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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1880
Page
3
Local political slate includes Calvin Ci6co for sheriff and Charles W. Allfrey for recorder with William Marquis M D as coroner and Harry Jackson as surveyor. Commissioners named James Woods and Benjamin Mayfield. County updates report weather, school counts, drownings, deaths, fairs plans, and transit schedules plus various local notices and upcoming camp meetings.
Mrs Martha Kelly of this county has finished a quilt of twenty one thousand two hundred pieces and says there is nothing remarkable about it. The Star notes Mr William Parker Hendricks as a candidate for Auditor of State on the Republican ticket and praises his fitness for Indiana Republicans.
Messrs John Oliver and Company of Toronto have opened a large walnut timber depot here and built a railway to the river from the J M I track to facilitate lumber floated from Kentucky. They expect to buy one million feet this season. An ordination service for Rev A D Gotpsmith of Vevay Presbyterian Church will be held Friday evening with Rev Dr Little presiding and Rev L R Wilson or Rev James Eels preaching. Rev W H Simpson will deliver the pastor’s charge and Rev Chas Hutchinson will address the people.
The June distribution totals show amounts due the Township Trustees of Jefferson county with values for Madison City and several townships including Madison Milton Brooksburg Shelby Lancaster Republican Graham Saluda Hanover Monroe Emyrna and Hanover towns.
Miss Bee Hall returns to her foster home in Saluda township and files suit in Jefferson Circuit Court against Edmund B Tolbert for breach of promise and seduction seeking 2000 dollars in damages. Guardian Daniel P Monroe and Mr Swan act as bondsmen with attorneys Judge Wilson and W T Friedley. Attached is 1000 dollars in bank deposits and other property awaiting outcome.
A Kentucky led effort forms the Madison Indiana line from Eminence through Henry Carroll and Trimble to connect with northern railroads. Elections and delegates in Trimble and Madison areas shape the state convention, with Til den as a presidential choice. Local notices include post office letters and Hanover College Commencement plans.
Rev. Dr. Wilson will be formally installed as pastor next Sunday evening at Second Presbyterian Church. Rev. W. H. Simpson preaches the sermon, Rev. Dr. Hutchinson of New Albany gives the charge to the pastor, and Rev. Dr. Fisher the charge to the people. Mas. Hanna Barnes, living with her son-in-law Alf Knowles, suffered serious injuries last Friday after a fall into a cellar, spraining her wrist and possibly internal injuries. Dr. Newton attended.
Railroad tickets to any Great West point via the O and BM Short Line sold by agent R P Gahr at the F and M Tas Co office in Madison Indiana. H C Saxxay appointed by Bishop Talbot as lay reader in the Episcopal Church and read the full Prayer Book morning service at Christ Church while the rector was absent.
On Tuesday week Peter Debando of Brookeburg road accidentally shot his wife while cleaning a gun. The bullet entered the leg near the ankle causing a very painful wound.
Mitton Free Press reports jailor J B Pierce suffered a broken arm from a wagon fall last week and is recovering at home. Josw Bepour of the city has secured a patent for a railroad car lifting machine.
A list notes low prices on lard lubricating and machine oils at Temple Grocery. An assault case ended with a $5 fine plus costs for the assailant and $145 damages awarded to Levi. An infant from Louisville died and was interred at Springdale Cemetery. Kentucky water rose unusually high and crops and fences suffered damage. Henry Wesster recovers from a shooting incident in Prestonville and will not press charges. Pythian Knights plan a grand excursion to Louisville and river trip. Vine Street Baptist women plan a Toursville excursion.
A letter expresses a woman’s desire for a dominant partner, seeking irresistible force of character to compel worship and fear. The piece contrasts this with outcomes: many young women adopt the view, while experienced wives end up with husbands arrested for assault and battery.
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