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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1882
Page
2
A roundup of miscellaneous 1881 notes reports smallpox in Chicago and Illinois, snow in Virginia, Patti concerts grossing 28000, crop and fire losses, emigration, shipbuilding revival, naturalization treaties, and political shifts from Iowa to Philadelphia. Includes Hayes donation and London debut of Langtry.
The Supreme Court rules that the National Banking Act usury prohibition covers not only notes drawn by bank customers but also others presented for discount. It sets a single interest ceiling equal to the state rate for both discounts and loans, applying to all banking paper.
A Loupon company plans to acquire a million acres in Manitoba and the Northwest Territory and carve it into 160 to 640 acre farms with buildings stock and implements. Tenants would work the land and share the harvest with the contractors amid objections from some Canadian papers. A Washington dispatch notes Postmaster General Howe will trim clerks and remove a $1,400 clerk who read newspapers and pasted compliments in a scrapbook. He also accepted the resignation of Post-office Inspector Hinds. Immigrant distribution in 1880 shows New York taking 148,132 of 385,007. Pennsylvania 36,475. New Jersey 11,587. New England total 21,169. Southern states 24,354. Illinois 43,410. Ohio 19,107. Michigan 17,088. Wisconsin 15,701. Minnesota 15,698.
A Waynesville Ohio woman identified as Sarah Taylor, described as a devout Quakeress, confessed to extensive thefts over twelve years. Police found large quantities of stolen goods from neighbors and funeral mourners hidden in her home. Reports say she is a kleptomaniac and that the loot includes brooms, jewelry, and clothing. Also noted are cattle show trends in England with polled Aberdeens rising in price and rising demand in the US and Canada.
In Congress Mr. MacInnis of Montana Territory suggests dividing Utah to move most Mormons into Nevada and Colorado, making them subject to polygamy laws. He asks if blotting Utah off maps would be a better, less violent solution. The New York Tribune lists marine disasters of the past year with 198 ships lost and 1459 lives.
The Atlanta cotton fair closed with the year as a success spending about a quarter of a million dollars on buildings. Stock subscriptions were just under half that amount, yet gate receipts and privilege sales covered the rest and may yield stock returns. The exhibit boosted Southern and national industrial awareness and attracted Northern capital to Southern fields.
An authority notes that four new saints were added at St Peter's, bringing the total canonized by the Holy See since the 10th century to 225. The current century has added more saints than any prior era, with 49 canonizations since January 1, 1880. The list shows one lawyer and a large clerical contribution among the saints.
A compilation reports witness fees in the Guiteau trial nearing 7000 dollars. Newark ex-auditor Palmer pleads guilty to eight forgery indictments. J Stanley Brown named Arthur's private secretary. Chicago deaths reach 13,830 in 1881 with 7,405 under age five.
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