Tariff Divide Signals 1888 Reckoning in Republican Field
Washington dispatch notes Republican bosses shuttling from capital to pivotal states to shape tariff policy ahead of 1888. Southern campaigns, internal rifts, and pressure from rail interests threaten unity as tariff reform and surplus debates flare, with Blaine and Sherman stoking rival factions.
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Sherman
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Ae Ueual
Rhine
South
National Committee
Virginia
Tennessee
West Virginia
Old Dodge
North
Allison
Hawley
Lincoln
Harrigan
Logan
Jack Logan
Blaine-Sherman
Notable Crimes and Oddities Across Indiana Aughts
James Parker faces trial after snatching his child and throwing it into a hog-pen, where the infant died shortly after. A storm-fleeing driver narrowly escaped when his barn was struck by lightning, killing two horses and a cow. Natural gas erupts from a long-abandoned Logan county well, prompting deeper boring. Balloon jumper Thomas Baldwin receives 450 dollars and a diamond medal from Quincy locals. Nashville water shows Kentucky blue lick likeness at 24 feet depth. A 12 foot diameter sycamore is cut in Embarass bottoms for State fair display. Old revolutionary war powder-gourd carried by Mrs. Williams’ grandfather. Springfield signals office authorized for 76 stations. Loggers report a 64-foot catfish at Golconda. Grayville creamery sold, and seven Grayville firms run free-delivery wagons. A Harrisburg man owns a white Newfoundland. Grayville builds a new city hall. Indiana patents granted for packing, tightening, indicators, fence machines, carpet sweepers, sweat pad fasteners, railway guards, axle skeins, and mail sacks.
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Bens Woods
Etingham
Greenup
Logan County
Thomas Baldwin
Quincy
Nashville
Kentucky
Springfield
Washington
Litchfield
Shawneetown
Chicago
Modern Woodmen of America
Olney
Golconda
Jasper County
Seventen
Grayville
Harrisburg
Net Democratic lead in Kentucky returns set to about 20,000
Official returns from ninety eight counties show a Democratic plurality of 17,036 with the remaining twenty one counties leaning slightly Democratic. Boekner's majority will be about 20,000 and the legislature will be 108 Democrats, 20 Republicans, and 8 independents.
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Louisville
Boekner
Earthquake dries wells and odd tales from Indiana county
Jeffersonville reports twenty wells within five miles of the city have gone dry after last week’s quake. A Rogers farm well shows no water and emits gas. In Vincennes Mrs. George Reel is bitten by a house snake hiding behind a kitchen bucket. In Jennings county Commisky Baptists claim a miraculous beam raising for a new church. Bourrton describes two clear lakes with deadly turf, giant fish, and underground waters. Other notes mention a Confederate loan repayment, drought-damaged corn in Jackson county, a magnetically charged 800 foot well in Wabash, and county band plans for the state fair.
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Jeffersonville
Rogers
Vincennes
George Reel
Harrison Township
Madison
Commisky
Jennings County
Bourrton
Dr. Bennett
Montpelier
Milton Lane
Rockford
Ill
Crawfordsville
Sydney Speed
Lane
Speed
Louisville
Jackson County
Seymour
White's Institute
Gan
Wabash
Graio-Inspector Dunn
Indianapolis Board of Trade
State Board of Agriculture
Whiteland
Johson County
State Board of Health
Ola Olson
Benton County
Robinson Alexander dies in Jeffersonville
A leading figure from John Brown's rebellion era, Robinson Alexander, dies at Jeffersonville. Evanville faces heavy debt with about $54 per resident and annual interest near $100,000. Ripley and Fayette counties predict corn crop failure after eight weeks without rain. 90 year old Mrs. Sullivan walks eleven miles to a Pike county picnic. Pike county reports 3,367 church members with property valued at $29,000. A rattlesnake with 13 rattles found in Pike county. A 96 pound catfish caught in White river near Petersburg. Oil struck in Cass county at 1007 feet. 536 deaths at Princeton since April 1876 amid tramplike troubles.
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John Brown
Jeffersonville
Evansville
Ripley
Fayette
Sullivan
Pike County
White River
Petersburg
Cass County
Princeton
Notable World Notes From Whitman to Washington
Compiled items include Whitman county’s tiny resident at 29 inches, Commodore Nutt selling tickets in Boston, rumors of Gen Hancock’s widow as post mistress, and James Phelan as the youngest 50th Congress member. Reports cover Texas defeating prohibition, Spain’s infant king’s salary, and broad national stats on government property and cattle industry participation.
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Commodore Nutt
Tom Thumb
Boston
Colorado
Kentucky
Local notes mix of mislaid satchel and upcoming events
Mars C Cranshewp lost a satchel containing her ticket and about $20 after a train switch near Stewartsville and returned home due to illness. The community hosts spiritualist seances at the opera house with Miss Nellie Davenport. The Julia Bennett troupe presents Lust and Found tomorrow. Also notices about quilting machines, a Knights of Pythias lodge, local travel, a church festival, and local commerce and farming notes.
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Mars.c. Cranshewp
Nellie Davenport
Julia Bennett
Louis R. Warwick
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