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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1870
Page
2
The Progress announces a subscription cut to $1.50 annually in advance starting November 1. It cites wartime price easing, expects broader circulation, and asks readers to spread the word while promising continued news and miscellany. R. M. Bineman endorses the move.
Foreign dispatches describe a shifting war scene with Prussians massed around Paris and bodies claiming victories on both sides while a broader European war looms. Royal speech to German Parliament praises unity against France, and an encyclical from Pope Pius IX warns against invasion and excommunicates participants.
An incomplete notice details a special election called by General Harry for a senate seat. It references city and county matters, a meeting date, and officials but many words are garbled. The readable parts indicate official action and election timing.
The Speaker of the Senate of Pennsylvania issues a notice marking December 3, 1870 as the election day for five vacancies in the First Senatorial district. Public notice must be given at least ten days, elections to follow acts governing Philadelphia and the Commonwealth. District includes the Fleet, Second, Third, Fourth, Seventh, Eighth and Twenty-sixth wards.
The New York Tribune cites Ninth Census projections predicting a U S population below forty million, perhaps thirty-nine, with several states showing minimal gains or declines. It outlines likely House representation shifts if Congress keeps 234 seats, listing state-by-state population figures and upcoming political changes.
The fourth annual reunion opened at Case Hall Cleveland with Generals Sherman Rosecrans Hooker Garfied and Davis present. A procession from Kennard House marked the morning, speeches followed, and the treasury stood at 8100. A monument honoring General Thomas was discussed.
Public sale of real estate in Indiana County is set for a Friday at 2 o'clock p.m. on the Delaware Avenue schedule, exposing a diverse set of properties including three Oak Street parcels with brick and frame buildings, a steam engine, and various outbuildings. The orders of sale name defendants George Wibner Frank Dobernick and Noah Lohr, with multiple tracts in Montgomery and Meigsmere townships, and the Indiana Branch railroad nearby, all to satisfy judgments in cases brought by creditors including Magdalena Sofvik and Charles Gompers.
The defendant L Li Barber holds title to a dwelling lot in Cherry Tree, Indiana, bounded by Geo. Center to the north, Main Street to the east, an alley to the west, and an unnamed lane to the south. A two story plank frame house sits on the parcel, seized under the exaction proceedings at B F Pires.
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