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· member of the Indiana Legisla- ture. He was elected to Congress in 1843 and re-elected in 1845, serving till 1847. While in Con- gress he took a leading part in the settlement of the Northwest boundary dispute. He introduced · the bill in 1845 organizing the Smithsonian Institute, and be- came one of its regents in 1846, and was chairman of the building committee. In 1850 he was elcct- ed a member of the State Consti- tutional Convention, and appoint- ed chairman of its revision com- mittee. He was one of the ablest and most industrious members of the Convention, and to his efforts are due many important provi- sions in the fundamental law of the State. It is mainly due to his efforts in that Convention that in- dependent rights of property were secured to women.
In 1853 he was appointed charge d'affaires at Naples, and in 1855 was minister to Naplcs, which po- sition he held till 1858. In 1860 he and Horace Greeley discussed the question of divorce, which ob- tained a circulation of 60,000 copies.
During the late civil war he was a firm supporter of the Union and advocated the policy of emancipa- ting the slaves. In 1863 he pub- lished an address showing the evil consequence that would result from reconstruction with New England left out, but there never was any real cause for alarm re- quiring such publication, as the question of leaving New England out was never seriously entertain- ed. The Union League, of New York, published 50,000 copies of
this address, and that of Philadel- phia 25,000 copies.
He was a firm believer in the phenomena called Spiritualism, and boldly and ably advocated its doctrines. Mr. Owen inherited the communistic notions of his illus- trious father, who had failed in numerous attempts to carry the system into practical operation, and failed likewise in his attempts to accomplish a similar purpose. His scholastic attainments were of the highest order, and his mind was richly stored with general knowledge. He was endowed with remarkable ability, and when tested by his numerous undertak- ings and achievements he may be justly regarded as one of the great- est as well as best men the State of Indiana has ever claimed.
The following is a list of his principal works : "An Outline of the System of Education at New Lanark," published at Glasgow in 1824; "Moral Physiology," New York, 1831; "Discussion with Origin Bachelor on the Personalty of God and the Authenticity of the Bible," 1832; "Hints on Public Architecture," with 113 illustra- tions, 1849; "Footfalls on the Boundaries of Another World," 1860; "The Wrong of Slavery and the Right of Emancipation," 1864; "Beyond the Breakers," a novel, 1870; "The Debatable Land Be- tween this World and the Next," 1872 ; "Threading My Way," be- ing 27 years of autobiography, 1874.
He died at Lake George, New York, January 24, 1877, in the 76th year of his age .*
* We are indebted to Appleton's new American Encylopedia for many of the facts con- tained in this Biography.
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THOMAS A. HENDRICKS.
He was born in Muskingum county, Onio, September 7th, 1819; was educated at Hanover College, studied law and completed his legal studies at Chambersburg, Pa., in 1843; settled fn Indiana and practiced his profession with success. In 1848, he was elected to the State legislature, and de- clined a re-election; was an active and useful member of the consti- tutional convention of 1850; and was a representative in Congress from Indiana, from 1851 to 1855. He was appointed by President Pierce, in 1855, commissioner of the general land office, in which he was continued by President Buchanan until 1859, when he resigned. He was subsequently elected a senator in Congress for the long term, commencing in 1863, and ending 1869, serving on the committees on claims, public buildings and grounds, the judi- ciary, public lands, and naval affairs. From 1869 to 1872, he practiced the law profession at Indianapolis. In 1872 he was elected governor of the State of Indiana.
He served out his full term which expired January, 1877. He was a prominent candidate for nomination to the presidency be- fore the Democratic National Con- vention, which assembled at St. Louis June 27, 1876, and received 1333 votes on the first ballot. The nomination was given to Samuel J. Tilden, of New York, on the second ballot. Mr. Hendricks was then nominated as the Demo- cratic candidate for Vice-Presi-
dent, receiving on the first and only ballot 730 votes out of the total number of 738 cast by the convention.
At the presidential election in November, Mr. Tilden and Hen- dricks received nearly a quarter of a million majority of the votes 'cast by the people, and 184 of the electoral votes, lacking only one of being enough to elect.
The States of Louisiana and Florida gave majorities on the popular vote for the Democratic electors, the former by over 8,000 votes, yet, through the action of the Returning Boards the electoral votes of these States-12 altogeth- er-were cast for the Republican electors, which were counted for Hayes and Wheeler, electing them by a majority of one electoral vote. Theaction of the Returning Boards of the disputed States was held by the Democratic party to be arbitrary and illegal. Much excitement for a time prevailed throughout the country, and serious apprehensions were en- tertained regarding a peaceable settlement of the dangerous ques- tion, but the general drlft of public sentiment.was conservative rather than partisan, and the plan proposed in Congress of re- ferring the matter in dispute to a joint commission composed of five Senators, five Representatives and five judges of the Supreme Court of the United States, met with a favorable response from all parts of the country, and was adopted, after a protracted and
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animated debate, by a large ma- jority in both Houses.
The joint commission thus or- ganized entered at once upon the delicate and responsible duty conferred upon them by the act of congress in deciding which were the lawful electoral votes of the States in dispute.
It was the belief and expecta- tlon of the friends and supporters of Mr. Tilden and Hendricks that the electoral commission would make an investigation of the returns and decide which set of electors received the popular ma- jority and were duly chosen by the people. This they decided not to do by a vote of 8 to 7.
The first State reached in the count, whose electoral vote was in dispute, was Florida, which was decided in favor of the Republican electors by the adoption of the following resolution, offered by Commissioner Garfield :
Resolved, That the four persons, to-wit : Frederick G. Humphreys, Charles H. Pearce, William A. Holden and Thomas W. Long, were appointed electors of Presi- dent and Vice President for the
JOHN HOUGH .- He was an active and successful business man of Fort Wayne. He died in Febru- ary, 1875.
E. T. Cox-He is a man of scientific attainments, and is well known as the State Geologist of Indiana.
J. H. BASS .- A citizen of Fort Wayne, and president of the Bass Foundry and Machine Works, of Fort Wayne.
State of Florida, and that the votes cast by the aforesaid four persons are the votes provided for by the constitution.
This resolution was adopted by yeas, 8; nays, 7.
A similar decision was reached in the Louisiana case, and the dis- puted vote in Oregon given to Hayes and Wheeler, electing them to the respective offices of Presi- dent and Vice-President of the United States by a majority of one electoral vote.
The whole country peaceably acquiesced in the verdict of the electoral commission, and Mr. Hayes and Wheeler were installed in office on the 4th of March, 18.7.
Mr. Hendricks crossed the At- lantic in the year 1877, and made a tour through several of the countries of Europe, returning after an absence of several months. He is now engaged in the practice of his profession at Indianapolis. His numerous friends throughout the West regard him as the prob- able Democratic candidate for the Presidency of the United States in 1880.
COL. S. S. BASS .- He is a brother of J. N. Bass, of Fort Wayne. He bore a grand part in the war for the Union. Deceased.
JOHN SOUTHERLAND .- He is a resident of LaPorte. 6 He was formerly president of the State Board of Agriculture.
JOHN T. SCOTT .- He is a promi- nent member of the Terre Haute bar, and formerly a judge of the court of that county.
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J. K. EDGERTON.
He was born in Vergennes, Ver- mont, February sixteenth, 1818. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1839. He removed to Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 1844, and has since been a prominent citizen of that place. He has been extensively engaged for the benefit of railroad
enterprises in northern Indiana. He was elected a member of the thirty- eighth Congress, in which he served with considerable distinction. Hle has accumulated a fair fortune, and is now principally engaged attend- ing to its demands.
GODLOVE S. ORTII.
He was born near Lebanon, Pa., April twenty-second, 1817; was educated chiefly at the Pennsyl- vania College, Gettysburg; studied law, and came to the bar in 1839, locating in Indiana. In 1843 and 1846 he was elected to the State senate, serving six years in all, and one year as president of that body; was a presidential elector in 1848; was a member of the "peace congress " of 1861; and in 1862 he was elected a representative from Indiana to the thirty-eighth congress, serving on the committee on foreign affairs. In 1862, when a
call was made for men to defend Indiana from threatened incursions, he organized a company in two hours, was elected captain and placed in command of the United States ram " Horner," cruising the Ohio river, and doing much to res- tore quiet along the borders of Ken- tucky, Indiana and Illinois; also re-elected to the thirty-ninth con- gress, and to each subsequent con- gress down to the present time. Mr. Orth received the appointment as minister to Austria, March eleventh, 1875.
JAMES N. TYNER.
Hon. James N. Tyner is a resi- dent of Peru, Indiana, a lawyer by profession. He was for many years in the United States postal detect- ive service, for which he proved himself eminently fitted
He was elected a Representative to the Forty - first Congress to serve out the unexpired term of Hon. D. D Pratt, and was re elected to the Forty second and Forty-third Congresses. He served with dis tinction, and did great service in the Forty-second Congress as chairman of the Committee on Postal Affairs. After the expira- tion of his term of service in the Forty-third Congress he received
an appointment to the very re- sponsible position of Second As- sistant Postmaster General, rice John L. Routt. He entered upon the duties of his office on the 7th day of March, 1877, and con- tinned therein until July 12, 1876, when he was appointed by Presi- dent Grant Postmaster General, and served in that capacity till the accession of Mr. Hayes to the Presiden y, March 4, 1877. Mr. Haves appointed a new cabinet, bnt duly appreciating the past services and efficiency of Mr. Tyner in the postal service, ten- dered him the appointment of First Assistant Postmaster General.
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Mr. Tyner declined for sev- eral days to accept an office which he had not sought for and which was subordinate to the one he held before, but through the urgent solicitation of the Presi- dent, the new Postmaster Gen-
eral, and innumerable personal and political friends in various parts of the United States, he conseated to the appointu ent and entered upon the duties of the office, March 20, 1877.
JAMES H. SMART.
This distinguished educator was born in Center Harbor, New Hampshire, June 30, 1841. By diligent application and persever- ance aided by such educational advantages as he was able to com- mand, he made extensive acquisi- tions in knowledge, and thus be- came fitted for that career which he since so nobly achieved. He taught school for several years in New Hampshire, and came to Toledo, Ohio, in 1863, when he was employed as a teacher in responsible positions for two or three years. IIe was elected sup- erintendent of the Fort Wayne schools in this State, in 1865, and since that time, has been for ten years a member of the State Board of Education. During six years of this time he was identified with the county schools as a member of "County Examiners" Association.
He received the honorary degree
PROF. C. E. WRIGHT .- He is a resident and practicing physician of Indianapolis, and a member of the faculty of the Medical College of Indiana.
C. Y. PATTERSON .- He is a resi- dent of Terre Haute, and promi- nent member of the bar of that city, and lately Judge of the Cir- cuit Court.
of Master of Arts from the State University in 1871, and the same degree from Dartmouth College in 1873. On account of his general knowledge and efficic: cy as an educat r he was elected in 1874 State Superintendent of Public In- struction and re-elected in 1876 and IS.S.
He was a member of the Educa. tional Committee of the State to represent its interests at the Cen- tennial Exhibition at Philadel- phia. Ile was also appointed one of the assistant commissioners to represent the United States at the Paris International Exhibition in 1878. Mr. Smart has won an en. viable reputation as a worker in the educational field, and his in- telligent and energetie manage- ment of our State educational interests places him in the front rank of those laboring in this noble cause.
AUSTIN H. BROWN-He is a prominent citizen of Indianapo is. He has held the office of Clerk of Marion county ; his term expired October 24, 1878.
B. TRENTMAN .- He was a suc- cessful business man of Fort Wayne. He founded the well known grocery establishment of Trentman & Sons of that city.
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PROF. J. A. COMINGOR .- He is a resident and practicing physician of Indianapolis, and is a member of the faculty of the Medical Col- lege of Indiana.
PROF. RICHARD OWEN .- He is a brother of the late Robert Dale Owen, is well known as a scholar in natural science, and occupies the chair in that field of study in the Indiana State University.
PROF. R. T. BROWN .- He is well versed in geology and kindred sciences, and was one of the late professors in the Indiana State Medical College. He resigned this position, it is said, because the faculty of the school decided to exclude female students from the benefits of the institution. He re- sides at Indianapolis .;
JOHN B. DILLON.
John B. Dillon was born in Brooke county, Va., about 1807. When he was an infant his father moved to Belmont county, Ohio, and died when John was nine years old. He returned to Vir- ginia, and early became a printer. He remained in Virginia until he was seventeen years old and then went to Cincinnati; he wrote several pieces of poetry and contributed to the newspapers of that city. In 1834 he left Cincin- nati and located in Logansport, Ind., where he studied law and was admitted to the bar. He came to Indianapolis in 1842 or 1843 and filled the office of State Librarian for two terms. He became princi- pal deputy secretary of state, in 1857, under Judge Test. It was mainly due to the exertions and perseverance of Mr. Dillon that Indiana owes her first State Agri- cultural Society. He was really its founder and filled the secretary- ship of the association for several
'ears. In 1859 he completed and published his second edition of the History of Indiana, a complete and creditable review of the pro- gress of public affairs in the state from 1816 to 1856, (the work is now out of print). Previous to the pub- lication of the History of Indiana, he published, about 1842, " His- torical Notes " He was also sec- retary of the Indiana Historical Society.
About 1863 Mr. Dillon removed to Washington City and for nine years had charge of the library of the interior department. He was clerk of the house committee on military affairs for two terms, during which time Hon. John Coburn was its chairman.
During the last few years of Mr. Dillon's life he was engaged on a work which he only revealed the title to his friends. He was never married. He died January 27,1879.
NOTE .- The biographer very much regrets that he was unable to obtain the necessary data for writing the biographies of those mentioned in the last two pages and therefore can only present mere mention of their names, places of residence, etc.
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HON. S. K. WOLFE .- He is a resident of New Albany, and was a member of the forty-third Con- gress.
COL JAS. S. THOMPSON,-He is colonel in the United States army, and professor of tactics in the Indi- ana State University.
MRS. ELIZA HANNA .- She was one of the oldest pioneers of Fort Wayne. She is the widow of the late Judge Samuel Hanna, of Fort Wayne.
JOHN ROCHE .- He is an old pioneer resident of Huntington. He has been connected with many of the publfc improvements of his town, and is an enterprising citi- zen.
MORTON C. HUNTER .- A resident of Bloomington, was born at Ver- sailles, Indiana, February 5, 1825. He is a lawyer by profession and a graduate of the law department of the State University. He was a representative in the State Legis- lature from Monroe county in 1858, was Colonel of the Eighty-
PROF. G. W. MEARS -He is an old and reliable physician of Indi- anapolis, and a member of the faculty of the Medical College of Indiana.
PROF. W. B. FLETCHER .- He is a resident and practicing physician of Indianapolis, and is a member of the faculty of the Indiana State Medical College.
SAMUEL HANNA .- He was for many years a prominent and use- ful citizen of Fort Wayne. He took an active part in all public improvements. and died beloved by all who knew him for his in- tegrity and ability. He was the most prominent pioneers of Fort Wayne.
second Regiment of Indiana Vol- unteer Infantry, which he com- manded till the fall of Atlanta, was brevetted Brigadier General "for gallant and meritorious ser- vices." He was a representative of the Forty-third and Forty- fourth Congresses, and re-elected to the Forty-fifth Congress. His term of office will expire March 4, 1879.
THE NEWSPAPER PRESS OF INDIANA.
The press of Indiana has had a growth full equal to the development of her natural resources. Nor can we easily estimate the extent to which the general prosperity of the State is indebted to the efforts and influences of the local newspapers. These numerous publications embrace dailies, tri-weeklies, weeklies, monthlies and quarterlies. Some of them have gained a national reputation. Prominent among these are the Indianapolis Daily Sentinel, the Indianapolis Daily Journal, and the Indianapolis Daily News. The first is the leading Democratic organ of the State, and the second the leading Republican, while the third occupies an independ- ent position. There are several other popular papers published at the capitol of the State, which are well patronized. Among these are The Herald, People, Sun, and the Indiana Farmer, all of which are weeklies. All the leading towns and cities in the State can boast of well conducted and ably edited news- papers, the larger places being supplied with one or more dailies. The newspaper fraternity of Indiana stand second to no other class in intelligence, go-ahead-a-tiveness and enter- prise, and their publications, perhaps, do more to enlighten and educate the masses than all other agencies combined.
The following compiled from Geo. P. Rowell & Co's News- paper Directory for 1874, with addenda since that date, is a list of the newspapers published in Indiana.
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ALBION, New Era. - Published Thursdays; 22x32; subscription $1.50; established 1873; Samuel E. Alvord, editor and publisher.
ANDERSON, Democrat .- Published Fridays; Democratic; 30x44; quar- to; subscription $2; established 1871; M. J. Todisman & Pyles, cdi- tors and publishers; circulation about 656.
ANDERSON, Herald. - Fridays; rep .; 8 p., 30x44; sub. $2; est. 1868; Stephen Metcalf, ed. and pub .; cir. 960.
ANGOLA, Steuben Co. Republican. - Wednesdays; rep .; 4 p., 26x40; sub. $2; est. 1857; W. C. McGoni- gal, ed. and pub .; cir. 1,080.
ATTICA, Ledger .- Thursdays; rep .; 4 p., 25x38; sub. $2; est. 1850; Benj. F. Hegler, ed. and pub .; cir. 780.
AUBURN, Courier. - Thursdays; dem .; 8 p., 30x44; sub. $2; est. 1870; T. C. Mays, ed. and pub .; cir. 1867.
AURORA, Dearborn Independent .- Thursdays; rep .; 4 p, 28x42; sub). $2; est. 1868; L. W. Cobb, ed. and pub .; cir. 415.
AURORA, Farmer and Mechanic .- Saturdays; dem .; 8 p., 30x44; sub. $2; est. 1873; Thos. D. Wriglit & Sons, eds. and pubs.
AURORA, News .- Wednesdays; 4 p., 24x36; sub. $2; est. 1873; Sam. Chapman, ed. and pub.
BEDFORD, Banner. - Thursdays; dem .; 4 p., 25x37; sub. $1.50; est. 1871; J. C. Carleton, cd .; Banner Print'g. Co., pub .; cir. 533.
BEDFORD, Independent. - Thurs- days; rep .; 4 p., 24x36; sub. $2; est. 1849; I. H. Thomas, cd. and pub .; cir. 800.
BEDFORD, Christian Record. - Monthly ; 48 p. 8vo .; sub. $1.50; est.
1843; Jas. M. Mathews, cd. and pub .; cir. 3,167.
BLOOMFIELD, Democrat .- Wednes- days; dem .; 4 p., 24x36; sub. $2; est. 1868; W. P. Stropes, pub. and prop .; cir. 550; official paper.
BLOOMINGTON, Democrat .- Satur- days; dem .; 8 p., 26x40; sub. $1.50; est. 1868; Thos. C. Pursell, cd. and pub .; cir. 500.
BLOOMINGTON, Progress .- Wed .; rep .; 4 p., 25x40; sub. $2; cst. 1835; Wm. A. Gabe, ed. and pub .; cir. 550.
BLOOMINGTON, Indiana Student .- Semi-monthly; 16 p., Svo .; sub. $2; est. 1864; Jas. K. Beck, ed .; J. F. McGregor, pub .; cir. 650.
BLUFFTON, Banner .- Thursdays ; dem .; 4 p., 25x38; sub. $2; cst. 1849 ; Craig & Hacket, cd. and pub .; cir. 650.
BLUFFTON, Chronicle .- Fri .; rep .; 8 p., 26x40; sub. $2; est. 1869; Jas. W. Ruckman, ed. and pub .; cir. 432.
BOONEVILLE, Enquirer. - Sat. ; dem .; 4 p., 25x38; sub. $1.50; est. 1860; Win. Swint, cd. and pub .; cir. 700.
BOONEVILLE, Republican. - Sat .; 4 p., 24x32; sub. $1.25; est. 1873; D. D. Doughty, ed. and pub.
BOURBON, Mirror .- Independent; 4 p., 26x40; sub. $2; cst. 1871; I. Mattingly, ed. and pub .; cir. 550.
BOWLING GREEN, Archives. - Dem .; 4 p., 26x38; sub. $1; est. 1869; Wm. Travis, cd. and pub .; cir. 420.
BRAZIL, Echo .- Thurs .; 4 p., 25×38; sub. $2; est. 1873; Thomas J. Gray, cd. and pub .; cir. 650.
BRAZIL, Manufacturer and Miner. - Thurs .: rep .; 8 p., 30x44; sub. $2; est. 1867; Miner Pub. Co., pub .; S. B. Riley, business man .; cir. 720.
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BROOKSTON, Reporter .- Thurs .; 4 p. 22x32; sub. $2; est. 1873; M. H. Ingrim, ed. and pub .; largest circu- lation in White Co.
BROOKVILLE, American .- Thurs .; 4 p. 26x38; sub. $2; est. 1851; C. W. Stivers, ed. and pub .; cir, 750; old- est established republican paper in Clinton Co.
BROOKVILLE, Franklin Democrat. - Thurs .; dem .; 4 p., 24x36; sub. $2; est. 1839; C. B. Bentley, ed. and pub .; cir. 746; official paper.
BROWNSTOWN, Banner .- Wed .; 8 p., 26x40; sub. $1.25; est. 1869; Wm. Frysinger, ed. and pub .; cir. 600.
BUNKER HILL, Our Village News. -Sat .; 4 p., 22x32; sub. $1.50; est. 1873; Jasper H. Keys, ed. and pub.
BUTLER, News .- Fri. ; 4 p., 22x32; sub. $1.50; est. 1873; R. II. Weamer, cd. and pub.
CAMBRIDGE CITY, Tribune. - Thurs .; rep .; 4 p. 24x36 ; sub. $1.50; . est. 1869; Harding, McClean & Tal- bot, pub .; cir. 750.
CANNELTON, Enquirer. - Sat .; dem .; 4 p., 24x32; sub. $2; est. 1870; E. E. Drum & Co., cds. and pubs .; cir. 425.
CANNELTON, Reporter .- Sat .; rep .; 4 p., 25x37; sub. $2; est. 1853; C. H. Mason, ed .; Mrs. Isabella D. La Hunt, pub. and prop .; cir. 780.
CENTERVILLE, Odd Fellows Chron- icle .- Sat .; 4 p., 22x32; sub. $1.50; est. 1874; R. J., Strickland, ed. and pub.
CENTREVILLE, Wayne Co. Chron- icle .- Sat .; 4 p., 22×32; sub. $1.50; est. 1871; R. J. Strickland, ed, and pub .; cir. 480.
CHARLESTOWN, Clark Co. Record. -Sat :; 4 p., 28x44; sub. $1.50; est. 1869; W. S. Ferrier, cd. and pub .; cir. 648. .
CICERO, New Era .- Thurs .; rep .; 4 p., 22x32; sub. $1.50; cst. 1871; Daniel Thorp, ed. and pub .; cir. 420.
CLINTON, Exponent .- Thurs .; in- dependent; 4 p., 26x38; sub, $2; est. 1874; Blackledge & Baker, eds. and pubs.
COLUMBIA CITY, Post .- Wed .; dem .; 4 p., 27x43; sub. $2; est. 1852; E. W. Brown, ed. and pub .; cir. 892; official paper.
COLUMBIA CITY, Whitley Commer- cial .- Thurs .; 4 p., 26x44; sub. $2; est. 1869; J. W. Baker, ed. and pub .; cir. 650.
COLUMBUS, Bartholomew Democrat. Fri .; dem .; 4 p., 28x42; sub. $1.50; cst. 1870; Lyle & Finney, eds. and pubs.
COLUMBUS, Republican .- Thurs .; 4 p., 26x40; sub. $2; est. 1872; Isaac M. Brown, ed .; Brown & Bro., pubs .; cir. 650.
CONNERSVILLE, Examiner .- Wed .; 4 p., 24x36; sub. $2; cst. 1867; Jno. M. Iliggs, cd. and pub .; cir. 960.
CONNERSVILLE, Times. - Wed .; rep. ; 4 p., 24x36; sub. $2; est. 1850; G. M. Link, ed. and pub .; cir. 960.
CORYDON, Democrat .- Mon .; dem .; 8 p., 30x44; sub. $1.75; est. 1852; A. W. Brewster, cd. and pub .; cir. 624; official organ.
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