Rose McIlveen, "Smithville Saloon Gets Rude Treatment," Bloomington (IN) Herald Telephone, October 27, 2000, Smithville Vertical File, Monroe County Public Library, Bloomington, Indiana. NOTE: The information noted below was abstractd by Randi Richardson from a photocopy of the original article. In the summer of 1898, James May established a saloon in Smithville. Two months later, on Monday, August 29, the building and its contents were intentionally destroyed at 1:30 AM by a group numbering ten or 12. There was speculation that the destruction was prompted by the general feeling that a saloon was not wanted in Smithville.

A similar event occurred in Stinesville in 1892: 1894 Stinesville fire <http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/inmonroe/2012-11/1353709682> On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 12:15 AM, Randi Richardson via <inmonroe@rootsweb.com > wrote: > > > > > Rose McIlveen, "Smithville Saloon Gets Rude Treatment," Bloomington (IN) > Herald Telephone, October 27, 2000, Smithville Vertical File, Monroe County > Public Library, Bloomington, Indiana. NOTE: The information noted below > was abstractd by Randi Richardson from a photocopy of the original article. > > > > In the summer of 1898, James May established a saloon in Smithville. Two > months later, on Monday, August 29, the building and its contents were > intentionally destroyed at 1:30 AM by a group numbering ten or 12. There > was speculation that the destruction was prompted by the general feeling > that a saloon was not wanted in Smithville. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INMONROE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >