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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1870
Page
3
A plea asks friends and officials to settle debts to keep the paper going. Notices report Edward Harbinson, county treasurer, assaulted during a district convention and seriously injured. A death by suicide is noted for Reed Crandall, age about seventy eight, found hanging near Corydon.
A nameless man is dropped from a mail packet at Mauckport Indiana on a Saturday evening June 15 and wanders unconscious through the town. He is placed in the county asylum by trustees, escapes briefly near the way, and remains fasting with teeth closed. He speaks only occasionally and is described as in ill health but not emaciated. Local notices urge Sabbath school officers to meet for a convention and celebrate schools in the Elizabeth circuit. Gen W Q Gresham’s recovery progresses and John McCarty is nominated Common Pleas Prosecutor by the fourth Judicial District. A new picture gallery by Josep Lamon opens on Mill Street with services in oil ink or water colors.
Last week the Gerydon boys fled in fright after a ghost appeared as a white cat in white cotton rags with a shower of torpedoes. A grand picnic and cotillion party will be held at Elid. W. Pitman's four miles south of Corydon on Tuesday July 12 1870 with a 60 by 56 foot new barn, dancing at 10 and speaking at 1. John Lane to provide ice cream. Also Tinware at Mr Wigley’s.
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