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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1884
Page
1
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The piece reports a low voter turnout in Harmony Township with a late surge of farmer voters. It details contests for township trustee, justice of the peace, and constables, noting Richards and Husbands as rival Democrats, Ed Knight's uncertain candidacy, and mixed Republican gains and losses across multiple townships in Indiana. It also covers Evansville results and broader state shifts, highlighting Democratic gains in Marion County and notable Republican setbacks nationwide.
A new bridge will span McFadins creek at the site of the old white bridge funded by a contract awarded to William Gerth for 1624 dollars. The 26 foot structure is planned to cost nothing per foot and finish by June. Local notes cover politics, sports clubs forming in Springfield and Solitude, a brick yard planned for Stewartsville, a death in Mt. Vernon, and various regional happenings from Poseyville to Vanderburgh.
In WashingtonApril 5 the Senate and House debate federal aid to public schools and Indian appropriations. The Indian bill includes 5 million dollars with provisions for alcohol interdiction and census reporting by Indian agents. Colored congressmen O Hara and Smalls are noted. Mahone’s illness strains Virginia Republicans. The House retires the trade dollar and weighs adulterated foods. patent reform, postal telegraph, and woman suffrage emerge in debates. The Senate moves on coinage, the Washington monument nears 500 feet, and party maneuvers surface about 1884 prospects. A Keifer Boynton note, and a 77 million state school appropriation passage mark the week.
Curiosities from the New York Sun detailing federal salaries in the pension and Supreme Court clerks offices, post office manpower, and railway clerks. expenses on Indians, pensions, stamps, and medals. Capitol lighting costs. railway and river expenditures. and notes on taxes, lands, and political shifts. Includes figures on salaries, annual disbursements, and structural costs across multiple departments and states.
In White county Illinois the Democratic primary produced a ticket led by Clerk John D Martin with 669 majority State Attorney John W Hon 50 majority Coroner Wyatt Williams 857 majority and Surveyor R N Johnson with about 1 900 votes cast from 2 400 Democrats. Also notes local incidents: a narrow escape from a fire rescue, theft of music racks by Yankee Robinson band members, Henderson Bridge plans and construction details, a Vincennes assault case, poor wheat prospects near Kayville Mattoon, and various regional items.
Cor of the New York Sun reports an April Fool prank claiming Samuel J. Tilden arrived in Cleveland with Barnum Whitney and others. Hundreds, including officials, visited the Kennard House expecting a reception. No visitors appeared. the episode is labeled the most complete local April fool joke. The piece also notes HarmonyTownship voters backed Richards and Knight, a St. Johns seal skin haul, West Virginia GOP Blaine prospects, and 47 killed with 180 wounded in a Cincinnati riot.
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