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Newspaper
Sullivan Times
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1886
Page
3
Local notices report dozens of residents traveling to nearby towns, visits among Carlisle, Terre Haute, Vincennes, and Sullivan. The McGibeny Concert, set for Friday the 14th, draws music lovers from Linton and beyond, with tickets on sale at Crowder Reed’s drugstore.
W R Jewell will preach next Lord s Day at usual hours. The Peoria Daily Transcript notes 1 000 McGibeny Family Concert tickets sold though they reach Peoria in two weeks. Bloomfield News reports Sullivan residents visiting court and meetings. strikes arise as highway labor pay is cut, with uncertain outcome.
The EK and T H A R Co offer round trip fares from Sullivan to Cincinnati for the May Musical Festival from May 16 to 21 at $9 each. Tickets are valid both ways through May 28 and good on all regular passenger trains. For details contact the ticket agent or send an address.
Dr Richard Thomas, 27, son of Nathan and Anna Thomas, died Wednesday at the home of James M Lang at Center Ridge after seeking health in Kansas and Texas. A Hahnemann Medical College graduate, he was remembered for his industrious habits. Funeral services by the Masons were held Thursday at 2 PM and he was interred at Center Ridge cemetery.
A postal notice calls for the following unclaimed letters at the post office before thirty days elapse. R. S. Bruner G. Barker Ed Coffay Harvey Christopher Mary Ellen Chastain Nevina Conover Catharine Dillinger Geo Deckard Jr H P Doughtery Aaron Foutch J W Green Frank Gibson Geo Hall Charles Meisntger W A Myers Mrs Effie Maxey Mrs Maranda Sinclair Nellie Steward Mrs Sophronia Wright Almarina Wood J Ernest Sullivan Ind May 3 1886
Monday's vote elected MARSHAL B R Lucas and E P Hill with Doge's de 2a0% in endorsements. Clerk Treasurer nominees A B Williams and T P McBride. Trustees listed for four districts with J M Lang and F Mason in District 1, C C Mayfield and M K Coulson in District 2, S R Engle and M Kirkham in District 4.
In Graysville on May 1 187? the Turman township Democracy held a convention to choose delegates for the county meeting. Thomas H. Collier served as chairman and John L Durham as secretary. Committeemen were elected for east and west precincts. Delegates chosen from east precinct included Samuel H.E. Adkire J. F Houpt E G Carrithers Wm Williamson and Wm Bertreff. West precinct delegates were T. J. Collier Robert Carrithers John Monk Ruben Ransford and Samuel Nash. The convention endorsed W. C. Hultz for Prosecuting Attorney.
On motion copies of the proceedings were ordered furnished the Sullivan Democrat and Sullivan Ties for publication. Tromas H. Collier Chairman. John L. Duruwam Secretary.
Maddon Township met May 1 1886 to appoint delegates to the county convention at Sullivan May 5 1886. Delegates include H N Helms Edward Willis John Wheeler and others. The body endorsed Hon Charles T Akin for State Senate and appointed central committeemen Carlisle precinct 1 John W Whipps Paxton I W Arnett. The convention adjourned.
Jefferson Democrats meet in convention on May 1 1886. J A Payne named chairman and W L Long secretary. Delegates chosen for county convention include D W Sisson and J A Payne as precinct committeemen. Resolution opposes nominees gained by money whisky or unlawful means. Committee list includes Gilmore Howard McCammon Alsman Smith and others. The meeting adjourned with Payne as chairman and Long as secretary.
Gill township met at New Lebanon on May 1 1886 with B. W. Giles presiding. Robert Calvert named chairman and W. H. Poston secretary. James McClanahan and D. M. Blue elected committee men. Delegates named include D. M. Blue Ed Pearson Jotham Bragdon Jas Kaufman P. D. Over Jas McClanahan Henry Sinclair B. W. Giles John Dillingham S. Dillingham Wim Willis. Convention adjourned Rent. Canvert chaired.
Delegates to the county convention include Wim. R. Frakes W. D. Cummins C. C. Nicholson Albert Zink Wm. N. Patton Andrew House Henry R. Wallace J. P. Beckett W.K. McGrew John Wyman and Thomas Gaskins.
The Hamilton democracy held a May 1 1886 convention at the courthouse electing F E Basler as chairman and A B Williams as secretary. Precincts named county and township committeemen and delegates to the county convention with reports ratified and published in the Times and Democrat.
The Curry township Democrats met April 30 and elected Wm. M. Denny as chairman and Wm. H. Coffin as secretary. A five member committee was appointed to select delegates to the County convention. Delegates named include E C Gaskins, Robert Payne, Marshal Jennings, Jos Curry, Thomas Canady, Albert Cambel, Jno Daugherty, and others. Names for county conventions include Wm. H. Coffin, Marshal Jennings, Wm. H. Snider, EB C Gaskins. alternates listed for each group.
A tribute notes Abram J. Ryan born in Ireland fifty years ago? He served as a Confederate chaplain and fighter, later a renowned preacher and poet. He died in Louisville at forty and was buried in Mobile after public honors, with 100 ex-Confederates at the station. His best known poem is The Conquered Banner.
Corvus Davis and W C Hutz announce candidacies for Prosecutor of the Sullivan Greene judicial circuit. Each states nomination is contingent on the Democratic nominating convention decision affecting Sullivan and Greene counties.
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