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County Court Holds Busy June Term In 1887
The June term of the commissioners' court met last week with a full docket. A nine year old boy was killed crossing the railroad near St. Joe. C. M. Merica was re elected County Superintendent of Schools by 7 to 6 over Henry E. Coe. A judgment ordered the sale of Carens lumber lien. Postmaster M. Boland and banker A. Robbins toured the western states and praised the land of promise. The Auburn store remodel by Messrs. Ensley and Harter features a Skinner cash transmitter and expanded rooms for millinery and dry goods. Fort Wayne may gain a new rail line by an eastern syndicate connecting New York to Chicago via Wheeling and St Louis with shops at Fort Wayne or Lancaster.
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C. M. Merica
Henry E. Coe
Henry Osborne
J. M. Carens
Caren
M. Boland
A. Robbins
Auburn
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Messia
Ensley & Harter
Selna
Fort Wayne
Eastern
New York, Wheeling, St. Louis and Chicago Railway
Pennsylvania Southern Railway
Wheeling
W. Va
Lancaster
St. Louis
Atchizon, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Ocean
Columbus
New York
Chicago
Great Western