Swindle Ring and Miscellany From Indiana Exchangers
A weekly note from various Indiana counties reports a swindle pair who target stray stock notices, swap cattle for cash, and vanish with the money. Other items include Purdue students gambling, Eads’s stepmother in poverty, mesmeric exhibitions in Ilkhar, a giant hog killed for lard, a cold-air well phenomenon, a man concealing $1000 on his body, and local updates from Vincennes, Evansville, and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saeisyville, Inc
Mexican pension bill delays loom for survivors and widows
Washington report notes about forty thousand Mexican war survivors and widows may wait for pension claims as the department lacks force to handle cases before the June 30 1888 deadline. The piece also covers Dr T F Sowers urging Cleveland to change habits, calls for an extra Congress session, and cabinet speculation involving Indiana figures. President Cleveland marks his 51st birthday without fanfare while trading remarks on vanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
T. F. Sowers
Cleveland
Senator Voorhees
Indiana
E. BR. Sellers
White County
U.S
Turpie
Salcedo
Venezuela
Innovative bullet aims to end wars with instant anesthesia
A German chemist unveils a brittle bullet that shatters on impact and delivers a twelve hour anesthetic, potentially turning wounded bodies into captives. The item sits among varied 19th century notes, from a vast Century Dictionary project to curious royal mail incidents and long-lived marriages.
FANNING THE HAMMER EXPERTS ON REVOLVER USE IN THE WEST
Harry W. Whitehill, ex sheriff of Grant county, discusses cowboy revolver choices in New Mexico. He argues self cocking pistols fell out of favor due to misdirected muzzle rise, noting cowboys returned to single acting guns and praising the speed and reliability of classic models. He recalls Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid and explains fanning the hammer as a rapid firing technique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe
N.M
Harry W. Whitehill
Grant County
New York City
Whitehill
Cearry
Guardian of the Peace
Grant
Pat Garrett
Lincoln County
Billy
Pat
Odd Items From Mount Carmel Register Chronicle
A column from the Mt. Carmel Register reports curious notes: a cow slaughtered by McCrary and Reinsmith yielded nails screws a brass pie and small iron fragments. the cow appeared unfazed by iron in its interior. Other items include a liquor license dispute among duck hunters, a man killed by glass in a bottle, and two suicides in Jo Daviess and Peoria counties. The White county jail records since 1873 show 590 inmates with 84 murder charges. 115 sent to the penitentiary and 20 to reform school. Additional notes cover a schoolteacher fined after whipping a girl, a couple planning marriage, the soldiers home readiness, Cyrus McCormick estate profits, a Peoria girl’s death from glass eyes, women’s voting defeat, compulsory education in Fairfield, and local clubs and projects. A Michigan postmaster’s humorous plea to quit ends with a satirical petition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Carmel
McCrary & Reinsmith
Interior
John Donaldson
Jo Daviess County
White County
Reform School
Catlin
Cyrus McCormick
Chicago
Bessie Laswell
Peoria
Patents Granted to Indiana Citizens in Past Week
The New Harmony register reports grants to Indiana residents, including G. W. Davis of New Albany for stage effect apparatus, N. E. Hildreth of Decatur for tubular well valve, J. Chalfant of Blantville for cultivator, N. Hollinger of Goshen for grain separator, C. Wittenburg of Indianapolis for telephone register, J. H. Marlin of Bloomington for mole trap, C. McNeal of Mishawaka for boring machine, J. L. Yownley of Vincennes for coin counter, W. Weber of Evansville for roller knife, and E. Zoller of Indianapolis for cuff holder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Hollinger
Goshen
C. Wittenburg
Indianapolis
J.H. Marlin
Bloomington
C. McNeal
Mishawaka
J. L. Yownley
Vincennes
W. Weber
Evansville
E. Zoller
Local notes and ads preview upcoming events and town chatter
Joan Mort Jr offers groceries and queensware with early sales inducements. The Kid Crewe will stage their third ball next Wednesday March 30 after refurnishing their room. Notable visits include Rare Bores Charley Wheatcroft and Will Ford to Evansville for Murphy meetings. Harry Huco returns from California after a year there. Discussions hint at Will Owen and Homer Lichtenberger as high license candidates for city council against Bill Wade for marshal. Canon W F Lichtenberger promotes cook stoves at low rates. Prof McCormick travels to Madison for a few days. Town election on Menday May 2. sickness rising and taxes urged.
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the Register
Slater
Neavidad de Law
Ged
Ahr Porting
City of
New York
William Dorsheimer
THE
Weekly Star
STAR
United States
Canada
P. O
Agenta
Daily Star
Tar Dany Bran
London
Paris
Berlin
Vienna
Dublin
Washington
Albany
Tas Stan
Telegraph
Dd Press
Roadway
Park Place
William P. Ford
New Harmony
Heckman
Main Street
H. [Funsdon
P. A. Sexton
Justice OF the Peace
Hiatt Block
Church Street
Ind
Eugene 8. Thrall
Horace P. Owen
Eugene S. Thrall
Thomas Mumford Jr
Eugene F. Owen
Charles A. Parka
William H. Owen
Alfred Dale Owen
City Exchange
Thos. S. Ford
Ford & Walz
Fred.walz
West Main Street
Lichtenberger's Store
Julius King's Ration
Si Tenen
Thrall &Mumford’s
Serdsman
Jacob Breith
Breith
Jerry New Harmony
Meat Market
Henry Sandlebin
John Geiss
AVING
Noah Frank
Henry Brown
Sandlebin & Geiss
Andrew Hofreiter
Weber's Tailoring Store
New Harmony, Ind
Fred. Schaffer
Teewnes
Fred. Schaffet
Sb Lanetsih
U.S. Patent Office
Albert
Newsom
Church St. Bet. Main & Brewery
Indiana State News
Lafaxette
Ixp
Purdue University
Euxaart, Inc
Ilkhart
Henry County
Breumann
Inn
Dr. Rogers
John Roberts
Lafayette
Txaranavonis
Montgomery County
Vixcennes, Inc
Chas. Goldman
Monroe City
Here
Douglass
Wininfield
Ernest Amient
Ednaville
Daviess County
Connersville
Martinsville
Andrew Pfohi
Princeton
Delphi
Washington Notes
Nashville
Teno
Vernet
Boston
Prince of Wales
John Good
Brooklyn
Iannah Battersby
Blodgett
Gilroy
Cal
Erie
Tennessee
Sandwich Islands
Michigan University
Cardiff
Paso
Tex
Mexico
Guatemala
Philadelphia
Florida Islands
America
Dade County
Fla
Prussia
South Carolina
Florida
W. Ball
Polk County
Smith & Weason
Colt
Remington
Illinois
Fairfield
Belleville
Olney
P. M. Wasuisaton
D.C
Michigan
P.M
Indiamiana
Joan Mort, Jr
Queensware, &c
Crewe
Charley Wheatcroft
Will Ford
Murphy
Harry Huco
California
Old
Posey
Will Owen
Homer Lichtenberger
Bill Wade
Marshal
Canon
W. F. Lichtenberger
Axn Mas
Jags Huspanos
Evanaville
Prof. McCormick
Madison, Ind
Menday
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