged battery of Leyden jars. He reports a brief loss of consciousness followed by a rapid return of intellectual awareness, though his optic perception lagged. To avoid alarm he claimed the shock fulfilled a long time wish. His body appeared to be in detached pieces during the event.
A reflection on Senate decorum noting past and present disputes. The piece recalls clashes between figures like Clay, Randolph, Choate, Benton, Calhoun, and Calhoun’s claim of mastery over the Senate, with sharp exchanges cited from the era.
A compact collection of maxims on virtue, self discipline, and knowledge. It extols earnestness, silent wisdom, humility, and prudent conduct as paths to contentment and longevity while warning that pride, deception, and disbelief in possibilities hinder growth.
Olive Logan notes the novelist’s strict day schedule, avoiding late writing due to ghosts and temptation. The writer restricts smoking and writing at night, insisting on finishing daily work before exercise and describes the back parlor studio on Gloucester place as the “small trade” room for weaving fiction.
Railroad tickets to any point the Great West via the M Short Lane. The shortest quickest cheapest route. See R P Gahr, agent, office with F and M Ins Co, Second Street between Mulberry and West, Madison, Ind. 8 10 ly.
The Board of Health bans dumping filth into the river and within city limits. Hauling may start no earlier than midnight and must end by 4 am. Scavengers must use covered box-carriers with lime copperas and carbolic acid. disinfectants must be exposed to air during removal. A permit from the Board is required in hot weather. violators will be prosecuted.
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