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Newspaper
Columbus Democrat
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1877
Page
2
The page aggregates political shifts in New York and Maine, a burned Soldier's Orphan’s Home, volcanic floods in Peru, Hayes and Morton health notes, battles near Plevna, and grim crime reports, linking editorials with public notices and local incidents.
A correspondent reports on September 11 near Plevna and Grivica the Russian siege battery advancing to within range of the redoubt while Turkish fire concentrates on Russian artillery. By noon Russian infantry skirmished forward, batteries engaged at short range, and shells struck beyond Radi nova. No assault at 5 PM as delays lingered, but another push was set for tomorrow afternoon with heavier losses and rumors Osman Pasha may have been captured.
A correspondent recounts how Sitting Bull met British officers after a council and an equal dance. A half breed government scout Bill Culverton boasted of killing many of Sitting Bull’s people, prompting Major Welsh to intervene. The major warned Sitting Bull to depart within five days or face execution if he returned or harmed the scout. Sitting Bull left the next day.
John Scales trailed a burglar to Saint Elmo Illinois yesterday forenoon. The thief shot Scales dead then killed Frank Barnes and mortally wounded Frank Wiseman during the pursuit. The gunman escaped after wounding two riders and a horse. Local excitement follows.
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