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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1882
Page
2
A roundup of diverse items notes South American missions, school enrollment in Philadelphia, Chinese immigration, temperance and policing moves, crop and weather notes, legal and political developments, and public figures including Garfield and Grant. It records casualties, debts, and social issues with terse, era-typical summaries.
Reports detail cholera spreading from pilgrims between Mecca and Medina into India and Persia, with a council drafting safeguards to keep Europe safe. London and Aden notes cite outbreaks, while reform efforts push civil service changes and a liquor commission. A Buffalo school reports fever deaths tied to poor sanitation and overcrowding.
Washington gossips claim President Arthur found a romance in a shabby city church. The tale notes he once attended the church as a young attorney and heard a singer who later became his wife Ella Herndon, daughter of a navy officer at the Government Observatory.
Judge Cox overruled the defense and sentenced Guiteau to be hanged on June 30 1882 after a high profile trial for political assassination. The judge denounced the crime as a willful act despite opposing arguments and declared the punishment the clearest warning to others.
A dated summary of legislative activity from February 1 to 7 shows Senate debates on vaccine funding and franking privileges, plus bills on Nebraska borders and War Department building. House actions include post office funding, Garfield memorials, tariff notes, and Indian and apportionment measures with several items referred to committees.
A ballad describes Annabel Christine as the prettiest girl, with bandoline curls and cosmetic care, who sails from Muscatine aboard a brigantine with a marine companion. They marry in the Republic Argentine and live on oleomargarine, in a tale told with period flavor.
A collection of brief, fragmented items lists diverse topics: business leaders, watch charms, library funds, bibles bought for resale, a girl named Ella with debts and suicide, fashion, a ducking tale of a hen with a diamond, German roasters, legal and crime anecdotes, a Panell demonstration, Suez Canal plans, and a Warrensburg incident.
Joan T. Hays, attorney at law, announces office location at North-east Evener Public Square. The new practice emphasizes legal services in civil and probate matters with plans to serve local clients this season.
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