Indiana minerals rich state boast large coal and stone beds
Indiana is rich in coal oil gas and stone deposits with 7000 square miles of coal fields. Major counties include Clay Vigo Fountain Parke Sullivan and Daviess. Notable finds include limestone quarries at Bedford Salem Spencer and Greencastle and Hindostan whetstone from Orange. Gold in Morgan and Brown counties, diamonds near Martinsville, and widespread natural gas across 22 counties.
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Indiana
John Collett
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Fountain
Parke
Sullivan
Daviess
Pike
Vanderburg
Vermillion
United States
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Atone
Clarke
Harrigan
White
Huntington
Wabash
Case
Jennings
Delaware
Howard
Madison
Jasper
Hamilton
Miami
Shelby
Decatur
Carroll
Owen
Monroe
Lawrence
Washington
Crawford
Franklin
Putnam
Putnam County
Orange
Harrison
Warren
French Lick
Orange County
Bedford
Salem
Spencer
Ellettsville
Greencastle
Logansport
Kokomo
Laurel
St. Paul
North Vernon
New Albany
Anderson
Mauckport
Morgan
Brown
Martinsville
Cass
Pulaski
Blackford
Union
County Jury Awards Damages In Moore Farm Case
A Shelby county jury of six returned a 556 dollar verdict for Nathan Moore against the C H I railroad for damages caused by its line crossing Moore’s farm. The trial occurred near Vanburen township as spectators watched from a wheat field. The judge, lawyers, and witnesses passed time by shooting woodpeckers and cherries during the deliberation.
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Squire Meer
Vanburen
Shelby County
Nathan Moore
C. H. & I. Railroad
Moore
Adam Smith
Boggatown
Boggstown
Ohio
Sugar Creek Township
Smith
What Are We Here For at the 1888 Republican Convention
Cuicano Illinois June 17 delegates flood the hotel district as old party leaders and bosses press for control of the nomination. Blaine remains a pivotal but uncertain figure with strong Southern resistance to Depew, while Sherman and a slate of others compete. The convention faces a likely deadlock amid factional rifts, with vigor and boosterism masking deep conflicts over tariff, monopoly, and party reform.
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Chicago
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Grand Pacific Hotel
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National Committee
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Depew
Illinois
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Iowa
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Washington
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California
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Mahone
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Mahone & Co
J. G. Blaine
Maine
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C. M. Depew
Wm. B. Allison
Monopoly
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Ben Harrison
Indiana
R. A. Alger
J. Rusk
Wisconsin
J. R. Hawley
F. Hiscock
W. M. Evarts
J.D. Cameron
W. M.kinly
M. Cullom
J. B. Forester
A. G. Porter
Washington Notes in June Senate and Convention
Washington notes report Republican lawmakers scattered to the Chicago convention with Senate business at a standstill. Sherman directs campaign from afar while Butterworth urges victory or party collapse. Michigan sends a young delegation and veterans favor a graded pension bill with caveats on four year veterans. Campbell of New York reportedly bets $5,000 on Cleveland Thurman and cites odds on New York.
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Sherman
Ben Butterworth
Ohio
Michigan
House
Tim Campbell
New York
Cleveland
Thurman
A Soldier's Requirement The Flag Demeaned by Delegates
A veteran condemns Republicans for using the American flag as a handkerchief. In Carnago Illinois on June 17 delegates parade silks of stars and stripes amid bandana talk. A one-armed veteran from Indiana denounces the behavior, prompting the flag to be set aside.
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Grand Pacific Hotel
Over the River and City Facts From Chicago
Lightning struck a barbed wire fence near Olney killing a cow. Chicago issued 1,788 building permits by June 1, up 212 from 1887 with about $10,000,000 build value, up $1,200,000. LaSalle county saloonkeepers face 1,000 indictments and over $6,000 in fines. Chicago plans a perpetual exposition and sees pickpockets and fakirs. Greenup suffered near destruction by fire on the 14th. Conger lost by 2,393 votes.
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LaSalle County
United States
Greenup
Conger
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