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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1880
Page
3
The Herald boasts broad circulation in Jefferson and neighboring counties offering great ad value. Local job office services boast efficiency and lower rates, with notices of court terms, marriages, deaths, and local business ads showing a busy community scene.
A City speaker lectured Thursday night on Balaziova Battle and its link to the famed light engine. The address highlighted history and invention, drawing local interest for technical and historical details.
An infest child of Mr Bud Reed of Mikega township fell from a bar fate and was severely burned. Mrs Many Any Hagnis aged 84 died at the family residence. Joan Lyte Kiva, formerly of this city, nominated for State Senator from the Chicago west district. The infant daughter of Mr W T Friedley died of scarlet fever. The Madison Shipyard completed a 200 foot transfer boat hull for Wiggins Ferry of St Louis, tonnage 900.
The Branham v Hyatt custody case concluded in the Client Court with the judge awarding the child to Mea Hyatt, Branham's ex-wife. On Friday evening Judge Cravenus declined an appointment as Director of the Southern Prison after receiving commission from the Governor, which was returned by Saturday morning.
Mr Wwe Nesese aged 44 and brother of Henry Neisse of the Western Hotel died at his East Second street residence on Tuesday night week from intestinal consumption. The funeral was held at St Marys Church on Wednesday morning and drew a large attendance.
Ike Colling was arraigned on a charge of assault with intent to kill Al Turner. Through legal maneuvers the intent clause was withdrawn, Colling pleaded guilty to assault and was fined five dollars plus costs.
In the Circuit Court on Tuesday week several women were convicted of keeping houses of prostitution. Each was fined 10 dollars and 10 dollars in coats, and sentenced to ten days in jail. Three pimps, noted patrons of the women, were also arraigned and imprisoned.
At a meeting on Thursday the Hanover College Oratorical Association elected C. A. Keigwin as president D. C. Blythe as vice president W. L. Fisher as corresponding secretary and A. M. McGuire as treasurer Delegates named for the State Association in Indianapolis next April are J. Carnagy J. B. Hunt and O. H. Montgomery.
The Denver marriage notice reports C. B. Kimball of Mobile Alabama wed Mia Lillie E. Clark of Madison Indiana on October 17 1800 officiated by Rev Dr Yerkes. The bride wore helvitrope satin with white lace pearls adorned her as a prize of pearls and diamonds. The event was a quiet view and enjoyable affair.
An account of Captain Humphrey aboard the Maggie Harper aiding a tramp seeking passage. After a dispute at a shallow river landing, the captain arranges for a Black worker to wade out and haul the tramp aboard for payment, ending with the tramp vowing revenge on steamboats.
A young man named Dow from Smyrna township was arrested last week for illegal voting in October. He appeared before Judge Columbus Marshall on a preliminary hearing and was held on a 500 bond. The dispute centers on his age with his mother claiming he was twenty one last April while the father says he will not be of age until next April. Dow Sr a Greenbacker is linked to the trouble and Dow has asked his mother for more information from the East.
An advertisement extols Brown's Bronchial Troches as a trusted remedy for coughs asthma bronchitis catarrh and throat diseases. It notes thirty years of physician recommendation and broad public use with the troches sold for twenty five cents a box. Public speakers and singers are cited as users to improve voice clarity.
On Wednesday near Canaan Mr Michael Guyman driving with his wife and Mrs Lineweber horses bolted. He was thrown under the wagon and a wheel passed over his leg while Mrs Guyman was also thrown clear. Mrs Lineweber kept the lines and managed to stop the team after causing an accident to Mr Goyreae.
A long OCR fragment lists numerous Misses Masters and Messrs in a society directory including Anns Fidger Anne Free s Emily Fanthorp Margt G-Helen Golay Nellie Green Ella Gonlon Ellen Olive Bey Dealia Garah Mary H Leek Matilds Hail A C Jones C M Jones Mra Johnson Jennie Johnson Maggie Kremer Maggie Leach Winnie Leveille Eliza Levi Cynthia Leap Lou Lockard May Rowena Miller Jane Madison Muse Kate Moll Mariah Nichola Ophenie Nuttlea Adaline Orr Lula Phillips Serah Pria die Belle Reed Belie Ryker Margery Stapp Clara Senock Mary Smith Maggie Teobey Julia Tuttle Tisha Tomlinson Sidney O Vawter Clara Wolff Ella Wolfe Nellie Walpole Florence Washer and a Gentlemen’s list with names such as Goeo Alliizer J T Boyer William Bryden Johan A Besch Samuel Chasteen Cravens Go Sullivan Coulter Douglass Dike John Davis Dinwiddie Fewell Fewell Gordon Gehring Haskell Horton Jones Lilly Liter Lotz Metzger Metzger Mayfield McLanaghlin Nuttall Neltham Norris Pabst Powers Richard Rittinger Sperry Sheets Lowder Simpson Scott Starling Thomas Taulman Thornton Williams Wyatt Whener Williams.
The Handsome Nickel Plated New Home Lamp debuts this season as a safer easier alternative to the Student Lamp with a clamp for sewing machines pianos and desks. It adjusts light direction and can convert to a wall lamp, featuring an argand burner filling indicator and match box at a low price. Agents can gain exclusive territory by contacting Home Lamp Co Cincinnati.
Distressed mothers urged to buy Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup to ease teething pain in children. Claims quick relief, bowel regulation, and calm sleep. touted as safe and pleasant tasting. Sold nationwide for 25 cents a bottle.
Jony J. Pamtrs deputy interval revenue collector for the district died at his home on East Main Cross Street on Thursday morning in the 63d year of his age and was buried in Hebron cemetery on Sunday.
Ma Witt Coveats has been promoted to the second clerkship on the steamer United States. He now serves as chief clerk aboard the vessel with duties in navigation and cargo records.
Arthur Orr sells his stock to his son Thomas A Orr who will continue the tailoring business. He urges public patronage and notifies debtors to settle accounts. In Kentucky Oldham county Sheriff James T. DeMesa died at LaGrange on October 23 in his 3rd year.
A boy named Ben Hensley, son of Wesley Hensley, was badly burned on his face on Sunday when a baking powder can filled with powder exploded after a companion threw a lit cigarette into it. A 14 year old spy named Still near Braytown dropped his gun and blew shot into his feet. Evert McMillan and George Chapman, Madison boys, who stole a gold watch and medal at the fair, were sentenced to the House of Correction until age twenty one. Sheriff Spurgin will take them to Plaingeld Friday.
R. P. Gahr, agent, offers rail passes to any point in the Great West via the O. M. Short Line. Tickets sold at F. M. Tas Co. office in Madison Indiana. A new bridge on Fifth Street over Crooked Creek is finished with breakwater and channel straightening completed. Improvements are substantial.
The Tar Maggie Harper, a well-run boat on the Ohio River, has been handling large traffic this fall. Clerk Mike Giltner remains attentive to Indy passengers after his marriage. The State vs John Stackhouse, charged with Edward Claflin's murder, was called in the Circuit Court and adjourned to the next term by agreement.
Report mentions Prof N E P Mc Kee of the Indiana Deaf and Dumb Asylum and Prof W A Caldwell of the California State Institute for Deaf Mates considering starting a bee business in Hanover next summer. Also notes the death of a Milton township child burned by its mother during a vertigo fit last Saturday.
J. M. Harrop who shot and killed Jas. Fitzsimmons at Austin in Scott county last April has been discharged as the grand jury refused to indict him.
A son was born Sunday October 31 at 5 PM to Francis J and Nellie Hubbs Prewatt. The Tar Madion Shipyard Company plans to build a new saw mill with circular saws. The Ladies Aid Society met recently and adjourned sine die. A promotional line urges buying from John Adams to get value. A humorous exchange about plate decoration features dialogue between Bridget and her mistress.
A Galveston social scene remarking in jest about jewelry value and resale at an auction. The speaker muses on her jewelry being worth about three dollars and sold to the highest bidder. The exchange includes a playful back‑and‑forth with Gilhooly.
The National Library at Paris led with 2,000,000 printed books and 150,000 manuscripts in 1874, followed by the British Museum and Imperial Library of St Petersburg at 1,100,000 volumes. The Vatican Library trails with 105,000 printed books and 2,500 manuscripts, while the Library of Congress lists 291,000 volumes.
Chambers and an American entomology professor are recalled for amusing classroom tests. Students painted a brick bat to resemble fossils and asked for classification. The professor identified the brick as foolishness and the bug as a hum bug, noting the specimens' deceptive presentation.
A London letter to the Medical Times reports Dr Alfred Carpenter arguing alcohol can serve as medicine but is a poor diet and its stimulant power is visible across society. He warns that sustained drinking undermines work, reduces muscular strength, and impairs mental effort, with lunatic asylums cited as evidence.
The term Blue Hen comes from Captain Caldwell of the First Delaware regiment in the Revolution who loved gamecocks and said no cock was game unless its mother was a blue hen. Popularity of Caldwell led to the regiment being called The Blue Hens and the name later applied to the state and its people.
A humorous tale tells of a man who saved a rich old gentleman from a mill pond and refused twenty-five cents offered by the grateful rescuer. He then returns twenty-one cents and pockets four more as the correct amount, saying That’s about right.
A farmer reflects on parenting and diligence, warning against overly harsh insistence on labor. The quote suggests balancing discipline with care to avoid pushing a child away from home or work. The saying compares sustaining a household to tending a grindstone and a crank.
A German experimenter reports that warm, insular climates are inevitable for sugar beet growth, thriving where early cold follows a hot summer. The study highlights climate as a key factor in beet production and its geographic suitability.
A collage of quirky observations and sayings from a bygone era includes a scientist comparing sun brilliancy to 350000 moons, folk comments about clergy and manners, a newspaper job ad about hands on boys pants, and humorous exchanges about oven frost and smell.
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