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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1881
Page
6
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Various items from the era report snow in Quebec, opium harms in China, funds raised for Garfield, frost damage near Boston, and political shifts. Notable entries include Kerry’s donation to Michigan sufferers, grants to Garfield fund reaching 357,851, and Bank’s possible Arizona governorship. Also mentions Hungary loan, oil storage, and a Cleveland shooting gallery mock Guiteau.
The Standard Oil Company monopoly faces a $300,000,000 suit by the State of Pennsylvania over taxes and penalties. Promotion from House to Senate grows, and eight former Representatives sit as new Senators. Three New York women each gave Mrs. Garfield $15,000, deposited for her use. Opposition to Secretary Windom rises in Minnesota’s legislature. Three young thieves captured in Illinos farm robbery netting $8,000 in gold. McDonald wins Newmarket for Keene with a $500,000 prize, paying $10,000 for services.
Postmaster control expands to correct misdirected mail while regional rivals in Lafayette and Fort Wayne vie for Collector posts Eleventh and Thirteenth Districts. Ohio inmates donate $100 to Michigan sufferers. Michigan fire losses total 2,346,413 with 1,147 homes and 34 mills destroyed. Washington Butcher's Sons, a Philadelphia firm, suspends operations as Chicago grain speculation cited. A recent writer calls blue the true national color of Ireland. A deadly hurricane causes further property and life losses nationwide.
Britain and Netherlands report extensive damage as WWI era memory fills debates. Temperance supporters urge President Arthur to back prohibition in social events and law enforcement. Jurisdiction questions loom over Guiteau case, with possible New Jersey trial. Americans in London seek Garfield memorial in Westminster Abbey, awaiting Queen's consent.
The latest statistics show Europe 315,929,000 Asia 835,707,000 Africa 205,679,000 Americas 95,000,000 Australia and Polynesia 431,000 Polar regions 82,000. The combined world population is 1,445,923,000.
The text notes the new criminal code requiring grand jury indictments to be presented in the accused’s presence and filed as public records. It then recounts two burglars killed during a torpedo factory break in Bradford Pennsylvania. It mentions Paris World Electrical Exhibition honors for Edison Brush and Maxim. It ends with a Washington dispatch about Arthur requesting Tyner’s resignation and Hatton’s potential appointment.
Three criminals were executed by hanging on Friday the 14th. Earle was hanged in Sageville New York for wife murder. Hudson, a Black assailant, killed an entire Dawson Georgia family. McDonald, a robber and murderer, was executed at Silver City Colorado.
Four years of silk manufacturing experiments in Paterson New Jersey prove American plain goods for everyday wear are more durable and superior to French and Swiss products, highlighting the strength of domestic production.
A gentleman who rode through Ex Senator Dorsey’s cattle ranch in New Mexico describes the vast property as forty by sixty miles with 28 000 cattle and 1300 horses. He estimates the season’s income at least 375 000.
Commissioner RauM writes that US banks should pay taxes promptly if law requires it. Alaska seeks territorial recognition after a convention on August 16 elects a delegate to present resolutions to Congress demanding territorial organization.
The McKay leather sewing machine patent expired after operating since 1860. It is credited with producing about 500 million pairs of shoes in America, and recently nine tenths of U S shoe production paid tribute to its inventor, totaling around one million dollars yearly. The passage notes American inventors receive strong benefits from their labor.
The State Bureau of Statistics shows changes in horses cattle sheep mules and hogs from 1850 to 1881 with increases in horses cattle and sheep and decreases in mules and hogs. Marion leads in horses with 11573, Vanderburg in mules with 2329, Allen in cattle with 24509, Rush in hogs with 37495 and Lagroane has 43533 sheep.
Reports from Britain and Europe confirm the disaster's scale with at least eighty five vessels lost on British shores and 130 wrecked last week. More than 140 lives are dead and property losses exceed 32 million dollars, with about 24 million attributed to Great Britain.
The New York Commercial and Financial Chronicle reports U S cotton production for the year ending September 1 1881 at 6 559 329 bales an increase of 852 000 bales from last year and 1 515 000 from two years prior The average bale weight is 485 6 pounds up from 481 55 and 473 08 in earlier years The data contradict fears of a 33 percent shortage after drought in the cotton belt.
Louisiana Governor Wiltz dies in New Orleans on Sunday. Rumors say the railroad war may end soon as Vanderbilt could terminate it at any time. Other items note a Harvard rower, a Cleveland monument cost, a fatal hotel shooting in Lancaster, rain damage to Northwest crops, a not guilty verdict in the Jaffray burglary case, and Tammany delegates protesting Albany exclusion.
A national business group urges all U S industries to send delegates to a National Tariff Convention to be held in Chicago on November 15. Meanwhile heat in Yorktown caused prostrations among New Jersey battalion troops returning from their steamer march. A Catholic service at a Virginia diocese pavilion featured Bishop Keane and Archbishop Gibbons with a sermon by Rev John Hail. A White House drainage report by Col George E Waring warns of defective systems needing funds due to past Congress underfunding.
British steamer Corsica sinks off Bombay. Dublin Land League violence expands and arrests rise as Parnell faces coercion act. Pope Leo XIII addresses 11,000 pilgrims at St Peter's and denounces church-state tensions. Czar and Czarina depart for Gatchina amid unsettled European affairs.
The temperance movement backed by local pastors fought liquor licenses in Muncie, defeating five applications and closing as many saloons. A string of local accidents and crimes follow, including deaths from falls and gunfire, burglaries near Stilesville, bridge work on the Ohio river, and several injuries across Indiana.
The late President owned 1000 shares of the Silver King mine stock in Pioneer district Arizona. Col James M Barney developed the mine and Col Rockwell helped place shares with officers incl Gen Garfield then in Congress. Dividends totaled 7500 and now value is 20 per share. Mrs Garfield gains 3000 annually.
A Sunday sermon extols General Garfield for not shaming work. It frames his varied earnings from canal labor to army leadership as a model for young men to embrace small duties. The speaker warns against dismissing minor tasks as beneath effort.
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