Indiana county taxes high in most counties
A multi county Indiana tax roundup shows average levies over 60 cents with 78 of 92 counties reported. Delaware tops at 1.28 and LaGrange bottoms at 0.30. Measles epidemic hits Wabash valley. Terre Haute normal school fire destroys a building housing 800 students. no insurance. Hydrophobia from a rabid Broad Ripple dog affects a farmer's son. public tension rises over dog-killing timing. Additional notes cover local curiosities, skeleton finds, church growth, infrastructure projects, and various county developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Monroe County
Posey
State Normal School
Terre Haute
Broad Ripple
Cole
Wabash Valley
Vigo County
Crawfordsville
Illinois Items of Interest From Across the State
A mixed bag of sensational and odd happenings from Illinois. Reports include a Dallas City ball attended by a society lady and the foreboding dream of her escort J G Brown who died in an accident. Fires plague Louis Hildebrand, while Jefferson county farmer Seaton Allen ends his life in a staged self-killing. Chicago gambling-house raid uncovers four men in bed. Shawneetown crowd collapse sinks into a cellar. Marshall resident Bounce Curtis boasted of eating pies and peanuts. Bold footpads plague Chicago streets as Randolph county lands erode along the Mississippi. An old Spanish half-dollar surfaces from an Indian mound. a woolly calf appears near Waukegan. Golconda youths abduct Mormon missionaries. Mt Carroll man Hoflian dies choking on false teeth. Local elections swing to Democrats. peach trees to be planted along the Illinois Central. Carmi grid adds a feed factory and two wolf-scarps arrive for bounty. Vermillion reports measles deaths.
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Dallas City
J.G. Brown
Santa Fe Railroad
Brown
Louis Hildebrand
Freeport
Hildebrand
Seaton Allen
Jefferson County
Clark Street
Chicago
J.S. Brown
Shawneetown
Bounce Curtis
Marshall
Randolph County
W. KE. Brown
Waukegan
Golconda
Joseph Hoflian
Mt. Carroll
Alinoa
Illinois Central Railroad
Carmi
Vermillion
Election HCHORs in Indiana Districts Show GOP Gains
Official returns across Indiana districts show Republicans winning four of ten townships including Baker in Point and Wilson in Smith. Democrats gain in several counties while Posey’s result hinges on luck and blunders. Trustees in multiple counties shift as Democrats net gains rise.
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Mr. Vernon, Inc
Baker
Point
Wilson
Smith
Martin
Marrs
Posey County
Cyyruiana, Inc
Spencer, Indianapolis, Inc
Gibson County
Owensville
President names Scholfield for Supreme Court chief justice
Washington notes report the president offered John M. Scholfield of Illinois the chief justice seat on the U S Supreme Court. Senate rumors place Leland Stanford as a presidential candidate while Scott of Pennsylvania nears Democratic National Committee chair. Louisiana voters head to polls next Tuesday for governor, legislature and two U S senators amid busy party campaigns.
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Wastuseton
D.C
United States Supreme Court
John M. Scholfield
Illinois
Supreme Court
Scott
Pennsylvania
Democratic National Committee
Dakota
New Mexico
Montana
Washington
Leland Stanford
Senate
California
Stanford
House
Louisiana
United States
Frank Nicholls
Warmoth
Nicholls
Democrats Solid for Parrett and Parrett Support in Warrick County
In Vernon Indiana April 8 the county Democratic committee elected delegates to state district judicial and senatorial conventions. Captain Myers led governor preferences while Princeton convention delegates favored Judge Parrett. Warrick county Democrats instructed for Judge Parrett for Congress.
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Mr. Vernon
Unn
Democratic Committee
Capt. Myers
Princeton
Judge Parrett
Warrick County
Congress
Oddities From a World Wide Pageant of News
Compiled reports describe Washoe Indians in Nevada stage prize fights with no rules. A Kentucky woman sews 7 680 piece quilts since age 75 and has given away 85 of 150. A Colora do rancher shows a pig with a dog's head and hair, save for a tail. A plan to tunnel Popocatapetl aims to reach sulphur inside. Columbia River salmon decline pushes fishermen to Alaska. Minnesota Farmers Alliance, a republican group, backs Cleveland. Wellsville strawberries grow a foot in circumference on A N Cole farm. England’s top woman doctor Mrs Garrett Anderson earns 50 000 dollars yearly.
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Nevada
M. P. Johnson
Warsaw
Sagara
Col
Popocatapetl
Columbia River
Alaska
Farmers’ Alliance of
Minnesota
Cleveland
A. N. Cole
Wellsville
N. Y
Garrett Anderson
England
In Memoriam Resolutions on John W. Miller Death
Fraternal orders Odd Fellows A U W and Knights of Pythias publish memorial resolutions for John W. Miller who died April 6, 1888. The documents console his wife and family, vow mourning, and request publication in the New Harmony Register and local papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Miller
The
Odd Fellows
Knights of Pythias
Haut
N. H. Lopee
Wuereas
Odd Fellowship
New Harmony Register
Joan Watz
D. M. Scunze
H. P
Castie Hart
Roseat Owen
Lopes K. Or P
New Harmony
Waerseas
Wanpreas
Bro
Local Drowning Fatality and Visitors Gathered
A paracuter of Elihu Inglis from Illinois drowned last Saturday after the bank gave way near a river water gauge. The 13 year old girl’s body remains unfound. Numerous visitors arrived from Mt Vernon Poseyville Wadesville Stewartville and Grayville for church events and relatives attended the funeral. The agricultural society voted to exclude beer from the fair grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elihu Inglis
Ilinois
O. N. Fretageot
Prof. Sewell
L. R. Wade
John Spencer
Sheriff Dixon
Will Holton
Walt Dunn
Mt. Vernon
J.J. Brydon
L.R. Williams
Joe Leonard
W. P. Bozeman
Poseyville
Geo. L. Fox
Nick Jost
Wadesville
H. Demberger
Geo. Faul
Stewartville
J. W. Miller
Agricultural Society
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Volumme
John A. Wilhelm
Queensware, Glassware, &c
Rcream
Lichtenberger
Main Street
Indiana
the Register
Slater
Mont
Mac
ALF
Jacob Breith
Breith
Jery New Harmony
Horace P. Owen
Eugene S. Thrall
NEW Harmony Banking Camp
Thomas Mumford Jr
Eugene F. Owen
Horace
Owen
Charles A. Parke
William J. Owen
Alfred Dale Owen
William P. Edson
Ind
Ffice
Fourth Street
Main
Court-House
P. A. Sexton
Hiatt Block
Church Street
Franklin H. Hough
U.S
Washington, D.C
Fey
Monitor
J.T. Eagle
Tavern
Jj. C. Mendenhall & CO
Evansville
U. S
Thrall & Mumford, Felz Y New Harmony
City Exchange
Thos. S. Ford
Fred.walz
Ford & Walz
West Main Street
Lichtenberger's
Callin
Y Ford & Walz
Arctic
Albert S.newsom
Church St. Bet. Main & Brewery
Albert
Newsom
Indiana News
Hoosier
Ajax
Vincennes
James T. Bailey
Pike County
Dailey
Shiloh
Bailey
Gleanings From
the State Press
Rochester
George Herrick
Logansport
J. W. Graham
Booneville, Ky
D. B
Kentucky
Graham
Jennie Allen
Peru
Detroit
Elwood J. Mitchell
Jeffersonville
Big Eddy
Christian Church
Columbus
Hartford City
Atood
Blaine
Sherman
Harrison
Lincoln
Logansport Mills
Odd Fellows of
Ann Elkhart
Plymouth
J. R. Cobb
Jay County
Portland
Greensburg
Ben Harrison
New Albany
Muncie
Walla Walla
Lagrange
Carroll County
Delphi
John Emily
Seymour
Blackley
Hendricks County
John Cage
Hammond
Weir
Glanders
Blackford
Geo. Barley
Ligonier
Clay County
Shelbyville
Laporte
Frankfort
Will Chenowith
Clark County
Washington Notes
Parrett
Memoriam
Mias Weaver
Mr. Embree
O. N
A. D. Owen
J.C. Mizner
Ep. Minter
Mt. Carmel
John T. Norsworthy
Schoor
Anp Mus
Howard Jonsson
Rayon
Cynthiana
Warntcroft
Grayville
C. A. Parke
WalLtzer Weever
W. M
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