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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1881
Page
5
Local notices advertise Grain Dents Tubes for wheat, Geo F Hughes organ sales, Mutual Benefit Life Insurance payouts and agents, Wilkey Bros glass and china, Crowder Reed medicines, Lafe Stewart insurance, new school books, Burlington Route travel inducements, Teegarden leather top Photons. Ends with sale note and dates.
Retail notice promoting Foster Brothers One Price Store with goods marked in plain figures and a money back guarantee. Invites readers to visit for dry goods and carpets.
The column lists social visits and arrivals including Miss Nancy Shalter from Ohio visiting her uncle S. Shalter, John W. Canary's return, Cap Williams rumored for county office, Ben Briggs joining his father in partnership, and various residents seen about town. It reports logs hauled to Pitkins mill, new laws copied by W. A. B. Roberts, local carpenters and visitors, and notices on coffee ads, a fire scare dispatch from Arcola, Illinois, large watermelons in the post office, and upcoming medical visits by Dr. Magoon offering Eclectic system treatments with free consultations. It notes a disturbance at a stable involving John Glass and a warrant, and the rising English sparrow population.
Rumors circulate that ongoing conflict affects dog owners who are advised to keep pets indoors to protect property and safety amid rising hostilities.
Market figures from Sullivan Cincinnati and Indianapolis dated September 6 show grain and livestock prices. Wheat ranges around 1.25 to 1.37 dollars, corn near 0.68 to 0.80 dollars, hogs 5.10 to 6.80 dollars, cattle 4.50 to 5.60 dollars, eggs 8 cents per dozen, butter 10 cents, wool 22 to 23 cents, and feathers 40 cents.
Theopholus Reed, once at Vans House and later on the narrow gauge railroad, fell Friday about half a mile from Switz City. He died about thirty minutes later from injuries, after striking his side on a bridge timber and tearing the spleen, as shown by the post mortem.
In Robinson Illinois a plan forms to organize a hook and ladder company for fire protection. Grain buyers in the area pay about two cents more per bushel for wheat than Terre Haute buyers. A note on local culture mentions the Bella Golden troupe and a hotel question. Judge Rhodes attended Judge Wolfes railroad court last week. William Wright will sell his personal property on Saturday the 17th. The telephone sees heavy use and school opens with a full turnout of scholars. W S Smith in the lobby received Georgia watermelons, the largest weighing 36 pounds. Lex is not dead but sleepeth.
County Treasurer C. P. Riggs warns that new law more than doubles work and slows collection. Those delaying to mid period will need multiple trips. He urges those prepared to pay now to avoid delays and trouble. Dated September 3, 1841.
In Oil City Pennsylvania merchant Martin A Connolly writes that his family once suffered ill health due to iron deficiency and that after using Brown's Iron Bitters they all grew healthier. He notes removal of sores headaches indigestion sleeplessness and a strong valuation of the remedy.
Quitting the credit business A Wore asks all debtors to inspect their accounts and settle promptly by cash or note. The message is dated September 21 and signed A Wore.
A late New Lebanon dispatch details General Carr and 100 men annihilated by Apashy Indians between Thomas and Apashy in Arizona on August 29. The report notes a second massacre rivaling Custer. Also mentioned are horse racing rumors with Maud S. and Claude, and a Golden combination show at the Opera house praised for music and acting.
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