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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1886
Page
1
Damaged OCR fragment mentions payments and charges but lacks clear names, dates, or entities. Reading shows references to amounts like 1000 and 600 and terms such as owed or charged, but the text is too incomplete to identify who or what the notice concerns.
Washington reports that Indiana politicians in the capital expect ex-Senator J. E. McDonald to succeed Manning as head of the treasury, with Manning likely to resign. It covers pension office totals, a White House incident with a deranged man, and a detailed critique of an $800,000 ship subsidy defeated by Congress, plus patent notices for Indiana residents.
Posey county Democratic Central Committee members are notified to meet at the Mt. Vernon courthouse on Saturday July 10 at 1 p.m. to select delegates to the Boonville conventions on July 16. Posey is entitled to 28 delegates by township, with Black 8 Harmony 4 Robb 4 Lynn 2 Marrs 2 Center 2 Smith 2 Robinson 2 Bethel 1 Point 1. Loupon is Chairman.
Arrangements with the P D E railway plan a July 15 round trip from New Harmony to Boonville at 7 26 a m for 160 to BO on the excursion. In Posey county Major G W Menzies campaign boost expected. Ward brothers from Gibson county clash with Marshal Wilson. one deputy dies. Wards captured and sent to Grayville. possible life sentence for one. Other notes report a Mayport shark tale and a flood of pension and agricultural data including veteran bills and tenant farmers.
A circular by prominent prohibition Republicans urges a mass convention of temperance Republicans in Indiana on July 20 to press for state action to suppress liquor. Pending this, local option by counties is favored. The piece also notes party tensions in several districts, the new state house nearing completion, and assorted local incidents from across the state.
A Tur steamer named John R Hugo docked last Tuesday night to handle a 40000 bushel wheat contract at this wharf. Also noted is a county treasurer notice to delinquent taxpayers and local notices. Henry Brown advertises fine shoes for sale. A large wheat shipment reaches town this week. Sam Evans of Evansville visited this week.
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