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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1881
Page
6
A damaged text fragment describes a portrait of a fair lady in a dark attic with eyes that forever watch. The poem traces lingering memory, love, and tragedy as the image endures while life and light fade. The eyes remain Ever looking, ever looking, with such sad surprise.
In a dramatic tale at a seaside hotel, Allie Ray defies past storms of love and betrayal to save John Ansteigh. After overhearing Mr Mayne’s murderous plot she crosses the old bridge at night to warn and rescue him, the couple reunites as the bridge collapses behind them.
Ben Wilde of the Aurora News offers fatherly advice to a three year old reader. He warns against pretending to be what you are not and urges honesty about what you know. The piece uses parables about a countryman and a king to stress self knowledge and contentment with one’s nature.
The Richmond Register recounts how a man named Young secured a governor's pardon for Sam Formies, who was jailed for murder. On learning his freedom, Formies declared he would travel to Lancaster to kill two witnesses, prompting Young to tear the pardon in despair.
Amen Hving, an immigrant near Wingston, found hundreds of rats in a long unoccupied house cellar after moving in. He offered to introduce the family cat but the cat stayed away. The next day the cat reappeared leading a group of about three dozen cats in orderly formation, while a flour barrel of dead rats was buried behind the house and the cats returned home.
According to Les Mondes plays have been prepared for a permanent exhibition of objects relating to art and idustry with scientific experiments on a grand scale. There will be representations of the vegetable and animal kingdoms of different geological ages and views and models of ancient and modern monuments and curiosities from all parts of the world will be included.
The account recalls W S Carpenter later known as Matthew H Carpenter of Beloit and Milwaukee. It covers his early mentorship under Rufus Choate in Boston, legal rise in Wisconsin, and notable court arguments before the U S Supreme Court. It notes his Newport connection with McAntile, Stanton and Meredith, and his friendship with pastor Richmond.
The English Board of Trade reports December 1880 trade showing revival despite the harvest. Exports rise notably in iron and steel machinery mill-work hardware woolen and worsted linen and jute while imports slacken in December. Food stocks rise with 2 percent more food 10.2 percent more in other staples and raw materials surge as manufacturers stock up.
A Washington letter praises Lucretia Garfield’s restrained demeanor and prudent approach, noting her quiet gravity and refusal to display portraits. Observers predict she will influence policy and uphold abstinence ideals while supporting her husband’s administration with calm propriety.
Jean Baptiste Charles Alphonso Cayren du Cayle, son of the Count Cayren du Cayle and longtime Governor of the Hotel des Invalides in Paris, died Sunday at his New York residence. He was born October 18, 1828 in Paris and was the youngest of nine sons all lost or wounded in service to France.
The article chronicles DuCayle a French officer who began as a hussar at eighteen rose to lieutenant in a Spahi regiment fought under Negrier and Arnaud. After duels demoted he pursued opera becoming a basso at the Conservatory and in Rouen before touring Faustim dies. He later failed ventures in Buenos Ayres New Orleans returned to France 1869 and settled in this city singing with the Hussard Kellogg troupe.
A string of quips and misread phrases critique luck over promises and social manners. The fragment touches on generosity, wealth, relationships, and public figures in a humorous, disjointed tone. It mentions a handsome man Air Mtorey and a Galveston resident J Pivsney with a wife’s anxious letter about cattle wreck.
A playful description of starting a German train shows a sequence of bells, whistles, and calls between conductor and stationmaster. The ritual repeats if a related mishap occurs, highlighting a comedic view of railway procedure and multilingual passenger reactions.
A fish caught twelve miles from the Isles of Shoals on exhibit in Boston measures fifteen feet and weighs 2430 pounds. Its stomach contains a fifty pound cod and two smaller cods, plus two coats. It features a large mouth with seven rows of teeth and, unusually, gills nostrils and blow-holes. Scientists at Lynn could not classify it.
A shepherd dog on Mr Thomas Flavial Beeley’s farm in Honesdale Wy has been observed repeatedly dragging a large bark piece up a hill behind the house and sliding down the crusted slope. After sliding the dog places the bark sled in a safe spot until it resumes the strange routine, witnessed by multiple locals during the past winter.
In a second paper read before the French Academy, M. Muntz explains grain storage benefits require comparatively dry grain, perfect closures, and walks with a fairly constant temperature to secure optimal results.
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