Indiana Census Figures and Cabinet Visit Reflections
The report notes Indiana pork and crop trends including 373 000 slaughtered since November 1 and 320 000 last year, plus a doubling of Indiana's colored population since 1870. It covers DePauw Plate Glass works moving to Pittsburg, and census tallies for Indiana and Putnam County. A German Harrison County farmer left his estate to the County Poor Asylum. Indiana politicians visited President-elect Garfield at Mentor Ohio seeking Cabinet representation, and Garfield quoted obligations as a bankrupt with more obligations than assets.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Census Bureau
Putnam County
Martin Jones
Harrison County
County Poor Asylum
Garfield
Mentor
Ohio
Cincinnati
Harrison
State Senate
Congress
United States Senate
Lam
United States
Fatal Tree Felling Death Near Danville
Mr John C Bunten, about twenty six, was killed five miles west of Danville when a large oak he and his father in law were felling toppled. He ran the wrong way and a limb struck him instantly. He leaves a wife and one child. Bunten was highly regarded in his neighborhood.
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John C. Bunten
Danville
Bunten
Rheumatic Pain Relief Promoted by St Jacob’s Oil
A Worcester reader recounts severe rheumatism in the leg last winter and credits St Jacob’s Oil with dramatic relief after the second bottle, declaring it the best remedy for rheumatism. The note also mentions Hill's Buchu achieving permanent cures for kidney complaints.
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Henry Kaschop
Geo. E. Miller
Main St
Hill
Accident at Ohio Falls Car Works Burns Worker
February report from Derrersonville details a fatal industrial accident at Ohio Falls Car Works. Edward Saunders, an employee, was preparing a hole in a track bench when a red hot iron set his greasy apron and clothing on fire. His eyes and ears suffered severe injuries as his body burned, and he was reported dying.
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Derrersonville, Inc
Edward Saunders
Ohio Falls Car Works
Brutal murder shocks Checker town in Charlotte County
In Checker town, Charlotte County, a white man John Demps murdered his wife by mistake while attempting to kill a female guest who stayed in his house. The guest testified, and Demps was arrested after burning the bedding and burying the corpse in a nearby thicket. The incident caused intense local excitement.
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Cuaxtorre Court
Demps
Suit Filed To Quiet Title To Clay County Coal Lands
Paul & Humphreys file in Clay Circuit Court a suit for John H Jennings of Putnam County to quiet title to coal lands in Clay County. The plaintiff, 79, alleges a paralytic stroke in 1870 left him unable to act until 1880, that Durham and others acted as his agents to seize his property, the lands valued at $50,000 with $4,200 annual rent, and that Durham has collected $15,000 in rents. He seeks title restoration and $15,000 damages for rents.
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Crawfordsville Review
Paul & Humphreys
John 8. Jennings
Putnam County
Wm. H. Durham
John Roach
Clay County
Clay Circuit
Durham
Miner Jim Buchannan’s Narrow Snow Slide Survival
Jim Buchanan, a Red Cliff miner, escaped certain death when a snow slide swept across Battle Mountain. He was on the toll road with a companion who warned him. he dropped flat as the avalanche passed, was carried hundreds of feet, then wedged against a stump, saving his life.
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Jim Buchanan
Red Cliff
Battle Mountain
Buchanan
Canon Walls
Eagle River
Old Man Murdered by Son Revealed at Coroner Inquest
In New York on February 2 a coroner inquest exposed the Christmas Day murder of Thomas Rooney by his son Felix Rooney. The family concealed the crime to avoid disgrace, with testimonies detailing the brutal act and subsequent flight. The jury found Felix killed Rooney and declared Bridget Rooney and daughters Julia Rooney and Catherine Hallorin accessories. The coroner ordered the three jailed at the Tombs.
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New York
Thomas Rooney
Felix Rooney
Margaret Rooney
Joseph Rooney
Felix
Joseph
Calvary Cemetery
Rooney
Hallorin
Bridget Rooney
Julia Rooney
Catherine Hallorin
Malt Bitters Promoted By Local Drugists
In local notices, druggists promote Malt Bitters highlighting malt hops and iron as key ingredients. They claim mothers prize the product and physicians prescribe it in town. The advertisement touts the largest bottle and best medicine as a sure cure for chill and liver trouble.
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Calisaya
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Ned
Grand Central
Northeast Corner Public Square
Greencastle
John Cawley
Calin
Butlers Drug Store
Reelsville
Ind
Tom. Abrams
Glass & Queensware
Public Square
I. Hawkins
Tom Abrams
Hull
Bes
Hull Vapor Stove Company
Cleveland, Ohio
Mark M. B. Roberts
Pierre Lorrilard
Engishmen
Parole
Wallenstein
U. S
Stop Want & Co
Solicitors of Claims and Patente
Room
St. Cloud
Washington, D.C
Smt
Piso
Milt. E. Thomas
Morton
DePauw Plate
New Albany
Pittsburg
Danville Union
Worcester
Mass
Nan
Leadville
Democrat
Ayer
Orange Young
Westminster
Langdon
South Side Square
T.G. Bowman
Joan Burley
T. G. Bowman & Co
Sidgre
Southard
Langdon’s
Wash. St
George Bicknell
Mark
Columbia Streets
Hanna & Black
Washington St
Europe
London
Paris
Chili
Philadelphia
Chickering & Sons
Fifth Avenue
Tremont Street
Boston
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