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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1895
Page
1
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad announces excursion tickets will go on sale July 8 and 4 for round trips within 260 miles of the starting point at a single fare. Tickets are valid for return until July 5 1885. For details contact any B&O agent or L S Allen Assistant General Passenger Agent Chicago.
Auction announced for Saturday June 29 to sell the late Mrs Mary Moon estate furniture and household goods on the premises to the highest bidder for cash. Sale starts at 2 p m. Azariah Williams organizer.
Georgia land agents lure northern Indiana settlers to Georgia with grand promises. John W Sapp and Austin travel 800 miles to inspect pine timber lands near Tifton expose soil faults bad water and swarms of insects. Colonies crumble leaving buyers broke and disheartened. Barnum show in Frankfort sparks a spree of robberies with several houses looted and two suspects jailed.
Indiana governor John Matthews travels to New York Boston and Washington with Mrs Matthews and daughter amid questions about a presidential campaign. Supporters expect him to seek national nomination while he downplays the plan.
Indianapolis June 26 The Brewers' Association of Indiana executive committee issued a resolution to all galoonkeepers urging strict obedience to the Nicholson and Moore temperance acts and promising a legal challenge on their constitutionality. The note underscores prompt legal testing of the laws.
Indianapolis June 26 Governor Matthews appoints Benjamin Harrison as a Purdue University trustee for six years. Eight other trustees were named by the governor.
In Port Fulton Jeffersonville on June 26 Charles Cook of Kokomo formerly of this city remarried Stella Schiller. The pair had been married about sixteen years ago and divorced ten years ago over a quarrel about their baby play.
A daughter, born of a separated couple, urged both parents to seek a shared home. Her plea culminated in a reconciliation, bringing the family back together under one roof after a fraught separation.
In WaBash on June 26 Mrs. Andrew Gauggle, aged 80, died from burns after her clothing caught fire while burning trash in her yard. James Curry, 83, longtime resident from Johnstown Pa since 1830, died after a long illness.
In Anderson on June 8, a near riot erupted in the mayor's court when Prosecutor Scanlan dismissed the provocation charge against President Markey of the local bricklayers union. Non union members called the mayor biased, and police restored order.
Clement Clinger, a farmer’s son from four miles west of town, attacked Milan Albright with a knife. In the ensuing fight Clinger stabbed Albright four times near the heart and then fled.
In Frankfort on June 26 spotters noted Clover Leaf railway dismissals of conductors Weir Hammond Howard and Merritt. The company provided no reason for the terminations.
Jeffersonville reports Charlies Wilson, a Howard Park resident, was struck by a foul ball during a game. The blow fractured his jaw injured an eye and knocked out his teeth, leaving him seriously hurt.
William Link a respected German citizen of Bedford township died after stumping his foot while hunting cows and falling onto an old stump. He struck his stomach and died the following morning, according to local reports.
In Washneton four residents Charles Hall Thomas Rollay Charles Roberts and William Neal collectively weigh 998 pounds.
Abbreviated telegrams report the formation of the National Independent Telephone company in Pittsburg by telephone instrument manufacturers with over 50 million dollars in capital. J E Keeley of Chicago named president. Also notes several obituaries and a business failure in Cincinnati with assets 750000 and liabilities under.
New York markets show easy money on call at 1 percent with varied bond prices and sterling rates. Board of Trade futures list wheat, corn, oats, and lard with June and July cycles. Chicago live stock quotes index hogs, cattle, and sheep with large receipts and range prices across classes and weights.
At Louisville a heated first session pits Sound Money backers against free coinage supporters led by temporary chairman William Beckner. Key fights center on the resolutions committee, with Senator Blackburn and ex Governor McCreary vying for influence as delegates vote late into the night.
Music Hall packed as 8 temporary chairmen were elected with Beckner winning by a wide margin. The convention debated money policy, with a majority supporting honest money and indorsing Cleveland and Carlisle, while minority factions pushed free silver. Credential fights and procedural delays dominated the gathering.
Democratic leaders of the free silver convention issue an address urging national organization to control next year’s convention for free silver. The note, signed by Senator Harris, Jones of Arkansas, and Turple, argues democracy hinges on free silver advocacy and invites recipients to meet to organize.
West Senator West at his cottage near Sweet Springs Missouri states there must be a clear settlement of the silver issue. He urges adopting the gold standard permanently and retiring greenbacks while preserving national banks with gold backed paper or opening the mints to silver. He supports bimetalism with a preference for silver if one metal must be the standard.
In Topeka a Republican free silver conference convened by Captain P. H. Coney and A. L. Spensler held a one hour session. Informal talks occurred and an executive committee was appointed to draft an address to Kansas Republicans. A meeting of the committee is scheduled for July 11.
The Ohio Democratic state convention will be held in Springfield on August 20 and 21, approved by the state central committee. The choice follows a compromise between factions favoring “sound money” and free silver, with Brice backing Toledo and August and Thurman supporting Springfield and July.
Illinois weather bulletin reports a near normal week with scattered showers aiding vegetation and harvest. Wheat yields are light and quality poor, rye and oats show mixed results, corn remains strong, hay is short, and chinch bugs threaten wheat as cutting proceeds.
Governor Velez of Cartagena refuses United States Minister McKinney’s demand to free two Americans held for a fatal railway accident. McKinney claims plenary authority but is rebuffed as ministerial duties lapse on leaving Bogota. Prisoners are placed in tighter confinement as tensions rise. Plus local notices of a suicide in Illinois and a giant silver bowlder found near Peach Spring weighing about half a ton valued up to ten thousand dollars.
Oklahoma City June 26 The Oklahoma Silver convention opened with large turnout from across the territory. Hon W J Bryan of Nebraska delivered the central oration and received an ovation for his greeting.
The spring assessment rounds tally farm acreage and livestock in New Durham Township and Westville. Reported figures cover crops for 1894 and 1895, dairy production, cattle and hog counts, sheep, bees, orchards, and overall real estate and personal property valuations.
Local reports praise Hood's Sarsaparilla for curing illness and keeping blood pure. The remedy is called a great blood purifier and Hood's Pills are noted as a popular cathartic at 25 cents per box.
Patrons in LaPorte praise Lay's Restaurant for offering the best mead in town priced at 26 cents in a 14 year context.
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