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Humility Famlljr lt;|n»rr«l.On last Sunday, about a mile from Elizabeth, Harrison county, a disgraceful quarrel and fight occurred between a farmer named Best and four of his sons. The fight originated about a division of property. It seems that Best, while his wife was living, permitted four of his sona who had married, to build houses on different parts of his land. After the death of Mrs. Best, and after his sous had occupied the land for several years, the old man gave them notice to vacate the premises, as he was going to sell the whole farm with the appurtenances. At this, the sons became enraged, and on Sunday morning last they held a council of war, when they determined to visit the paternal mansion forthwith and compel the old gentlemen to make them deeds to the places they occupied. They made a visit, demanded the deeds, which the old man refused to execute, whereupon the sons declared war to the knife against their sire. And war it was for nearly half an hour. A daughter and an unmarried son joined the old man and fought under his banner. Clubs, rocks and fistswere the weapons used, and the noise of the battle was heard for miles around. All the combatants, were more or less injured, some of them terribly bruisedand mangled. The battle terminated in a victory for dad. The citizens in the neighborhood are incensed that such a disgraceful affair should occur in their midst on Sabbath and threaten if it is again iejented, to lynch the whole party.
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New Albany Daily Standard
New Albany, Indiana, US
Fri, May 24, 1872
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