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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1882
Page
6
A wide array of items appears including Vanderbilt costs twenty thousand dollars, Tennessee migration to Arkansas, silk stockings valued at forty two thousand, a February debt reduction near ten million, Virginia liquor debate, and gold exports over two million. Reports cover rail earnings, politics, dynamite hats, fashion, and colonial military rumors.
The transit of Venus will be visible across the Western Hemisphere with the planet taking over six hours to cross the sun. Astronomers have prepared for this event for twenty five years as new instruments aid observers, while expert calculations and warnings about other scientific predictions and public notices accompany the broad coverage.
The Judiciary Committee reports a bill to create a uniform bankruptcy system. Any person with debts of $500 or more, without fraud, may petition the U S district court in equity. The petitioner may surrender assets for creditors, and if good cause exists the court shall declare bankruptcy and appoint a receiver.
Minister Sargent delays sailing until May while Chicago lumber dealers push higher prices. Western crop reports are favorable, and Hazael the walkist wins 7500 dollars. Butter imports surge from Holstein. February smallpox deaths rise in Chicago alongside varied national events.
A dispatch reports Foreigna will soon declare Milan king of Servia as European powers monitor shifting monarchies. Strong earthquakes shook near Bellenzavo Italy, and a mine near Teplitz Hungary collapsed killing forty. An assassination attempt on the Queen shocks British America. War fears rise at the Cape of Good Hope. Bismarck faces opposition to a tobacco monopoly bill in Prussia. Austrians lose two hundred men at the Drin river. A Paris bank is proposed to replace the defunct Union Generale.
The record outlines March 1 to 6 proceedings with the Chinese immigration bill discussed in Senate sessions, Denver named a port of entry, and various bills reported from committees. Roscoe Conkling confirmed as Associate Justice. contested election cases in Oregon and Louisiana dismissed. pension and diplomatic appropriation items debated. Night sessions for pension matters ordered. tobacco sale bill discussed but not enacted.
Tuesday report notes committee action on several bills. The Senate bill to appropriate £20,600 for a statue to Chief Justice Marshal passed. The tariff commission bill was set unprivileged on the calendar after committee handling. The agricultural appropriation bill, totaling $396,850, was discussed in Committee of the Whole.
A San Francisco jury awarded Catherine McKeever $7,144 in a suit against Market Street Railway for her husband’s death in a coal cart collision. Her lawyer E P Cole received the money. Mrs McKeever, reportedly insane, seeks relief for her children. counsel sought to surrender part of the judgment, but the court ordered $2,500 retained. Also noted is a separate line about the Tax Irish Land League holding a reserve fund of $287,000.
A compilation of odd notes and anecdotes from a bygone era covers fashion changes, quirks in speech, crimes, politics, science prizes, and curious local tales. It mentions nun veiling, a Florida theft insanity plea, Maine telephones, Dublin college notes, and various curios about society and law.
A hog thief in Newstead tied by a gambrel while lifting a pig over a fence. The gambrel got stuck on his neck and he died, found next morning with the hogs hung nearby. Miss Dickens has spent a year compiling a Charles Dickens Birthday Book.
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