Mob Hangs Man in Indiana Town Amid Smallpox Panic
A mob of fifty masked men seized jailer keys, hanged G. M. Garrett to a silver maple near the jail after an acquittal in a Jennings county case. Fears loom for Frazer and Mrs. Walton as panic spreads, with schools closed and vaccination efforts underway.
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Times-Star
Greensburg
Ind
G. M. Garret
Jennings County
Garrett
Mr. Walton
Frazer
Mrs. Walton
Weir passenger train wreck near Rincon New Mexico
A Kansas City dispatch reports an east bound Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe passenger train wrecked near Rincon New Mexico. Five armed men tried to rob the express but escaped to the baggage car. The engine and baggage cars left the track. The fireman was killed and the engineer and Wells Fargo messenger wounded. The express carried about 200000 dollars in silver from Arizona mines destined for New York. The robbers allegedly belong to a desert band active in New Mexico and Arizona.
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Adispatch
Kansas City
Weer
Atchinson
Topeka
Santa Fe
Rincon
N. M
Wells, Fargo & Co
Arizona
New York
New Mexico
Notable Hangings and Shootings Reported Across Cities
New York reports William Lindram hanged at 8 33 in the city prison yard for the murder of landlady Mrs Margaret Crane in January 1881. Salem dispatch details William Stull shooting Mrs Calvin Summiers near Georgetown, leaving her dead. Stull escaped as searches spread. Canton update notes William Brull cornered near New Franklin and killed himself. Joliet mentions a smallpox outbreak worsening in the city.
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New York
William Lindram
City
Margaret Crane
Bowe
Stevens
Dr. Morgan
Sindram
Thessistant
Sheriff Stevens
Salem, O
Calvin Summiers
Georgetown
William Stull
Villian
Cleveland Herald
Canton
William Brull
New Franklin
Columbiana County
Summers
Stark
Columbiana
Rush county farmers suffer freeze havoc on wheat fields
A series of notes from Indiana state sources cover crop damage in Rush county due to a deep freeze. a Webster saw mill iron rod was found embedded in a tree near the Richmond explosion site. local misdeeds and curiosities include a runaway farmer and teen romance, a vow to public marriages by a postmaster, and a costly saloon-keeper fine in Warsaw.
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Rush County
Webster
Richmond
Joseph Bogardus
Lafontaine
Wabash County
Susie Grant
Bogardus
Letts Skiner
Major Skinner
Valparaiso
Crawfordsville
J. M. Griffin
Sugar Creek Township
Montgomery County
Humbolt
Kan
Jefferson Flora
Heth Township
Harrison County
Flora
William Kahn
Madison
Gaar, Scott & Co
New York
Franz Joseph
Austria
Prince Furstenburg
Europe
Hungary
Sultan and Prime Minister Face Cash Crisis
The Prime Minister pleads for funds to the Sultan as taxes and imports are not options and new loans are impossible. They consider selling assets but find only the crown jewels are available, and the Prime Minister finally suggests auctioning sacred honor.
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Sultan
Autograph Quilt Aids Widow With Celebrity Signatures
A Leadville woman plans an autograph quilt raffle for Mrs. San Townsend widow of a recently shot officer. She sent cloth squares and indelible pencils to American celebrities asking for autographs and sentiments. Returns are promising with a mix of wit and practical messages.
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Denver Tribune
Leadville
The Eagle and The Serpent Poem Parable
A serpent watches an eagle rise to a mountain summit and envying him crawls upward. The fable notes fickle fortune favors the cunning and the reptile climbs toward the eagle’s lofty station.
Scandal at Washington Society Ends With Flight and Divorce
A prominent government clerk and a wealthy New York widow sparked a sensational affair revealed by letters and blackmail. The widow fled abroad after a climactic exposure, while the clerk loses his job. A separate tale recalls two men surviving a dangerous Continental Divide descent and vowing to remain friends.
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Brooklyn Eagle
New York
Washington Society
Adventuress
Froon
Downhill Fight Among Colorado Miners Ends Near Cliff
Tom Cox and Jim Null fought in a tent on Mount Elbert near Twin Lakes over a wet bed caused by melting snow. The struggle sent them tumbling down the steep 2000 foot slope with hands at each other’s throats, narrowly risking serious injury or death.
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Leadville
Colorado
Tom Cox
Jim Null
Aunt Ehibert
Twin Juakes
Golden
Mount Elbert
Queer Capers of a Mule at Haunted House
In Philadelphia a family on Washington avenue and Pussyunk road reported a ghostly racket from a vacant house. Neighbors explored the dwelling and found the source was a mule that had wandered from the coal yard and climbed stairs before being coaxed outside with lettuce bait.
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Philadelphia Times
Carpenter
John Finney
Washington Avenue
Pussyunk Road
Cval
Edison and the Gooses Eggs
The Indianapolis Sun recalls a tale of Thomas Edison as a boy in Michigan who tried to hatch goose eggs. He hid in a straw nest with eggs, hoping to incubate them, insisting he would succeed with more perseverance if given another chance.
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Edison
Indianapolis
Michigan
Pretty Girls and Their Gallants in a Nevada Senator’s Salon
Washington Letter notes Mrs. Senator Jones invites twenty pretty young ladies to an afternoon luncheon with elegant setup and no visible servers. Cavalier guests entertain attendees with solos, duets, recitations and readings in a genteel winter hospitality scene.
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Washington
Chicago Times
Senator Jones
Nevada
A Darby's Culpable Strategy about a Murdered Horse Case
In Montgomery city court Morris Browning, a Black man, was convicted of killing a horse owned by AT Rivers. Rivers allegedly framed Browning to marry Browning’s wife. A new trial was granted after Joe Green testified Rivers killed the horse himself in a scheme.
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Darby
Montgomery Advertiser
Morris Browning
AT Rivers
Browning
Joe Green
Rivers
Alabama
Germany expands its artillery stock with heavy calibers
The report notes that since 1871 Prussia has added 2 600 guns to its artillery reserve. Many are of the heaviest caliber, increasing Germanys already massive stock.
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Germany
Prussia
Herfstock
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Chicago
Ill
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Holmes
Attorneys At Law
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Sullivan, Ind
John T. Gunn
South Ride
Houlson & Coulson
Attorneys
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Imi
Ahia
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Square
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Croner Public Square
Commercial Row
J .W-Bellman
Sullivan, Tudiana
Crowder
No 13
Northside
Janie
G. Buff
Maine Street
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South Side
Terre Haute
Cavins, M.D
Gitice Over Burks
North Side of
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Curry & Dutton’s
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Sullivan Indiana
Cincinnati
West Point
J. B. Marchisi
Marchisi
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Naseau St
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Stratton
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