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Newspaper
Sullivan Times
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1886
Page
2
Fragments show titles Treasurer Sheriff Recorder Surveyor Coroner and Commissioner variants including 2d and 3d positions. Readable parts suggest a list of county or municipal offices without clear context or names. Further text needed for full event or notice details.
President Cleveland told reporters at Deer Park that he alone is responsible for the phrase innocuous desuetude. He first wrote it without thinking how it would sound and later believed it would please Western taxpayers who favor such terms.
The premium list for the next Sullivan County Fair is printed at the Tumes office. Advertisers should act now to place notices. Three thousand five hundred copies will be printed, offering merchants a strong public medium for business exposure.
The New York Sun argues Democrats in the House should push decisive civil service reform and oppose Mugwump sentiment as they consider the Legislative Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill. It urges the party to take its turn at the wheel and enact change.
The piece discusses strikes ending and two main causes of labor unrest, then reports a new prohibitory liquor law to take effect July 1 in Rhode Island with penalties and a new constabulary. Public sentiment favors prohibition and observers suggest vigilant enforcement could curb rum traffic.
Notice announces a June 18 1886 convention in Linton Indiana for Greene and Sullivan counties delegates to nominate a Democratic candidate for State Senator. Representation is based on 200 votes or fraction over 100 for Isaac P Gray in 1884, allocating Greene 12 votes and Sullivan 15 votes. E R Stropes and Thomas J Mann chair the county committees.
Notice of a Democratic convention in Linton Indiana on June 18 1886. Delegates from Greene and Sullivan counties will nominate a candidate for Prosecuting Attorney for the 14th Judicial Circuit and handle related business. Representation based on votes for Isaac P Gray in 1884. Sullivan 15 votes Greene 12 votes. J A Martow and W M Moss sign.
Local agents Rings and Berry advertise the sale of all Alta Life Insurance Company real estate in the county and all certificates of purchase. They invite interested buyers to call at their Sullivan Indiana office for bargains.
London reports show the House of Commons defeated the home rule bill by 341 to 311. Gladstone announced no pledge to include England Wales and Scotland in a revised Irish bill and later pressed for dissolution set for late June with elections possible within a month. The president’s party faced crowds and disarray amid the political shift.
Labor notes record the Pittsburg tailors strike being declared off on Tuesday and the Allegheny County brickmakers securing a 20 percent wage increase. The St. Louis building trades eight hour strike, involving about 1,000 workers, was declared off Friday.
Court action in Cleveland began in the Common Pleas Court over a $25,000 damages claim by Thankful Tanner against Mrs Lucretia Garfield widow of the late President Garfield. Tanner, a well known town figure, alleges injuries from a December 22 1884 carriage collision.
A notice provides that Miss Brunette Koltinsky of West Washington Street offers cleaning and styling services with tips and plumes in the latest styles. She guarantees satisfaction and advertises reasonable prices.
The article details Commencement activities including graduates Fairfield Mudge Wilkinson Par Watson and Miss Hutson with the Linconian entertainment praise for Hauss and Ruth while noting general campus events. It mentions stockholder rumors about changes in faculty and a favorable weather for decoration exercises with public speaking by John Woods Will Pearce Cal Bolo and a visitor from Gibson County.
Geo Pirtle suffered ague last week while Whi Willis and wife visited Dr Peyton. J S Walters builds a new addition. Rev Thomas Burton and wife attended the quarterly meeting. Emma Shepherd near Oaktown was in the area late last week. Sunday school scholars with Mrs John Coffey spent Tuesday on Busseron bank. Dr C F Briggs and family visited Geo Gordon. Telegraph operator’s toe recovered from a bruise. Murray Crawley and Claude Crowder visited Sullivan, with Miss Hattie Ayers receiving a call. John Peyton added a front fence. town fencing and building improve with a nearby saw mill in June.
I have bought the Leach Stand opposite the E T H depot and opened a full stock of Staple and Fancy Groceries at low prices. Latest patterns in Queen's Ware and Glass Ware at bottom prices. Cigars and Tobacco stock is the largest and best in the city. I am agent for
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