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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1882
Page
1
The Register announces subscription at 1500 yearly in advance with non-discontinuance implied if arrears aren’t settled. Advertising rates list one square, 12 lines, various insertions and durations, with fractional squares counted as full and all legal ads charged by law. Transient ads require advance payment, job work on delivery.
J W Davis undertaker purchases T Hugo business and stock and adds extensive caskets robes shrouds and embalming fluids. A new hearse and matched horses offered. Davis operates Poseyville location with T M Davis and Stewartsville with Geo Trethewey handling calls. Jan 3.
Washington dispatch notes Democratic gains in Indiana and Ohio trigger optimism for November. Prohibition, labor, and Chinese labor policy loom large as Republicans face defeat. Vetoes on anti Chinese bills strain party unity. Democrats rally around labor concerns and prohibition politics as cabinet changes unfold.
NEW YORK April 7. A harbor fire attributed to arson by mutinous workers follows the theft of wages and crew intimidation. The petroleum bark burned all day near Bedloe's Island after being forced to return for alleged unseaworthiness. Attendance rose as benefits for the Actors' Fund drew large donations, notably James Gordon Bennett and Edwin Booth.
In Posey county and neighboring areas, Democrats swept several townships with notable margins. Across Vanderburgh, Gibson, Knox, Pike, Greene and other counties, Democratic trustees outpaced Republicans, with gains in Bloomington Monroe and Richmond areas. Observers expect continued Democratic momentum into the state election. The political shift sparks talk of legal action against Congressman Heilman over local railroad stock.
Indianapolis items report that ex-Senator McDonald may succeed Mr. English as Democratic State Committee chairman. State officers are flooded with complaints about removing untagged dogs killed by constables, amid questions of constitutionality and duties. The attorney general offers two opinions on funding road superintendents and constable pay for dogs killed, while heavy rain turns to snow.
Comnius reports that Ohio voters swung toward Democrats in major cities Cleveland Toledo Cincinnati and Dayton aided by German and anti Prohibition votes. The Legislature will be Democratic and A G Thurman is seen as the next U S Senator. Republicans face redistricting or risk losing much of the next delegation. Jubilant Democrats decorate desks as a Lawrence County Prohibitionist mocks the result with a banner note.
The Alta, a leading coast Republican journal, condemns the presidents veto of the anti Chinese bill passed by Congress by a large majority. It says the veto betrays eastern bigots and New York merchants and demoralizes the party west of the Rockies. The Colorado governor names George McChistt to fill Teller's Senate seat as Rae, Connecticut Legislature adopts a resolution endorsing the veto.
Local papers cite buffalo gnats driving cattle to frenzy, with stumps and logs burned to smoke them out as a remedy. In Poseyville, a saloon matinee ends with fights and injuries among railroad workers, no arrests reported.
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