JENNINGS COUNTY, INDIANA
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
| North Vernon, IN. Aug.
12,1897. The official count was completed here today and resulted as follows: lee, 1,669: Griffith, 1,266: Browder, 166. Major Lee’s plurality is 403. All factions of the Republican Party united in the work of getting out the Republican vote, and the result is gratifying to all Republicans. Vernon, IN. Sept, 7,1898. About 2 o’clock this morning the frame barn on the farm of Jacob Foebel, near here, was destroyed by fire, together with 3 mules, 3 head of cattle, 20 tons of hay, 150 bushels of oats, and some farming implements, entailing a loss of $1,200. The fire is supposed to have been of incendiary origin, as only a week ago the large barn on the county farm was burned in a similar manner. North Vernon, IN. Sept. 24,1898. Hon. Sardis Summerfield, of Reno, Nevada, who left this city a poor boy 18 yrs ago to seek his fortune in the west, is now enjoying his first visit home since leaving here in 1880. Mr. Summerfield has served as a state senator of Nevada, and is now United States district attorney for that state, by appointment of President McKinley. Mr. Summerfield is an advocate of sound money in Nevada. Indiana State Journal 1899-07-05 Vernon Ind. July 1 Deputy Sheriff Jordan arrested Jesse L. Amburn this morning on a warrant from Boone County, charging him with stealing a horse and buggy from Dr. James P. Orr, of Lebanon. Amburn's parents came from Boone County a year or two ago and live on a farm some five miles east of Vernon. The young man has been at work in Boone County for some time, and on May 13 both Amburn's and Dr. Orr's horse and buggy were missing at the same time. The rig was abandoned in the northern part of Jennings County and young Amburn was resognissed as the person who turned the horse loose. One hour before his arrest he had called at the county clerk's office and took out a marriage license to marry Miss Abbie Ale, a young woman living in the same neighborhood. Amburn is twenty-three years old and will be taken to Boone County for trial. Indianapolis Sentinel Dec. 4, 1874 Mr. Upjohn, who illicit distillery, collector Cumback lately confiscated, is the father of 26 children. No wonder he wanted to make his own wisky. It is hardly fair to prevent a father from providing for his own household, thus making him worse than an infidel. The small pox is prevailing to an alarming extent in some
portions of Jennings county, On Indian creek, some six miles from
Vernon, there are thirteen cases in two families and about two miles
south-east of the same town, there are five or six other cases
2/11/1854 New Albany Daily Ledger Contributed by Erica Beatty |
