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1*1 » , 111V i v U «IV v*ll% ©0f (or navigation as that.'lr W M V ' • I V V V « Ml V I ■ro iofiII on it* iiui siinK • •» Xoiiin. **ic*.iteTwo building'* were burned in Xenia onla-t Thursday. They were liquor house* onlineMain street. One was occupied by John fr Howard and the other by John Gillev. j FL’lvoogIt appears that on Wednesday night, a; to 1 number of soldiers, as we are informed, went to the saloon of John Galley an 1 prettv com-’ 11m orpletely demolished it. After this they pro : j|un) ’s' ceeded further up the street , to tlie saloon of },,,„John Howard, upon which, also, they m»de lt;Mlf*‘ an attack, and in so doing, one of th'-in, namedesKnos Furguson was shot by some one in the*** house. The wound, though slightly danger-. | ^ our—several shot having penetrated the breast ot —was not of a fatal character.othe— w inn ui a itivai i in . *On Thursday morning a report was eireu* ”!* lated that Furguson had died from the effects' ^rar ---- - “ B ---------- ---------------1 of his wound. The report was false, but the nieniorsoldiers began to assemble in groups on the! streets, declaring that the buildings ‘must vvhei ie come down ’ And accordingly, near eleven er|j,■ o’clock, wo believe, the houses were fired, ' tenai y* and were soon burned to the ground. Our 0 effective fire companies were promptly out, ' '*and all the buildings adjoining the .saloons * (wore saved from destruction. — Sentinel. I deaeiB R AreP.Siibiua Division 110, S. ol T.j is th
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Wilmington Clinton Republican

Wilmington, Ohio, US

Fri, Apr 01, 1864

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