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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1881
Page
4
The editors of the Congressional District convene a convention today while Republicans reaffirm their party branches and United States elements amid political activity.
A blaze at a boarding house in Pittsburgh Saturday night trapped residents, with many reported as burned survivors. Firefighters battled flames through the night, while officials investigated the cause and the toll remains provisional.
General Kilpatrick, minister to Peru, dies. Republicans remember his visit here during the 1876 campaign and the many warm friendships he made.
A large four story brick wholesale house in Indianapolis occupied by Stout and Son, canned goods dealers, collapsed Sunday night leaving a shapeless heap of brick and debris. No injuries were reported as the building was unoccupied on Sunday.
The Blomfield Democrat derides the Guiteau trial as a Republican monkey show and notes the presiding judge is a bourbon Democrat. The youth behind the paper is blamed for the insult and deemed partially excusable for the remark.
The theatre in Vienna burned last week when a lamp fell on stage causing a fire. About 2,000 people were in the auditorium and roughly half escaped. By yesterday 580 bodies were recovered with work ongoing and 915 missing.
The article describes the President's annual message as a clear businesslike document. It urges Congress to act on recommendations, hoping earnest work by both Houses will benefit the nation and that forecasters’ predictions of a profitable session may come true.
Graysville reports through traffic of the T. H. M. B. R. R. surveyors last week. Mull of Robinson plans to rent a Turman township farm. Big Springs protracted meeting closes with accessions including O Haver. Mrs Matson is dangerously ill. Ongoing idle loafers scarce as Pogue supplies Hutsonville with cider. Church at Big Spring plans Christmas Eve oysters. Local politics mention pensioning private soldiers and Arthur vice president talk. John Colvin buys old schoolhouse for $28. Robert Edwards builds a new house, Turman notes two patients very ill, Prof Merrit of Merom to teach music at Big Spring.
James Bunting rents a mill near Coal City and moves in with Alvin Bailey who marries Nannie Smith. McClung bricklayer and Dr S McClung return from the West. O Haver visits Liberty Kansas. John Paxton improves. Temperance delegates attend Sullivan convention. Odd Fellows initiate. Christmas goods arrive at W P O’Haver store. Rev Henry Moody dies December 1, 1881. Vandalism and property damage reported near the graveyard. Speeches by Sturgis Lyon Silverman and ex Senator Trumbull on gauge business. Curtis Crawford & McKinley advertise 60 cents on the dollar for Christmas purchases. Railroad subsidy debates continue. calls to shave taxes and settle claims at 50 cents on the dollar.
Maynard Bell of Kansas died recently and was a resident here until four years ago. T. K. Cushman sells a fresh milk cow. William Shields moved cattle westward for pasture. William Allen moved to Terre Haute to work in iron. James Copeland, who left family 27 years ago for California, returned last Thursday to Merom with a competence. Enoch Arden No 2 noted for Merom gossips.
The Presbyterian Sabbath School members memorialize classmate Edwin P. Jones who joined the class the first Sunday after arriving in Sullivan. He was regular and diligent in attendance, well prepared, and his sweet voice graced the songs of praise. The class expresses sympathy to his family and asks newspapers to publish the tribute.
The Temperance Convention met at the Sullivan courthouse on December 10, 1881. Delegates from multiple townships organized county committees, passed resolutions urging township organization and newspaper publication of proceedings, and heard remarks from Rev. Burton and S. Davis as the group adjourned.
Campell of Indianapolis and Wood of Covington spoke on temperance and woman suffrage during a town visit. They organized a Woman's Christian Temperance Union and urged equal rights, arguing that men should not grant or permit rights to women but recognize equal status and voting eligibility.
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