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Newspaper
Wakarusa Weekly Sun
Location
Wakarusa, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1875
Page
2
The Bashan Sun argues that a 1878 legislative bill would cut County Superintendent pay to four dollars per day with minimal duties, threatening to remove capable officials like Prof. Mowry and hurt school supervision. The column praises the office's beneficial role since 1863 and laments proposed pay limits and shortened work terms.
Wakarusa Sun editor plans suit against Goshen Times for libel seeking 3000 dollars in damages. The Times alleged Sunman was found in a beastly intoxicated state in Goshen and saved from freezing by the city marshal. The Sun asserts the report misidentified a reader and defends its reputation.
Hon Schuyler Colfax has accepted a 3000 offer to deliver his Lincoln lecture twenty times in the New England States next November. The piece notes high demand for Colfax, praising him as a fitting vessel to touch the American heart on the martyr’s subject. Congress adjourns today marking the end of the 43d Congress.
Two witnesses clashed over truthfulness in a Colorado trial. After testimony, they fought in rough fashion outside the courthouse while the constable and jurors called for peace, prompting intervention from Joe Cox and George Chapman to restore order.
The correspondence argues the Grange or Patrons of Husbandry is non political, blames the ruling class and independent press for a political upheaval, and claims Grange members buy goods directly at lower prices. Also reports a near-drowning rescue by N W Guiberson, a Capitol death by suicide, a note on scolding habits, and a Montana take on Beecher trial fuss.
miscellaneous items report Lake Superior freezing from Thunder Bay to Isle Royale. Wabash road payroll delays three and a half months. Fall River weavers extend their strike after a mass meeting. Mrs Kanouse of Whitewater Wisconsin births five boys Friday night. two stillborn, three survived briefly. Grand Rapids mayor condemns female employment in drinking places. Senator Brownlow buys half interest in Knoxville Daily Chronicle. Easter paper notes severe cold for birds. many crows starve near seaboard with wild ducks affected.
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