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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1884
Page
1
The Register notes subscription at 160 dollars yearly paid in advance and discontinues only after arrears are settled. It lists advertising rates by column size and duration, all legal ads by law, local notices at ten cents per line, and requires advance payment for all transient ads and delivery payment for job-work.
A historical column weighs the war records and pensions of leading candidates Cleveland and Blaine. It notes drafts, substitutes, and fortunes, critiques party organs, and calls for balanced reporting. The piece mocks biased editors, cites Blaine support, and warns about street rhetoric tied to county politics.
At the Democratic national committee meeting members expressed strong confidence in Cleveland's election. Speakers from West Virginia to Wisconsin predicted Democratic wins, with several noting labor dissatisfaction but hope for improvement. Prohibition nominating John P. St. John, Indiana and Michigan notes, and anti Blaine organizing were cited along with large Democratic ratifications in San Francisco. A Wilkes-Barre dispatch mentions Irish support shifting to Blaine.
The independent Republican conference declares the national honor and honesty in administration as paramount. It criticizes party corruption, condemns bribery for office, and supports selecting leaders of unquestioned integrity, noting divides on tariffs and finance but unity on electing a man of proven courage and reform.
Washington July 25 The historian notes that Arthur's cabinet members favor their families over state duties. Frelinghuysen puts his son-in-law in the state department Folger backs his son Chandler secures a western office Brewster aids his son and Gresham places a youth in ethnology. The Democratic committee plans soon to issue campaign documents and speeches.
A clipped 19th century analysis contrasts James G Blaine and Grover Cleveland over war service. Blaine faced draft issues, bought a substitute, and profited from a protection fund while Cleveland supported his family, contributed to the cause, and later backed veteran preferences as governor. The piece ties broader events to public sentiment, includes scattered notes on politics, technology, and international topics.
Washington notes from July 27 discuss friction in the Arthur administration toward the national Republican ticket. Gossip claims no warm expressions toward Blaine since July 11, with Logan relations severed after his Blaine support. The piece notes internal doubt, possible Butler support, and Iowa fusion talk with predicted elector impacts.
A compiled survey from Pekin yields an imperial census placing China’s population at 280,000,000. Notes recount rattlesnake kills in New York, land deals in California, giant bridges, fast-growing squash vines, and various curiosities from medicine to demographics. The item blends statistics with miscellany, including deaths, education, and industry tidbits across the United States and world.
The Indiana State Board of Health orders county city and town boards to act on sanitation with disinfection lime and removal of filth along streets yards and vacant lots. Reports from Mt. Vernon and Gibson county cite wheat prices yields corn reports dog counts and a variety of local incidents and economic notes across Illinois and Indiana including mills closures and a soldiers reunion.
A mixed front of notes from Poseyville and nearby areas reports Princeton baseball beating Cynthiana 12 to 9, wheat yields by Isaiah Fletchall and George Wade, and local political organizing by both parties. Burglary at J W Berridge in Cynthiana. Fire suspected incendiary at Marrs township residence of Adam Schreiber. Local gossip and statewide political observations from St Louis Post-Dispatch. New York water project cost projected at 25 to 30 million dollars with 400 million gallons daily capacity.
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