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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1881
Page
6
A crowded field yields Pittsburg's mayoral victory for the Democratic candidate. Across the nation, reports include smallpox in Des Moines and weather and flood events, with political and financial notes from multiple cities.
The sheriff reports Charles Linxk a convicted robber and William Riedlander charged with highway robbery who escaped from Lafayette jail. A two year old child of Thomas Austin in Union City fatally burned while playing with fire. Evansville boss George Luser injured when a cask fell on him. Dan Morgan and three brothers arrested in Corydon for counterfeiting with about $800 in bogus coins found. Gibson county grand jury indicts Simon Lee for murder in the first degree and Dorcas Burchfield for another murder. Marion selects a postmaster with James Noland receiving 157 votes and Jacob Wells 281 with six others scattering 292. Measles spread in Brooksburg forcing school suspensions. In Louisville Dan Myers and George Banks fight. Banks wounds Myers with a knife. Abel Denny of Randolph County attempts suicide by stabbing throat. Henry Huff wounded by pistol shot in Grant County. John T Hartwood loses a thumb at South Bend, and Samuel Weedling injures hand.
The Baltimore Sun notes the oyster business suffers under extreme cold as prices tumble to 25 to 60 cents per bushel from 90 cents to $1.75. About 4,600 dredgers on 700 vessels employ 4,148 tongermen and 900 scrapers, with capital of about $2.25 million in boats and firms. Wages vary, captains earn around $40 monthly. dredgers about $11 average. In total, 1,290 people work in oyster prep, 45 packing firms employ 4,167 mates and 2,460 women, and 700 canners use 25,546,789 tin cans costing $794,810. Oyster production totals millions of bushels valued in the millions. A Hanlan family tragedy in Dorchester, Massachusetts, follows a pattern of fatal fires and drownings.
Washington National Republican recounts a Grant era tale of a young clerks fall into dissipation then reform and rapid second chances through presidential insistence. The piece exposes patronage tactics including swift promotions and forced vacancies as tools to reward favorites and oust rivals.
A contemporary critique notes widespread demoralization in the army due to lenient sentences for serious offenses and political influence in promotions. From 1877 to date, 64 officers were tried for crimes like drunkenness and embezzlement, with over half commuted. The piece argues field officers seek restoration of discipline and removal of political interference.
A column gathers quick items: James Anthony Froude named literary executor of Thomas Carlyle. Jefferson Davis says his History of the Rebellion won’t be finished soon. Also noted are a rose christening doll, Cetawayo’s signature printing, Jay Gould’s collar, Lent begins March 2, and assorted brief curiosities from Washington to Rio de Janeiro.
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