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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1871
Page
2
A pro reform proposal urges appointing a five year superintendent printer to run the state printing office to save money and curb patronage. The plan cites Washington examples and argues retrenchment would stabilize finances, noting Bucks county treasury strain and pending bond issues.
Harrisburg civic notes report Senate action transferring Soldiers Orphans to Common Schools, with cost-saving postal rates and stockholder voting reforms under consideration. A reception at the Executive Mansion draws 800 guests, amid fashion critiques, local prohibition petitions advance, and measures curb intoxicants on election days.
The act allows voters in every ward borough and township to decide every three years whether to license the sale of intoxicating liquors. It details petitioning election procedures, counting, penalties for illegal sales, and venue for court actions. It notes penalties for unlawful sales and provides vineyard wine allowances and protections for lessees. The piece also mentions two education measures and upcoming committee reports.
The Adjutant General's report shows Philadelphia's army strength at 453 commissioned officers and 5558 privates, roughly one officer per twelve enlisted men. It compares this to Georgia's 1035-strong regiment and notes the difference in unit sizes.
The Tennessee voyage to San Domingo with commissioners and press on board has not been heard from. Among the aboard were ex Senator Wade and several officials, scientists, and reporters, raising public anxiety about their safety as days pass.
A Philadelphia report describes a Democratic led plot with some Republicans to seize control of city government through new commissions over police, highways, water, and property assessment. It alleges a $100,000 fund and Tammany influence. air Yweed has visited to plan details as next week’s Harrisburg proposal looms. An unrelated U.S. Census per diem provision seeks to boost pay for assistant marshals during fieldwork.
A chaotic crash on the Hudson River Railroad near Poughkeepsie and Dobbs Ferry as the Pacific Express collides with a mixed freight train. Wreckage, fire, and hundreds of victims provoke swift yet uneasy relief efforts amid claims of theft and disorganization. Clergymen's widow and other victims are named. authorities and local citizens rescue survivors and recover bodies.
In the Senate Afr Williams criticizes piecemeal war loss indemnities as creating government precedents for paying Confederate losses. He warns such subsidies burden the treasury and argues many claims are false. The Senate backs a House pension bill for Civil War soldiers, with amendments, delaying final passage for a few days.
A garbled advert like entry outlines a ledger style summary for the treasurer Tocash and the 1869 accounts. It lists payments for courts jurors constables roads bridges and various public offices, with notes on exonerations, percentages, and balances carried forward from collectors for 1869 and 1870, mentioning Geo W Meenry and W Meeller in roles.
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