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EDITrOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE No 2 upstairs Westside Tile Times costs 1.50 a year 0.80 six months 0.50 four months 0.15 one month and 0.05 for a single issue.
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Newspaper
Sullivan Times
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1886
Page
2
EDITrOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE No 2 upstairs Westside Tile Times costs 1.50 a year 0.80 six months 0.50 four months 0.15 one month and 0.05 for a single issue.
A meeting of the Democratic Central Committee is set for Saturday April 17 1886 at 1 pm in the Sullivan Court House. Members are urged to attend as delegates to conventions and other business will be discussed. The list of names includes James B Patten P R Jenkins Willis H French Lem H Willis JosH Beasley Ren Briggs Joyce Charles Scott James L Nash and others. The Terre Haute Mail touts its new type and premium list for the Sullivan County fair. Congress debates compulsory arbitration but stalemate prevails with no statesmen in sight and possible defection by Goulds and Vanderbilts in votes.
On election day the community observed notable remarks on roads and governance amid a lively scene. Capt. Will VanFossen attended a G A R post event in Sullivan to witness the results, while Silver Post G A R hosted a dinner at New Lebanon with speeches by Capt J W Canary and others, marking a well attended election day gathering.
Local items report M. Botts buying hogs and urging neighbors to sell. M R Miller purchases Sam McKee farm. Hinkle hints at moving to Tennessee this fall. Gaskins completes dwelling. Keen and Gambill represent Jackson in Sullivan school. Mrs Mahan ill and worsening. Pittsburg mill shut Saturday then resumed Tuesday. Low turnout at last Monday’s polls. Noah Crawford back from Ohio funeral. Patterson saw mill engine exploded but no injuries. Bloomfield News note and stray line about school attendance.
A boy or girl who can name ten U S Senators is praised for memory as Hattie and Mary Hinkle, daughters of N H Hinkle. Uncle Michael Zink, a Jackson township elder, suffered a stroke en en route to the polls. He was found in the road and taken to J C Beckett’s home, later showing signs of recovery.
Paxton notes cover visits and arrivals including John Shepard in Shaker Prairie, Joe Jones’s visit, and Henry Ayers returning as a new citizen. A rail accident near Carlisle hurts a freight car. Dr. Dailey buys Menifee’s goods and moves in. A literary society event in Alexandria draws Sullivan visitors. Fred Wheaton earns a diploma and organ funds are raised. Mrs. Amanda Sibley is laid to rest after long illness.
Graysvalle reports April jokes and notable changes in residents. Chas Weir grows a mustache while Miss Etta Pugh stays ill. Chas Taylor returns from Terre Haute. Uncle Jakie Houpt is critically ill. Uncle Tommy Alsop in poor health. Ed Turman will cast his first vote today. March enters and exits with a playful metaphor. Mr Pounds of Fairbanks passes through town. Miss Dorsey of Terre Haute plans a Elm corner milliner store. Rev Charles Watson preached at the Springs. Tres illustrations boost interest in a publication. Fairbanks township plans a Dilley trustee race. William Ailen expected back soon. Haw eaters joke prompts inquiry. Rev Moore granted a week vacation. Sabbath school reorganizes next Sunday with Yeager, Ransford, Clara Smith, and Kittie Cushman elected.
Messy local brief records a series of small items. Sunday school closed at Mt Calvery last Sunday. Miss Fannie McKee attends Sullivan school. Wash Robbins and his wife moved to a new home. Lycurgus Bedwell ill with rheumatism. Robbin's schoolhouse closes the 9th. Emma Bedwell visited Eliza Bedwell. George W Harlow visited his brother Dana. J W Bedwell moved onto Wes ley Mayfield's farm. Church planned at Mt Calvery next Saturday night and Sunday with Rev Davis.
Real estate and all certificates of purchase of the Htna Life Insurance Co are offered for sale in Sullivan Indiana. Ricas and Berry, real estate agents, invite inquiries and viewings for potential buyers.
The Knights of Labor debate continues over the Gould rail system shutdowns as strikers resist settlements. Reports also cover spring election results across Wisconsin Illinois Michigan and Missouri with multiple cities electing Republican or Democratic tickets amid labor unrest and a major La Crosse fire.
The Senate confirmed Messrs. Oberly and Lyman for Civil Service Commissioner posts. Secretary Manning’s condition is improving but still not out of danger. Republicans debate nominations policy and prefer open executive sessions. Sewell proposes pension increases for hand, foot, limb losses. Interior lists 914 Indian depreciation claims totaling 33 million, only 50 thousand allowed. Pension bill favors prisoners of war with daily rates and disability pensions for those confined over sixty days.
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