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Newspaper
Logansport Herald
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1838
Page
2
A Western Alabama tragedy reveals a jilted husband shooting his adulterous wife and her lover as they flee a burning home. Nearby, a staged scheme proposes a two minute, needlelike vote counting trick for Congress with a mock call to ayes and nays, but lacks a signature.
A doctor showed a bird's nest woven from silver wire found on a sycamore in Cadorns by Dr. Francis Beard of York County. The nest belonged to a hanging bird and the wire likely came from a soldier's epaulette.
Reports arrive of ten pirates arrested after the Sir Robert Peel blaze. American and Canadian suspects including Nathan Lee, Bates, Scanlan and two Warner brothers. Separately a Brockville attack on the Telegraph ends with gunfire and threats of wider conflict.
William Bururr, Philadelphia's oldest resident, died recently in the city at the age of 108, according to Cin. Rep.
The Globe summarizes the May coinage from the Mint with totals for Half dollars Quarter dollars Dimes and Cents and notes 2 229 500 coins under half dollar size were struck. The New Orleans Mint began coining on the 7th and all branches are in full operation. Also mentioned are three alligators at St Louis Museum fighting and a Detroit bank moving to redeem small bills in specie.
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