Local News Briefs From the City and Region
The Col Sellers is in the trade again. Carrie L Q Howe visits family. James Barron heads to Kansas City. Dr L J Wooven of Vevay visited last Saturday. The Queen City from Eyaneville passed last Monday night. Witt Coucare traveled to Chicago for pleasure and business. Magistrate J W Quinn qualified and ready for business. Buy cigars and chewing tobacco from Harry Cat. Andy Baum and A P Schenck departed for New Orleans. E G Letaxp lectured on temperance at Bethel Chapel. Ex Mayor Watt plans a second move into James Barton property on Main. Christchurch ladies plan a fair at Odd Fellows Hall during Christmas week. The river has risen, water at a good height. Miss Mary Cravens returned from Washington and New York. Leonard Mayer joined the night police, replacing Marsh Whedon who is ill. Tar Lenisville Mail Line wharf nearing completion at the shipyard. Born to Mr and Mrs Frank J Prewatt a boy. To Mr and Mrs Captain W C Watts a girl. Mrs Lon Hopine to join husband in Pueblo. will sell household goods first. Rev Dr Hotipay of Trinity M E Church hosts revival meetings nightly. Sawyers & Saort sold their hervy stable on Third Street to Aaron Robbins. Robbins took possession last Monday. Mrs Busser Leavenster, Walnut Street baker, glad at a 14 pound bag arrival. Cold weather arrived Monday morning. Republicans gloom rising.
Commissioners to Approve Bonds for New Officers
The commissioners meet next Monday to approve the bonds of the newly elected officers and settle expenses from the recent election.
Milkman offers 90 gallons for Orphan’s Home needs
Mr. Blackmore provides gratuitous milk for one month totaling about 90 gallons. Prof. Martin preached at the Christian church last Sunday evening in Rev. C. Q. Wright’s absence. the sermon was well received. Mr. David Stapp, now of Des Moines, Iowa, arrived Saturday and visited Madison before resuming eastward business.
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Mr. Blackmore
Orphan’s Home
Prof. Martin
The
Christian Church
C. Q. Wright
David Stapp
Des Moines
Iowa
City
Madison
Boy Rider Kills Horse After Stable Incident
A boy riding an old horse owned by Peter Wendel near the street car stable fell when the horse stumbled. The horse broke its neck and died within minutes. the boy escaped injury.
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Peter Wendel
Fight on Main Cross Street Ends With Rough Exchange
A Saturday clash on lower Main Cross street between Sam Medlicot and a countryman escalated into a muscular confrontation. Medlicot reportedly took the worse of the encounter while laying a walk in front of the Centennial hotel.
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Lower Main Cross Street
Sam Medlicot
Centennial Hotel
Medlicot
J. E. C. F. Harper Receives Cincinnati Nosh for Var nish
A well known druggist J E C F Harper received an order from Cincinnati for varnish signaling strong city support. The piece notes compliment to Harper and to the town. Other items mention church union prospects in the area and local court proceedings involving Josefa Deverey. Four Lawrenceburg visitors arrived by pleasure boat and plan to reach New Orleans before the river freezes. County Treasurer Schooley's term ends but law allows him to serve until a successor is qualified. Auditor Graham’s term extends to November 1884.
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J. E. C. F. Harper
Cincinnati
Mr. Harper
Lawrenceburg
New Orleans
Freezan
Schooley
Graham
Local woman dies of consumption buried at Hebron
Mrs RosAxnon Moore mother of John F Moore of this city died last Saturday from consumption. Her remains were buried at Hebron after burial in the country. A city committee settled damages for Mr Lanier’s horse incident on Second street with $50 damages and a $50 doctor bill. A town correspondent notes election aftermath brings varied fortunes to officers. Mrs John Sauley wife of a fisherman attempted suicide by poison and remains in danger days after the act.
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RosAxnon Moore
John F. Moore
A. C. Lanier
Second Street
John Sauley
Local Wedding Unites Fred Knoll and Clara Kestner
On last Wednesday evening Fred Knoll married Clara Kestner at the bride’s father John Kestner’s Walnut street residence. A large circle of friends attended the ceremony and the evening proceeded in agreeable fashion.
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Fred Knoll
Clara Kestner
John Kestner
Walnut Street
County bosses resist loss in late election outcome
O Simon and son Don with R Conkling and Chet Arthur are named as fair enough for ordinary times but the Jeffer son county bosses prove superior by resisting the tide sweeping the country in the late election.
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O. Simon
Don. R. Conkling
Chet Arthur
Jefferson County
Turbine Accident Damages Flour Mill at Trow & Co
Last Saturday night a serious engine blast at the Trow & Co flour mill blew out a head of the engine and shattered the cylinder. No one was injured, but time lost will affect the owners and their workers.
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Trow & Co
Man’s drunken threat ends in kiss after wife taunts
George Vestile of Shelby Township drunk last week drew a razor and simulated suicide. Instead of fleeing, his wife urged him to finish his act, but her courage prompted him to kiss her and abandon the danger.
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George Vestile
Shelby Township
George
Electric Bitters Promised Relief and New Life
A claimant touts Electric Bitters as a remedy for low spirits, loss of appetite, debility, disordered blood, and bilious illnesses. The advertisement claims rapid improvement, renewed strength, pain relief, and lasting happiness, selling at fifty cents per bottle by C. E. Heberhart.
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C. E. Heberharts
Shadrach Wilber Will Apportions Estate Across Heirs
The will of Shadrach Wilber probated in 1875 assigns ten thousand dollars to each of five daughters and six thousand to Prudence A. Haines plus four thousand previously advanced. Wife Agnes F. Wilber receives twenty thousand and the remainder is divided among all children with equalizing adjustments. An appendix in 1881 adds Mrs Wilber’s stock, tools, carriages, and household furniture to her legacy.
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Mary F. Cornett
Eliza Ann Coles
Amelia A. Taylor
Isabella S. Days
Florence V. Moore
Prudence A. Haines
Agnes F. Wilber
Death of Pioneer Preacher Rev. David Stiver
Rev. David Stiver died at his home below the city on Friday from Brights disease in his eightieth year. Born in Pennsylvania he moved to Indiana about sixty years ago and served as an itinerant Methodist minister for over fifty years. He married Indiana French, who survives him. they had no children. A surviving member of the original Indiana Conference of 1828, he was a superannuated member of the South Eastern Indiana Conference. He owned property and lived quietly. Burial occurred at Olive Branch last Saturday with Masons assisting.
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David Stiver
Bright
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Nixty
Indiana French
Silver
Olive Branch
Masons
Rapid drive delivers vote papers to clerk before deadline
Mr Georges Dickinson hurried from Saluda township to fetch Dr Sam Hanna to file official vote papers with the county Clerk before six o clock. The race outcome hinges on timely reporting and the town leaders Whitsit and McGregor would not have sought office under flawed procedures.
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Georges Dickinson
Sam Hanna
Saluda
Dickinson
Whitsit
McGregor
Exclusive devotion to work drains leisure and joy
Herbert Spencer argues that uncompromising work leads to dull life as amusements lose appeal. He notes Americans and English travelers seek rapid sight-seeing and constant duties, reducing satisfaction and hindering true leisure value. The piece cautions against overwork harming both health and the meaning of rest.
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Herbert Spencer
England
Niagara
Old Froissart
Beecher Cow Dispute Spoils Neighborly Ties
Henry Ward Beecher's cow trespassed on a neighbor's grounds at Peekskill and caused havoc provoking a heated exchange. The neighbor complained about the shrubbery, and Beecher retorted about the shrubbery spoiling the milk. The dispute ends with strained relations.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Peekskill
Mr. Beecher
Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Re newer advertisement
An advertisement claims Gray hair can regain youthfulness using Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Re newer, presented as the best preparation for the hair known to science and chemistry.
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Hall
Civil Service Reform the Issue
The piece urges fixing tenure and barring removals without cause under law. It criticizes Mr Hubbell for an arrogant letter to Mr Curtis and notes the Civil Service Reform association's growing influence. It calls labeling Curtis with Jeff Davis as political folly.
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Hubbell
Curtis
Civil Service Reform Association
Jeff Davis
Democracy Triumphs in Yesterday's Elections Across Regions
The Michigan City Dispatch reports a sweeping Democratic victory with New England and other regions joining to repudiate ring rule and official corruption. The piece anticipates a large Democratic majority in Congress and a decisive national shift by 1884.
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New England
Solid South
Middle States
America
United States
Michigan City Dispatch
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Adverts for Wide Range of Ailments
Bucklen's Arnica Salve billed as the best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions. Guaranteed satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. Sold by C. E. Heber.
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C. E. Heberart
The Planets and Meteor Shower for November
Venus peaks in brilliancy on the first and begins retrograde motion on the seventeenth. Saturn opposes earth on the fourteenth with a triple ring and eight satellites. Jupiter shines as a morning star in Gemini. Mercury appears as a morning star on the eighth. An angular solar eclipse occurs on the tenth visible only in the Southern hemisphere. The main event is a meteor shower from the eleventh to the fourteenth, varying in strength with some years producing a splendid display every thirty third year.
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Venus
Saturn
Earth
Pleiades
Jupiter
Gemini
Mercury
Tariff and Wages. Gath.
The 1880 census shows average daily wages for protected silk cotton and woolen workers around eighty five cents per laborer. Iron and steel workers earn about $1.25 daily while West agricultural laborers average $1.46 to $2.00. Carpenters and furniture makers earn more. cotton mill workers in America earn $2.45 per 300 days.
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Civil Service
Dr King’s New Discovery Trial Bottles Promised Free
Millions receive trial bottles of Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds. The ad claims vast free samples help sales and credits the medicine’s rare merits for avoiding disaster to proprietors. Free trial bottles offered at C E Heberhart’s Drug Store.
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Dr. King
C. E. Heberharts
Colonel Tilden Pleads Guilty To Aggravated Assault
Colonel Tilden, a longtime Austin resident known for a clean reputation, pleads guilty to aggravated assault after recounting an exchange with a boy on Austin avenue. The court notes aggravating circumstances and sets at least a $100 fine. Tilden appeals the decision.
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Tilden
Austin
Colonel Tilden
Kelly
Austin Avenue
Blackstone
Texas Siftings
Elevator engineer in a cellar former congressman recalled
A Hartford Times Washington correspondent describes a basements scene with an elderly ex politician who once led a state House and served as Lieutenant Governor and congressman. He influenced wartime appropriations and tax laws, but drank away his career and now works as a cellar engineer earning eighteen dollars a month.
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Washington
Hartford Times
House of Representatives
Congress
Pigeon Shooting Bet Ends With Treasure Trove
Detroit Free Press reports Dan Pelter and Jo Joslin staged a pigeon shoot betting on hits. Both missed the third bird, referee ruled both lost, declaring no claimant and treasure trove lingered with the stakeholder who spent the stakes on circus tickets.
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Dan Pelter
Jo Joslin
Pelter
Joslin
Deceitful Horses Reflect City Harbors for Farm Folk
A Peck's Sun excerpt humorously notes that farm raised horses fear urban objects like a threshing machine and hay loads when brought to the city. The piece argues horses imagine they are city horses to hide their fear, while the farmer knows the truth.
Lowell Syndicate Buys Long Island Telephone Firm
A Lowell Massachusetts telephony monopoly announces the purchase of the Long Island Telephone company for 1,200,600 dollars. The deal adds Brooklyn and New Jersey firms to a regional system covering Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts and three New York counties. Newark option and immediate consolidation planned under a joint 2,400,000 dollar capital.
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Lowell, Mass
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Boston
New York State
Saratoga
Long Island Telephone Company
Capital
Brooklyn
New Jersey
Newark
Camdenn
Trial bottle offer at C E Heberts drug store
A fragmented notice advertises free trial bottles of Dr Kings new remedy for bronchitis and coughs. It claims the product helps lungs and invites all readers to call at the mentioned drug store.
Gratitude and Resolve After Election Defeat by Lanham
Honorable James W. Lanham expresses gratitude to supporters in the county and respect for opponents. He notes his acceptance of defeat, seeks charity for anti temperance foes, cites providence guiding his path, and urges citizens to persevere for truth despite setback.
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James W. Lanham
Courier
Ahd
Farmer seeks missing wife after elopement with 22 year old man
Asa Banning of Dunlapville Union county went to Cincinnati police with Superintendent Reilly to find his wife who reportedly eloped with Frank Garret aged twenty two. She left a note claiming cruelty and said she was returning to her father leaving two children with Banning.
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Asa Banning
Dunlapville
Union County
Cincinnati
Reilly
Frank Garret
Plaque mania ends as new craze hits stove leg design
The piece notes a shift in fad from plaques to decorative stove legs and broom handles. It mentions a stove leg bearing a Swiss view that could save two percent in fuel usage.
Madison Jefferson County Adverts Letters List 1882
Madison Jefferson County lists of uncalled letters for general delivery dated November 6 1882. It includes Ladies and Gentlemen names with initials A to W and notes that letters not claimed within one month will go to the Dead Letter Office and advertised Mondays. Call for Advertised Letters with date of the list. There is no charge.
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Nersce
Craig & Brothers Offer Staples at Lowest Living Prices
The Largest and Finest line of Staple and Fancy Groceries is advertised by Craig & Brothers as available at the lowest living prices.
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Craig & Brother's
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Chicago, Ills
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Carr. L. Q. Howe Is
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Kansas City
L. J. Wooven
Vevay
Queen City
Eyaneville
Mr. Witt Coucare
Chicago
J. W. Quinn
Harry Cat
Andy Baum
A. P. Schenck
E. G. Letaxp
Bethel Chapel
Watt
James Barton
Main Street
Ladies of
Christchurch
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Mary Cravens
Washington, D. C
New York City
Leonard Mayer
Marsh Whedon
Lenisville
Frank J. Prewatt
Capt
W. C. Watts
Lon Hopine
Pueblo
Col
Dr. Hotipay
Trinity M. E. Church
Sawyers & Saort
Hevry
Third Street
Aaron Robbins
Robbins
First
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Union of Congregations
Josefa Deverey
Squire Cravens
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Cole
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Saaprace Wilber
Washington Republican
Bucklen
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Peck
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J. W. Laynam
Jefferson Co., Inc
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Mra E
Carrie Griess
Maggie Grady
Mary Hunter
Malinda A Jones
Charlotte King
Hattie Moore
Maud ‘Mahaffey
Kate Maloy
Mary Quinn
Annie Stout
Carrie B Smith
Maggie Stourton
Lou Tisis Thomas
Lizzie Wilson
Casey Weber
Gentlemen's
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BW Bramble
L H Barnes
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G—J_ Gilchrist
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J—Walker
Ht Jenkin
John Johnson
E A Irmal
John H. Morgan
George Melton
J Moore
John R Moore
Timothy McHugh
James McKinney
James McLane
Toney Preston
Marion Summereld
John W. Link, P.M
St. Jacops
Medicinne
A. Vogeler & CO
Baltimore
Miss
Tllinoiz Timothy Seed
Craig & Bro's
the Madison Brewing, Co
Hillabold
Bone Borat
Excelsior
Craig & Bro
John Deere
Boots & Shoes
John Braun & Co
Mulberry Street
Madison, Ind
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