Leap Year Ball Confers Victory and Vows in Cannelton
The Leap Year Ball on Friday night at Cannelton drew admiration for beauty and grace as couples danced, with hopes of a continuing series. Thanks are extended to Mail Agents on the Kentucky Southerner and Green for papers and to Captain J B Archer for attention to the Reporter. A Kingston Rhode Island girl left for a doctor visit, then vanished only to reappear with news of her marriage to a young East Greenwich boy on the 1st.
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Cannelton
Carelton Bisextile
Blenhiem
Kentucky
Green
McLellan
J. B. Archer
Kingston
R. I
East Gregnwich
Township Trustees Report Shows Varying Fees Across Perry County
The Perry County Board of Commissioners began its March term with summaries of township reports. The article compares receipts and disbursements, notes Tobin and Leopold townships, and questions why Troy township pays a much higher trustee fee than Tobin despite Tobin’s larger sums. It details school counts and concludes with commentary on administrative duties and school enrollment across townships.
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Board of Commissioners of
Perry County
Board of Commissioners
Leopold
Ampa
Troy
Fourneir
Tobin S.shoemak
Esary
SO Union Wa
Elder
Clark H. Vanwin'le
Andrion J. Hendershot
Tobin
Troy Township
Tobin Township
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Chatkacsee Scence Sone
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Vanion
Ceneeees Vee
Cannelton
Tell City
Indiana
Parry County
Joseph M. Gelf
Perry 4
Maid County
Said
Nichlas Marks
Henry P. Brazee
Sea
Oil Township
Wait County
Robert W. Reisiy
Peil
Lgu
Troy Tobin
Union
Leopold Clark Anderson
Oresua
Anid
Cannellan
Pego
Joseph M. Gest
Ci'k
Terrible Accident in Cheinais Church Demolition
At 8 o'clock today in Cheinais on Sycamore street walls of St Naviers Catholic church collapsed during demolition for a new building. Fourteen laborers buried. thirteen killed, one mortally wounded, one escaped. Coroner holds inquest. Names given for eleven victims. two remain unknown. The church was the city’s oldest.
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Cheinais
St. Naviers Catholic
Sycamore Street
Martin Maughen
Timothy Sullivan
Patrick Galligher
John Russell
Thomas Shirax
Richard Fitzgerald
Don Manly
John Duffy
Stephen Glocklin
Three Henry County Murders Triggered by Divorce Dispute
The Henry county tragedy began over a divorce suit when Vincent Witcher confronted his granddaughter's husband Clemmens during depositions. A pistol duel left Clemmens dead and two others wounded as family members clashed amid accusations and a knife attack. Witcher, longtime Virginia politician, faced calls and a public defense of forbearance in the fatal confrontation.
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Henry County
Petersburg
Virginia
Clemmens
Vincent Witcher
Pittsylvania County
Henry
Mr. Witcher
Smith
Clemmens No
Mr. Smith
Senate
Ile
Whig Party
Commonwealth
Whitmell P.tudstall
Richmond
Danville
Qar
New York
Times’ Washington
Gratton
Texas
Houston
Buchanan
Wigtall
Texas Rangers
John Gi Boker
The Celeste in the Senate Debate and Political Rivalry
Senators Seward and Douglas dominated the great Senate debate as crowds filled the galleries. Douglas defended the South and the Democratic Party while Seward pressed Union and anti secession stances drawing praise from Gen. Davis. The report notes the Charleston nomination may hinge on Douglas’s performance.
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Senate
Seward
Douglas
New York Times
Democratic Party
Jeff Davis
Charleston
Cien. Davis
Cicero
Obituary and Cure All Patent Medicine Ad
At his residence in this city on Sunday, Mr Alexander Dovnas died in his 43rd year. A respected Scot, he was noted for industry and probity, leaving a mourning family and a grieving community. Also an advertisement extols Dr J Wostetter’s Celebrated Bitters as a universal remedy for fever and ague, urging purchase from druggists nationwide.
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Alexander Dovnas
Mougins
Scotland
de. J. Wostetters
Ritters
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