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Newspaper
Sullivan Times
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1885
Page
2
The Ohio vote shifts control in both legislative chambers with Republicans losing ground and Democrats gaining. The piece highlights calls for school reform, tariff and currency debates, and editorials on prohibition and convict labor, alongside local events and a quail-hunting accident near Megara.
Ohio election reports show Foraker leading in state results with large Republican gains and forecasts of a Republican majority on joint ballot. Hamilton County and Cincinnati vote patterns spark claims of fraud by both parties as to legislative control remains uncertain. City and county tallies vary, with conclusions split between leaders of both parties and local press estimates.
A naval board report details the Mohican construction at Mare Island California. It cites a June 25 1872 decommissioning, a repair estimate of 155 590 dollars, and irregular expenditures totaling 507 502 dollars under the bureau of construction and repairs. It notes a 1883 launch and that the work was generally satisfactory with high quality materials.
The article notes favorable postmaster views on the special delivery system with fast letter handling. It cites Reading and a city delivering in seven to nine minutes, and covers miscellaneous federal appointments, dismissals of a Bell patent suit, promotions, and naval rank increases.
Entries from a school notebook describe Monday attendance Anna Thomas a frisky junior pupil William Patten's illness and a scene with wasp decorated windows. Teachers warn against rough play and cracking the whip while students praise first month grades and plan improvements Rev Ireland the literary hall and Park gathering stray paper bits. Jonathan
Wheat and flour exports from Atlantic seaports equal last year for Sept 24 to Oct 4. Corn exports rise to 4 786 000 bushels from 1 888 000. Visible wheat supply up 1 756 000 but market remains active with strong demand. Corn supply in Chicago down 331 000. Oats steady, rye higher, barley firm. Butter receipts light with steady prices, potatoes and poultry easy to moderate demand. Cattle receipts liberal with dull trade due to rain. Texans about half the receipts. Hog market open active then eased as supply increased. Sheep arriving in poor condition and prices 15–20 cents lower. Prices for various grains and produce listed. Live stock prices noted for cattle, steers, stockers, Texans, horses, and sheep.
A compiled list shows numerous land transfers and wartime payments across counties including Jackson Curry Fairbanks Hamilton Cass Haddon and Shelaurn. Entries name grantors grantees acreages and wartime payments with amounts ranging from 14 to 1 800 dollars and more. The document records navigation of parcels from 8 acres to 1634 acres and related wartime assessments.
The Chicago News notes vast Wyoming deposits including a hematite iron mountain over ground and a mile wide and two miles long, plus nearby lignite coal beds and eight lakes of solid soda. It cites a petroleum basin with oil flowing at about two barrels per day and predicts enormous future riches and possible protection by older mineral interests. Quick cedar log processing to a California match factory demonstrates rapid industrial work.
An advert describes a Hallet and Davis piano once costing seven hundred fifty dollars and worth more than any new five hundred dollar instrument. Endorsed by notable musicians including L. H. Southard who praises tone and touch, and Franz Liszt who hopes European pianists can enjoy the instrument.
The annual meeting of stockholders of the Evansville and Terre Haute Railroad Company will be held at the general office in Evansville on Monday October 19 at 2 o clock p m for the election of directors for the ensuing year. The stock books will be closed October 9 and reopen October 19 1885. D W Ewing Secretary Evansville Ind October 5 1885.
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