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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1881
Page
2
J A Hays publisher of The Sullivan Union issues a notice from Sullivan detailing a local publication update. The terse item notes circulation from a small town press and signals ongoing community reporting.
A digest of recent items includes imperial finance and public debt figures, Irish jail provisions for Parnell followers, and updates on Australian maritime disasters. Also noted are rail dividend declarations, immigration figures, and political rumors from London to Washington with mentions of Gladstone and Grant.
Immigrant settlement accelerates along the Northern Pacific corridor in Dacora Territory. Michigan sufferers seek at least a quarter of a million dollars to endure winter and spring planting. Various political, legal, and social items follow, including figures in Congress races, Queen Victoria era notes, and Guiteau trial delays.
A Liverpool firm plans to ship 100 tons of potatoes to New York City at an estimated cost not exceeding forty cents per bushel landed in their market. The item notes other international topics including French military academy language requirements and a Mormon Elder's imprisonment.
Reports cover a Chicago murder verdict, a man acquitted for a brutal assault case, remarks on a prosecutor and a Supreme Court possiblity, the Liberty statue nearing completion, incendiary rings in Danville, and railroad speedups. Also notes on Confederate bonds, a mayoral decision, and President Arthur's travel plans.
The attorney general explains the dog law is mandatory for all dogs to be registered by April 1 each year. If not registered by then the dogs may be killed, regardless of owner intent to register. Sheep losses due to dogs must be reported within ten days to the township trustee to claim payment.
Henry Stewart a negro about 50 years old who once carried $125 000 life coverage died after a whisky laced with strychnine. Report says policyholders ordered liquor vendors to supply him booze and bill the insurers. Relatives intend to halt payments to those with policies.
The article notes pride among French descendants in America’s independence legacy. Marquis de Rochambeau praises American beauty and florists craft, contrasting with French elegance. It also recounts a Mississippi marriage feud where Lanier fatally shot Love after a public slander dispute.
From Washington Colonel George Cowie chief of the diplomatic and consul division resigns after a $2000 claim was ruled illegal. Secretary Hunt orders direct applications for duty, star-route case hearings begin Thursday, a deranged man armed with a seven barreled revolver was contained at the White House, and debt totals show October gains. Subpoenas issued in Guiteau case list Chicago and New York figures. Rumors swirl of Postmaster General James to retire with Chauncey I. Filley named successor beginning January 1.
Financial crash rocks Newark as Mechanics National Bank announces suspension following cashier O L Baldwin's statements to directors and embezzlement charge. Directors offered $50,000 but cash loss indicated far larger liabilities. Baldwin’s arrest ties to broader bank failures and potential further collapses.
Disturbances persist in Belmullet Mayo with four wounded from Thursday dead and six more feared. Two hundred military and two hundred police are deployed as roads to Aglow are blocked and a bridge torn up to hinder forces.
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