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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1882
Page
1
The Register announces subscription at $150 yearly in advance and rules for discontinuance. Rates list per square and column sizes with durations, including legal notices at 10 cents per line and advance payment for all transient ads.
Election ticket lists candidates for state and local offices on Tuesday November 7. WILLIAM R. MYERS is Secretary of State, JAMES H. RICE Auditor, JOHN J. COOPER Treasurer, FRANCIS T. HORD Attorney General, JOHN W. HOLCOMB Superintendent, SIMON P. SHEERIN Clerk Supreme Court, William E. MIBLACK George W Howe Allen Zollars, JOHN J. KLEINER congressman, PHILIP W. FREY Prosecuting Attorney, JAMES E. MCCULLOUGH State Senator, VINCENT M. CARTWRIGHT Recorder, THOMAS J. JOHNSON Surveyor, JAMES J. BAILEY Commissioner Second District, EBERHARDT P. SCHENCK Commissioner Third District.
Special to the Register from Vernon Indiana dated August 17 1882 reports the Democratic Congressional convention nominating John J Kleiner on the first ballot for Congress. Philip W Frey named for Prosecuting Attorney in Vanderburgh and Posey district. James E McCullough of Gibson county named for State Senator Posey Gibson district. Judge Niblack visited and received a hearty reception.
The first bale of no new cotton grown in Loursiane was received at New Orleans on the 14th instant.
Local notes report a straight Republican ticket at Poseyville with Julian D. Owen to the legislature and a slate including Barrett and Carpenter. The piece mocks Democratic control, warns of black voters and German sentiment, and ends with a wry line about expected defeat and party harmony.
Vanderburgh County politics shift as Hon F W Cook a major local brewer joins the Democratic ticket. He cites Republican plans to confiscate his business, notes sixty five of his sixty employees are Republicans, and predicts a large Democratic margin locally and state wide. Germans Adolph Firnhaber and Prof Simon Hecht back the Democrats, while The Evening News calls the move disloyal. A Chicago dispatch reports a mid lake snow squall aboard the propeller Merominw, and Atlanta records claim eight hundred worthless dogs killed this season.
Gotham gossip reports bumptious officials in New York quarrels and arrests. A dog catcher shot a boy and a journalist was picked up for sitting on his steps. The piece recalls General Warren's Civil War deeds and criticizes clergy who chase Wall Street wealth. It also notes Peekskill camp views, an armory dispute over $30,000, a Long Branch elopement, Brooklyn aldermen crossing the bridge, Audubon relics sale, and Arizona finds of bones with 1548 coins.
President Arthur sails from the navy yard aboard the Dispatch for New York. He plans eight to ten days there, then Newport to visit ex Governor Morgan, followed by a sea excursion with his children and private secretary. Other items report political feuds, appointments, and maneuvers tied to the 1884 race.
The August crop bulletin reports Indiana wheat likely the state's best to date with 2,669,813 acres yielding 47,132,048 bushels, oats at 634,101 acres producing 19,592,160 bushels, and corn at 3,016,797 acres. Other items include a London gunpowder explosion killing pupils, Indiana liquor-dealer convention in Terre Haute backing Democrats, Kansas Republican platform support, and various state political notes.
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