Oldest Pony on Record Highlights Indiana Notes
Indiana News column reports the oldest pony on record, foaled in 1837 in Kosciusko county, died of old age owned by Harrison Gilbert of Chili. Also covered are a Wabash depot dynamite attack, state press items, and local curios from Madison to Evansville including weather and population notes, court cases, and political shifts.
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Harrison
Ting
Indiana
Harrison Gilbert
Chili
Miami County
Kosciusko County
Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan RB. RB. Co
Wabash
President vetoes Hannah DeWitt pension bill
Washington April 22 President Cleveland vetoed a pension bill for Hannah C DeWitt after it had passed March 8 and been signed March 10 The action exposes Congressmen aiding pension schemes and underscores Cleveland’s stance against pension frauds while defending honest veterans.
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Washington, D. C
Cleveland
Congress
Hannah C. DeWitt
California as a Land of Climate and Riches
A late New Harmony citizen extols California from Stockton to Tuolumne, praising climate, irrigation, fruit wealth, mining pockets, and wages. He notes Santa Clara land prices, Freano and Chico settlements, Fresno growth, Del Valle mining, and San Diego population boom. Also mentions drought and recent gold discovery rumors.
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Stockton
Cal
California
New Harmony
Santa Clara Valley
San Jose
Los Angeles
Redding
Siskiyou County
Sierras
San Joaquin Valley
Tuolumne
Freano
Merced County
Chico
Fresno
Sierra Nevada Mountains
del Valle
Sonora
Tuolumne County
Lial
Bill Hardy
Fox Island
San Diego
Norlaine
Drouth
Indiana Democrats eye state convention outcomes
Inpranatoris Indiana April 25 report nearly all party rights are set for the state convention with no clear governor nominee. Myers and Matson may clash, Niblack Bynum and Cobb show strong support, and Gen Manson could carry a deadlock. Reagards to the rest of the ticket mirror 1886, French leads for state superintendent, and Niblack Hawk Zollars likely renominated for supreme judges unless Niblack becomes governor. Welborn would then replace. Governor Gray backs Cleveland renomination.
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Niblack
Bynum
Cobb
Gen. Manson
French
Niblack, Hawk
Zollars
Welborn
Gibson County
Gray
Cleveland
Abolition of Saloon Votes Shift in Grayville Era
In Grayville the open saloon ends with a 224 to 147 tally marking a historic shift since 1878. In Illinois the 2nd district Republicans instruct two national delegates for Judge Gresham. Mt Carmel votes rise 608 in town polls as saloons exit Gallatin county. New Caveans yields Nicholls governor lead and Reform ticket victory.
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Judge Gresham
Geo. Wheatcroft
Chattanooga
Tenn
Miss Mills
Carmi
Mt. Carmel
George W. Fithian
Congress
Illinois
Chicago
Gresham
Gallatin County
New Caveans
Nicholls
Reform
Warmoth
Nobies
2Nd Ward
Acres of bones and relics found along the Ohio in Indiana
Louisville reports a relic hunting boom at the Ohio River bank near Silver Creek between Jeffersonville and New Albany. Explorers describe mass graves, skeletons and hundreds of artifacts washed out by floods and rain, with skull variations and ancient tools unearthed in clay soil. Local collectors note a growing trade in aboriginal remains.
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Louisville
Alex Hobbs
Jeffersonville
Indiana
Ohio
Hobbs
Silver Creek
Clarke
Floyd Counties
New Albany
Egypt
Rogers Clarke
Crozier
Elwood Mitchell
Falls
Rhine
Madison
Falla
Harrison Republicans Set Delegates Amid Stinging Row
The Evansville convention narrowly avoided a major clash as Vanderburg county abstained from electing delegates. Harrison backers, led by J B Cockrum and A P Twineham, won delegates to the national convention with 56 votes for Harrison and 30 against. Gen Shackelford endorsed for delegate-at-large, Ernest Dale Owen declined to run. Cicero Buchanan named presidential elector.
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A. P. Twineham
Princeton
Ring
Harrison
Vanderburg
Bennett
Gen. Shackelford
Harrisonites
Ernest Dale Owen
New Harmony
Cicero Buchanan
Washington notes on Louisiana election and judiciary rumors
Washington notes discuss Louisiana conventions where tariff reform Democrats and anti monopoly Republicans faced off. The Democratic governor margin reached about 65,000, with criticism aimed at the Republican ticket’s scalawag head. The piece also mentions Judge Scholfield not seeking chief justice and questions a rumored White House offer to Edwin Phelps for the post, noting age and English background.
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Washington, D. C
Louisiana
Scholfield
Illinois
Edwin Phelps
Vermont
Phelps
Lost Ring Recovered After Six Years In Odd Way
John Massey of an east area farm lost his wife’s gold ring six years ago while frost protecting strawberry beds. Last Monday Mrs. Massey found the ring hanging on a weed, raised six inches and gleaming as when first lost.
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Princeroy, Inc
John Massey
Local Notes on Town and County Movements
Local items detail assessments by E Overton for Assessor Reeder and a surgical visit in Louisville. M Freener and J B Elliott paid for county books work, with employees planning a day and a half payroll cadence. Numerous social visits, departures, and upcoming Commencement seating, plus a Princeton convention train and various town figures attending events.
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M. Freener
J. B. Elliott
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