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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1882
Page
2
The Weekly Herald offers a horse prize and a large award for the largest club in Madison, with a deadline before June 1, 1882. Subscription payment is required, and agents are sought for each post office in the county.
A 1882 legislative debate shows the committee voting against a constitutional amendment for woman suffrage while praising women's aims, yet warning of societal degradation. The text contrasts Republican push for amendments with Democratic calls for statewide public expression before any final submission.
The St Louis Republican notes the Grant medals move from engravers to distributors. The one inch thirty quarter inch medal is dark bronze. One side features General Grant profile and the recorded 36 ballots from the Old Guard in Chicago. The opposite side bears an inscription.
The inscription notes the recipient as the MLE Graaid and lists 800 individuals including Southern delegates and a penitentiary inmate to receive medals. Distinguished Old Guard members named include Chester Arthur Cyrus Preecr John A Logan J Donald Cameron B K Brace W Pitt Kellogg and others. The text links medal bestowal to heroic deeds and reflects on the rise and fall of political leaders and their guards.
The 1880 census recorded New York City's population as 1 205 577 with 590 762 males and 615 815 females. Natives numbered 727 743 and foreign born 47 834, whites 1 186 144, and colored 19 614. Of those over 90, 262 were women and 80 men. 202 foreign born hailed from Ireland. A New York Herald report highlights many aged residents as poor, often Irish widows in alms houses and hospitals, noting a paradoxical cheerfulness in old age.
An Independent Republicans convention in Philadelphia declared themselves Republicans while denouncing modern Republicanism. The piece warns they risk remaining under boss influence and urges a bold move toward political freedom to overcome prevailing prejudice.
Kokom judge instructs grand jury to spare no money or time in finding those involved in the lynching of Robert Long. The editorial notes such charges are a customary printed preface from judges after lynchings, often with little real effect beyond the familiar call to justice.
Readers expect vengeance for James brother's murder but Gov. Crittenden plans to arrest Frank James and negotiate with authorities. The aim is to curb the outlaw gang and drive them from Missouri soil.
The Tennessee legislature passes a debt compromise with bondholders offering 60 cents on the dollar with interest at 3 4 5 and 6 percent. The measure aims to remove the debt issue from state politics and unify the Democratic Party while limiting a platform for Republicans to form a re adjusting party.
The article notes Kokomo’s sensational press angle as Sander Carter and Elijah Martindale quarreled. Martindale struck Carter with a board, causing a fatal head wound. He fled into the woods after the assault.
Marion county figure Mr. Joan J. Cooper attracts broad support as a thorough Democrat. He nearly secured the nomination two years ago and is praised by press endorsements across the state for a strong element on the State ticket.
Lieutenant Danehauer and three other Jeannette survivors reached New York last Saturday. They were met off Fair Island by a tug carrying relatives and friends. The most poignant moment was Cole the seaman reuniting with his son and brother, though his mind soon wandered back to icebound memories.
A petty measure moves before Congress to admit a portion of Dakota as a state. If the Senate passes it, the bill goes to the House where Democrats will oppose it. The piece questions whether legislation will be controlled solely by a congressional majority and criticizes party caucus influence.
Joun 8 S Praince of Boston rode fifty miles in three hours twelve minutes and thirty eight seconds. The first twenty three miles were covered in one hour nineteen minutes. The report notes speculation that the Yankees may abolish barge carriages in favor of steam cars on long journeys.
Washington society is abuzz over the Christiancy divorce suit. The latest evidence suggests Mrs. Christiancy loved several men simultaneously, a fact that appears to exclude her husband from the list.
The Tax Democrats of the Seventh Judicial district held a convention in Lawrenceburg. Four candidates were nominated but after forty three ballots no nomination was reached and the meeting adjourned to reconvene June 10.
The Frankfort city council enacted a partisan salary shift reducing the Democratic mayor’s pay from 450 dollars to 300 while boosting the Republican marshal’s pay from 400 to 500 dollars.
The Seventh New York regiment will not attend the grand drill at Indianapolis next July due to a long trip and high cost. Railroads refused to transport the regiment at the sought half-rate rate.
A concise reflection notes that while all wealth is extracted from the earth, the diggers themselves receive the smallest share, highlighting the disparity between extraction and reward.
Acknowledges Hon. W.H. Holman for a pamphlet detailing the commercial relations of the United States with foreign nations. The publication contains many valuable statistics and is presented as a useful resource for understanding trade dynamics.
The text explains marble as a carbonate rock used in sculpture, noting saccharine limestone texture, metamorphic change, and non fossiliferous composition. It cites Pentelic and Parian marbles as ancient favourites, mentions Cavary as a source, and warns that Potomac marble is actually pudding stone. It also distinguishes alabaster as gypsum rather than marble.
A proposal to redraw the state line to shift a two and a half mile wide strip from Indiana to Michigan has sparked regional excitement. Any change would require approval by both states and the United States, with no immediate danger of a landslide.
State briefs report a Rush county mare giving birth to twins one mule and one horse colt. Tippecanoe county contractors offer 10 000 extra to cancel a courthouse contract. Warren county eyes gold copper lead finds near Independence and a mite stock venture. A Decatur suspect jailed for assault and possible mob action looms. Martinsville Democrats nominate Emerson Short and Ambrose Cut ting for prosecutor and judge. A Richmond zoo bear joins a school group before being captured. Vincennes wedding leads to bigamy arrest. Attica cigar factory seized by revenue agents. National road funding and macadam plans advance. A Floyd county vigilante case yields damages for victims. Ohio Falls iron works cut payrolls. Jeffersonville plant mostly idle. Fort Wayne doctors clash, Steinen jailed over a nesault attack. Greenback Junior party in St Louis considers a national convention. Cavendish ties recalled to Canada visit. June 1 iron workers strike threatened in New Albany district for higher pad-dling rates.
Notice advertising Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption and related throat and lung ailments. Call at A. E. Heberhart's Drug Store to obtain a trial bottle free of charge. The offer claims it will positively cure coughs asthma bronchitis hay fever hoarseness and other lung conditions.
The Lafayette Dispatch reports Barney Horstman, an American citizen by naturalization, was arrested in Germany while visiting, confined in a dungeon and denied contact with his family. Readers demand immediate inquiry and Horstman’s prompt release.
The Republican State Central Committee tabled a resolution endorsing Alexander H. Stevens for governor. Stevens said he would accept the regular Democratic nomination but not an independent bid.
Secretary Lincoln reports Payne and twenty-nine colonists were captured by troops while attempting an invasion, sent from Ft. Reno and returned to Kansas. Authorities have not decided disposition. Democrats unite to support Mr. Dibble in the South Carolina contest. Garfield memorial church site ceremony begins with children turning first spadefuls. Formal laying of the cornerstone planned.
The Supreme Court favored the State House Commissioners in the dispute with Charles Whittaker and Marion C. Worden about construction costs. It held the $2,000,000 construction cap applies to building costs only, with incidental expenses payable from a separate fund, reversing the lower ruling. In a second matter, James D. Lovinger vs. First National Bank of Madison, the court affirmed the bank on forged note renewals, noting forged renewals do not extinguish liability and that payments on forged notes were treated as payments on the original.
Dispatch from Terre Haute dated the 24th notes Hon. D. W. Voorhees received a warm welcome at Oriental Hall from the Trish Land League McKeen Cadets Hager Veterans and the G A R. Col R K Hutson and Col McLean spoke soliciting support for him and the Senator replied in thanks. The hall was filled beyond capacity with about a thousand unable to gain admission. The Senator planned to depart for Spencer that night to aid John W. Beatty in a murder case defense. C L Clancy shipped twenty one head of blooded trotting horses to Reading Pa for sale. first cost reportedly over 3500.
The piece argues that federal powers were limited by the Constitution and that states retain local authority, contrasting early American ideals with modern overreach. It cites Marshall era principles, warns of usurpations, and laments loss of essential elements amid partisan strife, quoting the American Register.
A newspaper note extols Electric Bitters as a truly valuable medicine that cures biliousness fever and ague stomach liver and kidney complaints when other remedies fail. The exchange advertises them at fifty cents a bottle sold by C E Heberhart.
Bucklen Arnica Salve advertised as curing cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chaps chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions with guaranteed satisfaction or refund. Price 25 cents per box. Sold by C. E. Heber art.
A compact list outlines dried fruits including apples and peaches, poultry with note Beana, and various staples such as molasses sorghum Timothy seed buckwheat clover seed millet and bacon. mentions New Orleans and quantities or varieties implied by the fragment.
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