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Newspaper
Sullivan Times
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1884
Page
3
Readers are urged to send word of visits or departures to this office. Items include travel notes from Kalley & Elolmes and J. B. Patten, social visits to Sullivan, and legal business trips. Local commerce spurs sales at Carruthers Bros and Wm. G. Young Co with discounts. Community events, sermons, and school scheduling fill the page.
Miss Ida Crawford is appointed Notary Public with authority to administer oaths and affix the state seal to documents. Various local notes cover bond forfeiture, business collaborations for abstracts, employment offers, marriage licenses, newspaper plans, road conditions, and new merchants in town.
Vincennes visitor T. J. Wolfe of Sullivan seeks Reporter of the Supreme Court position while Democrat Lem H. Willis, Sullivan county Sheriff candidate, appears in town. Warnings about the fall election are issued as James Hammond is turned over to Knox county authorities after allegedly injuring Jackson Crone in Oaktown last fall.
Vincennes residents recall Mr. Jethro Bass, famed Sul livan artist, visiting the city last Monday and Tuesday for a philanthropic mission before returning home. Jas Bouewitz reports a single tree yielded 74 bushels of apples last fall, from a 50 year old tree with 60 foot branches. A Daviess County man, age 83, has never seen a steam boat or railroad, and has never left the county since childhood.
The Bedford Banner notes roads are difficult with heavy wagons drawing four horses and mentions a coming boost to industry as stone cutters arrive. It reports ash piles in the public square and urges residents to pile ashes in the street then haul them away, signaling temporary hush times.
The Sullivan Amateur Company staged Fortune at the Opera House Thursday night in their first public performance. Critics praised the cast and direction noting genuine talent and high taste, with special commendation for Mr. Joshua Beasley and Manager Dear.
Local notes cover the upcoming Congregational church semi centennial celebration, cost of manis in prison, electric light subscription drive, and church growth from nineteen members to over three thousand. Social commentary critiques crossing etiquette and street manners with satire on gender behavior and public decorum.
J. Rothschild & Co. will not close their Terre Haute store. They announced an intention to exit but now will stay, believing Terre Haute is on the verge of a big business boom. Mr. J. Rothschild is in New York selecting a new stock, and the firm is described as a permanent fixture with a solid trade record.
Mr Lafayette Stewart died suddenly at his home after heart pain worsened on Thursday morning. Born in Greenville in 1826, he settled in Sullivan in 1845 and was a Presbyterian and Mason. His funeral will be held Sunday at 11 o clock from the family home. Vincennes News notes Knox county rail and post office growth, a building boom, and biographical publishing plans. Knox county farms reportedly pay about 4 percent return while taxes on purchases fund industries yielding 10 to 80 percent.
Col McLean of Afor ton Post No 1 brings charter from Gen Carnanan Indiana Department G A R to Sullivan to muster a new Post. Officers elected include Commander Will VanFossen and John C Briggs with 45 members. they honor Col Frank Neff, fallen at Kennessaw Mountain, buried at Centre Ridge.
A town column notes calm conditions and forthcoming business. Emma Andrews visits Mrs. Brooks. A dramatic duck-hunting adventure unfolds as Matt Mosier Joe Gray and Sim Yager face boat troubles, a near mishap with a gun, and a successful return home after a perilous journey.
Graysville updates include Uncle Harrison Pinkston’s serious illness, local social gatherings, school exhibition attendance, hunting trips, Sabbath school changes, and weather shifts. Woodson Barks born 1900 in Kentucky. long local history from Oldham to Sullivan counties. Harvey Haff leads Beech Grove and I Q C FL lodge activity. Joseph Gray buys property linked to LH FH Jones projects.
The Auditor of Sullivan County Indiana will publicly outcry sale on March 24 1884 at the Sullivan Court House south door. Lands forfeit due to nonpayment of interest and costs include sever al parcels described by section township and range, mortgaged to the State for the county school fund. Names William and Sarah Lester Violet and William Martin John Orndorff Isabella Wolfe and others appear with respective loan numbers and totals due.
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