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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1870
Page
2
The Corydon Republican reports on local politics with a Democratic party split contrasted by recent New York state results. It details a fatal altercation between Stephen Altman and Joseph Heim, with inquest testimony describing Heim’s gunfire and Altman’s fatal injuries, plus community reactions and burial actions.
A brutal crime last Wednesday in Franklin township left two men dead and a third seriously wounded. Joseph Heim attacked Stephen Altman in a woods near a cornfield, firing a heavy army musket and mortally wounding Altman before striking Altman’s son and fatally wounding Altman.
A one day old infant was found murdered in a Taylor County woods on Elizabeth Perry's premises. The body showed hog damage. an inquest found no solid evidence, though suspicion fell on unnamed parties. The case remains unsolved and authorities seek clues.
The Riverside feature highlights a new picture by Imnex Laustable Stephens and a Bee themed western sketch by Miss Thomas with Arthur Gilman on Apiary. Also poetry, songs, and stories from Stockton Hale Week and others, with advertising for Musical World at $2.50 yearly and a Sewing Machine card by Thomas Griffith of Elizabeth.
A New Albany correspondent reports Kerr’s waning support in Floyd County amid claims he owns part of the Ledger. The writer notes Wolfe’s bold Democratic stand and Kerr’s alleged wealth and congressional history, while praising Wolfe’s integrity and indicating Kerr seeks a fourth term.
A reader in Jackson township writes to praise the Democratic leadership and talks of church life, a German Lutheran temple project, a large Sabbath school, and local farming notes. The writer notes healthiness, a Radical enemy, and crops facing drought and fly damage.
The June Lippincotts Magazine feature list includes Thomas Tylers Tombstone and other tales by Walkers Wargrave Pollard and Trollope style works. It notes fashion plates, engravings, and patterns. Subscription prices are listed with specimen copy offer and publisher address in Philadelphia.
S B Luckett offers cashmers jeans flannels counterpanes and coverlets with goods from New Albany and Salem mills. Clean wool sells at 55 cents per pound. He acts as agent to receive wool for the Factory and can forward it at once.
Douglass, Boone & Co. advertise they pay the highest market price for wool and invite sellers to call and compare before disposing of their stock.
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