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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1897
Page
4
Listings offer houses farms and lots with prices and terms in Cottage avenue MapleGrove and nearby areas. Properties range from cottages and new homes to farms with barns mills and water power, many with cash or flexible payment plans and trade options.
An 1858 frontier commander's narrative describes raiding Comanches along the Brazos, disguising forces, and a surprise attack near the Canadian River. The tale covers a dawn assault, heavy fighting, a cannibal feast among Tahuahuacan warriors, captured plunder, and a survivor’s grim observations of camp life and weapons.
A fragment notes a tense moment where a speaker claims to have ordered his Indians to leave a woman alone but was later told they did not. The line hints at communal anger and a vow of retaliation tied to a particular day’s events.
National Commander Donovan of the Union Veteran League says President McKinley will visit the city on April 9 to review the legion parade marking the thirty sixth anniversary of the surrender of Appomattox. The President is a legion member, prompting encampments across Pennsylvania Delaware New Jersey Washington D C and New York to attend.
Henry Lancaster, accused of murdering Mary Fines, confesses presence at her death and claims Miss Fines planned the crime. He says his return to the cemetery where she lies was driven by love and a resolve to die at her grave after a failed escape attempt.
In Wayne County Mississippi W Hollingshead once pivotal in Washington County lynching prosecutions was shot dead in his bed by an unknown assailant. The item also notes John Singleton Copley born in Boston and later lord chancellor Lyndhurst and recounts Kentucky congressman White's valedictory misread as Aaron Burr.
A brief Indiana law, House Enrolled Act No 115, gives city councils power to license, tax, and regulate department stores within corporate limits. It also covers clairvoyants, itinerant dealers, and vehicle licensing, with provisions for poles and temporary business locations. Introduced by Representative Morris of New Albany, the measure aimed to protect local merchants.
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