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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1899
Page
2
Aliss Maud Kimion of Leavenworth and Thaddeus Durff were aboard a small craft on the river near English when a marriage proposal sparked a struggle. Durff fled as Kimion clung to the overturned boat. her father offers a 100 reward for his capture.
In Yorre Haute Indiana on an Evansville and Indianapolis train Dr L B Griffith fired three shots at William Staggs during a dispute. Staggs either jumped or fell from the moving car and was not found. The incident follows a paternity suit where Staggs is the defendant and the trial was in Bazil. Dr Griffith has not been arrested and Staggs' body remains missing.
Rouin Indiana October 30 Mrs William Gettel 22 living near here died after her husband gave a morphine dose to ease her pain. She slept and never woke despite attempts to revive her. The husband is distraught over the fatal outcome.
The widow of Captain Lee Linn, the Indiana newspaper man who died July 8 at Santiago, has formally asked the War Department to have his remains brought to Wabash for interment. Linn served as commissary on transports between the United States and Cuba and died as Burnside entered Santiago harbor. The body was buried locally due to heat preventing transport to New York.
Fort Wayne report says Dr. R F E Lipes was fined for failing to report a diphtheria case. County Physician Proegler ordered the case under a new law. The farmer family case sparked fears of widespread ignorance among country practitioners. Fatally, four more cases may have been related. Dr. Proegler aims to enforce the law vigorously.
Bloomington Indiana October 24 Judge W H Martin declares township trustees have power to employ teachers before advisory boards fund them. Bean Blossom township saw an advisory board cut pay $300 below trustee contracts. Mandamus action enforces payment, advisory board must cover the excess.
John Mc Clellan, newlywed husband of Dora Wirgen, tried to take his life by shooting himself outside his wife’s home in Scottsburg Indiana. The ball struck his left breast and may prove fatal as he had suffered jealousy over their separation in the prior week.
David Pearson aged 72 in Moores Hill Indiana was found guilty of manslaughter in the death of Garrett Bentley of Lawrenceburg after a dispute over blackberrying on the farm. Pearson struck Bentley with a club killing him and will face an indeterminate sentence to be served at Michigan City.
Indianapolis October 28. The state auditor’s office insurance department ruled that certificates paying benefits for accident illness or disability must not include funeral or natural death payments unless the member passes a medical examination.
Jacob Lauer of Crown Point was instantly killed by a Panhandle freight train near the Panhandle road. He was unmarried and presumed to have slept on the track while intoxicated. a whisky bottle was found nearby. He was a German man with no relatives in the United States.
Brazil Indiana October 31 Dr L Oo Griffith of Cory faces arrest on a charge of attempting to kill neighbor William Skaggs. He posted $1000 bond after a shooting on a passenger train returning from the city amid long standing quarrels between the men. Knightstown Masonic lodge to rebuild temple plans call for a two story brick structure at about $20000.
Richmond Ind Oct 31 A 20 acre tract of marsh land west of the city is burning. A force of 100 men has worked since Saturday to extinguish the blaze with trenches dug and filled with water to confine it, all to no avail.
In Kansas City on October 28 the National Hereford association sale saw Viola a cow from Clem Graves of Bunker Hill Indiana sell for a top price of $1200 to Marshall Field of Chicago.
Clarence Cook former Fort Wayne city editor returns from the Klondike where he staked claims two years ago He reports good success and refuses a $5000 offer for one claim He will not return to the Klondike
Governor Mount sends telegram from Indianapolis on October 28 recommending General Henry Lawton for the post created by General Shafter's retirement in Washington.
Prevailing prices on October 30 show Wheat No. 2 red weak at 674c and Dec at 697c open 6924c close. Corn No. 2 mixed 383c with Dec 31%gv open 315gc close 315?c. Oats No. 2 mixed strong 2440 with Dec close 223%¢. Cattle steady at 3.35 to 6.25, hogs steady at 3.50 to 4.30, sheep steady 2.00 to 4.00, lambs 3.00 to 5.09. Pork Dec 8.15 open 9.70 Jan 9.70 close 9.70, lard Dec 5.25 open 8.20 Jan 5.37 close 5.37, ribs Dec 4.90 open 4.87 Jan 5.00 close 4.97. Closing cash markets Wheat 314c corn 314c oats 2214c pork 8.05 lard 5.17 ribs 4.05.
Wheat market dull for No 2 red at 70 pounds per bushel. Corn No 2 mixed at 3 cents. Oats moderate demand with No 2 mixed at 2 54 cents. Cattle steady around 2.75 to 5.50. Hogs strong near 3.60 to 4.40. Sheep steady around 2.00 to 3.80. Lambs steady at 3.25 to 3.10, cattle stronger at 6.50 to 6.75. Hogs higher near 3.50 to 4.24. Sheep higher at 3.60 to 4.60. Lambs higher at 4.00 to 5.55. Toledo and other grain notes incomplete. oats dull.
A veteran ship captain tells a tale of a cook on a Philadelphia to foreign ports voyage whose cleaver severed his big toe and a yellow cur dog swallowed the toe whole. The ship’s doctor performed a post mortem, stitched the toe back, and the cook returned to quarters minus a toe. The captain notes the story is true and may be shown to prove it.
A tailor accepts a chalk cross on his back to dodge rent payments. Neighbors mock him as he passes the street, with strangers and friends making jokes about the visible mark. His landlord had offered the arrangement if he kept silent about the debt.
A usually kind tailor becomes surly and isolated after condemning another, quarreling with his best friend, and facing threatened separation. He removes his coat and erases a chalk mark, declaring he would not wear the cross another week even for all Parisian money.
Gloucester Massachusetts reports sixty fishermen lost in the year ended with fifteen widows and twenty six children left behind. Fifteen vessels valued at seven thousand nine hundred seventy five dollars were lost along with the lives of seven sailors.
D H Banowin & Co and J B Vaughn announce a piano concert by young pianist Bessie Dooley at their store three doors east of Sullivan County Bank. Admission is during business hours from 9 a m to 4 p m next Saturday.
Tom offers substantial discounts on pianos organs and sewing machines with prices about half those of traveling agents. Inquiries welcome for selection and guaranteed best instruments. Includes note on latest sheet music at cut prices and accessories.
83 acres adjoining Pleasantville for sale all in cultivation with good improvements and ample water. Will trade for real estate near Sullivan Indiana. Address box 85 Pleasantville Ind.
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