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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1881
Page
2
A mosaic of items reports lynchings in Arkansas, Gould fortunes, frost forecasts, weapon laws, Garfield funds, deaths in Philadelphia and New York, Irish strikes, bearers of bull dog revolvers, Bishop Talbot’s recovery, rail fares, gold flow, immigrant arrivals, and public health notes.
A scan of stray notes mentions Judge Clifford’s law library and his three lawyer sons, rumors of vast investments in the South, the Garfield assassination reaction, cigarette tax revenue figures, Bishop Talbot’s illness, a sister at New York Custom House, a court martial verdict not public yet, a marathon walker’s feats, a long train ride to minister the President, a surge of new corporate filings, and a Georgia gardener grafting lemon flavor into melons.
In Philadelphia a sensation grows among Catholics as Mary Agnes Dunn an invalid claims the Virgin Mary visited her in her sick room. Separately the Treasury reports a gold deficit widening to 97,452,737 in the year ending June 30 1881 and 77,119,371 for 1880, adding 174,575,108 to the country’s gold reserve over the two years.
CitaAIMs to the amount of 100000 have been presented and will be prosecuted against the City Council of Elgin Illinois on behalf of surviving relatives of persons drowned last April when a city ferry boat overturned. Kansas wheat yield this year is 23152393 bushels about twelve bushels per acre. Cotton area rises to 137200 acres with a gain of 51366 acres and there are large increases in hemp flax horses mules and dairy cattle.
A reform effort in Chicago transforms former brothel spaces into prayerful homes. Madam Herrick, once a leader in the demi monde, has left her sinful past and now lives quietly in retirement in a cottage.
Ex congressman Tom Creamer of New York calls Senator Miller a soldier and skilled organizer and praises Senator Lapham as a good lawyer and beloved figure in Canandaigua Massachusetts. He says Lapham would be a learned Senator in law, while Miller is a keen one.
Orville Grant died at Morrs Plains New York on Saturday. He was a younger brother of General Grant and a moderately successful businessman who later lost stamina and became insane with mania expressed as large commercial actions. He spent time in a New York asylum.
Farmers in New York issue a call for a transportation conference in Utica on the 18th to debate whether the government should be by the people or for corporate interests. The piece notes a South rail and industry boom with new lines, consolidations, and Northern capital driving growth. Indianapolis authorities vow strict enforcement of concealed weapons laws and police will vigilantly curb gun violence.
Ex Senator Conkling writes to W H Lamaster of Noblesville Indiana denying a remark attributed to him. He says the President forced him toward a grim choice and calls the claim a falsehood spread by a scoundrel. He insists he knows nothing of the alleged statement.
The Boston Pilot, a leading Catholic publication, denounces the would be dynamite plotter on a passenger steamer. It condemns even the attempt as unfit conduct for America, labeling the culprit an Irish skirmisher or English detective in a heated protest.
Iowa observer John B. Grinnell reports a 15,000,000 bushel wheat shortfall and a 75,000,000 to 100,000,000 bushel corn decline. He notes a large rise in horses cattle and sheep while urging caution after Coluren the streetcar operator killed two assailants in Indianapolis. grand jury declines indictment and coroner finds no charge.
Mr. A. Cook of Brownsville Ohio slapped Morrison for wishing Garfield would die from his wound. He was fined for assault. The Cincinnati Commercial proposed a 1 cent subscription to pay Cook's fine and costs. The list of contributors surpassed 15,000 and grows.
Bishorp E. O. Haven of the Methodist Church died in Salem Oregon on the 2d. Former president of Michigan University Ann Arbor Northwestern University Evanston and later chancellor of Syracuse University. Elected bishop about a year ago. He was over 60 and renowned as a scholar and pulpit orator. The death causes sorrow across the nation.
The New York Methodist argues that exhorters vanish not from lack of work but from waning deep convictions of sin among Christians and a rising view that sin is only a misfortune and hell a myth, eroding the need for exhorters in the M E Church.
The Produce Exchange Bulletin estimates suggest Ohio, Illinois, Michigan and Iowa may produce 80 500 000 bushels less than last year while the crop year opens with over 50 000 000 bushels of old wheat on hand. Kansas winter wheat and Wisconsin Minnesota Dakota spring wheat may rise, Nebraska could join, and gains in Oregon could total 30 000 000 bushels, leaving a net decrease roughly equal to last year’s old wheat stock.
The Irish Land bill passed the House of Commons by a large majority with both Home Rulers and Liberals largely in favor and even Parnell withholding opposition. It is expected to win passage in the Lords where only a few aristocrats oppose. If enacted it would ease troubles for Irish tenants and farm workers.
Crowe of Peoria Illinois asserts the machines cost 70 pounds for the entire lot and that sending them to England was a setup. A United Irishman’s Society member allegedly earned 10,000 dollars from the British government after notifying the New York Consul of shipment. The funds would go to the Irish fund to oppose England, with Vernon Harcourt said to have acknowledged the claim.
The Postmaster General plans a new engraving system for money orders using two blank columns up to 250 and 5 dollars. Numerals will be punched to indicate amounts like 3 7 5 for 3.75, allowing customers to buy multiple orders and cash them later. Orders would be valid for three months and payable to endorsed recipients.
A correspondent asserts Texas can fund a world class school system from public land proceeds. He notes 40 million acres remain unsold and could yield at least 100 million, rivaling other states. About 22.6 million has already accumulated, yet schools suffer decay and disorganization.
The Naval Observatory reports three comets visible. Encke’s comet nears the Pleiades, about 167.6 million miles from Earth and brightening. it will be naked-eye by mid October. Comet C, seen near Ann Arbor, grows brighter daily and may be naked-eye if not for a low horizon. Comet B, moving southward, remains an evening siderial feature. Encke’s 3.5 year period supports a space resisting medium theory.
The British Lords reject the Gladstone Land Bill refusing the Commons’ aim. The piece argues the Lords face a coming clash with Gladstone and Parliament, claiming aristocratic power will collapse under public will and long opposition harms their influence. The author predicts Commons resolve will prevail and Lords must yield.
The text notes growing belief that due to the President’s continued disability the Vice President may need to assume presidential duties. It discusses the potential impact on executive business and national affairs.
The Boston session of the National Catholic Total Abstinence Society adopted resolutions praising hierarchy and clergy, urging cadet societies in parishes, and calling Catholic papers to promote temperance. It also expressed sympathy with the Irish land reform movement and affirmed the land league’s support by Catholics.
Dr. Agnew reports a probe showed the chest and abdomen were not penetrated and the great cavities remain intact. The bullet deflected, lodged near the ilium with uncertain exact muscle placement, but unlikely to cause lasting damage or fatal complications.
Fragmented verse contrasts a seductively smiling woman at the gate with a harsh male figure guarding the doorway. A courtly fantasy yields to tension as a boyish suitor awakens danger and a doctor arrives to avert tragedy.
A collage of brief items includes a Jackson Michigan barber shop with four apprentices, reports of Italian emigration from Marseilles after a riot, Texas cattle traders expecting 20 000 head, and varied quotes on labor religion luck ethics and social mores.
The report cites Markley, a New Mexico scout, who claimed in 1867 he paid a half dollar for a ten foot hair rope made from red auburn and black hair. He says the rope came from women and girls slain in the Mountain Meadows massacre tied to the case of John D. Lee. The purchase happened at Palerona gote, sixty five miles from Mountain Meadow.
Two mother sisters from Oakland Tennessee had twin girls mixed at birth. With three months passing and no distinguishing traits, authorities plan to settle parentage by drawing lots to determine which child belongs to which couple.
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