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Newspaper
Sullivan Times
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1886
Page
3
Local notices list visits, business trips, and sales from Sullivan and nearby towns. Advertisements promote Krug & Emmerson goods, Hamilton cultivator, Troll & Burks shoes, and local services. Community updates mention marriages, deaths, and travels across Vincennes, Terre Haute, New Lebanon, Paxton, and Indianapolis.
G W Inger soll visited Carlisle and Sullivan over the weekend. P H Blue of the I and I railroad reported shipments of about 75 box cars and several new cabooses, sent via the CV and C to Robinson. The Holmes engine crossed the Wabash bridge last Thursday, the first such crossing. the bridge is near completion and trains will soon run Switz to Effingham, with multiple daily crossings.
The Democracy urges a large turnout at the Court House on Tuesday evening next April 27 to nominate candidates for town offices to be voted on at the May 3 election in 1886. By Order Committee.
The narrator taunts rivals Kirkham and Coffman as Tom Mann leads a lively group to the fair. Blood will tell, and they vow to take all premiums, promising a bushel of fun for the ride.
Services next Lord's Day at usual hours. A special collection will support a protracted meeting in Gordon Nebraska. Many local Christian church members and residents have moved to Gordon area and are invited to contribute. Evening program features Sunday-school readings and a sketch of the year's work by the Superintendent. Cordial invitation from G. E. Treland.
Deputy Hawkins meets Thomas Shepherd at Jeffersonville prison. Shepherd, life sentence for murder in 1875, details seven years of work from foundry to boot and shoe making. He has studied many subjects, reads daily papers, and cites Governor Hendricks on reform and parole.
Proceedings from the circuit court week ending April 17, 1886 include Guilty pleas in carrying concealed weapons and intoxication with fines of $5 and $2 plus costs, bonds set at $100 in a minor gift case, and several continuances. Divorces, judgments, ejectment, and guardianship matters appear with various outcomes and estates undergoing sales or partitions.
J Turner deceased on claim continued by agreement. John G Barnett admr vs Sarah Barnett et al petition to sell continued for sale. James Burks vs Town of Sullivan appeal. Judgment for plaintiff $20.20. John C Briggs admr vs Mary Nichols et al petition to sell sale ordered. John H Curry admr yo Caroline Ford et al petition to sell sale ordered. Valeria DeWitt vs Anna DeWitt et al partition. Frederick Fahnley vs Martin Plummer et al to quiet title cause dismissed at plaintiffs costs.
Local millinery shop advertises the largest stock in Sullivan and Sullivan County with price ranges to suit every customer. The notice appeals to ladies to visit and mentions skilled workmanship as a selling point.
The advertisement lists hats bonnets and trims in latest styles. It claims purchases from New York Chicago Indianapolis and Cincinnati and touts a large line of children's lace caps and bonnets for the local market.
The document lists receipts including taxes 4936 89 and licences 60 06 60 and fire protection bonds 7500 500 plus street benefits 30 totaling 12747 39. Expenditures cover street purposes 3194 06 salaries 1259 10 fire department 4567 67 town hall 2613 47 litigation 202 08 printing 17 40 and miscellaneous 302 35 leaving a balance of 401 26.
The life of Thaddeus Fairbanks who lived to ninety and invented the platform scales is recalled. Born in Brimfield Massachusetts he helped found an iron foundry in St. Johnsbury Vermont and built a hemp dresser before perfecting the platform scale which made the Fairbanks firm prosperous. He supported local churches and the St Johnsbury academy with large gifts and honors from three foreign governments.
William L. Silvey of Cincinnati at age 25 stands as a leading young inventor in inductive telegraphy. Born 1860 in Castleton Indiana, he developed methods for telegraphing between moving trains and on orchard wires, earning patents issued in 1880 and 1881 that promise to transform railroad train handling.
Col Jacob T. Child, president of the Missouri Press Association, has been appointed minister to Siam. Born in Philadelphia in 1832, he helped in Bleeding Kansas, led papers in St. Joseph and Richmond, and served as major and colonel in the Civil War before returning to run The Conservator in Richmond.
Caleb W. West of Kentucky, recently nominated by the president to govern Utah territory, has a storied past. He fought with Joe Desha in the Civil War, joined Gen. John Morgan’s forces, and served on Morgan’s staff after Greenville. West later became a judge and declined a congressional run in favor of Col. Breckenridge, with supporters praising his suitability to deal with the Mormons and compare him to Eli Murray.
The death at Niagara Falls Ontario ends the life of John Humphrey Noyes born 1811 in Brattleboro Vermont. He founded the Oneida perfectionist settlement in Madison County New York after a Putney Vermont abortive attempt. Noyes preached equality and communal living with restricted marriage and selective birth, guiding a 600 acre colony that grew to 5000000? in property value. The community survived legal pressure, shifting to simpler marriage in 1879, while Noyes remained its doctrinal leader until his death.
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