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Newspaper
Wakarusa Weekly Sun
Location
Wakarusa, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1875
Page
2
A compact historical note reflecting a self declared independent newspaper stance. The text rejects party ties while discussing local and national topics, including literature, elections, rail disaster damages, and the Mississippi jetty project. It condemns treason and supports liberty, urging readers to avoid labeling former leaders as traitors.
Henry Ward Beecher offers to drop criminal libel suits against Moulton and Tilton but the pair refuse to forego a fair trial. A Grand Trunk train wreck last week killed several workers as cars burned. “Large numbers” of cattle were roasted alive under their brands. A major Gulf storm near Galveston on the 15th caused immense damage, 40 lives lost, 150 buildings swept away, and property destroyed around 200000 dollars.
A jumble of historical fragments cites Willson abstinence satire, Turner in September, deeds forgery in Quincy and California, a Governor Hardin inquiry, and a looming trial. It also comments on Massachusetts politics, Adams versus Gaston, and a dubious plan to sell Black Hills. Some celebrity gossip and odd asides follow including a joke about Carmwell’s widow and a mistaken time frame.
George W. Austin appears in a brief item alleging theft of his intended bride's watch, robbery of his mother-in-law's pocketbook, and taking plated spoons from his hash factory. The fragment suggests a crime report with local social ties and property crimes.
An excerpt from the Goshen Democrat and Wakarusa Sun urges farmers to attend the Elkhart County Fair, bring top seeds and stock, and compare outputs with neighbors to improve. It laments low farming interest and pitches fair as a community benefit, noting varied items from seeds to dairy products and even a giant radish observed at South Bend.
A Sun reprint of Radical War era letters decry K K K threats and Southern sentiment. Editorials from Busy Bee and Houston Telegraph critique postwar attitudes and Ben Butler as financier, noting Unionist divides and calls for national reconciliation.
Oregon Correspondent notes a dry warm summer with scarce news. Report details wheat yields of 15 to 20 bushels per acre and high prices some farmers claimed, reflecting the season's hardship.
A Syracuse Journal report says Fayette Gridley believed a New York clairvoyant foretold his August 1876 death. He increased life insurance from 12 000 to 22 000 dollars after the warning, then died after mistaking plating solution for medicine. Rochester Democrat notes insurers may investigate the spiritualist claim.
A Wisconsin man explains to a neighbor that after burying his wife he felt as if he had moved into a strange country while hearing his spouse, Lucinda, not around, and his own restlessness persisted for an hour and a half.
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