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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1880
Page
5
A long rundown of local happenings includes travels of residents, lectures and concerts scheduled for Thursday night, a depot remodel, new subscribers, and town projects. Mentions of Measles, street repairs, a railroad plan to Evansville, and community events fill the page with civic and social updates.
Local tidbits report A N Weir and Jno Brewer exchanging two properties and rising cattle demand with slim supply. Hog cholera subsides as measles spread. Turman township Republicans plan a meeting March 20 at the Graysville school. Wm Medsker buys a fine jack from Hanna Giles. John Johnson moves to York Illinois flouring mill. Measles hits six in T K Cushman’s family, a Democrat blessing. A tornado damages John Brewer Jr in Sherman Texas, Mrs Pogue suffers neuralita, and Weir’s colored family moves to Sullivan. Most expect Turman township to vote for Amendments. The March winds favor the Democrats’ loss in Sullivan County frontier.
S B Wardell calls all indebted persons to settle accounts at earliest convenience, mar 10 at Hymera Indiana. Mrs. Aydelotte performed at the opera house Saturday night as a dramatic reader with notable selections including The Fall of Pemberton Mills to a small, but appreciative, audience caused by the rainy evening.
In the history of medicine no preparation has performed such cures or maintained such wide reputation. AveER’s Cherry Pectoral is touted as the world’s remedy for throat and lung diseases. It is praised for treating colds, chest disorders, and offering protection for children, with claims of universal safety and reliable cures.
The first Republican convention in Fairbanks Township met February 28 at 2:30 PM with Nicholas Yeager as chair. Nominees named: Trustee Nicholas Yeager, Justice of the Peace Jon Rt. Milam, Constables W R Stra and Albert Dehart, Blaine elected president nominee. Speeches followed before adjournment.
News from Jackson notes measles prevalent in the area. M. J. Becket elected to teach the spring term at Pittsburg. L. S. Ford's youngest child died of croup and was interred at Bethel Cemetery. W. O. Warrick closed his school with a large dinner. A. Patton to teach the summer school at that place. Indians encamped near Noah Crawford's. Farmersburg reunion on March 13. Katie Karrie.
The Curry township Republicans convened February 28 1880 at the township house with Wim Bennet presiding and Elias Denny as secretary. Nominations: Trustee James Siner Assessor James L Cuppy Justice Barton Thurber Constables Edward Morgan Morgan Tickerner Thomas Kendall Jr. Resolutions urge support for Morton C Munter for Governor Blaine for President constitutional amendments and temperance canvass. crowd orderly and pleased.
Protracted meeting continues at Farmersburg. The church debt is secured and members are happy. A young man swept a church seat after deeming it unclean for his wife. Measles rage in the neighborhood. Steve Gaskins dies on the 1st. he was a respected leader. Vince Beasly builds a new stable. 4000 rails contracted by Elias Denney. Currysville coal mine work progresses. saloon closure reduces drunkenness. Roads bad and rain persists. Jumping is popular with Shel burn youth.
In Pittsburg Indiana on February 21 the Jackson township Republican convention chose K W Self as president J G Barnett as secretary and nominated James Brown for Trustee C C Givens for Assessor Milton Stark for Justice of the Peace and Anderson and J Everly for Constables. A Blaine for President resolution was adopted unanimously and the group praised unity for the coming campaign with several short speeches by local talent.
The letter from Dickensus Kansas reports good wheat, dry roads and rapid settlement. Farmers plow spring grain while prairie fires burn off. Sullivan County residents buy land in Dickenson and Clay. Jesse Dever becomes Justice. J A Medaris back in Kansas. Sullivan County mud slows travel. T C Henry of Abilene runs for Governor Buckner.
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