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Newspaper
Sullivan Times
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1886
Page
2
J C Bartlett editor and proprietor announces subscription prices for The Times. Rates include one dollar fifty cents yearly eighty cents six months fifty cents four months fifteen cents one month and five cents for a single copy.
Partial OCR lists candidates for public offices including Representative Clerk Auditor Treasurer Recorder Surveyor Coroner and Commissioner. Names such as JAMES B. PATTEN JENKINS WA WILLIS H FRENCH CHARLES SCOTT JAMES L. NASH appear among varied local ticket references.
The notice states that the premium list appears on the first page of today’s Times and that the remainder will be printed in next week’s issue. It notes the pamphlet form will be ready for general distribution in mid July.
The passage notes new coinages like boy cott and innocuous desuetude and traces a shift in usage. It observes how crossing the Atlantic and Pacific becomes the ocean ferry and predicts ships from steam lines may be called ferry boats in time.
An article on the fourth page by a Williams College professor extols Perry’s treatise on political economy as the best extant. The piece argues widespread reading by laboring men could end labor troubles and curb foolery in Congress and in state legislatures.
An eminent physician argues that much labeled heart disease is mild dyspepsia and that nervousness often reflects bad temper. He claims two thirds of so called malaria is laziness and cites a clergyman who slept after a sermon thinking a sugar water remedy was a real sedative.
The column cites Canadian competition and tariffs cited by American fishermen as burdensome and argues for tariff reform to benefit all. It cites the New York Sun for wage versus price trends and urges saving to weather expected hard times ahead. It notes trial by jury optimism and ads critique from the New York Sun on effective advertising.
The piece laments labor groups misled by foreign anarchists and conspirators and accuses politicians of cringing and catering to votes of those conspirators. It links these attitudes to the Haymarket massacre and calls for a grand inquest into the dangerous classes and their supporters.
Elias W. Mayfield was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the murder of George D. Litton. The jury fixed a ten year term in the penitentiary and Mayfield remains free on bond while a motion for a new trial is considered.
A convention of delegates from Greene and Sullivan counties will meet in Linton Indiana on June 18 1886 to nominate a Democratic candidate for State Senator for the Greene and Sullivan district and to conduct other lawful business. Representation is based on one vote per 200 votes or fraction over 100 cast for Isaac P Gray for Governor in 1884, allocating Greene 12 votes and Sullivan 15 votes. E R Strores chairman Greene County and Thomas J Mann chairman Sullivan County central committees.
Notice is given that delegates from Greene and Sullivan counties will convene in Linton on Friday June 18 1886 to nominate a Democratic candidate for Prosecuting Attorney for the 14th Judicial Circuit and to transact other business. Representation is one vote per 200 votes or fraction over 100 cast for Isaac P Gray for Governor in 1884 — Greene 12 votes, Sullivan 15 votes. J A Marlow Sullivan Co and W M Moss Greene Co committeemen.
Reports from New York and Kansas City chronicle labor strife and political shocks. Third Avenue railroad tensions threaten a tie up as workers protest low pay and alleged mismanagement. In Kansas City, Dr. Morrison Munford, editor of the Times, is shot in a streetcar attack linked to Times coverage.
Street car workers in Pittsburg began running wagons on Wylie avenue and Oakland tracks attracting good patronage. Knights of Labor influence reduces purchases of nails from Calumet steel works. Coal miners’ strike at New Bethlehem Pa is broken. Oak Ridge and Fairmount mines reopen under sheriff guard. St Louis master builders push ten hour day. most firms resist, signaling a broad general strike likely.
A span of items notes a Maine Republican ticket selection with J. R. Bodwell as gubernatorial candidate while other entries cover a Milwaukee rioter pleading guilty, a Wisconsin pioneer’s death at age 108, and various political moves across states.
A report circulates that the senate judiciary committee has reported adversely the nomination of Solicitor General Goode. The Oleo margarine bill faces a tougher, longer fight in the Senate than the House, with the opposition more likely to win. President appoints W H Dwyer Arkansas appraiser of Southern Kansas railroad right of way through Indian Territory. The President and Mrs. Cleveland plan two receptions next week for Cabinet Diplomatic Corps Judiciary Congress army and navy heads of bureaus and the general public.
The Senate opened with a telegram from Balabarey citizens urging defeat of the oleomargarine bill. Bills passed include the Dakota land districts and Fort Bliss right of way, plus public building appropriations in Duluth El Paso and Des Moines. private relief items moved forward and the session adjourned. On June 10, discussion of the agricultural appropriation noted rice bird and sparrow damage, debates over domestic machinery limits, and passage of a prohibition on congressional members serving as railroad attorneys.
The Senate debated the Northern Pacific land forfeiture bill across June to July with amendments and legal arguments. It passed on July 15, forfeiting lands not earned and defining tax rights, while House actions covered related appropriation bills and a resolution on inland water routes.
The I. and I. S. R. B. with the Crown Point steamer will run an excursion to Merom Bluffs on Sunday June 20 1886. Train leaves the depot at 9 30 AM. Round trip rail fare 50 cents and boat fare 25 cents. W B Hall secretary G P A
A new shop near the E. T. H. depot announces fresh stock of staple and fancy groceries at low prices. It offers the latest Queen's Ware and Glass Ware patterns at bottom prices and promotes a large selection of cigars and tobacco with the seller as agent for others.
A readable note places Leach's Old Stand opposite the E T H depot in Sullivan Indiana. The brief mentions the exact location for visitors or deliveries.
The feature at the Fair Grounds on Saturday July 3 promises to surpass past displays in the county. An illustration shows the anticipated method and the crowd excitement expected to sway a vast audience.
Ed Bland returns home last Tuesday. Maggie Gernsie visited town last Monday. Constable Barnes on legal business. Chas Tate and Ed Burton visited Mrs Jones. S S Yager and Rev Moore spent Tuesday on the Bayou banks. Rev Moore baptized youths at Dodd bridge on June 6. Local youths socialized at H Ingersoll's last Saturday. Methodist Quarterly meeting at Kingsley Chapel drew large crowds. Street work resumed, ditching East and West streets to North. Weather last week welcomed by many. Jimmie Grizzle injured by a kick in barn last 4th inst, unconscious until last Tuesday. Tabor men fished old bed, returning with some spoil but poor luck. A fine haired girl with her John Henry spends five cents on time.
A daughter was born to Mr H J Hamilton last week. Mr James A Watson visited R G Eaton near Sullivan last week. Rain on Sunday damaged new hats and white dresses. The Union Sunday school hosts an entertainment and ice cream supper at the school building Wednesday night June 30 inviting TIMEs readers. Music and declamations will entertain, with cream by the wholesale. T J McKinney, a successful Paxton merchant, expanded from drugs to nurseries and beekeeping, planning to retire soon to bachelor life. JUNO.
Abridged voter notices show candidates or withdrawals for district offices. Charles T. Akin renounces State Senate nomination for Greene and Sullivan. W C Huart and Crus E K Davis seek Prosecutor nominations. statements indicate nominations are subject to the Democratic convention.
Public notice to Bloomfield Railroad Company stockholders of an adjourned annual meeting in Sullivan Indiana on July 16 1886 at 9 o clock 2 m to ratify consolidation with Indiana and Illinois Southern Railroad Company and related bond mortgage actions by the Consolidated Company.
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