REPUBLICAN EXTRAVAGANCE AND GARFIELD AID WARNINGS
Washington dispatches expose Republican extravagance in public printing adding 865000 for three deficits, pushing total over 2 million. Garfield assassination payouts list 50,000 to Mrs Garfield and multiple medical and civic expenses. Blaine allies flee politics as Keifer impairs House leadership amid Democratic gains. Agricultural notes report Delaware Maryland peach crop near 5 million baskets amid a harsh winter and a spring wheat sample from Americus Georgia. An Indian war begins in Arizona.
Deadly tornado devastates Brownsville Missouri
A violent tornado struck Brownsville in Saline county at 4 PM, leveling two story brick businesses and many frame houses. Seven people died, about 150 injured, and the Missouri Pacific depot and telegraph office were destroyed. The funnel moved rapidly, uprooting trees and livestock as it tore through the town and into the countryside.
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Col Alfred Owen favored for Indiana state auditor
Evansville Courier reports Col Alfred Dale Owen proposed as auditor of state. He is a 42 year old veteran born in New Harmony, Ind. and educated in Germany by his father, David Dale Owen. A popular, capable leader, he has twice won the auditor post and leads as a strong Democratic organizer.
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Downfall of the Stewart dynasty sparks New York talk
In New York April 21 the Stewart dry goods house ends business, a judge questions the losses amid rivalry and a costly mill-economy war. The piece notes estate sales, rapid uptown growth with lavish new homes, and a famed Alaska ship record, plus Thurber's coffee promotion and a cemetery plan on Staten Island.
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Local Drift a Busy Patch of 19th Century News
The item lists Benjamin Moore in Rockingham county born 1782 now in the state since 1828 with many descendants, notes Elisha Hyatt in Washington county quarreling with his son who fired shots. reports Col Alfred D Owens urged to run for state auditor. a Mt Vernon attack attempt on John H Dunn. Frank Sullivan elected road supervisor in Greene county. railroad hands paid 176 a day for mud work near Poseyville. Warrick county Democrats supporting Ben Fuller. Petersburg to host a rousing 4th of July. Dr T B Young appointed P D E railroad assistant surgeon. Poseyville labor demand and idle workers criticized. Bloomington Democrats win city ticket. embankment workers on RE T H extension. Mont Utley sentenced seven years. Jake Barrett shoots J J Freeman. chills and pneumonia common. Illinois 19th district Dem majority 4500. telegraph poles between Cynthiana and Mt Vernon. young squirrels in the county. wheat likely in May. Ben Kemper acquitted in Spencer robbery. Prohibition ticket loses in Mt Carmel Olney Carmi. fourteen candidates for Mt Vernon marshal. Bill Wheatcroft elected Grayville school director. Knox county old settlers reunion May 25. Vincennes new $7000 school building. Grayville ordinances revised. new comet sighting. Mt Vernon has 23 saloons. Vincennes 600 dogs registered. Olney nine saloons. Monticello Miss tornado destroys town killing ten. Roanoke valley fruit growth urged by German settlers. Virginia legislature adjourns. Mahone’s gerrymander defeated. Av er s Acu e Cure advertised as a malaria remedy without quinine or minerals. claims liver and digestion benefits and no quinism. for sale by all druggists.
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