Indiana political notes from the capital and state items
Indiana items summarize a looming Senate contest led by Gov Gray with party factions pulling for or against him. Niblack is praised as Hendricks' successor and potential next senator, while Voorhees and others vie for influence. Additional notes cover land claims, wheat trends, a monument fund, state crime and fraud anecdotes, and local civic developments across Indianapolis and other counties.
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New Harmony Register
Indianapolis
United States
Indiana
Gray
Mour
McDonald English
Holdan
Judge Niblack
Hendricks
Voorhees
McDonald, Gray
Ton Hendricks
Judge Nibluck
Supreme Bench
Jadee Niblack
House of Representatives
Washington
Indianapolis Hendricks Club
Indiana Teachers’ Association
Gov. Gray
Frank Stearns
Stearns
Tommy
Jones
Fires and firesides stir White county and Olney news
A mixed bag of regional items reports arson attempts in Olney and timber fires in Little Wabash bottoms blamed on hunters. Wheat sowing in Richland is down two thirds as farmers favor hay. Local officials post rewards for incendiarism and fire-fighting actions. Notices include church building plans, agricultural society officers, and penitentiary damage from a recent storm. The dispatch covers politics in Washington and cross border chatter, plus railroad employee reading rooms.
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Wayne County
Sendricks
Little Wabash
Richland County
Olney
Elvis Stinnett
White County Agricultural Society
Wm. T. Cleveland
F. E. Pomeroy
Chester
Cumberland County
Readers hear first Democratic message since 1860 reading
Washington observers report the new president's address to Congress. The long message covers silver coinage, polygamy, tariffs, and naval reform, with clear partisan tones. Rose Cleveland likely penned the Utah section. Voorhees sits in Bayard's old seat as discussions unfold on many pivotal issues.
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New Harmony Register
Washmcrox
D.C
White-House
Dakota
Senate
Congress
Millburn
House of Representatives
Ilinois
House
Pierce
Morrison
Indiana
C. A. Snow & Co
U. S
Washington, D. C
J.E. Donaldson
Goshen
G.H. Hull
Lafayette
T. Johnson
Petersburg
F. Cordrey
Fort Wayne
Narvester
Local notices and updates from Stewartsville and beyond in 1885
Special to the New Harmony Register reports Henry Demberger expanding merchandise in Stewartsville while Barbridge secures funds to build a walkway to the depot. Oyster supper planned for Christmas Eve. legal suit Kuykendall vs Mitchell ruled for defendant. Various notes include illness of Faul's infant, Mrs. Kelly relocating to Evansville, a projected inland Yankton town, riverbank land gains, and scattered wild assertions on Virginia politics. Also observations from Memphis excavations, a large natural bridge in Arizona, Philadelphia to New Orleans mail time, coal mining deaths, and a Bos ton mayoral election result.
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New Harmony
Stewarsville
Henry Demberger
Noansville
Barbridge
Stewartsville
Stella Baldwin
George Trethewey
F. W. Kelly
Evansville
Yankton
Virginia
Memphis
Egypt
Tonto Basin
A.T
Philadelphia
New Orleans
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