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Political and local notes from Indiana and beyond
Secretary of War appointment moves Ramsey from Minnesota to federal cabinet. Delegation from Tsplanopolis seeks 1880 Republican National Convention location in Washington. Various bills touch six year term and harbor improvements. Fire devastates Red Rock Pennsylvania. 80 plus homes lost. 100 families homeless. Railway news includes new engine delivery for Indianapolis road and control change at Louisville and Nashville line. Courier reports on exodus of colored migrants from North Carolina to Indiana with Douglass relief efforts. Community notes cover agriculture, a spelling bee, literary society events, and a predicted Japanese lecture at Greencastle University.
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North Carolina
Indiana
Washington City
Fred. Douglass
Elizabeth Thompson
New York
Douglass
Louisville New Albany and Chicago
Reynolds
Lafayette
Standiford
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Road
Veech
Farmers’ and Drevers'Bank
Isaac Caldwell
Louisville
John Jacob Astor
William Astor
Robert I. Kennedy
Henry F. Vails
Samual Sloan
Louisville and
Nashville
Lousville
Chicago