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Doings of a Day in a Busy Indiana Town
A Columbus era miscellany reports a free for all fight, a marriage breakup, a murder in Ennisville, and various local incidents. Notable items include a marshal missing in Troy, a man shot dead by another in Ennisville, multiple weddings, a horse theft case, arson in Liberty, and a prominent local death from heart disease. Community notes cover court actions, missing youths, and a range of local commerce and grain market updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Joseph Simon
Mashal
Troy
Russell
John Stuard
Ennisville
Anderson
Wm. Bain
Matamora
Montgomery County
Edward ‘Funderbure
Huntington
Love
James “Davis
Horgan
Yorktown
Sol. Davis
Lesington
Joseph Lamb
Bridgeport
Franklin Steele
Jesse Patton
David Price
Dugger
Linton
Henry Saladin
Brookville
Cedar Grove
Muncie
s.Christmas
Eda Feary
Samuel Hamilton
Shelbyville
Elwood
Clay County
Saline City
Edward Criswell
Lincoln
L. Willson &Co
Michigan City
Edward Viets
Plymouth
Mary Bradley
John McKenzie
Fort Wayne
Cleveland
McParlan Carriage Company
Connersville
Indiana Carriage Company
Wm. Jones
Belle Campbell
Stockwell
Findlay
New Haven
Co. B. Seventh Cavalry
Reanains
Harvey Taylor
Kate Newhby
Blue Lick
Jeffersonville
Walter Jackson
Wayne
Delphos
Ohio
Craig