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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1880
Page
3
A lyric voice upholds Katie as a rogue of striking blue eyes and fair cheeks. The narrator recalls a morning ride beside her, admiring her hat and charm while fearing a kiss he dares not claim. He imagines embracing her and tasting her lips in a tense moment of longing.
Miss Howell sits on Pebble House porch amid a vivid October garden and a lively group of Ada Warden Linda Lees and Herbert Moore discuss kleptomania and a charming tale. Herbert narrates a theater memory, and local beliefs about the evil eye and sacred fish near Tripoli are shared, ending with a mission school girl debunking superstition.
The writer notes beliefs about evil spirits drawn by bells and the Muslim call to prayer. Muezzins perch in minarets and cry five times daily God is one. believers pausing anywhere to pray, kneel, and perform prostrations at each hour.
London lectures describe a Resonator device by Signor Alberto B Bach fitted to the roof of the mouth to form a hollow sounding board. The instrument is said to boost voice volume without harming articulation and requires practice to use effectively. It does not cure faults or create an unvoiced talent.
The injunction suit of LaFayette against the Wabash Pacific and S J Louis railroad was dismissed at the city’s cost. The railroad company will seek $100,000 damages from the city.
Secret Service heads in a nationwide hunt for the source of new $100 counterfeit notes circulating among Eastern National banks. The note imitates genuine bank names and states exact details, with experts like Ben Boyd and Charlie Ulrich linked to the craft. The piece cites methods, suspects, and proposed protections as detectives pursue leads and debates a new security feature.
A New York Times report from Macon Georgia describes a vivid meteor shower of unprecedented brightness with a blazing central mass and multicolored hue shifts followed by a thunderous blast. A New York Sun correspondent recounts a dramatic discovery of a giant black snake and the mutilated ram, with a buried human skull and the missing daughter Nellie Rainforth’s bones later identified by a gold chain.
James Goodsell, born blind, lived nearly ninety years in Burlington. He could swing an ax, thresh grain, hoe corn, set bean poles, load hay, and manufacture farm implements. A skilled navigator of memory and time, he identified trees, timber, and berries, and exhibited strong musical and mathematical abilities.
The Democratic State Convention in Atlanta after 32 ballots did not elect a two thirds winner. Colquitt led with 220 votes while Lester 58 Hardeman 46 Gartrell 15 and Warren 8. The convention urged support for Hancock and English and adjourned after placing an Electoral ticket on the field.
The piece questions whether Hancock would veto inflation and constitutional enforcement bills if elected. It argues past and present security depend on vetoes against repeal efforts by Democrats in Congress and on standing by constitutional amendments, claiming Hancock would not veto such measures.
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