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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1892
Page
1
An advertising notice extols Simmons Liver Regulator as a universal remedy for digestive and liver ailments. It claims torpid liver causes constipation headaches and nervousness and asserts the product restores health with no disappointment. Source cites W I McElroy of Macon Georgia as authority.
Creditors heirs and legatees of Thomas J. Humphrey deceased must appear in Jefferson Circuit Court Madison Indiana on the first day of June to show cause why final settlement of the estate should not be approved. Heirs must prove heirship and receive distributive shares. Attorneys Korecy & Form advise. Also note unrelated classified offer from Johnson & Company seeking workers in Richmond Virginia.
Property advertises a 20 by 60 feet Corner Store with glass front in good farming country near Madison. Located in Caltege Town miles from Madison, the inquiry comes from Mrs E A Brandt and doctors Forsvre Cohen with Hanover Indiana connections.
The Republican convention will be held in Minneapolis starting June 7. The Chicago & North Western Railway offers round trip fares, three fast trains from Chicago, and convenient route choices via Janesville Madison Devils Lake or the Lake Shore Route. Circulars with rates and maps are available from W A Thrall, G P & T A, Chicago & North Western Ry. Chicago.
A political and historical examination of Indiana debt from 1836 onward. Judge Lewis Jordan argues internal improvements caused the heavy burden, detailing compromises, payments, and partisan blame between Democrats and Republicans across administrations from Porter to Hendricks and beyond.
Peter Jackson defeats Frank P. Slavin in the tenth round to claim the Australian championship and a $10,000 purse at the National Sporting Club. The bout draws a packed crowd, with Jackson dominating and Slavin punished throughout while ill feelings and betting shifts add to the fiery atmosphere.
Dispatches report a terror of fire and cholera across Srinagar district. One hundred cholera deaths last week, two thirds of the city burned, four thousand families homeless, thirty thousand in dire need of food, and relief from Lahore insufficient to meet demand.
At the Galician frontier near Radzivilov Austrian troops crossed into Russian territory while pursuing alleged invaders. A Polish peasant alerted the Austrian commander convincing him they were on Russian soil. Russians prepared to attack but retreated as the misstep was confirmed. Vienna views the incident as showing Russian readiness to seize pretexts for hostilities.
A two hour storm in Indianapolis with vivid lightning and heavy thunder drenched streets and flooded sewers. Cellars overflowed and property damage occurred while the fire department aided firefighting efforts.
The fund for the Grant monument has been completed. The announcement was met with cheers at memorial exercises Monday afternoon in front of General Grant's tomb.
Boston considers a conference of stone and granite cutter unions to counter the New England Granite Manufacturers Association. The Boston branch seeks support from bricklayers and stonemasons to disrupt building with non mason cut stone. New York pavers begin returning to work as union payers resume, signaling a shift in the national paving strike.
Doctors in Pomeroy Ohio concede the disease is smallpox after a month of labeling cases as chickenpox. The board of health counts about twenty cases locally, with additional exposures in Mason City West Virginia opposite Pomeroy. No quarantine was enforced until yesterday, raising public health concerns.
Seth S Copeland of Greensboro Indiana slept as an unknown assailant fired through a barely opened blind. The bullet lodged in his pillow but caused no further injuries. In New York a steamer from Copenhagen brought twenty five Swedish and Norwegian women bound for Dakota seeking husbands.
The body of D M Carey of New York who drowned in Wheeling creek last February was found yesterday in the Ohio river at Moundsville twelve miles below Wheeling. Also reported are two other items: D'Arblay's mills at Corbeil burned with 70 000 bushels of wheat and twenty employees injured.
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