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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1892
Page
7
Cure dyspepsia biliousness sick headache and indigestion. The text notes use by cowboys and mentions other patent medicines and local notices while reporting on fires deaths and local events. It preserves period tone and lists multiple named places people and organizations in a compact survey of community life.
Offer of a pack of best quality playing cards for fifteen cents postage sent to P. B. Eustis general passport agent for Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad at Chicago. Details include return instructions and the February 18 cross reference.
Spring weather brings carpet bargains. Brussels carpets offered at 50 and 65 cents with higher quality patterns. Ingrain carpets cheaper than before with high art lines at 65 cents and heavy union ingrain at 40 50 cents. Straw matting rising in popularity with prices 12 to 55 cents. Jointless matting plaid stripes in blue green yellow and drab plus damask patterns and plain border colors. See new goods.
Elizabeth Ireland dies after a severe fall in Eminence Kentucky. Mary Shea dies from gasoline burns at Eminence. Ban Lotz to preserve a large five foot fish hawk shot at Bee Camp. A Columbus mile track project funded locally. Hanovers lose 7 to 5 to DePauw. Weatherford string band to perform for Christ Church excursion to Louisville. Local saloon owners plan a home brewery. Mood's Sarsaparilla touted as spring tonic.
Local notices report F. L. Powell, Drake, Will Lyons, Daniel E Doherty, Miss Carrie Tibbetts, Isaac Taylor and family, Miss Susie Golay, S. E. O Neal, and Capt. Samuel S Fearn all passing through or residing in Louisville or nearby towns. Obituary notes ship carpenter Charles Morris of Nashville and funeral plans to Springdale cemetery. A farmer found a five and a half grain pearl near Clifty, valued at about $55. Herschel Milligan suffers severe illness after swallowing snake eggs from a spring. doctors fear for his life as multiple reptiles are expelled.
Election held yesterday results show John R. Carr as Clerk James T. Blackard as Treasurer Wim Gowan as Marshal William Blackard and Jacob C Layton as Trustees All elected on the Citizens ticket Jack Courtney the sole candidate on the Kickers Ticket lost the Marshal post by eleven votes There were 68 votes cast with 13 rejected by the board
The steamer City of Clarksville sank late Sunday night at Stephens Branch one mile above lock No. 3 after striking a hidden log. It carried twenty passengers and cargo including 600 sacks of corn. All aboard escaped to safety aboard the Little Bandy and were taken to Frankfort. The loss is about 11 000 with insurance at 7 000.
A brief ad notes a ready method in drowning to be found in Dr Kaufmans Medical Work with fine colored plates from life. It invites postage via three 2 cent stamps to A O Ordway Co Boston Mass for a free copy. It then advises that foul breath from attractive polite people stems from disordered digestion and can be corrected by Sulphur Bitters.
A fragment notes a campaign item priced at fifty cents in a courier ad with unclear broader context. The line includes a phrase OWE DOLLAR PER YEAR and the string maySw2t, offering little additional factual detail.
A long excerpt recounts Jeffersonville prison blood hounds once used to追 track escaping convicts, their diminishing role, and the clever tricks prisoners used to elude them. It notes the telegraph’s rise ended the dogs’ usefulness, tells of Veropper’s chase, and mentions memorial address by Rev E R West and an upcoming Christian Endeavor convention and proposed rail link to Jeffersonville.
In a St Louis tale a photographer explains he ran a gallery and posted a sign promising adoption. The next morning four babies appeared on the doorstep. The anecdote highlights a curious incident and local color with an unusual premise.
Isaac Wagner wins re election as mayor by 52 votes over Joseph Brashear. Water Works Trustee William Dunn defeats Rolla Doolittle by 26. Republicans win four of six council seats and gain control. Ward results list Thomas, Tuttle, Williams, Johnson, and Klein victories with margins. Other town races and local officers noted.
The Madison Indiana post office lists uncalled letters for May 3 1892 split into Ladies and Gentlemen lists. Readers must request advertised letters by date and unclaimed mail after two weeks goes to the dead letter office in Washington.
A small 20 by 60 foot corner store renovation details a new front in a college town six miles west of Madison. The description notes good farming country and excellent surroundings near the Hanover area with Mrs. E A Brandt listed.
John Fidger announces his intent to apply to Jefferson county commissioners at the June 1891 session for a license to sell malt spirits and wines in small quantities for on premise consumption at 229 Main Street Third Ward Madison Indiana between Mulberry and Jefferson Streets. Apr 28 1891.
Notice is given that an application will be made to the County Commissioners at their June session, 1892, for a license to sell spirituous malt and vinous liquors in less than a quart at 2 on the north side of west First street between Vernon and Pearl streets, No. 908, Sixth Ward, Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana.
George Smith applies at the county June session 1892 for a liquor license in less than a quart to be consumed on premises at the Broadway Hotel located at the southwest corner of Main and Broadway in the Fifth Ward Madison Apr 28 1892.
County records at the June term 1892 of Jefferson county Indiana show John G. Appel applying to the Commissioners' court for a license to sell malt spirituous and vinous liquors in less than a quart to be consumed on premises at 302 Mulberry and Second streets Bay Horse Saloon Third Ward Madison Jefferson county Indiana.
An application was filed at the June 1892 session for a license to sell malt spirituous and vinous liquor in less than quart quantities for on premises consumption. The premises are on the south side of Main street between Poplar Lane and Central Avenue in Madison Fourth Ward house 219 Jefferson County Indiana. Applicant is James McNulty.
Notice that Charles Short and Charles Barnes will apply to the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners at the June 1892 session for a license to sell spirituous malt and vinous liquors in quantities under a quart for on premises consumption. The site is 205 Main Street north side second door east of Mulberry Street in Madison Indiana Third Ward.
Notice is hereby given that I. will apply to the Board of Commissioners of Jefferson County at their June session 1892 for a license to sell malt spirituous and vinous liquors in quantities less than a quart at a time on the premises northwest corner of Second and Jefferson Streets house known as the Eagle hotel in the Third Ward of Jefferson.
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