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Newspaper
Sullivan Times
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1886
Page
3
The column lists numerous Sullivan residents and visitors from Terre Haute to Indianapolis, noting movements of families, business trips, sales, and social events. It mentions Nelson Wilkey’s grocery and flour trade, Red Schoolhouse shoes, and local trades, with brief notes on deaths, marriages, and road improvements shaping community life.
A Sullivan county man berates a lady and gentleman in a buggy near the Palestine Robinson stretch for not ceding the entire state road for his three horses. Crawford county residents stand firm saying they will not be bulldozed into giving the road to a horse buyer.
The following names represent letters remaining unclaimed at the local postoffice and will be sent to the Dead-letter office if not claimed within thirty days. F. M. Bowling Frank Burkhart Mahala Ballard Nancy Barnes Charles Boles W. W. Baxter Robin Douglas Ida Ford John Fenton Lewis Grigsby C. W. Hotchkiss Mary Hancock Dave Harlow Geo D. Johnston W. G. Jones Walter Lofters Jack Lucas Cruze Morgan E M Moss Stella Marts Mrs Chas McIntire Hiram Mitchell Henry Osborne Flora Owens Mary Pugh Sarah Plew Artie Stice Ritter Scott John N. Thompson J Ernest Sullivan Ind March 29 1886.
Resolutions honor Ella Cox daughter of Mr and Mrs Hiram Cox age seventeen who died March 24 1886. The Sunday school notes the loss and offers sympathy to the bereaved and asks publication in county papers. Committee members Lizzie Osborn Susie Griffith Addie Cole.
Circuit court records several judgments and orders. Amanda A. Hill sues Sullivan County Bank on account with judgment for the defendant. Eslinger vs Eslinger petition to sell sale ordered and confirmed. Knox county change of vein granted by guardian Knox county court. Paddock vs Kirkham note and attachment judgment for amount and fees. Trueblood vs Mattox partition commissioners report and cost apportionment. Brown vs Dudley appeal dismissed. Dix vs Wence judgment with fees. Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v Mason note mortgage cause dismissed by plaintiff. Bledsoe vs Barnett appeal dismissed at defendant costs. Purcell v Wilson damages dismissed. Stewart v Stewart divorce dismissed. Ridgeway v French Harper note judgment with fees. Guardianship matter Carrithers sale ordered with terms.
A string of short notices: Jo Griffiths stiff neck. Capt Crawford returns from Ohio. David Bushel visits father. Holland of Carlisle in town. bootmaker Diehl returns and opens shop. Various locals including Capt Bodger tile planter, Bill Manning from Terre Haute, and Geo Ellis from Greene County appear. Crop hopes rise as wheat and fruit prospects look favorable pending spring conditions.
The passage notes a broad area to be planted in corn. A passerby asks about a gray clothed man, identified as Jim Catlin, who recalls a former Monroe County grocer and remarks the man looks much as thirty years ago.
Oats sowing progresses and maple molasses nearly done. Uncle Isaac Payne is feeble. Proctor and McCarty prosper. Craigg sold farm to David Shepherd. Nos 5 and 11 schools closed with exhibitions. Miss Cora Beckett new Pittsburg teacher. Rev. Harrison holds meeting at No 10 schoolhouse. Jackson residents attend events in Sullivan and Evansville. Republican township convention nominates Wardell, Barnett, Scott and Easter.
The Evansville and Terre Haute R A offers a Florida excursion March 31 with low round trip rates to Pensacola Tallahassee Jacksonville Ocala Gainesville Leesburg Sanford Titusville Cedar Key Palatka St Augustine Orlando and more. Tickets valid return until May 1 1886 with through cars from Evansville. Ricces and Berry announce real estate for sale including all Alena Life Ins Co certificates in Sullivan county.
Cuas. BE. BARRETT offers loans under 1000 dollars at 7 percent 1000 to 2000 dollars at 12 per cent and over 2000 dollars at 6 percent terms.
A survey of tall New York apartment houses with central halls and Moorish style Navarro flats near Central Park is followed by a biographical sketch of the late opera singer Madame Helfbron born in Brussels. It traces her rise from Paris to Milan and America, her marriage to Lieut de la Panouse, and her estate she built through singing.
A detailed account of the railroad strike on the Gould system from Knights of Labor activity to mass layoffs. It outlines discharges totaling thousands, freight losses, wage declines, and the potential settlement efforts led by Governor Marmaduke and Governor Martin with Vice President Hoxie.
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