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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1881
Page
7
Office opens at 7 A M and closes at 7 P M with Sunday hours. Northern mail closes at 6 P M and 7 P M. Southern mail closes at 3 15 P M. Incoming north mail at 5 28 A M and 3 58 P M. Incoming south mail at 1 50 P M. No south outbound mail on morning train. East west timing varies with 9 15 A M and 3 15 P M closures. East arrivals 9 40 A M. west arrivals 1 45 P M. J A Hays P M.
Our Own Correspondents recount a four day stretch from St. Louis to Denver aboard the Bananna line, noting heat in cities, rail travel, and scenic routes. The piece highlights towns like Kansas City Topeka Pueblo and Denver, with observations on agriculture growth, rail rates, and travel comforts, ending with reflections on law and safety near transit.
In New York on July 25 an impaired man described as a ticket taker usher or bookkeeper at a minor theatre is accused of drugging and betraying a coastwise captain's wife. His cruel actions made her the neighborhood's talk and brought confrontation with her husband.
Gus DeSmith walked through the Austin graveyard and returned looking serious. Gilhooly asked the reason, and he mused that the Austin husband must light all the fires in the morning after noticing several tombstones reading Peace to his ashes.
In 1869 Frederick City an eight year old girl named Anna dies of consumption. She asks her father not to bury her deep and to sod the grave and plant a tree. On Sundays her siblings Willie and Emma bring a cage of birds to sing above Anna's grave.
A Paterson New Jersey circus disrupted town life causing mills nearby to suspend operations and leaving schools with empty benches. The piece notes the crowd gathering for the show and adds satirical quips on ministers and public endorsements.
A Marysville California mission school student, one of twenty five Mongolians, answers a question about following Jesus Christ with the remark that they “follow Him welly close, but no catchee Him quite.” The exchange highlights religious instruction and cultural misunderstanding.
In a Pitts burgh man aged 38 rising from dissipation to health, the author describes severe illness from dyspepsia and impaired lungs and kidneys. After a physician warned of limited life, he tried Brown's Iron Bitters, noting dreamless sleep, 54 pound gain, restored strength and the ability to lift 45 pounds, claiming the remedy saved his life.
Special to Globe-Democrat reports Dr. Agnew declined to stay in Washington to tend to two Laborer shipyard workers with severe injuries in Philadelphia. He said life is life and would save the men if present, though the President was under skilled care. Wilkey Bros. advertise groceries lower than any county store.
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