Local Notes and Births in Vevay Area Society
Mr. Will Hoffuall visits parents on lower Third. Wm Fenton sells farm west of town on the Kent road and plans to move to Boone county next spring. City public schools celebrate Whittier's birthday December 9. Miss Jessie Kyle travels to Vevay. Ramsey to be married in Memphis. George E. Francisco and Stella Wharton wed at Christ Church tomorrow at 5 AM. Devensey, Hentz, Massman travel to St Joseph La aboard New Mary Houston. Vine Street Baptist church hosts a social at Mr Wm Trow’s residence. Union Thanksgiving services at Trinity M E Church with Dr Holliday to preach. R R Springer bound for New Orleans with freight, drawing five feet. Chris Kraut pays sons John and Frank a visit in Cincinnati. reports well. Pate Grahams mare Ina G seen at Capt W C Warta's Stable. Diamond Dyes advertise vivid colors in 10c ads. Miss Jennie Hilp of West End dies of consumption. Diptheria outbreaks close Ripley county schools. several fatalities. New births: a girl to Frank and Mrs Powell, a boy to Thomas and Mrs Dow, a girl to George and Mrs Martin, a boy to R T F Abbott of Vevay. Mrs Jacob Brantmeir improving after liniment burn incident. Peter Weber refurbishes old apple Brewery on lower Third Street. John Greiner in charge. We’ve added new type to our Job Office and offer low prices for all job work in the state.
Flies and Bugs Cleared Out by Rough Om Rats
Local notice notes pest control by Rough Om Rats clearing flies roaches ants bees rats mice gophers and chipmunks. The brief item lists the pests targeted and the service offered for 15 cents.
Ministers of Fire and Faith in the City News
The article notes Governor consideration to remit Nick Miller’s former associate Patrick Wade’s fine after a prior report in the HeRaxp. It reports a new fire cistern at Broadway and High streets easing property owners’ fire fears and denies rumors of an Odd Fellows opera house. It also mentions Coleman Rogers leaving for Chicago to practice law. It briefly advertises Ayer’s Hair Vigor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Miller
Patrick Wade
HeRaxp
Broadway
High Streets
Anme
Odd Fellows
Prenatt Opens Branch Store in Former Orr Building
Mr. F. J. Prenatt, a quveeneware merchant, has opened a branch in the former Thomas A. Orr building. He places George W. Jones, formerly with Mellen & Shannon, in charge and wishes success to all enterprising men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Prenatt
Quveeneware
Thomas A. Orr
George W. Jones
Mellen & Shannon
HeRace
Prenatt
Grave of David Stivers Report Stirs City
Rumor of an opened grave and stolen body circulated widely before W P Gosnell and Wm Cordrey checked Olive Branch cemetery and found the grave undisturbed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Stivers
Messrs
W. P. Gosnell
Wm. Cordrey
Olive Branch Cemetery
Reverend Martin Arrives to Oversee University Geology Gifts
Rev Dr Martin president of As bury University arrived in the city last Saturday to supervise packing and shipping of geological specimens bequeathed by the late David Stiver. He preached at Trinity M E Church Sunday forenoon and attended the Sabbath school in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Martin
Asbury University
University
David Stiver
Martin
Trinity
M. E. Church
Woman Attacks Neighbor With Club Near Woolen Mill
Yesterday morning Mrs. Margaret Henry of Schofields area struck Mrs. Edward Mantz over the head with a club, leaving Mantz bedbound. Neighbors say Henry may be mentally unsettled and sometimes asserts Mantz’s property rights, attempting to drive others from the dwelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Henry
Schofield
Edward Mantz
Mantz
Train No 153 Derailed North of Colombus After Axle Break
Last Monday at seven in the morning train No 153 on the Camp bridge branch of J M L was ditched four miles north of Colombus due to a broken axle. Five cars were smashed and freight damaged but no serious injuries. The noon passenger train was delayed about 30 minutes and mail arrival was late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbridge
Colombus
Fall Injures Man in Stable Loft Incident
Last Thursday evening Charles Rogers slipped in his father's stable loft while handling fodder. He fell about twelve feet into the manger, broke a tile, and was shaken up. He crawled out, went home to Walnut Street, where Dr. J R Lewis treated his injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Rogers
Walnut Street
J. R. Lewis
Grand Army Visit Sparks City Reception
Gen. Paul VanDerVoort commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic arrives by noon train with Adjutant General Carnahan. Local Post hosts a reception at headquarters with Mayor Smith address a large crowd. Cravens and VanDerVoort speak. Lon Heding's poem Relics and Recollections read. meeting deemed satisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul VanDerVoort
Grand Army of the Republic
Ocal
Indianapolis
Carnahan
C. E. Whitsit
J. G. Moore
W. A. McCoy
J. F. Moore
North Madison
Smith
Court House
John R. Cravens
Gen. VarDerVoort
S. W. Pritchard
Lon Heding
Poat
Trimble Man Tricked by Louisville Calf Swap
John Netherland of Trimble County Kentucky fell for a swindle when he bought what he believed was a fine milch cow in Louisville. The cow proved dry and the calf motherless, exposing a scheme of selling a cheap calf as the cow. Netherland's friends laughed at the farce and he vows to be more cautious next time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Netherland
Trimble County
Louville
Myr. N
Maggie Harper
Netherland
Ohio
Mr. Netherland
Mr. N
Louisville
A New Pike Road For Brooksburg And Madison Trade
A plan to form a company to construct the Brooksburg and Moorfield turnpike is proposed. The six and one half mile road would start at the east end of the Indian Kentucky River bridge at Brookburg and end near the Vevay and Moorefield turnpike by John I Cotton’s house in Switzerland County. Capital stock would be 15000 dollars in 600 shares of 25 each, with survey by Will Es of Brooksburg. The need is to draw regional trade back to Madison and boost local retail enterprises through improved roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooksburg & Moorfield
Switzerland
Moorefield
Madison
Angel of Death Claims Mr John B Knoll at Home
John B Knoll died at his Main street home at 9 oclock Saturday morning after a long illness. He was 32, born in New Orleans, and his funeral drew a large crowd at Springdale cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Knoll
Main Street
Mr. Knoll
New Orleans
Springdale Cemetery
Resolutions for Thomas Gerreghty of Washington Fire Co
Washington Fire Company No 2 notes the death of Thomas Gerreghty killed at Trow's mill. The company expresses high appreciation for a brave fireman, sympathy to his family, and directs resolutions be entered in records and forwarded to relatives. Dated Madison Indiana November 21 1882.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Fire Company
Thomas Gerreghty
Trow’s Mill
Tomas A A. C. Posug
F. W. Levens
Madison
Ind
N. B
Thomas Gerregiity
The Presidents Mail Requests and Pecuniary Appeals
Washington correspondent notes hundreds of letters addressed to the President seeking money and favors. Petitioners request loans, piano purchases, official sinecures, and express shipments, as clerks explain the President cannot read all such pleas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
United States
Pruden
Texas
Nebraska
New Hampahere
Philadelphia
New York
Jettera
Arthur
Mayor Express
Washington Cor
Philadelphia Times
The State Schools Annual Public Instruction Report
The forthcoming superintendent report lists 83 stone, 2,481 brick, 6,944 frame school homes and 3,282 nonrecitation rooms. Total school property valued at 12,310,904 51 with buildings and grounds. Special school tax totals 1,235,359 06 and poll tax 0.54 per dollar 100 assessed. Local tuition tax 0.15 per 100. Township library volumes 247,256 with 305,226 issued and 6,825 added. Trustees paid 89,392 37. 303 schoolhouses erected valued at 854,439 81. Private schools led by 865 schools 197 male and 441 female teachers. 12,862 pupils admitted, 8,659 average daily attendance. Township institutes numbered 4,299.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Free Trial of Kings New Discovery for Consumption
An offer from Dr. King's New Discovery at Heberhart's Drug Store invites invalids and sufferers to call for a free trial bottle. It claims to cure consumption and a range of throat and lung ailments including severe coughs colds asthma bronchitis hay fever and loss of voice Heareeness. A Cleveland dentist comments on pain tolerance between genders.
Wells' Health Renewer Declares Cure for Debilities
Advertisement notes decline of man and nervous weakness with cures for dyspepsia impotence and sexual debility. Claims Wells' Health Renewer restores vigor. Mentions depot and Swormstedt & Co. as sellers for $1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells
Swormstedt & Co
Free trade and tariff reform push in Democratic era
Ohio Congressman Frank Hurd, a steadfast free trader, argues that protection hurts workers and inflates costs. He pledges to push a rapid tariff reduction toward eventual universal free trade and plans to introduce a tariff bill on Congress's first day. He cites labor interests and warns that protection raises prices for materials and machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hurd
Congress
Ohio
Hurd
United States
Democratic Party
Mches
England
Vast Coal Deposits in China From Geologist Baron von Riehtofen
Baron von Riehtofen reports extensive coal districts in western and northwestern China. He describes a yellow surface covering northern China down to beds of coal, a limestone wall ridge with a coal plateau, and 30 000 square miles of horizontal coal seams up to thirty feet thick over two hundred miles. The coal beds are said to lie atop metamorphic rocks and have remained undisturbed since formation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Baron von Riehtofen
Nothern
Great Plain of
Cold Blooded Murder Suspect Arrested in Darlington
Taylor Dunbar of Darling ton, Montgomery county, was found murdered in a corn field. Joseph Stout was arrested after a pawn ticket tied him to the victim. Stout confessed to the crime, described the attack, and a lynch mob formed as officers sped him to Crawfordsville for safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Dunbar
Darlington
Montgomery County
Joseph Stout
Dunbar
J. A. Marshall
Stout
Wap
Crawfordsville
Colfax
Thorotown
Crawfordaville
Ingenous Boy Teaches Common Sense Over Blind Obedience
A tale contrasts rigidly following orders with using judgment. A shoemaker’s apprentice cuts holes in incorrectly made pieces, while a steam-engine apprentice hacks a cord to automate a valve, improving efficiency and pleasing the employer. Multiple examples show ingenuity improving work.
Iron and steel outlook sparks price debate in Pittsburgh
A Pittsburg manufacturer argues price declines in iron are a natural law of supply and demand, with pig iron at 19 to 20 dollars and sales as low as 24 cents in Chicago. He contrasts this with Vulcan mills president claims 2450 dollars for pig iron and predicts a dull trade future. A Chicago businessman links villa shutdown threats to stock manipulation amid railroad rate wars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Iron and Steel
Chicago
Vulcan Mills
St. Louis
Camden boy fined for loud language and rearrested
A seven year old in Camden county New Jersey was fined 3.12 for loud language. His father, unable to pay, paid 1 with promise to settle soon but failed. The justice rearrested the child and jailed him among criminals until counselor Sparks helped secure release. The law capped fines at .75 for the offense and the justice was indicted for overstepping powers. Beecher is noted as a prolific procrastinator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden County
New Jersey
Counselor Sparks
Camden
Monkeys Classified by Alfred R Wallace
Wallace states that monkeys fall into Old World and New World families. He asserts American monkeys span both groups and that the Old World and New World lineages separate their habitats and traits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eays Alfred R. Wallace
Old World
New World
Attorney General Report Details Large Yearly Fees and Deficit
The Attorney General's annual report to Congress highlights large government fees for the year and a $5,000 deficiency in prosecuting Guiteau. Special counsel Porter and Davidge were paid $25,000, with other major fees in Star Route cases to Bliss, Ker, and Merrick. Democrats appear likely to oppose interval tax cuts or tariff changes, citing party credit and responsibility in upcoming legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Guiteau
Porter
New York
Walter Davidge
George Bliss
Arthur Ker
Philadelphia
Richard Merrick
Merrick
Biss
Manning
Mississippi
Josh Billings on Truth in Humor and Artemus Ward
Josh Billings says humor must be based on truth since things that are ludicrous yet natural make people laugh. He contrasts Artemus Ward as not a humorist but the country’s drollest man and condemns writers who rely on hyperbole as lacking genuine humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josh Billings
Artemus Ward
French debate on when the twentieth century begins
French newspapers discuss whether 1900 or 1901 marks the start of the next century. Napoleon queried the era at the century’s start, while mathematician Lalaude argues the first century began in year one, making 1901 the first year of the twentieth century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon
Lalaude
Controversy over New York coroner election deepens
The dispute pits two candidates, an undertaker and a saloon keeper, with both claiming the coroner post. A notable wager involved W T Travers of New York who bet Charles Woerishoff that Denver Rio Grande stock would reverse from 845 to 483, and Woerishoff paid after the drop. Also, Noah Paul and his wife of Albion Maine, aged 86 and 87, died within a day of each other after sixty-two years of marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H Kennedy
New York
W. T. Travers
Charles Woerisoffer
Denver & Rio Grande
Noah Paul
Albion
Also Mentioned on This Page
S. S. Moen & SO
Lord & Thomas
Chicago, Ills
McCormick — Block
Messrs. Colemanagers
Chas. Cravens
Hargan’s Waolcaoe
Squire Quinn
Continental Hotel
Will Hoffuall
John Ross
George IV
Fred Glaes
Wm. Fenton
City
Kent Road
Boone County
Katie O'Donnell
R. R. Springer
Maggie
Whittier
Jessie Kyle
Vevay
Mr. Ramsey
Memphis
George E. Francisco
Stella Wharton
Christ Church
Joseph Devensey
Nicholas Hentz
Henry Massman
Mary Houston
St. Joseph
Vine Street Baptist Church
Wm ‘Trow
Trinity M. E
Holliday
Chris. Kraut
John
Frank
Cincinnati
Mr. Pate Graham
Ina G
W. C. Warta
Second Street
Jennie Hilp
West End
Ripley County
Jacob Brantmeir
Peter Weber
Apple
Lower Third Street
John Greiner
Madison Brewing Co
Jackman
Cunningham
Harry Child
Will Orrell
Amos Lockman
Coleman Rogers
Rogers
Dr. Ayer
Ayer
the Grand Army
VanDerVoort
Pike
the Angel of Death
William Winters
Fawily
Lawrenceburge
Our City
Winters
Lawrenceburg
John Frank
Peter Weis
Cleveland
New York World
Feor Bamhure
Beecher
Colerid
Bonner
Washington News
Swat
A. Vogeler
LER & 6 CO
Adison
Brewing
Cox
Craig
Brother
Hollabold’s
Owen
Craig & Bros
Craig & Brothers
Manwon, Jefferson Co., Inc
Mary E Ayler
Katie Bennett
Mary Bramwell
Clara A Carter
Celia Douglas
Jessie Duncan
Ida Gosnell
Maggie Green
Maggie Hunter
Bettie Hayes
Belle Hudgon
Mary Henaker
Ernie Jenkins
Will Jimeron
Sallie Ireland
Annie Kang
Chrie Kesler
Mary E McCauley
Mary A
George Bayless
Mack Dunn
Dennis Glenn
Daniell W Godfrey
H W Gilchrist
J—C Jones
L—Mathias Lehnert
W H Mahaffy
Andrew Nuttale
Thomas T. Nichols
P—William Perry
J B Pohlmann
William Palmer
Fred Snyder
Wesley Sherlock
James Thomas
Rey H H Thompson
Frank Thacker
H A Urban
W—Griffin Waltz
John W Wolf
LM Willhoite
W D Wilson
Norice
John W. Link, P.M
Casas
Thoscane
Tina
Ang Sufictor
P. D
T. A. Blocum
Ventres New Tork
Boots & Shoes
John Braun & CO
Mulberry Street
Madison, Ind
Eet
T. Branham
Fanteds
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