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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1881
Page
4
Congress convenes next Monday while The Washington Indiana Gazette Company launches a daily edition.
Report notes that Voorhees failed to appear at the Chicago Tariff Convention, with no explanation given for the absence. The absence leaves questions about participation by prominent delegates and potential implications for ongoing tariff discussions.
The Worthington Times resumes its traditional folio format signaling a revival of its historic presentation style. The move emphasizes preserving the paper’s classic design while continuing current reporting.
The presidential message is finished and will be delivered to both houses of Congress without advance disclosure to the press. Officials say the contents will remain confidential until receipt by Congress.
The Eleazer Gibson murder trial over saloon keeper William Hall's death in Terre Haute is underway in the Vigo Court about a year after the incident.
The Terre Haute Saturday Courier ran with a miniature photo edition last week. Hardesty is up to snuff and making a first class weekly paper.
Mrs. Garfield is said to be greatly annoyed with begging letters. She receives an average of about fifty a day. If she acceded to one-half the requests she would soon be impoverished.
A notice from the department states that after February 1 the redemption of spoiled or misdirected postal cards will cease. Previously they could be redeemed at the post office for stamps or other cards at a discount of 20 percent.
The Bloomfield Democrat and Worthington Times trade satirical hobgoblin sketches in their columns as a long running feud escalates. The pair mock each other with comic pen pictures and playful scorn, continuing a local newspaper rivalry in a lighthearted but pointed exchange.
Voters rally in cold damp settings to back Commissioner of the martyred Biman. A man spent hours in a coal shaft to cast his vote for Hancock, showing steadfast devotion to the cause and foregone comforts.
A Democrat who never surrenders pushes last week's party lines in Atlanta. He seeks to reconcile Sycamore's tariff utterances with time honored democracy principles while avoiding Republican shifts and clinging to Daniel Voorhees.
The Guiteau trial drags on at the Capital and is called a circus. The prisoner attacks Mr. Beecher and insults the court. Judge Cox is censured for allowing disruption, with critics saying he is overly sensitive yet unlikely to let politics influence him.
A page recounts a riot in Marion Mississippi on election day with claims of black violence and white victimhood, followed by a long report on the town’s schools. It describes classrooms, teachers, and students’ performances, praising order and system and urging parental visits to observe.
The Merom area reports the river remains high and Mrs Prest Smith is slowly recovering. Thanksgiving services were held with President Smith's sermon on the day’s origin and effect. College Club members hosted a Thanksgiving dinner. hunting results list Roberts and Jamison as top in the field with 11 rabbits and 1 quail. C L Jackson returned from Fountain visit. Mail service plans to overhaul operations to ensure train deliveries. Shepherd and Braun propose a protracted meeting in Ils during vacation if the river crossing allows.
The M E Sunday school aims to display a Jacob's ladder instead of a Christmas tree on Christmas Eve. Committees on music include Miss Louella Barr E Paxton Alvin Bailey and Mr Anderson. A grand time is expected. Mrs Amanda Denny died near Bethel November 17. Rev L R Edmonds attended the funeral at Bethel. She was loved by all. Charley Brewer was accidentally shot by his brother while tinkering with a gun, grazing both legs. Dr L C McDowell dressed the wounds. Prof J S Ogg and his brother Albert teach well here as rumored and visited. J A Booker and Dr I C McDowell raised funds to buy coal stoves for the M E church. E E Shake broke his thumb after a fall from John Shake's house. John H Jackson says D W Sisson teaches an excellent school at No 4. John Mattoxs' son broke the gun barrel with a falling stump, destroying 1 1/2 cents worth of ammo. The old lady Jarrel died at Marco on the 18th and was buried here on the 19th Rev H J Barr officiating. She had long been a Baptist.
Market figures show wheat at 1.20 in Sullivan and 1.35 in Indianapolis, corn 0.65 to 0.75, oats and hay values, hogs 4.50 to 9.50, cattle 3.00 to 6.00, sheep 2.00 to 4.50, eggs 0.20 per dozen, chickens 1.50, butter 0.25, wool 0.22 to 0.23, and feathers 0.35 per lb. Also mentions fresh groceries at Heck & Co and Mason's coffee stock update.
An 1881 Virginia man credits Brown's Iron Bitters with curing severe ailments including dyspepsia, kidney and bowel decay, and breath issues after a physician declared his case hopeless. He reports renewed digestion, painless urination, and regained energy.
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