Indiana’s Impassable Morass Land Suit Heads To Court
The State sues in Lake county to reclaim about 6000 acres of swamp land ceded under Congress swamp land acts. Defendants claim U.S. grants from 1872 to 1878. Lands lie near Toleston close to Chicago and have recently risen in value.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Lake County
Toleston
Chicago
Carroll County
Bartholomew County
Tomlinson
John Hoffman
Clay County
Geo. D. Miller
Boone County
Lemcke
Hot Springs
Ark
Indiana Horticultural Society
Washington Congress Assembling Amid Republican Demoralization
A Washington dispatch reports Republicans returning to town subdued after defeat. It notes Democratic gains in Indiana and New Hampshire fraud concerns, pension costs, a looming debt burden, and anticipated conflicts over a future Speaker with Reed-era fiscal fallout forecast.
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Washington, D.C
Mhay
Congress
Harrison
Pension Department
Iowa
Michigan
Illinois
Indiana
New Hampshire
U. S
New York
Gov. Hill
Senate
Treasury
Reed
House of Representatives
Byran
Reed & Co
Quirky Indiana Towns and Tales from a Busy Era
A Kendallville pledge to move if the state voted Democratic yields a laugh as a wife packs but is deterred by fear of a Democratic state. Fort Wayne chases a dramatic 11 foot snake prank. Items note threshing mishaps, cures from dreams, a burned $100 bundle repaid, a fatal fall, charitable push for laws aiding the poor, a 4 pound bass capture, and odd tales from Marion to Muncie.
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Kendallville
Lou Camas
Crawfordsville
Fort Wayne
Wm. Long
Elkhart County
Geo. Cisco
Jeffersonville
Marshall Markemson
Warsaw
Treasury Department
David Stiles
Bloomington
Richmond
H. W. Schooler
Edinburg
Blue River
Tom Ranes
Evansville
Michigan City
Grayville items mix hunts politics and local oddities
The Grayville Independents report Ernest Seigert and brothers hunted 53 rabbits and 8 coon, then 225 rabbits weighing 325 pounds later. Other notes include election results, a remarriage and divorce case, ancient images found near LaHarpe, a Decatur boarding house collapse, berries shipped to Evansville, fox plagues in Champaign, a $12 000 a year official mess, lead and zinc market stagnation in Galena, a mystery light near Sumner cemetery, poor cattle quality in Chicago, a 6 pound turnip from Grayville, a timber wolf killed near Washington, a new $85 000 Wayne county courthouse, and Gen Palmer still in play.
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Ernest Seigert
Grayville
Evansville
Edwards County
Albion
Hancock County
LaHarpe
Decatur
Galena
Sumner
Chicago
John A. Finnell
Washington
Tasewell
Wayne County
Gen. Palmer
Hoosier Political Gossip Republicans Hold an Inquest on Themselves
A countywide gathering of about seventy-five prominent Republicans from nearby towns debated the party's collapse and future. They foresee a slim chance of winning the governorship or Senate, plan to reorganize to limit Democratic control, and note a likely farmer-dominated new legislature with many Democrats. Ballot losses and constitutional amendments loom, while officials shift to Democratic successors as Green Smith curates policy for Gov. Hovey.
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State Committee
U.S
Statehouse
Green Smith
Gov. Hovey
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Staunton
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