Pigeon Roost Massacre Recalls Indiana’s Last Indian Fight
Vienna Indiana recounts the Pigeon Roost Massacre of 1812. Coffman and Payne hunted near town when Shawnees attacked the settlement at dusk, killing several and burning homes. The site features a large knoll by a railroad, unmarked graves, and a storied rifle in a descendant’s possession amid locals who deem the place haunted.
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Vienna
Ind
Scott County
Indiana
Coffman
Payne
Pigeon Roost
Myr
Henry Colling
Morris
Jane Briggs
Zebulon Collins
P.,c
Maccometts
Henry Collins
William Collins
State Capital Briefs Highlight Tax Reform And Debates
From the state capital notes: a proposed fee and salary bill would raise county official salaries in Posey county, new revenue plans target corporate taxes to fund $2,000,000 in state revenue, a railroad commission is proposed, a $2,000,000 claim against Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railway Trust may be pursued, and apportionment bills reveal Democrats gaining six districts while Republicans hold two. The legislature also ignores the grand jury overhaul and faces a surge of minor measures.
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Mollie Julian
Lebanon
Pine Lake
Laporte
Salem
Vanderburg
Evansville
Brown County
Daviess County
Allen
Vincennes
St. Marys
Terre Haute
Father Sorin
Notre Dame
Fort Wayne
Sngsiety
Plainfield
New Albany
Morgan County
Madison
Seymour
Inpranapolis, Inc
McCullough
Posey County
Railroad and Corporations
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Sordg Busite
Coc
Terre Haute & Indianapolis R.T
Byrd
Vast Doings of Repudiated Republicanism in 1893
In Washington on February 3 the bayonet election bill prospects split Democrats and some Republicans. The senate passes the apportionment bill for 356 representatives after March 4 1893. Reed blocks the silver bill while Blaine remains skeptical of force bill failure. Attorney General Miller bungles a belated Supreme Court argument on a long-repealed law as Harrigan’s administration yields gluesmen.
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Senate
House
Congress
Bret Blaine
Blaine
Reed
Miller
Supreme Court
Harrigan
Novelty in Surgery Bridging Nose With Cat Rib Graft
Decatur Feb 3 Dr William Barnes repaired a young woman's decayed nose by borrowing four ribs from a cat to form a nasal bridge. It is claimed to be the first such operation on record. Also notes Chicago capitalists seeking a federal building lease deal, Illinois Central payments since 1856, ridicule of an airship, Axel Skogstrom jailed, governor’s residence cost, Chicago deaths, militia cost, and Illinois strawberry value.
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Decatur, Inn
Wm. Barnes
Chicago
Illinois Central Road
Herald
Axel Skogstrom
Rock Island
Springfield
Illinois
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John Walz
Main St
New Harmony
U.S. Patent Office
Washington
C.a.snow &Co
D. C
the Register
Co. W. Slater
Tus Register
H. G. Husband & CO
J. D. Owen & Co
J. A. Wilhelm
H. G. Husband
Queensware
Owen Block
Oliver Plows
McCormick
EK. W. Nash
W. W. Robb & Co
West Main Street
New Harmony, Indiana
Grove
Cornersville
Misg
Paris Medicini Co
Paris
Tenn
W. W. Stinson, M. D
Paris Medicine CO
ST. Louis, MO
Paris, Tenn
T. Mumford, Jr
Peter Weber
Merchant-Taylor, New Harmony, Ltd
Peter Wheber
Ford & Bennett
Chase & Sanborn Goods
Stansbury’s
ERESH
Baltimore
W. J. Fitzgerald
Crc
Washington, D.C
Henry Hunsdon
Notary Public
U.S. Pension Claim
Commercial Attorney Office
Jan
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
Joen Walg
William Pelsold
Mt. Vernon
iInd
Fficeonu
Frank Lyon & CO
New Ha
Proprietors
Mony, Ind
J Constan
Church Street
Main & Brewery
Albert S Newsom
City Exchange
Ford & Walz
Main Street
Lichtenberger
Jacob Breith
Breith
BANK
Jesy
Conn
Cornet Man
Alf Sheridan
Evouart
Anderson, Inc
Louisville
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Columbus
Brazil
Tred Brown
Mitchell
White River
Ed Brown
Luther Simpson
Williams
Brown
Simpson
James Bolton
Billin
Bolton
Allbright
Norman Sheffer
Jefferson County
Shaffer
Jeffersonville
Crawford County
Milltown
James Eaton
James Carroll
Eaton
Carroll
W.H. Guirl & Co
Mooresville
Joseph Davis
Anderson
Dave Squire
Lizzie Tillotson
Vince
James Calvert
Ed Ewing
Vanderburg County
Cynthiana
Calvert
James Miller
Kokomo
John Skaggs
Martinsville
Addison
Martha Hadley
Hadley
Delaware County
Howard Dickerson
Crawfordsville
Badolletts Canary-Bird
Presbyterian
Mishawaka
A. H. Gump
Port Wayne
Paul Besehe
South Bend
Sassiety
Wm. Windom
Mason City
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Rhode Island
Salvation Army
United States
Hinois
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