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.TBaoir. Ue turned too thort.Mr. Basil Sbrode lias opened up a new coal mine on bis furrn tour miles north of town. The coal is said to be of extra fine quality. It is an under vein or stratum of the old knob coal.Less powder was burned here than usual on Christmas. The business men say they never saw so dull a lime during the holidays. Coid weather and the great scarcity of money caused the trouble.Ph. Eigeomann has just finished a very large and convenient ice house below the new levee across Spanker’* Branch. A pond near by will enable .him to store a large amount of pure ice at small expense.Mrs. Grimmel, the German woman j»o badly burned Sunday week, is re* ported by her pbys;ciao, Dr. Little* page, to be dying, and will doubtless be dead before tbie reaches our readers. Her babe, kindly adopted by Mother Fisher, is doing veil.▲t a trap shooting match Tuesday • evening in Young’s field Jim Wil liamsoa and Tom Gillett carried off the honors, killing four birds out of :five each, while Stocker aud Carroll brought down two each.The attics and closets have received n terrible overhauling the past week, and nil the old skates, skate ^straps and sick, have been brought into requisition, and the average email boy is away on the pond cut -ting dog stare and the like.Mrs. Killian, of Centerville, fell in crossing Elm street Christmas morning and broke her right leg just below the knee, Dr. Milner, assisted by Dr. White, set the limb and the ladr, though suffering severely, is re-p rted to be doing well.8llaf«PutlatlS'aPaaaciin
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Rockport Journal
Rockport, Indiana, US
Thu, Jan 02, 1879
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