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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1880
Page
2
A collage of 1880s items notes population figures for Berlin and San Francisco, debts, fires in Omaha, executions in Cincinnati and Osceola, marriages and lynchings, earthquakes in Switzerland and the Azores, a Turkey Russia conflict hint, and varied crime arrests in Texas and Arkansas.
Dispatches describe Capt Payne leading about three hundred men from Kansas toward the Indian Territory in violation of the President's proclamation. Authorities vow to eject him, with an office planned to promote immigration to the region and a full army reprise if needed.
Reports praise shows of public figures while mundane incidents fill pages. Carosses and a fatal accident in Elkhart. a murder attempt nearby. library gifts. census finds. gold rumors near Salem. bio notes on politicians. industrial shifts and a derailed heat accident tease thishood day’s Indiana line.
A report details the burning of bonds valued at 200000 with 67000 interest, followed by public glee over the loss. Prince Jones is sentenced to life for murder in Posey Circuit Court. J J Justice dies by morphine at Southern hotel after naming his wife as cause. A South Bend hack driver survives a lightning strike on a street pole. Tensions rise in Wabash over dam destruction by farmers and police. A Loganport constable Johnson flees after attempting to shoot Ferguson. Burkhalter is severely injured when engine and ditch crash pinning him to the boiler with poor recovery prospects.
Aaron T. Hopkins once seduced a Sedalia widow and faced a $1,500 judgment for breach of promise. After fleeing to St Louis and then Denver, he married again in Denver to a new wife, who later assaulted him with a rolling pin. At a Denver depot reunion he reunited with Mrs Shattuck and they wed in Kansas City the following Saturday.
A Norwich Conn. resident offered seventy dollars for a seven pound fish caught locally. The fish weighed seven pounds one ounce, saving him from payment. The buyer pondered escape while the dealer weighed the catch and the man avoided the loss by exact weight.
The Democratic National Committee met at the Fifth Avenue Hotel and unanimously elected W H Barnum of Connecticut as Chairman and Frederick O Prince of Massachusetts as Secretary. The group adjourned to Governors Island for Hancock nomination proceedings.
Governor Cornell will not intervene in the case of Chastine Cox who is to be hanged Friday. Cox says he would rather die than spend life in prison, while Balbo the Italian death convict reacts in shock. William F. Howe, Cox's counsel, protests the lack of a hearing for Cox versus Balbo.
At noon today 8.8 Rickley president of the Capital City Bank was shot through the forehead at his desk by German dyer Andrew Eichenberg. Eichenberg then shot himself dying instantly. Rickley may live but chances are small. The dispute arose from Rickley’s refusal to loan money.
In Indianapolis the jury found Mary Brown guilty of murdering her husband and sentenced her to death after forty six hours deliberation. Her paramour Joseph Wade had earlier been convicted of the same crime and condemned to death.
Gov offers no sign of concession and a reversal on appeal is unlikely. If the governor stands firm, the city awaits a double hanging soundly noted in record. Mrs. Brown returns to jail pale and composed, doubting the jury’s integrity and hoping for a new trial while feeling strong public pressure, especially from women.
The Irish National Republican Convention met in Indianapolis with 250 delegates from Kentucky to New York. Judge A L Morrison of Illinois was named temporary chairman and Thomas McSheehy of Indiana temporary secretary. Committees were named to report in the morning as an invitation to join a torchlight procession for Gov candidate A G Porter was accepted and the body adjourned until morning.
Reports say ten miles of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad washed away between Pueblo and Colorado Springs with bridges culverts and cattle guards damaged for about twenty one miles. A large force works to restore service tonight. The Cherry Creek floodwaters rose after a terrific storm with hail two to five feet deep. No lives lost.
At St. Louis on July 14 stockholders of the Wabash St Louis and Pacific railroad ratified actions by the Directors inclining leases of the Champaign Havana Western Detroit Butler St Louis line and Missouri Iowa Nebraska line. They also approved leasing sixty one miles of the Pan Handle from Logansport to the Indiana State line by a three fourths vote.
Last evening at 9 o clock an unknown tramp about 30 entered the depot and stabbed telegraph operator Frank McCracken after attacking Samuel Green and John McGlynn. McCracken was fatally wounded and the assailant was shot dead by a constable. The tramp, unnamed, is suspected to be a maniac.
A July 14 reception in Indianapolis honored Hon. Albert G. Porter. Crowds lined the streets as a large procession moved to the wigwam where the huge audience cheered. The event underscored Porter's popularity and strong public support.
The English steamer Khalifa of the Euphrates line was attacked by Arabs who fired for an hour but failed to board. The quartermaster and a passenger were killed and the captain wounded. Turkish authorities in Baghdad promise investigation.
Ridgetown Ont July 13 Thomas Boothroyd a wealthy farmer of Howard township was attacked by a boar. It threw him down and bit him in the side and throat severing the jugular vein. He died in fifteen minutes from the injuries.
The Western Nail Association met in Pittsburg and reaffirmed the May 17 1880 decision to set the card rate at 3.25 dollars per keg of 100 pounds with standard discounts.
Indianapolis July 14. Hon God love 8 Orth was nominated for Congress by the Republican Congressional Convention of the Ninth District on the forty second ballot at one today.
A historical note traces rail travel from New Orleans to New York showing times and changes: 1856 five days with nine changes, 1869 four days with two to three changes, 1878 three and a half days one change, 1878 three days one change, and 1880 sixty hours forty five minutes one change. It highlights faster travel and improved comfort.
The article notes Russia may forbid wheat exports due to harvest defects, a move that could aid America and guarantee supplies to Germany and others. It also remarks on a strong U.S. crop outlook and favorable prices.
In the Franklin engagement the battle rages and soldiers seek safety by rearward retreat. Colonel B A G orders no retreat and threatens execution if the man does not return to his post. The defiant soldier ignores the command despite the imminent danger of battle.
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