Sullivan Times 1884: subscriptions and politics mix in Sullivan County
In this issue the Sullivan Times appeals to subscribers to pay in advance for Health and Home, cites county figures, and includes political commentary from Paoli, Vincennes, and Bloomington. It covers Democratic and Republican figures, local conventions, gold and silver currency debates, and candidate endorsements for Congress and sheriff.
Cobb for Congress Hailed as Community Favorite
Pleasantville editorial urges reelecting Hon. T. R. Cobb to another Congress term. The writer argues Cobb has proven his fitness through eight years of service, counters critics of long tenure, and notes broad local and regional support. The letter labels Cobb as stable, capable, and essential to the Democratic cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasantville
Cobb
Congress
White House
Democratic Party
Mr. Cobb
Billy McBride
Swarm of voices at court as temperance clash spills over
A crowd voices anger at a court hearing over saloon licenses and repairs. Banter about taxes, contracts, and local figures surfaces as officials audit treasurer books while debates on home mechanics and ordnance fill the room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Jim Clugage
Court House
Terre Haute
Billman
Arnett
Areta
Jake Bilman
Bill Harper
Europe
Local notes from Jackson township and surrounding area
Vanarsdall returns from Indianapolis. Miss Sinclair of Merom visits Rev. Johnson. Mrs. Hughbanks and Mrs. Anne Barcus listed sick. 8 M Patton joined the J C C F last Thursday. Rumor says Vanarsdall sold his farm to Chas Barnhart. Nationals meet in Convention the 15th to nominate a township. Tipton of Douglass County visiting relatives. Pittsburg to have a subscription school taught by Miss Cora Beckett. Another common school exam on the 15th. B F Fry of Illinois travels county selling patent churn rights. Uncle John Nicholson dies of heart disease. Republicans nominate W W Iurvey for trustee and Isaiah Hoggett and L D Sink for justice. Frank Nead ends term of school next Friday. SYRALOR
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Vanarsdall
Indianapolis
Miss Sinclair
Merom
Rev. Johnson
Hughbanks
Anne Barcus
M. Patton
Hew Farm
Chas. Barnhart
Tipton
Douglass County
Pittsburg
Cora Beckett
B. F. Fry
Ilinois
John Nicholson
Jackson Township
W. W. Iurvey
Isaiah Hoggett
L. D. Sink
Frank 47
Nead
Syralor
Havana
Jay Gould
General Grant
Fortress Monroe
Longfellow Memorial Association
Joel T. Griffin
Omaha
A. M. Sutherland
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Robert S. Morrison
la Porte
Ind
Toronto
Salvation Army
Bridgeport
Conn
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Regon
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Northwest
Indiana
Augustine
George Cragin
Oneida
Utica
Bishop Clarkson
Nebraska
Tiffin
Bennington
Astor
Iowa
Cotton Exchange
Galveston
Texas
New Orleans
Texas Pacific
Morgan
Alta
Utah
New Emma
Michigan
Arthur
Ferry
Russia
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Carrie Caldwell
New Liberty
Ill
Tiller
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Ark
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Isoboken
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J. K. Moorhead
A. L. Lowrie
A. F. Slemings
Rice & Ryder
Oil City
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Mayor Ames
J.P. Cooper
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Doston
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Louis F. List
Cincinnati
Abraham Breath
Alton
Irs
Owen Lovejoy
William Thugland
Waynesville
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Monongahela
Fayetteville
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Washington Territory
Chicago
Dakota
Texas Land Board
Washington
Maryland
Luke Blackburn
Kentucky
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George H. McDougall
Canadian Pacific Railway
Noah Jackson
Lake Providence
Louisiana
Iorrison Williams
Corsicana
Thomas A. Hendricks
Paris
Europe
Ile
Italy
William D. Slandrey
Brooklyn Eagle
State Street
Historical Society
Clara Barton
Joseph W. Throop
Ohio
Evansville
J.T. Lees
County auditors hire two examiners for county funds
Sullivan County Indiana boards contract two experts to thoroughly audit books and accounts from June 1 1879 through August 9 1883. James Snyder Jacob Billman and William Arnett sign with Girard Reiter and Martin Gregg to report the actual condition of funds and any officer or entry errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
State of
Luliana
Sullivan County
James J. Snyder
Jacob Billman
William Arnett
Board of Commissioners
Indiana
Girard Reiter
Martin Gregg
Janes J. Sxyper
Con’rs Jacon Bittman
Grrarp Berrer
Mantis Grea
Real Estate Transfers in Jefferson and Surrounding Areas
A long list details numerous real estate transfers including W A Neal to W B Neal for 61 acres and others like McClanahan to McClanahan 16 acres, 40 acres to Riggs, and Eliza J Shake succeeding in 10 acres. Several 1 lot or 2 lot transfers are noted with warranty deeds and varied acreages ranging from 1 lot to 200+ acres, with multiple buyers and sellers across Jefferson and adjoining locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reese
Purcell
Eliza J .Shake
W A Neal
W B Neal
Sanford Bredwell
W. RB
Thos Alsop
Mlish Owens
McClanahan
John
Tt. McClanahan
Henry AA
M. J. Benifield
M. Houston
Amarin Wood
W. W. Howwell
JO Birdsall
Aver
David Troxell
P. Troxell
Ares
de Wietp
JO Whalen
Robbins
New Lake
Geo C. Carpenter
Mary G. Cushman
John Benj Lamb
O. Stoop
Lt J Hunt
Jas Sanders
Emma J Davis
J B McKin- Henry V. Mawell
Jas Harts
Pleasantville
O’ Haver
TN McClung
Shaddon
J. L. Land
J. W. Akers
L. J. Cox To 1. J. Cox, 164 Acres Samuel Vester To Wm Willmer
McMillen
Martha
W Martin
Eliza Speake
Paxton
George W. Wiggins
John Wapte
John Thompson
Poot
W. L. Wilkey
Lucinda Wilkey
Wilson
P.M. Pick
Curry
Catharine J
John Leiner
Conkle
Fred Deal
Sitelburn
Riggs
Benj Harrison
J F Harrison
Violet Whitlock
J F Harri- TM Strain
J B McKinney
Alias Myers
A Hall
Drucilla Price
Wim Russell
Turman
Collier
W. TU. McClanahan
Jas I. WeOlgnatrany
Man
M Lowder
Story
HR Story
Wim M Hines
Wm Hines
Howard
T. J. Bed- L
Wim P' Wilson
J O Birdsall
Acres
War
Pats Abaat
Aaron Dailey
S P Troxell
Cartwright
J OW Kalen Jas Wilkey
W. I. Wilkey
New Lebanon
Latest: Atalanta docks Havana. Grant at Fortress Monroe
News briefs report the yacht Atalanta arriving in Havana with Jay Gould and family while General Grant rests at Fortress Monroe for a month or more. Other items note fund holdings for a Longfellow Memorial, deaths of notable residents, and various political and local incidents across the country.
Political maneuvering and fiscal notes from Congress
Senate and House actions span land forfeiture, internal revenue plans, and public land bills. Treasury reports heavy trade dollar purchases for export to emigrants while census clerks face suspension for lack of funds. Post Office raises and corn and wheat supply projections color the agricultural picture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sargent
Lasker
State Department
Treasury Department
Senate Committee On Public Lands
House
Texas Pacific
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Census Bureau
House Committee On Public Lands
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad
Mojave
Washington
Berlin
Terr Lasker
Prince Bismarck
Reichstag
American Congress
Congress
Clair
Willis
Logan
Internal Revenue
Perkins
Senate Committee On
William S Henry Smith
Associated Press
Western Union Telegraph Company
Smith
Iazen
A Zen
Congressional notes and international tension update
The senate passed a bill to extend Yellowstone park and a public building project was introduced in Jackson Michigan. Reports note shipping bills, labor issues, and currency debates. Os mans Digna movements near Suakim, French and British actions, and a Paris dynamite plot amid a global outlook.
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Senate
Yellowstone Park
Judiciary Committee
Jackson
Michigan
Logan
Fraily & Duverne
Chicago
Cockrell
United Labor Organizations of
St. Louis
Senate of New Jersey Atportie
Sewell
Albert I. Tinery
Spurgeon
London
Joseph Pool
Leicester
Parnell
Tre Land
Illuvre
Amiens
Boulogne
Monte Carlo
Osman Digna
Grahium
Suakim
Paris
Murphy
Jerome J. Collins
Cork
France
Perth
O'Donovan Rossa
Joseph Brady
Tyous
Count de Paris
House of Commons
Marquis of Fartington
Soudan
Trenry Labouchere
Sr. Gladstone
Keypt
McDermott
Vienna
Moravia
Lasker
Bismarek
Tiniitcharnhe
Tie
Zariba
Osman Digma
Famanteh
Osman
Aariba
England
Zamba Wan
House rows through seating, relief debates and pension bills
The House adopted Luna as New Mexico delegate and admitted Fr. Man ganes, with swearing in. Reports on Mississippi flood relief and North Carolina cyclone were split. a motion urged war relief notices. Debates on naval appropriations featured Belford antics. amendments on naval instructors and retiree employment failed or passed as noted. March 6 to 11 saw pension actions, road and park bills, and tariff discussions with mixed votes and committee reports.
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Lranquillino Luna
New Mexico
Manganares
Mississippi
North Carolina
Secretary of War
Belford
Colorado
Nava
Reblicans
Dorsheimer
New York
Limdall
Cox
Alfred Plegsanton
Frank B. Blair
Ward B. Burnett
Louisa Bondy
Akron
Ohio
Duluth
Minnesota
Yellowstone Park
Eparate Falls
Coeur d'Alene
Indian Territory
Kansas City
Fort Scott
Gulf
St. Tons
Baxter Springs
Cie St. Joseph
No Grande
Congress
Acan. Il
Geo. W. Getty
Kansas
Memphis
Destructive cyclone devastates Wilkey and Allen’s grocery
A perfect cyclone struck Wilkey and Allen’s grocery store causing widespread destruction. Prices across the grocery line were knocked out of proportion as observers report extensive damage throughout the shop.
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Wilkey & Allen’s
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