Posey County News and Advertisements Item
Court of Common Pleas for Posey county meets in Mt. Vernon next Monday. Notices list post office letters. Gen Lee may back Virginia conservative ticket. Owen & Co advertise cheap goods and price list. Fourth of July balls tonight and Monday at Union Hall. Wheat plentiful in Washington County at 95 cents per bushel. contracts for new at 75 cents. A negro appointed to office in Texas. Grant soldier programme discussed. Gov Hayes renominated by Republicans for expenses in uncertain campaign. J S Coox appointed to a first class clerkship in Internal Revenue in Washington. The New York Sun attacks the President as a small lion not a lion. Evansville plans an infirmary. Eye and Star Dept. led by Dr Magentis. One hundred thousand dollars sought for Posey County rail line Mt Vernon to Grayville. Thanks to Taratt & Mumrorp for ice supply amid heat. Heavy rains slow harvest. grain cut but damage feared due to weather and lack of hands. Supreme Court decision on Specific Appropriation sustains legality. Auditor cannot go behind the record. Gardiner and Wrizoan of Mt Vernon travel to Olney on Mt Vernon and Grayville Railroad business.
Letter on McCase Appears in Our Columns This Week
A forthcoming column features another letter from Mr. McCase. The piece argues increased confidence in him and hints at retracting prior criticisms. It suggests he has not been as blameworthy as thought, claiming he has been more sinned against than sinning.
Mount Vernon and Grayville Railroad Buy Vote Protest
Handbills urge Old Posey residents to vote on the 27th inst for a county appropriation of $100,000 to aid railroad construction. The call argues opposing the measure harms the region and its interests.
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Political musings on Pennsylvania race and party feuds
A fragment from Grayville Independent discusses Senator Scotr of Pennsylvania conceding a Democratic win next October. It urges a strong Democratic ticket in Pennsylvania and criticizes Republicans and party figures. Other notes mock Grant era politics and reference a New Harmony earth quake club challenging Cincinnati’s Red Stockings for an American championship.
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McCabe letter proposes county aid for Mt Vernon to Chicago RR
A June 18 1869 letter from R McCabe urges Mt Vernon and Grayville R R officials to use a state law allowing county donations to fund a railroad project. He suggests accepting 100000 in county funds secured by city bonds, while retaining private subscriptions, and promises earlier completion of the road from Mt Vernon to Chicago. The missive also notes river drowning tragedy and local weather impacts.
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Evansville druggists praise Deckerman's Condition Powders
Office of Cloud and Akin in Evansville Indiana dated April 5 1869 requests by freight five gross Deckerman's Condition Powders. The letter extols the medicine as unequalled and endorsed by the city public stables and wishes success to Caukins Prynp y Co and the wider country.
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