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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1879
Page
3
Jefferson area notes promote advertising and a robust job office in the district. Mil to n Ky sees death of C Kina. Hawk eye man R J Burperre slated to speak soon. Bridge project at Middle Fork Lancaster discussed but fails. Red Ribbon Reform Club shifts to Monday meetings. Jonnx Luck loses Nashville Alderman race. Train delays due to broken hanger near Vernon. Miss Kate Rurevee dies near Cresswell Smyrna township.
The first Monday in November is the deadline for paying the second county tax installment for the current year. A resident who moved to Nebraska last spring has returned to Lancaster township. A steam channeling machine operates at Deputy quarries with night work. many workers are employed by day. The Seymour Times may relocate to Indianapolis once arrangements are settled. Coal stock in the city is nearly gone with a four cent rise per bushel and sales limited to boxes. The Choral Union reorganized at Sheriff Nugent’s home for fall and winter. Invitations issued for the wedding of Miss Ella Hutchinson to Finley Pugh at Rushville today. An incendiary attempt targeted J. K. Pleasants hay warehouse at Vevay but was stopped early. Luther Benson, the temperance lecturer, is reportedly at Charlestown Sanitarium for drunkenness treatment. R. E. and J. Stutt Neal, formerly of this city, head to Randolph county Va for large land tract and stock raising. A Seymour item in Brownstown Banner reports Albert Kimmel and Laura Stockdell’s engagement in Columbus on the 19th. Best Madison prices: Light brown sugar 83, Rio coffee 15, tea 25, tobacco 40, Kentucky whiskey 50 cents a quart from J. W. Nodler’s.
Judge W D Warp presides at a Ripley Circuit Court special term in Versailles. Dr C W Baker of Ohio and Miss Estella Davidson wed at Mrs Stapp's home. Shad fishermen report catch from the Ohio River. Dick Brady pleads guilty to burglary and is sentenced to two years. Miss Saran Hendricks to wed Rev Henry Ketcham in Indianapolis. Cox and Stapp duel with a razor on North Broadway. River sand-bar and low water noted between East and Walnut streets.
Rev F M Barker appointed by the Kentucky Conference session to the Milton circuit replacing Rev J W Snively who now has an appointment in the Maysville district.
Marriep was married at Macedonia Church on Tuesday evening the 30th by Rev J D Griffith assisted by Rev W Walker of the U P Church Dr Scott Culbertson of Moorefield and Miss Indiana Shadday daughter of Wm Shadday Esq of Jefferson county.
George W. Graston, previously of Dep uty, will move to Dupont and begin operating a flouring and grist mill next Monday, the 15th inst. He is regarded as one of the county’s best millers and a capable, accommodating businessman.
A reunion at Lawrenceburg led to the formation of an association of soldiers of Southeastern Indiana. County Clerk A L Shannon will collect signatures for membership at his office and invites all Union veterans to enroll their names.
Sinas Force of Carroll county Kentucky and Miss L B Willis of Henry married in the Central Hotel parlors after obtaining a license with Rev Edward Bradley officiating at Christ Church. Wacker Jenking and six family members were poisoned at dinner. antidotes saved them and the cause remains unknown.
Last Thursday evening in Main Cross Street, two pistol shots rang from Dr. A Ennis's office. Ennis wrestled Reed for the pistol, gaining the upper hand in a front room struggle, then held him by the throat until help arrived, while Reed claims no pistol was drawn. Reed was taken to Len Smith's boarding house and then left on the mailboat Sunday.
The Madison Courier reports updated details of the shooting involving Dr. Ennis and George Reed. Reed was hit once in the left hip, not fatally, and Dr. Ennis acted in self defense. Reed had been drinking and threatened jail. Public opinion supports Ennis's action.
City council action at Thursday meeting advances a new fifty year charter for the Madison Gaslight Company with an amendment reducing term to twenty years. Addition of Cra vens and Vanesdal as counsel in the Howard case noted. Cemetery committee ordered six thousand more locust trees for Springdale Cemetery. Sixty three deaths reported in three months. Petition for a colored school at Presbyterian avenue and Poplar street tabled. resignation of Dr. McIntyre accepted.
In Vevay last Tuesday morning a burglary attempt at A. P. Schenck & Son was interrupted when Malin Taylor and Will Teats awoke to a man peering from the corner. Teats fired four shots as the burglar fled toward the Post Office building, where he exchanged shots again but escaped. Also noted are reports from Union Church’s Long Run Baptist Association meeting, a Social Science Association session, a serious Moffett hill accident near Milton Ky, and a local endurance walker roaming Main Cross street aiming to cover 500 quarter miles.
A historical post office list from Madison dated Monday October 6 1879 shows the Ladies and Gentlemen surname initials with names such as Stella Bertram Mary Caneton Isa Carson Anna Duncan Rachel Elliot Margt Flisher Kate Flaherty Ollie Gray Sarah Harvey Clara Helfrich Mollie Muse Elizabeth Napper Sarah P Pogue Mary Quinn Alice Quinn Elizabeth Short Fannie Simpson Emma Test Mary Thomas Mary Weather Martha Wallace and John Antle John Bury Boyd Peters Peter Bertram Crawford Collins Capt W P Dillon Davis Oliver Erby Barney Farrell Nat Giesler Graves Heine Harvey Jones Jenkins Johnston Kelso Kreeps Large Lockard Gay Meric Myers Man ion McMillen Noles Oliver Powers Summers Smyth Seitz Stewart Todd Taylor Vincent.
Mr. Recuarp Lossoy, three and a half miles west of the city, returning from town Monday, was crushed when a horse attached to a spring wagon ran away after a pig squealed in a neighbor’s wagon. A wheel passed over his breast and the horse kicked him in the face. Tuesday noon he was not expected to live and relatives in Cincinnati were summoned.
Marion Douclas, the Swiss horse thief, recently shot and captured in Kentucky, passed through Rising Sun on Friday week on his way home. Judge McMannama discharged him, Douclas giving bond to appear at the next Burlington court to answer horse stealing. Doctors fear he will not live until then.
W F Bruylyn closes out fall and winter stock with daily deals on dry goods and nations at lower prices than comparable items near New York. Bruning invites all customers to view the stock, purchase or not, with his cheerful service and guaranteed low bargains.
McKee and Branham, wholesale boot and shoe merchants, acquire the late J Dunn Hamilton’s interest in Jones and Hamilton. Edward L and J Robert McKee join to operate as Jones McKee and Co. The elder McKee remains unaffected.
A gentleman visited our scene yesterday morning with a sweet potato measuring seventeen and a half inches in circumference and weighing 43 pounds. Propagated by Mr. W S Wilson of Smyrna township the tuber outshines all other taters seen this season.
Mrs E G Woortney died in Chicago and her remains brought to Springdale Cemetery. The Madison Guards excursion to Louisville was postponed due to steamer woes. Rex F Rogings opens a new finest sideboard at 65. Grocer Dem Aree adds a delivery wagon. J M Giltner of the Maggie Harper remains ill in Carrollton. Jubilee Minstrels performed at Ryker s Ridge and will visit Hanover. Miss AWNA WIllis daughter of Mrs W W Page died in Trimble county Wy on Monday.
Local hat shop promotes a sale claiming 88 hats at lower prices than anywhere in Madison. Consumers urged to try before buying at the Stapps location, 212.
An old text discusses a Queensland shrub that can kill men and horses when stung in a body part. The pain recurs for months with temperature changes, though the sting leaves no visible mark. Descriptions note its small to tall height, whitish stem, red berries, ragged round leaves, and odor, often growing near palm trees.
A Griffin man owns a cemetery plot with five wives and five children buried there. Marble slabs mark each resting place and the small headstones bear a child named Little Hope. The owner, an elderly local, has remarried and recently moved away, prompting visitors to remark on the row of uniform monuments.
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