Local notes from Gibson and White counties in Indiana and Illinois
Curent items report artesian well depth in Princeton Indiana, stray horse death near Oakland, a stave factory planned at Hazleton, watermelon markets, a whooping cough outbreak, and a band festival profit. White County Illinois notes include a fatal knife fight, parish trade at par, census figures, and local oddities from Carmi, plus miscellaneous items on lightning hogs, Bloomington fire, and crops.
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Gibson County
Indiana
Princeton, Inc
Public Square
Princeton
Owensville
Oakland
James Henderson
Henderson
Hazleton
Judge Princ
Mt. Vernon
Carmi
Ibn
Adam Williams
Buck
Wm. D. Goudy
Burnt Prairie Township
Goudy
Williams
White County
Times
Williams’ Ferry
M. H. Bacon
Phillipstown
Jackson
Sol Charles
R. J. Thomas
Richmond
Hegister
David W. Irvine
Indiana State University
Bloomington
Owen
Jordan
Evansville Journal
Madison
Reuben Cunningham
Willow Hill
Jasper County
Ill
Storm floods Vincennes and damages county farms
A severe storm hit Vincennes causing widespread flooding and extensive farm damage across the county. Wind near cyclone force destroyed wheat oats corn and fruit trees. The scene also details a bank robbery in Belleville Illinois and various local incidents, births, deaths, and civic notes from multiple Indiana counties.
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Vincennes
Belleville
Michigan City
Martha Cheeny
Shelbyville
Ohio River
Oldham’s Landing
Madison
Charlie
Ringo
Menifee County
Mt. Sterling
Moses Stuart
Roddy
Connersville
Cincinnati
Boonville
White River
Mooreville
New Albany
Alex Oliphant
Clay Township
Pike County
Martha King
Lexington
Lucy Watkins
Tunnel Will
Joe Mackey
Richmond
Indianapolis
Harrison County
Lawrence County
Ill
Kilgore
Madison County
Kentucky
Louisville
Albion
Spencer County
Rockport
Dinois
Warrick County
Albion Sons of Temperance
Cairo
L. T. Phillips
Mt. Carmel
Dakota
Evansville
Lewiston
Arthur’s Campaign Notes on 1880 GOP Landscape
Washington dispatch outlines President Arthur’s cautious canvass for renomination. It cites party dynamics in Kansas and Virginia, predicting Arthur and Gresham as a ticket while warning of potential GOP losses from prohibition and tariff issues. The piece also reports on federal officials shifting allegiances and a presidential Yellowstone/Junket plan amid cholera and yellow fever quarantine prep.
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Arthur
Kansas
Virginia
Ben Harrison
Lincoln
Mwinois
Arthur and
Gresham
New York
Indiana
Ohio
North Carolina
Maryland
Florida
Louisiana
Col. Martin
Dorsey
National Committee
Blaine
Alex Banks
Pension Department
Ife
Glick
Banks
Alexander Rives
U.S
South
Judge Rives
Washington
Mahone
Wickham
Rives
Dezendorf
England
Europe
Marine Hospital Service
Griffin's Station Life Persists Amid Turbulent Trade
Griffin's Station sees shifting business as Griffin & Price dissolves and Brydon Bros take Sam Griffin's interest, leaving three active shops. Talks of new openings, a mill, and improved crops accompany local moves as residents adjust to wet weather and river floods. Notable items include Gen. Tom Thumb's death, a horse struck by lightning in Shawneetown, and political turmoil in Mississippi and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guirrin, Inc
James Walker
Jack Heady
Frank Shirley
Brydon Bros
Sam Griffin
Grifin & Price
Griffin
Mollie Bryden
Thackeray
Fred Shuppert
Evansville
Gentry Bros
James Price
James Chaffin
Price & Brydon
Jim
Shawneetown
Mathew Sunter
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the Register
C.w. Slater
Creeve
Henry Hunsdon
Illinois
New Harmony
Notary Public
Thrall
Mumford
Family Supplies
AVING
Messra
Thrall & Mumford
Main
Church Streets
Eugene
Horace P. Owen
Cashier
William P. Ford
Ind
Hiatt
Church Street
Cook & Rice
Gay
Henry Brown
Ef, Owen
E Viets
New Harmony, Ind
A. P. Owen
E. F. Owen & Co
Peter Weber
Mar Peter Weber
United States
Supreme Court of
Posey
Vanderburgh
House
Sepd
Mount Vernon
Jyl John Walz
U.S. Patent Office
GC. A. Snow & CO
Washington, D.C
Fred. Herberhold
East Main St
Fred, Herberhold
Gibson Co
White Co
Grayville
Ancelsors
Wabash County
Centralia
Petersburg Baseball Club
Olney
Oregon
Kinng
Sherman
Own
McDonald
Hendricks
Brooklyn
Frelinghuysen
Brewster
Poiger Hag
Teller
Chandler
New Hampshire
Far West
Yellowstone Park
Sheridan
War Department
Navy
Army
Griffin’s Station
Bethel
Mippienoro
Mass
Chas. H. Stratton
Tom Thumb
Bridgeport
Conn
P. T. Barnum
New York Sun
Garfield
Mississippi
New Haven
Egypt
New York Harbor
Alexandrian
Willow House
Cleveland
Pennsylvania
Albany
N. Y
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