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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1879
Page
3
Credit in Jefferson and border towns boosts business. W Trow Co. ships flour to Europe. Jonason & Sos send starch to San Francisco. A soda fountain opens. city council to meet. a farmer loses sheep to dogs. Religious meetings, ice formed, camp meeting planned, river towboat repair. Local deaths and marriages noted. historic figures and travels cited.
Joan Clements ships twenty thousand starch boxes to Amsterdam. W F Braning becomes president and Prof Garlich director of Tur Choral Union after reorganization. De Heckman delivers lecture on The Decline of Faith in Hanover. Mr Jonx Nicklaus retires. son E G Nicklaus takes over business. Walnut Street Belle hose reel arrives for Fire Company No 4. Democratic City Central Committee reorganizes with Rogers as president and McGregor, Harper as officers. Mrs Henen H Neal dies aged 57. Funeral at Christ Church draws large crowd.
The order of Red Men in this city marked Sr. Tammany's pay with a mock street procession and a grand evening hop at the wigwam, conducted at night.
Several civil cases from Jennings county are before the Jefferson Circuit Court. One case, Smith Vawter v. John Wrape, involves $10,000. Mamie Dunn, daughter of Judge Advocate General Dunn, married Lieut. Charles C. Morrison of the 6th Cavalry at Aynsbingtod last Wednesday evening. Maplewood Farm sale of thoroughbred stock by Mr. W. S. Roberts drew a crowd but bids were weak.
An advertisement extols Dr Price’s Cream Baking Powder biscuits as light and white. It contrasts enjoying breakfast with a grim question about a man contemplating death or complaining over money, hinting at a sensational fear or moral lesson.
A special train arrived in the city last Wednesday carrying Horace Scott the Mayor and Council of Rushville and other gentlemen. After a few hours they departed pleased with Madison and its surroundings.
Clergymen lawyers physicians and brain workers are urged to try Dr Price's Floral Riches Cologne. A handkerchief moistened with it and applied to the face is said to refresh the sense of smell and stimulate circulation for vigorous action.
During a Pattison Church service Rev. I. S. Reager found his horse and carriage missing after the horse was harnessed. The horse returned without its gear and a new harness appeared on the reverend.
J C Myers and J M Neyes of Rexville were robbed by a stranger at Lou Smith’s boarding house on Main Street Tuesday night week. About ten dollars in cash, hats, coats, and a watch belonging to Myers were taken. Efforts to capture the thief have failed.
Mark SPENDIFF, superintendent of E. P. Weyer's farm, was attacked by Mr. Weyer's bull during W. S. Roberts' sale on Wednesday. The animal dragged him by the horns, threw him over a manger, breaking one leg in two places and causing internal injuries.
Mr Samuel Steinberger of Fairmount experiments with a California clover known as Alfalfa. He says it can be cut four to five times a season, grows up to three feet high, and has roots reaching eight feet deep. He purchased twelve pounds of seed and sowed it on three quarters of an acre.
The mortuary report notes 11 total deaths with 5 males and 6 females. American 9, Irish 1, German 1. Causes include old age, bronchitis, heart disease, peritonitis, typhoid fever, puerperal fever, diphtheria, tubercular consumption, consumption, and two stillborn infants.
The County Board of Education met in this city Thursday with Napoleon B. McKay chosen Secretary. Reports on enumeration were received from townships. Forbrish er's drawing tablets were adopted as the standard in schools. Resolutions urged raising the license grade, barring teachers under 18, and rejecting petitions supporting specific teaching candidates.
Mr Howard resigns from the nomination for City Treasurer after 30 years in office. Fred Harper declared regular candidate by the City Central Committee. Sullivan reports water works data including 97,125,000 gallons pumped in eleven and a half months and reservoir impact.
Osporn Strout of Graham township was thrown from a mule team when the wagon struck a stump on a new cut road. The mules trampled his face and the wheels passed over his head and shoulder. The injuries are severe but not dangerous.
New trap shooting club members report scores across several bouts with Rev August Muller hitting 16 and 4 misses, John D Schmidlap 14 and 4, Will Cravens 12 and 2, Dr J G Rogers 7 and 3, Horace Cisco 6 and 4, Jacob Weber 10 and 10. At the Social Science Association meeting Friday, Judge Cravens and Mrs Kendall along with Miss Caplinger and Mrs T C Cunningham presented papers. The sext merning will be Bed on Friday June 6th.
A young Smyrna man Wm Morganson dies after a hunting mishap when a hammer struck a tree branch discharging the gun. two sisters unharmed. In Trimble county David Bowman hangs himself. his attempt discovered by his son who cut him down. Hanover College president Dr Heckman injured when a carriage collision injures riders. Local Republican primary names for city offices and council seats with totals. overall turnout 426.
The St Agnes Society of Christ Church plans a Friday evening performance of Everybody's Friend at Odd Fellows Hall. The event features top local amateur talent with reserved seats at Foster and Calloway's. Bruning's store promotes deep discounts on dry goods for country buyers.
A long roster lists ladies and gentlemen with initials and full names, including Madion May 6 entry, and many individuals such as Mrs Mullie Angleton Miss Annie Adkinson Miss Sarah Athey Lydia Bacon Belle Bertram Sandy Brown and numerous others. The note mentions a lawyer Thorntown Ind and a judge verdict context with local cases including The State vs James Arbuckle and a veterinary incident at Park grounds.
This condensed retrospective notes a shift from inferior flavor extracts to Dr Price’s favored flavors, praises Dr Bull’s Baltimore Pills as a universal cold remedy, and cites Boschee’s German Syrup for throat and lung diseases with vast sales and dubious health claims. It also mentions a long Michigan barn painting project and various odds and ends.
Readable items include chickens, hams, potatoes, shoulders, bacon, sides, beans, turnips, apples green dried apples and treachea. Mentions beeswax and Pittsburgh coal with scattered numbers and prices. Partial OCR yields a messy inventory of food and goods.
The advertisement touts Dr King's New Discovery as the greatest medical remedy for consumption and lung ailments. It offers a free large bottle at J E Harper's drug store to prove its efficacy and urges skeptical readers to try it without risk.
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