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how to keep up appearances.Drunken Row!The Switchmen’s Pic Nic last Sunday at Cedar Lake.TWO OF THE PABTY SHOT!Last Monday morning at 8:30 Sheriff Wells received a telegraphic despatch from Cedar Lake, dated:June 6th, 1830, Oilnr Lake, via Paisley, Sheriff Wislls—Comedown at once, bringa tlootor willi you, one man tsliot, dying.(Signed) HENRY MILLER.This message was received at the telegraph office in Crown Point, at 8:33 Monday morning'. The Sheriff found Dr. Bliss and took him to Cedar Lake, arriving there at 11 a. m.There had been a pic nie excursion fro in Chicago to Cedar L-ike over the New Albany rond on Sun* day, gotten up by the Switchmen’s Mutual Aid Association, attended by a large number of Switchmen, and a much larger number of Chicagotoughs, who usually attend Sunday pic nics at Cedar Lake, as well as a; suburban towns. A large amount of liquor was unlawfully sold to illi the treasury of the Mutual Aid Society, and the usual amount of drinking and fighting was indulged in, to show contempt for the Ho osiers and Iloosier laws.‘When iho Doctor and the SlnuiiY arrived at Cedar Lake, they went direct iv to YonBorstePs Hovel, where they found the wounded man lying }^ Sin the baggage room back of thoof-j lice. He appeared like one who was i just recovering from a drunken | spree. The Doctor and Sheri IT car-i lied the wounded man to u room up
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Crown Point Register
Crown Point, Indiana, US
Thu, Jun 10, 1886
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