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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1888
Page
4
Crowds filled Indianapolis streets on Tuesday night for the Harrison nomination rally. Delegates from Vermont Georgia and California attended with bands and fireworks as reporters described overwhelming enthusiasm, free speeches and noisy parades.
Kokomo faces a cow epidemic while Sullivan plans electric lighting and Seymour worries about wandering livestock. Nether glass plant eyes Kokomo. Go shen to host a Democratic convention Wednesday. Elkhart street woes persist. St Josephs academy in South Bend set June 27 commencement. Seymour fears wandering pig damage. Lewis Schrader may die after a shooting in Osgood saloon. Roger’s coal mine boiler explosion near Vincennes kills fireman Wn Bennett. Hancock County boasts a 25 year old grandmother. Elkhart couples drift from fences. a fence is removed. Dubiles Lambert, trotting star, dies of heart disease valued at 20k. Michigan City liquor licensing dispute. Moncrief shot in Marton. White Caps active in Knox county mob incident. John Kirk driven out. Coalspring La Porte wife bears a baby with two mouths and tongues. surgery removes extra mouth. Brazil’s Henry Brown charged after stabbing Wm Davis. public anger high. Recent rains relieve anticipated water famine.
A Chicago Herald column surveys political chatter after a nomination, with Ohio delegates critiquing Gen Harrison and John Sherman, Indiana sentiment on Harrison’s strength, New York Pennsylvania Connecticut and New Jersey alignments, and notes on bootstrapped campaign talk, including a mix of satire and serious concern about November outcomes.
June 27 reports from City of Mexico describe record floods sweeping Leon and surrounding areas. Over half the city submerged after June 18 rains, with at least 700 lives lost and 2,000 houses destroyed. Rescue work began Wednesday as stench from wreckage grew, while wholesale grocers, university events, and several local incidents appear in the day’s brief notices.
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