Indiana Lieutenant Governor Vote Report Sparks Pooling Contention
Indiana state news reports the official lieutenant governor vote: Robertson 231,922. Nelson 228,603. Greenback-Labor 4,648. Prohibition 9,181. Democrats gain in 12 counties, Republicans in 38, while court challenges loom and Knights of Labor weigh in on a Senate race. Noted incidents include John Snyder’s walking death, a shooting death of Lizzie Bartsford, and several local developments across towns like Muncie, Rockport, and Vincennes.
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Indiianapolis
Supreme Court
Smith
Senate
United States
Knights of Labor
Bynum
Widow Betsy Woods Dies After Long Illness in Albion
The Albion Journal reports Betsy Woods, wife of John Woods, died at about 3 am on Wednesday November 17 at their Albion home. Born Betsy Penfold in London June 13 1807 she emigrated to America in 1819 and had thirteen children, nine surviving with spouses and roles across Illinois Indiana Missouri and Albion. Her death ends a long life of sociable hospitality and strong church ties.
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Albion Journal
Betsy Woods
John Woods
Albion
Betsy Penfold
Abram Penfold
London
America
Wanboro
New Harmony
Ind
Frank
W. Woods
St. Louis
Merchants’ Exchange
City
Ford Woods
I. B. & W. Railroad
Indianapolis
Ezra Woods
Tamaroa
Elias and
Lee Woods
Alfred Stewart
Effingham
Elhanan Emmerson
Jessie
Prue Woods
Woods
Illinois
Prohibition
al Richeson
Shawneetown
Mt. Vernon
Panicked Catholic church scene shocks Pittsburg morning
Random violence disrupts a Pittsburg church as an insane man knocks Father Klowter from the pulpit causing panic. Concurrently reports note cattle die offs with muddy drinking water in Indiana counties and a new “brick leg” epidemic among livestock in Montgomery Owen Wells Vermilion. Local curiosities include Tulare County’s famed 450 foot tree. Other items mention a 16 inch long Key West man’s foot, cattle diseases near Parsons Kansas, and appointments to New York’s board of education.
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Pittsburg
Klowter
Whitmore
Indiana
Montgomery
Owen
Wells
Vermillion
Father of the Forest
Tulare Co
Cal
Tom Acrefoot
Key West
Parsons
Kas
An Illinois Cavern Adventure in Saline County
A traveler describes visiting a limestone cave in Saline County nine miles southeast of Harrisburg. He details the cave’s keyhole entrance, two main passages, the king of darkness statue and its companions, a Styx-like water cross, vast glittering halls, and extraordinary stalactite and stalagmite formations.
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Saline County
Harrisburg
Horse Swamp
Ohio
Shawneetown
Eagle Mountain
Kentucky
England
Ohio River
Elizabethtown
King of Death
Farmer Fends Off Eagle in Desperate 9-Foot Capture
In central Dakota, a farmer was attacked by a large eagle while driving home. The bird, nine feet from tip to tip, was subdued after a hard struggle and tied with his lines. It will be kept caged until Dakota gains statehood, then carried at the jubilee procession.
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Farao
D.T
Dakota
Washington Letter on Patronage and Reform Views
Congressmen should be freed from patronage duties and offices made elective where possible. Kleiner, who did not seek re election, lauds removing responsibility from Congress and discusses post office appointments, foreign missions, and political fallout from patronage while noting Senate and legislative deadlines and upcoming elections. Local commentary includes Baker’s Venezuela visit and Arthur memorial mourning.
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Washiaton
D. C
Kleiner
Star
Congress
Vilas
Democratic Party
Washington
John Baker
Col. Morrison
Venezuela
Hayes
Baker
Cullom
White House
Arthur
Cleveland
New York City
Indiana
Nebraska
van Wyck
Matson
Supreme Court
Regular Army
National Grange
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Mt. Vernon, Ind
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P. A. Sexton
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Hiatt Block
Church Street
Eugene
Thrall
Horace P. Owen
Cashier
Eugene S. Thrall
Thomas Mumford Jr
Eugene F. Owen
Charles A. Parke
William H. Owen
Alfred Dale Owen
William P. Ford
Heckman
Main Street
H. Hunsdon
City Exchange
Thos. S. Ford
Fred.walz
West Main Street
Lichtenberger's Store
Bear
Ford & Walz
U.S
U. S
Jacob Breith
Breith & Ruck
Breith
Indiana State News
Hoosier
Ohn Snyder
Blackford County
Muncie
Lizzie Bartsford
George Kennedy
Rockport
J.J. Cowell
Charles F. Schmidt
Evansville
Michigan City
Vincennes
Petersburg
Princeton
Nettle Creek
J. A. Newell
Cochran
H. Ogborn
Richmond
O. B. Rowlett
Tarkington
Greensburgh
B. W. Smith
P. A. Jones
Seymour
R. B. Short
Hanna
Millnois
Chicago
Dick Townshend
Olney
Carmi
Sepanta
Pettis County
Susan Anderson
Pittspure
Maggie Beadling
New York Board of Education
Minneapolis
Judge Gresham
Miles Greenwood
Florida
St. Louia
Greene County
Farma
Adams County
King of Darkness
Chamber of Death
David Dale Owen
John A. Murrill
Murrell
Darkness
Eagle
California
San Francisco
Can
Centaaria
R. Scott
Congressman Kleiner
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