Twenty-eight divorce cases are docketed for the present term of the Circuit Court at Peru

William C. YARNELL, of Peru, while visiting Holdridge, Neb.,
received a broken limb by accident, and his death occurred at that place yesterday.
He was chairman of the Miami County Republican Central Committee and a citizen of influence.
Indiana General News Items from the Indianapolis News 8 December, 1890

After a bitterly contested fight before the Miami County Commissioners, during which over one hundred witnesses testified,
William LANCASTER was refused an application to sell liquor at Xenla. This leaves but one saloon in that place, and the people will endeavor to dispense with it.
Indiana General News Items from the Indianapolis News 13 December 1890 Page 6 Columns 5 and 6

Matthew McCOY, an aged resident of Peru, was fatally injured in a fall, which severed an artery in his brain.
Indiana General News Items from the Indianapolis News 15 December. 1890 Page 6 Column 5 and 6