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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1884
Page
1
New Harmony Indiana March 7 1884 lists ad rates for one square. rates extend to fractional squares and columns. All legal ads taxed by law. Local column ads are billed per line per insertion. Job work due on delivery.
In Poseyville a county championship reading contest drew 350 to 450 people as New Harmony sent a party by train to witness the event at Union Depot. Winners: Miss Armstrong first for Longfellow poems, Mr Clippinger second for Poe's Raven, and Miss Lewis third for Lucille by Owen Meredith.
News from Washington details the civil service commission report delays, the six year presidential term proposal, Porter opposition, and a Senate vote to repeal the iron clad oath. It notes Logan Arthur rivalry, railroad policy battles, private secretaries for senators, and Virginia, Indiana GOP faction fights with Dudley Calkins 1884 nomination tensions.
The New York Republicans fear no current candidate can win the state. Arthur versus Folger is seen as weak in New York, with Blaine and others listed as unelectable. Western hopefuls also face factional opposition, while Sherman Logan Lincoln Gresham Alison Starrigan lack NY support. Overall, all major names seem weak where strength is needed.
Reports from Mt. Vernon show 107 homes destroyed by the Ohio bottoms flood from West Franklin to the Wabash, with total damages near a quarter of a million dollars and about 200 000 bushels of corn lost. Indiana political notes include the Democratic State convention June 25, Posey county leads in wheat and corn yields, and local races in Gibson, Edwards, and Wabash counties.
Norwich residents woke to a wild scene on Warren street as about fifty dogs from many breeds fought in a chaotic one hour melee. A dead dog lay in the street and blood traced the ground while frightened onlookers mistook the combat for a wolf encounter.
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