Hunter 86-year-old downed quails in Johnson county
Joseph Peggs, aged 86 from Johnson county, remains an avid hunter after reportedly shooting 14 quails in three shots. Other notes include a new daily paper in Alexandria offering a $500 reward for a suitable name, and various local curiosities from Indiana counties.
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Joseph Peggs
Johnson County
Conn
Alexandria
Huntington
John Chennowith
Cambridge City
Eara Cook
Allen County
Maumee River
Death of the Leading Reappite Last Sunday Morning
Jacob Henrici first trustee of the Tarmental Society and leader since Rapp’s death died Christmas morning after a paralytic stroke. Born in Bavaria in 1803, he joined the Rappites about 1824. Funeral Tuesday. John Duss, 82, likely successor, came from Kansas City and joined in 1886. Society wealth estimated at 30 to 100 million. Duga holds absolute power if state interference fails. Henrici’s death clouds the colony’s future amid questions over leadership and wealth.
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Pittisnura
Jacob Henrici
Tarmental Society
Rapp
Henrici
Bavaria
John Duss
Kansas City
Father Henrici
Duga
Dass
Christ
Curious preservation and local notices from Illinois
Nearly 25 years ago a woman was buried at Mt. Carmel and relatives moved her remains recently. The coffin was opened and the body appeared remarkably preserved. A West of Grayville man’s son shot himself while hunting. he walked home a mile before a physician was summoned and is expected to recover. A Kinmundy man stole a horse and buggy, sold it at Flora to aim for penitentiary. he received two years. St. Clair county had 864 coroner inquests in eight years, including railroad accidents and murders. The L and N railroad weighs plans for a tug train to aid prohibition towns in southern Illinois. James Neagles in Springfield bit a house cat’s tail. Grayville thermometers fell to 0-8 below. Belleville reports 400-foot oil strike. Chicago’s low Monday was 10 below. Carmi taxed 8.36 per hundred and Grayville 9.68. White county’s late election cost 1510. Crawford county has a lynx.
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Mt. Carmel
Joe Wicker
Grayville
Kinmundy
Flora
St. Clair County
Illinois
James Neagles
Springfield
Belleville
Chicago
Carmi
White County
Crawford County
Telegraphic Sparks Across States Report Big Votes and Census
Ohio Congress vote yields a Democratic majority of 10000. Philadelphia population tallies 1,142,668 per police census. Mississippi River ice reaches 18 inches thick at Davenport. New York polled 1,282,335 votes in the latest tally.
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Ohio
Philadelphia
Mississippi
Davenport
New York
Flying Apparatus That Flies In His Productions
Portspura, Pa. December 25. Bernard Cressler, a West Virginia resident near the Cheat River headwaters, is described as a scientist and amateur aircraft designer who prefers a wearable, bat-winged soaring suit over a traditional machine. He claims the device lets the wearer rise perpendicularly and soar with the wind, using instinctive body movement and oversized yet lightweight wings.
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Portspura
The
Commercial Gazette
Bernard Cressler
Cheat River
West Virginia
Dressler
Senator Carlisle Offered Treasury Post in Washington
Washington December 27 reports Senator Carlisle of Kentucky has been offered the position of secretary of the treasury. Democrats in Congress have introduced bills to repeal federal supervision of elections, though not likely to pass the current Senate. After March 4 a better chance exists. Patents granted in Indiana last week include J R Payne Freedom sliding gate J Frank Eden picket wirhis fence machine J R Knickerbocker Indianapolis diaphragm meter and others.
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Washington, D.C
Carlisle
Kentucky
Secretary of the Treasury
Senate
Indiana
C. A. Snow & Co
A. S. Patent Office
Washington, D. C
J. R. Payne
Freedom
J. Frank Eden
J. R
Masonic Officers Elected and Installed at Arctic Lodge
Arctic Lodge No. 394 F A M elected officers December 26 and installed December 27 with Martin Golden as W M Julius C Miller Senior Warden Arthur Dransfield Junior Warden A H Fretngeot Treasurer Thos Pisely Secretary Joseph Ward Senior Deacon O W Willis Junior Deacon C C Bundy Tyler O W Willis Morris Ford G B Causey as Trustees New Harmony Lodge No. 871 O C F elected Henry L Wilmoth N G Virgil Johnson V G Chas H Wheatcroft Treasurer Thomas Pisely Recording Secretary D M Schnee Permanent Secretary Clarence Thorns John W Hearing Morris B Pote as trustees Taos Johnson won a practice match at blackbirds scoring 18 of 16 Jim Fulford 11 W O Trethewey 10 Maple Hill burial for Mrs Kuykenpat Ben Kuykenpat’s mother died last Friday Squirrels cannot be killed without a $2 fine shooting season ends until June Destons for the new W M I building arrived for inspection
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Arctic Lodge No
Martin Golden
W. M
Julius C. Miller
Arthur Dransfield
A. H. Fretngeot
Thos
Pisely
Joseph Ward
O. W. Willis
C. C. Bundy
Tyler
O. W
Opp Fetitows
New Harmony Lodge
C. F
Henry L. Wilmoth
N.G
Virgil Johnson
V. G
Chas. H. Wheatcroft
Thomas Pisely
D. M. Schnee
Clarence Thorns
John W. Hearing
Morris B. Pote
Taos
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Old Stand
New Harmony, Indiana
England
America
W. H. Hooker &C
West Broadway
Cena Na
Henry Brown
Geereer
Clint
Rocery
Atic
Fiare
Peter Weber
Merchant Tailor
New Harmony
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J. D. Owen & Co
J. A. Wilhelm
H. C. Hasband
Dr. von Peters
von Peters
Ralph T. Boren, Lawrence A. Warner
Boren & Varner
Scientific American Agency For
Munn & CO
Broadway
New Yorks
Scientific American
William Green
City Exchange
Fred.w.walz
Fred. W. Walz
M.E. Church
Mayl
Joshua Wade
Acker
W. IL Nooker & C
New York City
Gray
Indianapolis, Inc
U. S
State World’s Fair Commission
Democratic Supreme
Hackney
Smith
Irazy
Supreme Court
John Williama
Martinsvile
Williams
Tako
Whiting
Indianapolis
John C. Harris
Shelbyville
Sallie Haverstick
Minnie Thorne
Brazil
Wm. Wentzell
Logansport
Paul Gearhart
South Bend
Oakland City
Laporte
Mercury
Peru
Livansville
Seymour
Gibson County
Knox County
Kosciusko County
Brown County
R. D. Twigg
Stewart
State Sentinel
Posey
Register
New Harmony, Ind
West Virginia Hills
Cressler
Washington
Gresham Creek
Caarney Mancuerr
Missouri
Express
Joan Horvester
East Main Street
J. L. Barnes
Mound City, Kas
Jim
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Tacoma, Wash
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