15 Mar 1882
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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1882
Page
1
A NY Mercury poem contrasts a warm donor’s public charity with a starving child left to die in the cold. It questions whether praise-seeking acts mask true mercy and condemns self serving displays while a child perishes on the streets.
A rhythmic list recalls unusual objects and scenes from everyday life. Images range from cow hide and candle stick to horse fly and beetles, mix of tools and foods, ending with a soundscape of water spouts and cries. The verse blends whimsy with tangible items.
A folk hymn style poem by Rev Rosenmuller urges a fallen soldier to sleep while a warhorse waits for a return never to come. It recalls a mother’s grief and a bugle call that will never rouse again. The image centers on a bugler soldiers fate at a fort gate and a faithful horse.
A lyrical tribute to May as a welcoming month after stormy winds. The speaker celebrates May’s soft warmth, bright sunny days, gushing streams, and upward shift from frost to blue skies. The verse hopes for time of showers and blooming earth beyond winter’s grip.
The letter condemns pensions for military retirees creating an aristocracy and criticizes Rucker Logan and Sinnott as political figures. It mocks endorsements by reform groups, calls for removing Sinnott from the ticket, and suggests John Horton as a replacement to preserve Republican harmony.
The piece mocks a local target Thomas F Sinnott on the township Republican ticket and praises a campaign poet while recounting a wild tale of a man escaping a fire. It argues for federal levee funding along the Mississippi river, condemning corruption and urging construction and accountability.
Senate judiciary committee reports a bill to create a uniform bankruptcy system. It allows insolvent individuals with debts of 500 dollars or more to petition in federal court, surrender assets, and seek discharge if no fraud is proven. The measure outlines creditor rights, court powers, and procedures for avoiding improper transfers. The Newark Sunday Call cites local endorsements of St Jacobs Oil as claimed remedies.
A sampler of era witticisms and quips on love, work, and society. Bits on locksmiths plumbers bankers and fashion missteps mix with jokes about teachers, clergymen, lions, and pirates. The piece threads light humor through daily life and public manners.
Detroit Free Press recounts a tale of a sheriff who nearly lost an inmate, then appealed to a jailed man Jim to support the sheriff’s bid for reelection. The exchange ends with Jim agreeing to come out if it aids the party. A Baltimore physician touts Brown's Iron Bitters as a tonic for debility.
Dr Ridpath’s biography of General Garfield and the assassin Guiteau chronicles the murder’s history. The book, praised for its public appeal, contrasts Garfield’s grandeur with Guiteau’s infamy and is published by Jones Brothers & Co in multiple cities. A separate volume titled Life and Trial of Guiteau is also available at a modest price.
The New York Sun reports that 9,703 persons were regularly employed by the city government in 1881 across departments, common schools, and courts, with salaries totaling 10,430,841 dollars. Including election inspectors and poll clerks raises the grand total to 10,562,107 dollars.
The New York city post office money department processed 58 992 768 81 dollars in business last year. Letters passed totaled 428 652 580 weighing 50 674 410 pounds with 1 192 878 returned to the dead letter office in Washington. Foreign correspondence included 29 274 080 letters. Postage stamps sold were 3 526 421 dollars.
A lawyer asks a witness if the injury occurred near a vertebrae. The witness replies no, stating the injury happened on the race course near the judges stand, amid a damages dispute.
A 19th century advertisement promotes Brown's Bro nchial Troches as relief for coughs asthma and throat diseases. It claims thirty years of physician recommendation and wide use by public speakers and singers to clear and strengthen the voice. Sold at twenty cents a box nationwide.
Ex Speaker Ridpath of Indiana visits Washington and asks Senator Harrison for an invitation. Harrison chats briefly, then Ridpath is sent to Voorhees who invites him to Marble Room. Ridpath later meets Davis and other senators on the floor, praised by friends for the courtesy shown to Hoosier visitors. Christine Nilsson noted as an excellent rifle shot.
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