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Newspaper
Sullivan Times
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1886
Page
3
Local items report numerous visits and travels by residents. Names include Dr. R. M. Whaln, Rev. G. E. Ireland, Senator Ernest, Mrs. Knotts, Miss Tilford, Miss Hallie Hoke, and many others from Terre Haute, Evansville, Carlisle, Shelburn, and Sullivan. Public notices seek word from visitors while promoting church services and local auctions.
After a month of workmen and bustle the manager Mr. Dear has renovated the hall painting and reorganising it for comfort and charm. The cozy theatre opens Monday night with Miss Belle Gilbert’s Comedy Company of New York and a new program each evening at prices suited to the times.
The fair ground preparations are nearly complete with a new race track, building, stalls, pens, three wells, and greatly expanded accommodations. Attendance is expected to be large as the fair opens next Monday September 6 and runs a full week. Railroads announce round trip fares and four daily trains from Vincennes Terre Haute Robinson Ill Switz City and intermediate points. The E and T H A R and I and I 8 R R lines offer 2 cent and single fares per mile respectively.
Tom Scott attends Institute this week while Dr. Sharpless makes official visit to Bloomfield. Al Merrick, dry goods clerk, visits town with Uncle Jimmy Reed in '68. Deacon Jack Bodger recovers from illness and drops in Tuesday. George Washington Hanchett drives a matched team through town. Posey Rush returns from Sullivan on business and plans to go to Illinois. Rex dory lost. rival mentioned with Bill McCammon. Dr. Fleming visits Sullivan and notes a buried songbird and dog under daisies. Sullivan county teachers sought from abroad ahead of others.
The column reports a rainy spell and townsfolk out on streets with Prof. Fairfield arriving from Ohio. It notes a baby epidemic, a pension claim by Color Bearer Coppage, musical plans for the Big Springs band, and social chatter about marriages, spiritualists, a dog incident, and a post office discussion among locals. Attendance at Merom Sunday school and a Big Springs convention is described with a large expected crowd but a disrupted program due to feuds and weather.
A rustic diary notice recounts a weekend scene with weather near miss and house cleaning woes. Mrs Nameless in foul humor blocks bonnet promises while a child bats at flies and ink spills on new trousers, explaining a tongue tied moment by the writer.
Report of Ida Crapo returning home Emma Yager visiting at Fairbanks and Rev. Alex Lester with Mr Karns visiting Beech Grove. Puzzle details, storms, hay markets, and town improvements accompany notices on births, marriages, and community events amid a drought and upcoming St. Louis Fair program highlights.
R V Railsback is in Terre Haute and Milton Starks runs a buckster wagon. Dr Plew traveled to Lockport and Dr Thralls visited Terre Haute. Miss Annie Barbre of Terre Haute visits here. Greene County native Miss Retta Plew visits friends. Proctor and McCarty dissolve. Mr McCarty retires. Rev Thos Burton of Sullivan preached at M E church last Sunday. Quarterly meeting poorly attended due to busy season. Miss Jennie Rein returns from Chicago for a visit. Mrs John Patton returns to Ohio after visiting here. F M Nead named chairman of the National Greenback County Committee. Bob Linn opens a new store with wide goods. Wife of Chas Beach died the 21st and burial was the 23rd at Friendship church. R J Cooke and wife, now in Palestine Illinois, visited here last week. Physicians Protective Association met at Centerville on the 27th. next meeting at Shelburn in September. STRABOR.
The E. and T. H. Railway will sell round trip tickets to Cincinnati on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays during September 1886 at 8.80 dollars each. Tickets are good for return within seven days from the sale date. G. J. Gramuer G. M. F. E. Basler Agent Sullivan Indiana.
The people of Dugger plan a September 17 1886 dedication for their new church house featuring a basket dinner. Elder W M Givens of the United Brothers in Christ will preach the sermon as Rev W H Gromps United States Envoy to Mexico attends. The note then reports the release of editor Cutting in Mexico and the selection of Arthur G Sedgwick a New York lawyer journalist as special envoy to study Mexican extradition laws.
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