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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1882
Page
1
The Register announces subscription at 150 yearly in advance and discontinuances only after payment arrears. Advertising rates list one square. multiple insertions and time frames with varying charges. Legal ads charged per law. local column ads 10 cents per line. fractions count as whole. all transient ads prepaid. job work on delivery.
A printed election ticket lists candidates for state offices and judicial posts. Spanning secretary of state to coroner and commissioners, the slate names William R. Myers James H. Rice John J. Cooper Francis T. Ghord John W. Holcome Simon P. Sheerin William E. Niblack George Wy Howe Allen Zollars John J. Kleiner Philip W. Frey James E. McCullough Leroy Williams Oliver N. Fretageot Andrew Wasem George S. Green Edwards Hayes Vincent M. Cartwright Thomas J. Johnson William Wendrick s James J. Bailey Aberhardt P. Schenck with home towns listed.
The piece notes that current appropriations by the Republican Congress exceed those of the prior session by 116,4038,883. It also claims Posey county taxes are lower under Democratic rule than in eighty-nine of the state’s ninety-two counties, signaling a broad tax-oversight debate.
In Choctaw county a bundle of papers outlining a negro led plan to kill the county’s white population was found by two hunters. A Mount Sterling Butler meeting resolved seven ringleaders would be arrested and jailed. Jack Turner was hanged by a mob on August 21 after a mass meeting. About four hundred negroes were involved. the attack was planned for September 17 when whites would be at a camp meeting.
The Democratic district renomination of John J. Kleiner is favored over Heisman, with analysis showing Kleiner’s strength against Heisman in past campaigns. The piece argues Kleiner can win in November, citing county by county vote comparisons and urging united Democratic action.
Posey County notes report Fairchild escaped death near Mt. Vernon after a cattle-guard entanglement as two freight cars neared. Bolt of lightning hits Belleville poles. Posey leads wheat with 1,275,481 bushels. Political tallies show Poseyville Democrats strong, and a skiff with three dead found near Mt. Vernon. Also noted: rail accidents, crop yields, and local curiosities in Illinois towns.
Evansville August 21 The Sun day morning Journal prints an interview with Congressman Heilman in which he refuses to run again and editors declare the decision final. Public opinion wavers between belief and doubt as Kremer pressures, while party leaders weigh candidate options for the upcoming Republican convention on the 31st. Local factions favor anti prohibition positions and name Posey Gudgell or Shackelford as likely alternatives. A July race had Heilman trailing, and Vanderburgh county is seen leaning toward Kleiner if Heilman steps aside. The Daily Tribune and Courier react differently, with Tribune praising the withdrawal while Courier predicts Heilman will seek renomination. The Journal maintains Heilman will refuse to run.
Government printing office visit by Republican tax collectors yields little support. Maine vote set for September 11 with Republicans predicting a large ticket win. Keifer may be defeated. garrison flag plan for navy discussed. Waterspouts flood western Texas. railroad washed out. Indianapolis GOP selects Overmyer as chairman starting September 1. A strange seven hundred pound beast kills a child near Brookville. Hawesville Ky debates stroller sidewalk rule. Grinnell Iowa rebuilding after cyclone. Brownsville Texas reports continued yellow fever rise.
New York gossip column reports on a mythical farmeress famed for thrift and care, plus urban turmoil. It notes malaria, steam-heating work disruptions, and heavy swelter as bankers and brokers endure rheumatism and chills. Oscar Wilde at Long Branch, the Unhappy Freight Handlers strike ending, Russian Jewish immigrants and peddler hopes, Nautachie sunflowers, Albuquerque NM telegraph lines, streetcars, newspapers, gas works, and the grand union depot.
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