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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1881
Page
4
The ponderous new Secretary of State entered upon the duties of his office Monday of last week. Notices per line advertise various column prices and rates for One Square and half-year runs as commonly listed in the Post Office and Mail Service sections.
Former Senator Gray defeats McDonald to win the vacant Democratic caucus nomination while noting a new wife joins the political scene and reshapes the campaign narrative.
John Morton, son of the late governor, is appointed and confirmed as Collector of the Port at San Francisco. In a Indiana Legislature joint convention for U S Senator, Harrison Gray had 62 votes, DeLamater 2, with a seven vote overall margin for the winner.
The compulsory education bill has been reported back by House committees with slight amendments and a recommendation for passage.
The judgeship decision remains undecided with a Tuesday deadline of 3 p.m. amid cautious optimism from both Democrats and Republicans that Mr. Guou will receive the appointment.
Senator McDonald wed Mrs Josephine Bernard of Indianapolis in Washington recently. A silver punch bowl valued at 700 pounds was presented to the couple by Senators and Representatives.
Dick T. Morgan, Vigo County's youngest legislator, seconded Genl Ben Harrison's US Senate nomination. The speech notes Morgan's prior citizenship and studies at Merom College, highlighting his youth and interest to readers.
The Bedford Star notes in a mordant aside that the year’s comet prophecy makes it a cue for readers to pay subscriptions and job work promptly. The tongue in cheek remark suggests no one wants to owe for their paper when judgment arrives.
More than 100 petitions for a constitutional prohibition amendment reach the State Senate and a similar number reach the House. Rumors say about 18 000 petitions are circulating in the state awaiting collection.
New senators were elected including Henry L Dawes for Massachusetts as a Republican Thomas F Bayard for Delaware a Democrat Joseph R Hawley for Connecticut Benjamin Florrison for Indiana Eugene Hale for Maine S J R McAlillin for Minnesota a Republican Mr Sawyer for Wisconsin and J M Camden for West Virginia.
Local items report illness in Milton Badger’s family near the Narrows and several school illness cases in district Mo. 5 amid a broader mix of parishioners, theft, a winter play recommendation, and social events at Big Spring including an oyster festival. The piece mentions predictions, a drafty church size concern, and a marriage of Falkner to William Onk.
Professor Beard promotes home industry by releasing twenty to thirty thousand young cod, hatched at Wood's Hole Massachusetts, into Chesapeake Bay near Annapolis to secure an early supply of adult fish for local gourmets. The move aims to support the fishing fleet near Cape Henlopen and the Delaware Bay entrance as a practical experiment.
The speaker praises a list of Republican names Edmunds Hale Hawkey Platt Sherman Jarvison Conger McMillan Miller and later mentions Earon dernan Thur man and McDonald with archaic phrases about memory. The critique contrasts good men with a heavy burden carried by Morcy and mules, reflecting partisan tension.
The consolidation of major telegraph companies including American Union and Western Union is described as creating a monopoly. The proposed postal telegraph bill, stalled in Congress, would impose new office operations and a 15 cent rate for 26 words beyond 230 miles, intensifying regulatory contention.
Townsfolk search for Martin, a junior at Sharvon School, who vanished after leaving Sullivan on the Tibinet bound for Terre Haute. Family fears foul play as diligent inquiries continue with no cause given or whereabouts known.
Clifford Bullock is on the sick list with pneumonia. James Everett has returned for a brief visit and jokes about coal fueling locomotives. Looker On.
The piece records frequent visitors to town and church life at the College Chapel, with scattered references to local people, a convention planned for February, and social notices. The text blends names such as Win Finley and Joseph Platey with vague events and letters about escapes, prizes, and community reactions.
An old advertisement touts Ayer’s Sarsaparilla as a premier vegetable tonic for blood disorders and skin diseases. It claims cure for serofula, boils, eruptions, liver complaints, and female weakness, praising its invigorating effects and universal availability.
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