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Newspaper
Sullivan Times
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1884
Page
3
Subscriptions for Twe Sullivan Tres renew near. Five hundred bushels of White Navy Beans sought at Headquarters. Social visits and travel notes across Sullivan, Terre Haute, Martinsville, and nearby towns. Local business ads urge fresh meats and shoes, with meetings and elections upcoming in April.
Rockville’s H C Wanna buys horses as W U T U plans a March 15 meeting with Mrs Col Young in attendance. Funeral for Lafayette Stewart draws large crowd. Jacob Parker and G W Stewart attend from nearby towns. Insurance notice says Standard policies moved to Old Phenix. Fred Briggs authorized to adjust.
The Bedford Banner notes that deep mud and stagnant business drive talk among merchants and farmers about building turnpikes, but it may remain mere talk as the dry season nears. Bridges without roads are little use, the article adds.
Geo W Daniels a Buffalo horse buyer will be at Russell & Glass stable Sullivan from Saturday the 8th to Wednesday the 12th inst paying cash for first class heavy horses and mares. This may be his last visit this spring. Farmers urged to bring good stock for quick money.
A reader laments Greene county road conditions this winter and criticizes road law updates. The note urges better telephone infrastructure between Worthington and Bloomfield to prevent outages. A humorous aside praises Wilkey & Allen's boot and shoe store with a man showing off his new boots and his wife’s comfortable shoes.
In Terre Haute this morning in the Circuit court Messrs. Wm Mack and C Davis clashed over jury instructions in Fayette township vs Ephraim S Ryan. The judges rebuked both attorneys and Judge Scott authorized Clerk James P Stankard to record the language used and named attendees. He announced a three member bar committee will hear the contempt charge tomorrow morning.
John L. Miller offers his 65 acre Jackson township farm five miles east of Farmersburg at half cash down, balance in three to five years. Rich tillable land with county road access, 40 of 63 acres in clover, remaining timber. Includes young orchard, fences, new house and barn patterns ready to erect. In Sullivan County Indiana.
Miss Teresa Price wed Mr John Mullane at Elder Jos W Wolfe home in Sullivan. Elder Wolfe presided. Guests sent best wishes for a lifelong, joyful marriage and gifts included a bedside set Bible silver items and flowers from a wide circle of relatives and friends.
Reports from Robinson recount four horse teams on streets and geese damaging Lamotte prairie wheat. Residents note deteriorating highway conditions amid Ohio flood claims. A farmer recalls twenty nine years in the county with roads worse than ever. Also notices of local business changes and a call to support Mr Cobb for Congress based on past service. AGRICULTURIST.
The Poor Farm contract for the coming year drew nine bids from George Patten G R Sawkins W G Dudley Harrison Ashcraft J J Houpt H D Pittman Jas McCammon B W Fry and J L P Rusher Incumbent Rusher bid 50 dollars and cited potential embarrassment if he moves early noting the farm must be kept for paupers under the county terms for a year at the stated price.
The Terre Haute Mail recounts sixteen Sisters of St. Francis arriving from Germany at St Anthony s hospital. A woman sought money to reach a sick sister and bought a license to wed a drunken husband. A clergyman investigated a mercy plea to find no destitute children, but a healthy, clothed man in bed.
A sprawling column reports intense local opposition to Mr. Cobb in Sullivan County with strong support for his work and a push to nominate trusted Democratic candidates. It mixes campaign commentary with vivid vignettes from Sullivan and Vincennes areas, noting social life, business changes, and a tale of a Free Mason prank gone wrong in Weir’s drug store.
Reports from Vincennes detail Republican party leadership shifts at a recent convention including John C Chaney challenged as central committee chairman while Col Young declines to lead. Mentions Joseph J McDonald for president, Hancock following, and local figures like Thos Burton and Crave McClanahan seated in old roles. Fire damages Scott's drug store and post office during a period of community news.
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