Local notices and ads from Orrick July 1880 page
Miscellaneous items advertise mills, meat market, sewing machines, pianos and organs, lawn party reports, auctions, and a post office bid. Suppliers Geo F Hughes and John Davis & Sons promote The New Davis Sewing Machine and Mason & Hamlin Organs. Community updates mention a Narrow Gauge cargo, audience at Paxton, and a Kingsley Chapel post office effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
Eale
John Davis & Sons
John Davis & Sons New Hardware
Gil
Tim
Two Boys Arrested for Turkey Theft and Burglary
Albert Smith and Cy Chowning were arrested Sunday on a turkey theft charge from George Leach. Preliminary exam revealed they also broke into several houses recently. A search at their depot area home uncovered stolen items including a William McCammon watch, clothing, jewelry, four new testaments, and $57. They confessed after Exaris implicated them. Smith and Chowning remain jailed awaiting Grand Jury action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Smith
Cy Chowning
George Leach
William McCammon
McCammon
Terre Haute
Exaris
Smith
Chowning
Taris
Local Notes and Scams Highlight Town News
Visiting figures from Kansas City Indianapolis Prairieton and Yellow Springs converge as a knife hustler swindles Bill Harper of Terre Haute. Three men jailed. $10 recovered. A wagon accident injures a cow near the E. T. H. crossing. O Brine insult prompts a street beating by the Orr brothers. Minnie Neal writes on North American Indians for readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Harper
Terre Haute Artesian Springs
Bill
Garyper
Felow
Jim
Harper
Falks
Be Wise in Time Dr Wistar Balsam of Wild Cherry Cures Consumption
Advert says Dr Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry cures consumption after doctors offered no hope. It claims a quick remedy for coughs and colds and appeals to readers seeking relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wistar
Local Short Stops From Carlisle News Briefs
Sunday in Pleasantville Rev Allen preached. Belle Doggette of Montezuma visited William Herron’s family. Typhoid sick Sadie Fritherland. Hays in town Sunday. Hattie Cloud home from Evansville. Will Markee of Oaktown and Rush Dennison of Sullivan in Carlisle Sabbath. Lafe Hatties temperance lecturer visit. John Briggs in town Friday. Minnie Milner back from Newman trip. Bettie Cummins ill. Mamie Hays visiting parents. John Briggs spoke at Paxton meeting. Ehrman station festival a grand success. Anna Arnold back from Henderson. Monnie Brack and Jennie Wilson in town Friday. Prof Cain and John P Hays in town Sunday. Sils Carmine of Merom visiting. George D Herron returning to Ripon. Ligzzie Shannon to Missouri in two weeks. Mrs Kim Parvin of Evanville visiting Parvins. Mr Mackintosh of Sullivan in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev
Allen
Pleasantville
Belle Doggette
Brother Lyfe
Montezuma
Ind
William Herron
Belle
Carlisle School
Sadie Fritherland
Jeff Hays
Hattie Cloud
Evansville
Will Markee
Oaktown
Rush Dennison
Sullivan
Anna Arnold
Henderson
Kentucky
Monnie Brack
Jennie Wilson
Briday
al Gussie Jones
Prof Cain
John ’P Hays
Sils Carmine
Merom
George D Herron
Ripon
Wis
Ligzzie Shannon
Thursia
Missouri
Kim Parvin
Evanaville
Bros. Parvin
Mr. Mackintosh
New Lebanon Items Highlight Local Happenings
Sim South and lady visited town last Sunday while John Russell is sick with chills. Wheat prospects improve with Paxton area leading county production. Dems complain about shoulder-strap voting stance. Paxton, Sullivan, Robinson trips noted with rail line updates and engine troubles.
Cass Township Items Reflect Local News and Politics
Local notes report illnesses including Flem Keen and John H. W. McBride with bowels hemorrhage, and Gus Broadway's child improving. Other items mention William Underhill's head injury, Harve Cochrane’s threshing, and local remarks on Garfield and Hancock with partisan commentary and old political jests. The column mocks Democrats and references votes, Sherman, and Voorhees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flem Keen
John HW. McBride
Gus Broadway
William Underhill
Harve Cochrane
Tlarve
William H. Crowder
Sullivan
Bill
G. A. Exline
Garfield
Cass Township
Cass
Iemizer
Fletcher Freeman
Graysville Paragraphs Report Local Happenings and Plans
The column notes a July burial for Dr. A N Weir’s child and discusses the hot season bringing official visits to catering spots, political talk, jobs, and salaries. It praises wide bridges for self binder traffic, questions highway wideness, and hints at political maneuvering with General Preston. Farmers report good wheat yields, hay nearing readiness, and land rental inquiries. Robert Watson plans a move to Jasper County Illinois, while local Republicans urge unity and optimism amid farm labor shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. N. Weir
Sullivan County
Sullivan
Preston
Louisville
Springer
B. F. Stover
Watson
Robert Watson
Jasper County
Robert
William Medsker
Alexander
William
Hancock
Landers
Uncalled For Letters at Sullivan Postoffice 1880
List of uncalled letters remains in Sullivan Indiana up to July 17 1880. Gents list includes Joseph Brodie J W Clapp Samuel Engle W F Johnson J W Palmer Sylvester Poppino Joseph Powell Reuben Roussort L E Seibert C M Smith James Wallace. Ladies list names Miss Louie James Miss Ella Williams. Parsons calling for these letters should say advertised giving name and date. A Hays Postmaster.
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Sullivan Sullivan County
Indiana
Joseph Brodie
J. W. Clapp
Samuel Engle
W. F. Johnson
J. W. Palmer
Sylvester Poppino
Joseph Powell
Reuben Roussort
L. E. Seibert
C. M. Smith
James Wallace
Louie James
Ella Williams
Parsons
A. Hays
Merom Weather, Visits, and Local Happenings
Weather moderates with a breeze as Merom reports visitors including J A Hays and wife and N G Buff and daughter. Stella Barker ill in Martinsville prompting her mother’s call to bedside. The old Bluff welcomes a fine barouche procession from Sullivan and a barber pole returns.
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J.A. Hays
Merom
Stella Barker
Martinsville
Sullivan
Russell & Glase
N.G. Buff
Jeffersonville
Willie
State
Kart S. Tropry
Speaking at Shelburn Republican Club
Walter Maple and John C. Chaney will address the Republican club at Shelburn Saturday night. Miners are especially invited as the speakers have matters of interest for them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter
Pittsburg Items and Local Tidbits
Banford Payne is our champion wheat stacker. Mrs. Geo Beatty has a very sick child. Some of our young people spent Sunday in Merom. The Snowdon coal shaft is rapidly sinking and will soon be in full blast. John W Nead was shaken when a load tipped. Charles Barnhart may be contemplating matrimony. James Davis has gone to Nebraska. Mr John A Spears and others prepare to build new residences. Dr Plew went to Centreville and is remodeling his house. John Tipton barely escaped a flood while crossing Busseron bottom creek. We do not vouch for this tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banford Payne
Geo. Beatty
Merom
Snowdon
John W. Nead
Charles Barnhart
James Davis
Nebraska
John A. Spears
Plew
Centreville
John Tipton
Busseron Bottom
Gata
Village Notes and Crop Reports From Nowabay
Ed C Hall is our village nowabay now. Andrew Roberts & Sons wheat averaged twenty five bushels per acre. Edward Willis Thomas Davidson and Henry Turner have their wheat thrashed this week. We will report big crops next week. Rotramel & Gwin built a neat office near their scales at the depot. One M D from Pleasantville caused a sensation by getting terribly drunk and driving his family from home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed C. Hall
The Great Show of the Season Comes to Terre Haute
The New Inter Ocean Show draws alarm from managers nationwide as Terre Haute hosts three grand performances on Monday August 2. Admission is 50 cents for the entire 12-show bill, promising a larger crowd than Barnum's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Barnuin
Obituary of Fredrick Wilkey of Sullivan County Indiana
Fredrick Wilkey died July 8 1880 at his residence five miles west of Sullivan Indiana from congestion of the kidneys. Born October 18 1819 in Clark County, migrated to Sullivan County in 1837, and helped establish Mt Taber church near Kelley’s Landing. He organized the Mt Taber society and contributed to the church house now a memorial to his faithfulness and charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
Fredrick Wilkey
Clark County
Indiana
Sullivan County
Wm. Kelley
Sulivan
Kelley’s Landing
County
M. EB. Church
Mt. Taber
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Geo. F. Hughes
Mason & Hamlin Organ
Capt. Springer
C. J. Sherman
Tom Reid
John Giles
Mason & Hamlin
Chickering
Briggs
Patten
Paxton
Crowder & Creager’s
W. H W. Waggoner
Gange
Minnnesota
Chicago
Dr. Crowder
Shattuck & Jamison
Kingsly Chapel
Fairbanks’ Township
Democrat
Commercial Row
H. C. Curry
Kansas City
Georgie Parks
W. F. Mason
Indianapolis
Rev. Davis
Prairieton
Hal Jones
Yellow Springs
Ohio
Louw Baker
Washington
W. Berron
Dr. Murphy
Alt. Wilson
O’brine
Orr Brothers
Minnie Neal
Carlisle
New Lebanon
Sim South
Lady
John Russell
John Wesley Capary
Prof. Allen
Normal
S. Dodds
Kansas
Tom Joseph
Robinson
Casa Township
Tih
Maany
Ken Tuck
Voorhees
Lincoln
William T. Sherman
Sherman
Shermans
Graysville
Cenuine Singer
W. &. Pound
Merom Talk
Shelburn
Pittsburg
Inter Ocean
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