Sullivan notes and notices from local Times pages
A broad collection of Sullivan area items includes travel by several residents, church announcements, real estate ads, business openings and sales, marriage licenses, party plans, and local meetings. Notable names include Thurman Beasley Malone Stansi Goodman and family, and Jno Brown. Public notices cover post office changes and library donations.
Reverend Wm. V. Daniel Dies at Shoals at 83
Pioneer M E Church minister and Indiana conference veteran Reverend Wm. V. Daniel died at Shoals on Saturday aged 83. He helped found New Albany and lived there after retirement. He joined the ministry at Indiana conference session in New Albany in October 1832.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincennes San
Wm. 'V. Daniel
M. E. Church
Indiana
Shoals
New Albany
Round Trip Tickets to Washington D C Inauguration
The E T H R B announces sale of round trip tickets to Washington D C for President Cleveland's inauguration. From Sullivan at 19 75 dollars. Tickets valid Feb 28 and March 1 and 3 return by March 10 1885. GG J Grammer G P A.
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Washington D. C
Cleveland
Sullivan
Washington
J. Grammer
Groceries moved to new location by Sherman
Sherman has moved his stock of groceries to the first building east of the McCammon Hotel. He will sell goods cheap for cash or country produce and pay the highest cash price for a few nicely dressed hogs each week.
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Sherman
McCammon Hotel
Inauguration Travel by Ohio and Mississippi Railway
The Ohio and Mississippi Railway advertises the fastest direct route to Washington for the inauguration. Two through trains from St. Louis stop at Main Line stations to Washington and Baltimore with no change. Excursion rates and full information are available from O. and M. Rly agents or W. B. Hallistep, Tray Pass’r Agent, Vincennes, Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio & Mississippi Railway
National Capital
Alleghany Range
Washington
St. Louis
Baltimore
W. B. Hallistep
Tray
Vincennes
Ind
Community venting on liquor laws politics and local deeds
A fragmented town letter laments liquor traffic pauperizeing the poor and urges liquor tax revenues to counties. It critiques divorce laws billionnaire senators and property hoarding while noting local shops and Elder Sherman’s family grocery. It ends with a warning about a careless horse owner and moral duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Messrs. Mackey & Curtis
B. C. Sherman
Bushell Bros
Lazarus
Harlem on Tile Wing and Local Happenings
The item notes Don Peyton missing from the county seat since Friday and references Frank Osborn contesting delinquent tax payment despite full receipts. It mentions Uncle Billy Walters visiting town, walnut supply plans for local confectioneries, and a humorous dig at Dr Murphy’s woodwork. State Senator Joshua Ernest gains esteem in the Senate. The Grand Army plans to stage The Union Scout at the Opera House on the 27th and 28th with full house expectations. A local dentist mocks a young man’s mischief with gate and sidewalk damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Peyton
Frank Osborn
Billy Walters
Tie
Dr. Murphy
Joshua Ernest
Senate
Grand Army
Union Scout
School Honor Roll and Stray Rail of River Cruise Notes
February 6 1885 monthly grade report lists numerous students from first to eighth years with scores from 90 to 98 in subjects. Also contains a Baton Rouge steamer trip narrative with river navigation, ice, and port calls plus a political note about J B Patten and state treasury audit.
Pittsburg News Roundup Reports Local Events
Pittsburg and Jackson township residents face illnesses and travel, with typhoid pneumonia cases and a sick child. Local education notes include a sparse teachers institute and a school closure. The North vs Barnhart case ends with North winning, and others travel to Terre Haute for business while Jasonville hosts meetings and Protracted meetings continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Jack Beckett
Lydia North
Jacob Zink
J. H. Gilman
Terre Haute
Laura Vanarsdall
Jackson Township
Ed. Maratta
Shelburn
Rev. Johnson
Jasonville
Chauncey Matlox
Bethel
Dr. Plew
J. M. Vanarsdall
Teachers’ Institute
North
Barnhart
Jennie Kirkwood
Illinois
Local figures remembered at institute and obituaries
Visiting J. M. Manwarring and wife Supt Marlow attended the teacher's institute last Saturday. Ashcraft died of paralysis on January 29 and was buried in Cass township. Old uncle Louis Mattox died suddenly and was buried in Bethel cemetery as one of Jackson township’s oldest citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter Burks
Bushell Bros. Grocery
Bill Thornhill
Perigo
Scanlan
J. M. Manwarring
Marlow
Ashcraft
Cass Township
Louis Mattox
Bethel Cemetery
Jackson Township
Carlisle Visitors and Local Plans Highlight Week
Mr John McKinney stayed in Carlisle Saturday while residents settled business with the county Recorder. Miss Hattie Ayres left Monday for a visit with friends in Evansville Tad and will be missed by warm friends. Mr Thos Hughes of Sullivan visited Friday seeking musical interests and plans a vocal concert. Prof B Nt Smith of Carlisle visited last week to organize a writing school and the class is progressing finely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McKinney
Carlisle
Hattie Ayres
Evansville
Tad
Hattie
Thos. Hughes
Sullivan
B. Nt. Smith
America
Juno
Indiana Legislature Gathers Costly Daily Dramas
From Indianapolis Leyte Indiana February 9 1885 the Epvrron Times notes a young intelligent legislature with House Democrats 65 Republicans 85 and Senate Democrats 30 Republicans 20. It praises Speaker Jewett of New Albany and lists leaders while calculating daily costs at 16100 per day and noting about 400 bills introduced with few passing third reading including a Sabbath baseball ban.
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Ixptaxavonix
Epvrron Times
General Assembly
Indiana
Senate
House
Charles L. Jewett
New Albany
Patten
Gooding
Gordon
Moody
Adams
Cooper
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Gio
Walter Thompson
Kalley & Holmes
Jas. E. Speake
John Glass, Esq
Mr. Hervey Dutton
Indianapolis
Buff
Bloomfield
Miss Pearl Ireland
J. F. Hoke
Bessie Steele
Oxford
Ohio
Messrs
Chaney & Self
Mr. &. A. Thurman
J. T. Beasley
Beasley & Williams
A. B. Malone, Esq
Our City
A. B. Stansi
Grand Hotel
Frank Gibbin
Franklin, Ind
Worthington Times
Jno. C. Brown
Greene County
W. H. Sherwood
Dugger
Mr. Wm. Wolfenberger
New Orleans
Narrows
Fairbanks
P. E. Thurman
Daviess County
Nelson Johnson
Hayden
Jd. ‘J. Southern
A. Bridwell
August Goodman
Sol
Abbie Hutchison
Yierre Haute
Daniel Hutchison
C. B. Robbins
Dr. Freeland
Marco
State
Jas. Burks
Edna
Jep
Tom Whitman
Prof. Bass
Geo. W. Pollock
Mansfield
Col. Young
Eaton's Mill
Section Street
Jas. B. DeVol
Queensware
No. & Commercial Row
Land H. Johnson
G. D. Stewart
Shelbyville, Ky
Dr. Helms
Mart Troll
Bessie
Oxford Seminary
Christian Church
John 8. Howard
Pleasantville
Wm. M. Mitchell
Joanna A. Lovelace
David ©. Kirkpatrick
Emma J. D. Cunningham
Wm. Coleman
Croga Baty
R. V. Railsback
Jackson
Maple
Davis and
Humphreys
John Tidwell
Hamilton Township
Greencastle
Lee Goodman
Judith Baer
Presbyterian Church
Russell & Glass
Etta Byers
Allie Hunt
Joplin Mo
Bays and Son
John Davis
Martha
Nashville
Pulaski
Tenn
Belle Morgan
Kate Jamison
W.N. Thompson
Rush Medical College
Chicago
Teo. P. Macfarlane
Rane
Lou Perrow
Kings
Jos. W. Billman
Fordyce & Bullman
Billman
Fordyce & Billman
Med. Wilson’s Bank
Hallett & Davis
Wmn. Joyce
Mr. DeVol
Eaton’s Mill
Charles W. Lamb
Owen Davis
Wm. Joyce
B.S. Wolfe
R. A. 3Foore
Noah Scott
George Heck
John Ellis
Lamb
Irving
McClure Library
People’s Library
Literary Society
Creager
Vincennes Sun
Graeter
Chranicki
Stephen Dooley
Petersburg
Joe Stewart
Hammond & Parker’s
Prince of Commercial
Jones, McKee & Co
Joe
L. Stewart
Reliable
Sol Goodman
Harlem
Jimmie Burks
Harvey Crowder
Pearl Burton
Tommy Gott
Claude Mayfield
Fort Berry
Bob White
Luther Stewart
Burrell Phillips
Katie Bolger
Harvey Johnson
Noraull
Willie Boles
Isaac Bell
Flossie Mason
Dirrelle Chaney
Daisy Wilson
Charley Briggs
Russell Boles
Bertha Crawford
Mattie Williams
May Reed
Claude Taylor
Harry Wagner
Rand Taylor
Willie Johnson
Daisy Sherman
Minnie Bradbury
Bertha Liston
Lula Wagner
May Cope
Sarah Wilson
Lollie Draper
Eddie Coons
Rosa Sanders
Wilie Carty
Ada Wilkey
Nannie Ritchey
Alice Burton
Joe Crowder
Grace Crowder
Willie Dickerson
Lela Ruddell
Christina Hammond
Helen Mason
Carrie Thurman
Avie Burnham
Laura Harper
Gertie Goodman
Almarence Wood
Hunice Curtis
Bennie Caffee
Ira Osburn
Harry Jeter
Emma Weir
Percy Clark
Willie Jenkins
Ophelia Humphrey
Gussie Bass
Edna Fordyce
Deila Reins
Hattie Ritchey
Willie Russell
Amanda Lell
Lizzie McCrory
Kitty Crowther
John Burton
Mamie Thurman
Clara Marlow
James Reid
Harry Crowder
Harry Draper
Ollie Boles
Clarence Vanpsdel
Cornel Boone
Joie Kerns
Willie Dudley
Suse Goins
Va Hilderbrand
Frank Goins
Lena Luzader
Ben Falconbury
Anna Bolger
John Mercer
Chloe Hawkins
Ottie Vail
Tom Crowder
Lou Burton
Anna Boatright
Carrie Wagner
Bertha Stewart
Effie Palmer
Imma Fallowfield
Joie Ensminger
Madge Stewart
Earl Moore
Josie Ruff
Sadie Kirkham
Gertie McClanahan
Maude Allen
Stella Workman
Jennie Kirkham
Ira Liston
Jessie Riggs
May Creager
John Dudley
Otto South
Mamie Palmer
Ed. Allen
Baton Rouge
Cato Inns
Horton Times
Laclede
Jo. Griswold
W. Griswold
London
Wilson
Horace Bixby
Mark Twain
Mississippi
Kennett Castle
Kennett
Missouri
Jamison
Reed
Mann
Dr. Sevier
Cable
Cairo
Vicksburg
J.C. B
Sullivan County
State Auditor’s
Treasury
Journal
J. B. Patten
Jim
Oxnseerver
Paxton
Leyte
Cass
Susan Burris
James Worth
Jefferson
Wim Schaffer
Francis Brower
Chas McCammon
John W McCammon
W H Neal
J P Walls
W G Engle
Gill
CN Hackett
N W Mallett
Robi Hunt
F K Sherman
NS Ie
State OF
County OF
Armon Snyder
Michael Langton
McClelland Langton
James Langton
Horatio Langton
Mary Jane Langton
John Hunter
Sullivan Circuit Court
Court House
Thomas J. Mann
Chaney
Self
Attys
Amos Goodwin
Eli W. L. Dix
Mariam Dix
Solomon J. Dix
Joshua 3. Dix
Martha A. Carrithers
Mary M. Scott
Irvin Scott
Melissa 5
Beard
Felix LP. Beard
Mariam E. Goodwin
Sarah A. Dix
Ochilltree Carruthers
Cary A. Nash
Charles E. Barrett
Section Twelve
Township Six
Range Ten
Gill Township
James Eaton
Att’y
Europe
Joseph Harris
Moreton Farm
Rochester, N.Y
F.C. McClanahan
A. V. Brokaw
McClanahan de Brokaw
Andy T. McClanahan
Solon L. Brokaw
McClanahan & Brokaw
J.C. McClanatan
A.V. Brokaw
Lad
Express
Murray St
New York
Bate
U.S
Hawkood
DR. Ward & CO
Louisiana
Danville
Milwaukee
Madison
Green Bay
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Cedar Rapids
Omaha
Woodruff Palace
Wight
Rh. A. Campbelti
Main St
Mia
State University
HE County
Farmersburg
Town
Fairbansks
Furman
Hamilton
Sullivan, Town
Haddon
Splois
Merom
Reces
L. Davis
David Crawley
B. J. Grabfelder & Sons
Kentucky
Tennessee
Whriskins
Second Street
Louisville
Jarney Blolinsky
Commercial Row
Sullivan, Mnd
MMAN
Johannesen
Henry. Vogeler
South Street
New York City
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