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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1879
Page
3
A local ad announces a sale of towels table linens and napkins including damasks spreads and crochet items. The retailer Moffett & Son's touts low prices on Honeycost Marseilles and other linens, inviting customers to call and visit to purchase.
A clipped 19th century whisper questions Dr Price’s Specie Flavoring Extracts claiming millions of bottles produced yearly while denying knowledge of their merit. The note asserts they are the purest and strongest extracts available.
A six pound bass was landed near Indian Kentuck at the creek mouth last week. In circuit court Martin Lavelle received five months jail and a 20 dollar fine for assault on Peter Debando. Ongoing Excursion plans for June from Columbus to Cincinnati. Obituaries note Mrs Sarah Grover Ress of Dupont aged 84 and Sarah D Jones of Vienna Scott county passing away from consumption. Excursions to Indianapolis planned May 22 with fare 82 round trip. Various farm notes mention a yearling Cotswold ewe and wool yield sixteen pounds. Reports of near-shives and smoke-house thefts appear, with Catholic church processions and city church activities observed.
The Madison and Brooksburg pike was opened to the public on Friday and Saturday, free of toll, to showcase its merits. The graded four mile stretch from the city is in excellent condition and ready for use.
An invitation announced for an Indian mound opening on the Stohinson farm near Lrewcveville with guests from Madison and Indianapolis. A Trinity Church outreach event drew local attendees, with travel and half fare details for returns. The Universlistist church meetings expanded membership by fifteen. In the McIntire case the jury failed to reach a verdict after 24 hours, with eleven for convicting McIntire and Cantwell, one for acquittal.
In a deceased chemist’s letter Prof Jas V Z Blaney praises Dr Price’s Cream Baking Powder for its freedom from adulteration and quality in preparation. A January commission in Scott, Conway, Enix and others led to confinement of a subject in Fred Glass and an asylum, with plans to send to Indianapolis. Rumors swirl about moving the county seat from Scottsburg to Lexington amid territorial votes by voters from both counties.
William Griffin, born in 1406 in Tipperary Ireland, died in his seventy fourth year after a long life as a merchant and builder of West rail and canal works. He settled in Madison in 1836 and operated Griffin's Mill at Griffin's Wharf and a pork-packing plant, with three regional branches. He helped construct major canals and rail projects, including the Wabash & Erie Canal and the Whitewater Canal. A devout Catholic and influential local figure, he died peacefully surrounded by family. funeral held at St Michael's Church with wide attendance.
The passage eulogizes a loyal neighbor and upright citizen praised as a thoroughly conscientious and kindly man. It notes his Christian character and fidelity to duties, closing with the quotation that “An honest man is the noblest work of God.” Requiescat in pace.
The council adopted plans for a Crooked Creek bridge on Cemetery Street with an approximate cost of $250 and authorized ads for bids. Market revenues totaled $1,469.46, split between Upper Market and Lower Market. Other items included street opening, hog pen restrictions, delinquent tax collection terms, city officer salaries, bonds for the treasurer and city marshal, and a Board of Health with four candidates.
The Indianapolis Sentinel notes a Madison church organized trip to the capital, with 300 Madison families and at least 100 with carriages, asking locals to greet arriving visitors and renew old ties during a six and a half hour visit. Paris Crossing item reports two stores broken into in North Vernon with minor losses and no clues.
The inquest into Olive Torrey of Lancaster found death by drowning in a cistern caused by self involvement during a personal crisis mania. Coroner Matthews presided, with the verdict noting mental distress at the time.
Medical men urged to notice Dr Price's Floral Riches praised as the finest cologne water. It is described as refreshing in the silk room for invalids and a disinfectant. The text claims pleasant odors promote health while unpleasant smells invite disease.
The first strawberry festival of the season was held Thursday evening by the ladies of Trinity M. E. Church and raised about 35 dollars. At the latest Choral Union meeting members adjourned to gather again on the fourth Monday in September.
An alarming plea notes rising death rates from common cold and throat illnesses this winter. It claims Boseher's German Syrup prevents fevers and long illnesses, asserts vast daily use, and cites over 950,000 bottles sold last year with no failures.
A vintage notice offers free trial bottles of Dr. Kine’s New Discovery for consumption coughs colds asthma bronchitis and throat and lung issues. It claims thousands cured and urges readers to act before missing the chance, with J. Elcock Harper Madison as seller.
Mn Zuck accepts benefit tender for Everybody's Friend at Odd Fellows Hall on Monday evening May 26 with My New Maid as afterpiece. Letters from Bee Camp describe drought and potential return of the delegation. Muiurn's Garden debuts a new company and Excitement rises with Har ry Stanley. Fraud alerts in North Vernon and Osgood Journal warn of Dr Rog ers impostors selling spectacles. Brownstown reports Abe Lincoln pacing plans and death of Alice Wilson at Morrow Ohio.
An advertisement proclaims the best salve for cuts bruises ulcers and skin eruptions with a money back guarantee. It sells for 25 cents a box and is offered by J E C I Harper in Madison.
In the Dry Goods and Retail Department at DECI DED BARGAINS the stock is large and well assorted. Sales of the SINGER Manufacturing Co. sewing machines show rising figures from 1874 to 1878, illustrating growing popularity. Repairing and adjusting all styles is a specialty at 26 Last Main Cross St.
NOTICE is given that T will apply to the Jefferson County Indiana Commissioners at the June term 1879 for license to sell malt spirituous and vinous liquors in less than a quart, to be drank on the premises in Fifth ward south side Main Cross street first house west of Mill street lot 143 addition west of Madison. JACOB GLASER.
Notice states that Ward Gebuse will act in Jefferson Indiana during the June term of the commissioners court to sell an unspecified lot at a site on the southwest corner of Main Cross and Medntire streets west of Madison in Jefferson County Indiana.
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