Indiana News Special and Press Reports From Counties
Indiana special and press items from Crawfordsville and across the state report a federal tax case of W. H. Durham for withholding $130,000 in deposits from an assessor, resulting in a $5,300 penalty and back taxes. The Indiana Department G A R encampment drew record attendance with 23,195 members and 476 posts, while Greenback party disbands in Indiana predicting Democrat gains. Governor Gray maintains a hard line against pardons for beleaguered county officials, as local industry and crime notes unfold.
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Indianapolis, Inc
Indiana
W. H. Durham
Crawfordsville
Durham
Indiana Department
August van Arsdall
Madison
Shelby Saxton
North Manchester
T. N. McDonald
Columbia City
Tite Greenback Party
Illinois items range from mice and milks to politics
A Geneseo man used a rat-terrier to dispatch two mice in his stable after they froze in place. Warren county forms a Cleveland League backing the president’s re-election. Mascoutah sets high license and makes saloonkeepers city marshals. Mattoon reports the largest horse at nine teen hands. Champaign fox-hunt nets one tame fox among 500 participants. Fayette county’s James Pilcher’s revival-induced stress leads to insanity. Nokomis party breaks up over lacking youths. Highland ships milk to St Louis. Chicago records show 110,341 marriages and 8,132 divorces since 1872. Pekin preserves a 133-year-old baptismal garment. Chicago notes 1,887 suicides last year. Jasper county pensioners receive 100000 dollars. Illinois has 3126 registered pharmacists. National items: DNC moves presidential convention to St. Louis on June 6. Supreme Court reaffirms drive-well ring ban. Mrs Stanford’s diamond collection in D.C.. postal telegraph bill before Congress for 15000 miles at 6585570 dollars. Indiana Senator Turpie backs pensions. Nicaragua Canal subsidy of 100000000 dollars. W W Corcoran dies. Carlisle absent in Wichita where his son is ill.
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Steckle
Lognsport
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Allen Taylor
Floyd County
Noble County
Peter Howard
Carroll County
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St. Joseph County
Hessville
Lake County
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Alice Hunt
Pulaski County
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James Ryan
Clarke County
Ethel Roberts
Shelbyville
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Ben Harrison
Morgan County
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J. J. Brown
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Isaac Leydon
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Jim Blaine
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Sherman Hamer
M. P. Killain
Bluffton
Franklin
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Mt Vernon cyclone devastation reported in Mt Vernon Ill
The Mt Vernon cyclone left 47 dead 38 badly hurt and 60 injured with 860000 dollars in property damage. About 350 houses wrecked and 1500 to 1800 people homeless. Relief comes from nearby Illinois towns and Indiana cities. One log house escaped intact. a melodeon saved a girl from a falling timber. courthouse roof piece wrapped around a telegraph pole.
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Mt. Vernon
Ill
Carmi
Mt. Carmel
Fairfield
Illinois
Evansville
Princeton
Ind
Fred Ward
Frank Gleichman
Illinois Politics Promise Hottest Campaign Yet
Cuicano reports a heated Illinois campaign with Democrats awakening to victory potential. Tariff tax controversy and state tax concerns shape platforms. Democratic odds grow for Chicago majority and a Democratic legislature, with possible Bell or Stevenson as ticket leaders and Palmer in contention.
Potter for Congress name suggested by Democrat supporter
A Feb 27 notice in Crnturana endorses Lemuel Potter as a proven Democrat and capable candidate for Congress, arguing he would decisively defeat Republicans and bury Gen. Hovey. It cites his lifelong party service and independence from late faction fights, urging Democratic readers to respond.
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Crnturana, Inc
Judge Parrett
E. M. Spencer
Congress
Lemuel Potter
Gen. Hovey
Steamboat Captain reports strange sky phenomenon over Mauckport
Captain Dave Penney of the City of Owensboro narrates eight queer events witnessed Tuesday near Mauckport Indiana. Dark clouds gathered from all directions forming a massive roiling vortex as a brilliant luminous object struck mid river. The steamer rode high waves while passengers staggered in awe and fear before the clouds dispersed and sunlight returned.
Ghostly Apparition Seen Over Broad Ripple River Bridge
In Indianapolis Indiana Feb 26 villagers report a ghost in the form of a woman appearing along the railroad and on the river surface under the Louisville New Albany and Chicago bridge eight miles north of the city. Eyewitnesses fled after the sighting recalling the January 1884 wreck that killed six.
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Inpianapolis, Inc
Broad Ripple
Louisville, New Albany & Chicago
Walking stove alarm at Pinkamink home ignites belief of witchcraft
In LaFayette area near Pinkamink residents report a wandering stove owned by farmer Johnson that moves on its own, often flips over, and has set fires. Despite being chained, the stove operates unaided. Over 100 locals swear the bizarre events are real and accuse witchcraft.
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LaFayette, Inc
Pinkamink
Johnson
Spectator Describes Striking Monster on Transit Route
An Indiana observer reports a man in Jeffersonville en route to Cincinnati who walked on hands and feet with hooflike limbs, spoke in a gibberish, and resembled a human head with a horselike body, a curiosity of bizarre appearance traveling through town.
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Inpianapolis, Inc
Bay8
Curiosity
Jeffersonville
Cincinnati
Democrats Vote for Primary on Election Day
The Center township Democrats plan a full ticket for the primary and to nominate a county ticket at the same time as the township election, set for the end of April. The group approved holding a primary on the same day.
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Center Township
Boiling Wells Mystery Reported in Glenwood NC
Cracyatt O reports wells in Glenwood Johnson County North Carolina showing continuous boiling and bubbling water with rising and falling levels. The sandy shallow wells resist explanation and the phenomenon remains unexplained. New York Democrats Awake. Syracuse NY February 23 Democrats win city election overturning Republican lead. New York February 28 township elections show Democratic gains statewide.
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Cracyatt, O
Glenwood
Johnson County
N.C
New York
Syracuse
N. Y
N.Y
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