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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1881
Page
4
Wednesday March 30 1881 reports the platform motto From President Hruyes Inanenra Address He Serves His Party Best Who Serves His Country Best highlighting party service and patriotism.
OCR fragment lists rates for one square and column ads with weights for year and months, including per inch measurements and column lengths. Details are incomplete and ambiguous but show price structures for single square units and various column durations.
The document lists irregular postal times with opening at 7 a.m. and closing at various local moments such as 7 BLM and 1:15 p.m. It records north and south mail arrivals at multiple times and notes no southbound mail on the morning train. It also mentions directions west and east mail closures and a stated prohibition on an extra congressional session.
In the Union and True Democracy disputes, Sullivan county is cited as having swung Republican by four hundred in the Constitutional Amendment vote. The Wabash Plain Dealer notes the shift as a landmark, urging Democrats to fear its implications.
Sheriff Cackley of Knox County conveyed eight prisoners to Jeffersonville with six deputies. He claims mileage fees ten cents per mile plus rail and other expenses would total about 500 dollars. The note argues two men could have done the job safely and hints at Democratic economy.
A reader quotes a stance on local option praising it while noting disappointment that the legislature did not offer another chance. The text contrasts Democratic opposition to repealing the local option with a Democrat editor who supposedly favors it, questioning when he denounced his party for repealing the local option law.
The brief notes widespread hardship as residents face rising costs and dwindling work opportunities. Community leaders urge aid and swift action to ease hunger and housing pressures.
W C Isbell and H C Miller purchase the Terre Haute Commercial College from R Garvin who leaves due to ill health. Miller brings six years as a teacher and bookkeeper experience, resigning from T B Johns to run the college with Isbell, Garvin’s son in law, a practical businessman.
Ill health forces R Garvin to sever his eighteen year tenure at the Terre Haute institution. He has sold the college to Isbell and Miller, with Isbell and Miller well qualified to run it, and urges patrons to continued support for his successors.
Mrs Hutson sick for weeks slowly recovering. Scott Gray of Palestine visited in town Saturday. Moses W McKinney formerly of Glen Mary Tennessee returned to the parental roof last Monday. Mose says life in Tennessee not as good as Indiana. John Cooper married Miss Sprott of Carlisle last week. The two brothers John and Charley chose steady farming over town life and plan to remain as good citizens. Mrs Kate McConnell of Robinson returned home after a two week visit. Ada Wallar left for Mt Vernon to visit her sister for several weeks.
Miss Juta Rooksberry and her sister Martha died within a week, drawing sympathy from the community. The M. E. Sunday school elected officers for the year. Coffin sales at Geo Baker's, a farewell for Rev J W Hammock, and ongoing temperance activity by the good templars are noted. A Normal school will open July 11 under Prof. J S Ogg, and local business updates include eggs sold at W P O Haver’s Cheap store and a post office move. A coal mine collapse at Geo Salts’ coal bank reduces local supply and signals a loss.
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