Counterfeit Five Dollar Note Circulating as State Bank of Indiana
Local report warns of a new counterfeit five dollar note claimed to be from the State Bank of Indiana. The fake shows cattle and a railroad car with a female figure and uses altered engraver names. Merrill's signature is reproduced but the bill is not a genuine issue of the bank.
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Gridley
Solomon Hay
Solomon Hays
Comstock & Co
Fletcher Street
Maiden Lane
Pearl Street
New York
Union
Indian warfare report from Florida raids
The Jacksonville Advocate reports violent Indian outrages in Florida with twenty killed, two wounded, four bloodhounds slain, and several missing. Lt. Sanderson and a party of 16 to 20 menEncountered 50 Indians near Micanopy. three bloodhounds and their keeper killed. Further reports say three men were killed near Pots No 11 to 12 and a 100-strong Indian trail near Wolf Hammock south of Newnansville.
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Copper ore export emerges on New Orleans Levee
The New Orleans Bulletin notes a new copper ore export in small experimental quantities. Originating from mines in Wisconsin near Galena Illinois, the ore was shipped to Bristol England last year and impressed exporters leading to larger shipments this year.
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Tornado Tragedy Near Natchez Landing Ends in Separate Fates
The Natchez Free Trader describes two Indiana brothers, William Hendry and his brother, aboard a flat boat at Natchez Landing during a violent tornado. William saved his brother as both were driven from boat to boat and the boat sank. William reached shore and later learned his brother perished at sea. William lost $2000 in cash and about
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Wm. Henury
Natchez Landing
Park County
Indiana
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William Hendry
Connecticut Wife Superbly Stronger Than Husband
In a legislative divorce case from Connecticut the husband petitions for divorce. The committee rejected the claim that the wife kicked him from bed and stoned him in the street, noting she was like an Amazon and once chastised him over a cat in the bed. The tale prompts satire on matrimony.
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N. Y. Adv
Widow’s Polite Reply After Husband’s Death
A young widow with formal address is visited by the parish minister who inquires about her husband’s health. She responds with a peculiar smile that he is dead, thanking him.
Two Men Dead After In Coach Duel in Illinois
The New Orleans Times reports a fatal dispute on a Peru to Chicago coach. Two strangers, R. L. Winn and Jos. J. Brown, shot each other. both died before aid, Winn carrying about 900 dollars and Brown about 450 in north? funds.
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Cross eyed speaker for the house tale
Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Clipper jokes a cross eyed speaker could end wrangling in the house by monopolizing attention with a sharp look and a comic cut. The Free Trader laments city repairs and dry spell making many seek shelter indoors to escape rain.
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