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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1886
Page
1
The snippet indicates a Friday publication by coc and Ww. Slater with a note about numbering and charges. Limited readable context prevents fuller details on content, costs, or topics.
Evanavinti July 25 A detailed summary of Indiana Democratic and Republican conventions reveals miscounts and procedural disputes over delegate instructions. McCullough held a nominal majority, while Menzies supporters fault party tactics. Calls for orderly nomination and party unity dominate, amid rival county contests and statewide conventions.
Washington reports from July 27 describe Ohio Republican leaders Kennedy and Halstead failing to unseat Senator Payne as the Senate votes 44 to 17. Senator Logan delivers a harsh rebuke to Ohio conspirators and the Cincinnati Gazette editor. The piece also covers other dispatches on political charges against a Mt. Vernon Indiana postmaster, a new postal card design, navy funding, Indiana appointments, and various regional notices.
Ex-Senator J B McDonald of Indiana today dismissed cabinet speculation about his future and affirmed President Cleveland will not replace Manning or Garland. He praised Manning as a capable ally and predicted harmony at the August 11 Democratic convention with likely election gains despite district personal clashes.
The July reports describe woodpeckers hollowing Methodist and Congregational church steeples with honey dripping from the holes. Bees occupy the honeyed spires in multiple towns. In Georgia, a cloud of over fifty soft-shell turtles and striped torpedoes rained down in Laurens county after a shower in piney woods, near a distance from ponds.
The death certificate filed with the health department lists William Scott colored as 153 years old. The record was signed by a reputable physician and dated July 27 in Battmore Missouri.
A telegraphic survey shows 69,840 Republicans and 63,805 Democrats with 7,770 doubtful in Maine. Vermont Democrats name 8. B. Shurtliff for governor. Wheat trades 65 to 76 cents in Chicago. Senator Voorhees to join Maine campaign. Mexico border tensions spark concern as Congress nears adjournment.
Two cows are taken up on the Bin gamin Bailey farm in Harmony township Posey County. One dan-colored cow about 8 years old weighs 800 pounds appraised at 20 dollars. The other cow branded 5 on the left hip weighs 800 pounds age 10 appraised at 15 dollars. Prof Atwater of Bloomington visited and lectured at the opera house on Rome as I saw it. Joan Extort reached 50 years and settled his account with the paper. The Main Street wagon bridge in the 6th ward was rebuilt after over two years of unsoundness. Henry Beckcey, a Bethel township farmer, added to the cash account. Miss Devyn Rosentsoy of New Orleans visits for the heated term. The county se nator race favors Possy and Gibson with Franku as senator candidate. majority perhaps around 1000.
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