Notice of April 1888 Posey County Indiana Election
Official notice from Posey County Indiana certifies township ballots for the April 2 1888 election. Listings include trustees justices of the peace constables and road supervisors across Black Point Lyon Marr Harmony Bethel Robb Smith Robinson and Center townships with the clerk Oliver N Fretageot and Sheriff I Samuel C Dixon signing.
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State OF
Indiana
Posey County
Oliver N. Fretageot
Posey
Black Township
Point Township
Lyon Township
Marrs
Harmony Township
Bethel
Robb
Smith Township
Robinson Township
Center Township
Mt. Vernon
I. Samuen C. Dixon
Circuit Court
Indiana wheat lead as state crops in Union last year
Indiana produced the largest wheat crop in the nation last year with 37,828,000 bushels on 2,802,086 acres. Illinois and Minnesota followed in yield, while Ohio trailed. Gold digging begins in Brown county near Morgan town with promising lead and land price rises. A test case voicing Sabbath desecration follows a barber shop arrest. A Shelbyville courthouse prize fight ends with Lee Hill winning after a 20 round bout.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Washington
U. S. Commissioner of Agriculture
Indiana
Illinois
Minnesota
Ohio
John Ungericht
Occidental
Ungericht
Supreme Court
Shelbyville
Lee Hill
Frank Roberts
Pugiliste
Hill
Shelby County
Kentucky Hogs Survive Five Months in Old Well
Evansville dispatch reports two hogs missing from Rock Spring distillery near Owensboro Kentucky last October. A worker found them in an old well four feet wide, alive but emaciated after five months without food or water. They weighed about 300 pounds each when lost, 75 pounds when found, and recovered after feeding. The mystery remains how they survived.
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Evansvitur, Inc
Rock Spring
Owensboro
Minnesota Aroused on tariff reform by Minnesota voters
A Minneapolis canvass shows broad support for Democratic tariff reform and opposition to the whisky tax, with notable figures like Gen. J. B. Sanborn and Ex-Senator Wilkinson backing reform. Minnesota could swing Cleveland in the next election by as much as 20,000 votes.
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St. Pau, Minn
Gity
Congress
Minnesota
Union
J. B. Sanborn
Cleveland
Wilkinson
John S. Pillsbury
Minneapolis
Over the River Illinois notes and local gloom
A jagged rundown of Illinois items shows tramps using coat thefts to fund liquor, a failed gas-well at Shawneetown, and a Forty Rounders group in Olney. Other reports mention a farmer’s brain illness, a captive fox collar from 1868, a state detective drive against horse thieves, widespread mortgage on farms, and Arbor Day on April 18. Chicago faces rising self harm, Decatur reaches 15,000 population.
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Indiana
B.F. Shively
Congress
Indianapolis
Joel Glosson
Seymour
Chenowith
Montpelier
Dubois County
Dubois
Kokomo
Hendricks Club
Tolbert Jones
Warrick County
Terre Haute
Richmond
Vincennes
Sons of Veterans” Lodge
Evansville
Daviess County
Findlay
Hagaratown
Brazil
Lincoln Club
Rev. J
Hughes
White River
Elkhart County
Clarke County
Crawfordsville
Pringeton
Shawneetown
Olney
Forty Rounders
John Gregory
Shelby County
Golconda
Illinois
Carmitopera
Mt. Vernon
Ind
Bond County
Oglesby
Mlinois
Carmi
Chicago
Decatur
Calcutta
India
Auburn
Iowa
Allison
Tate
Kentucky
Paine
Long-ago tortoise bears colonial name in Pa find
A shell inscribed H. Delbert 1717 was found in Schuylkill County Pennsylvania revealing a landowner from early colonial times. The aged lettering survives on part of the shell as a historic marker amid other 19th century notes.
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H. Delbert
Schuylkill County
Washington War News and Political Turmoil
Washington dispatch reports 8,021,705 men available for duty with 100,837 in militia. It criticizes Senator Ingalls and outlines Republican tariff tactics, noting delays, district organization, and proposed reforms to abolish the sugar and tobacco taxes and adjust tariffs while Speaker Carlisle prepares to lead a strong Democratic debate.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
United States
House of Representatives
Carlisle
Egg Eaters and Townshend Win in Illinois Contest
In Hawthorne an egg-eating contest saw Mike Reynolds consume 25 fried eggs to Geo Monical's 24. In McLeansboro the Democratic convention renominated Congressman Dick Townshend by acclamation, winning every county except White. An informal ballot stood 77 for Townshend to 14 for Williams.
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Canmt
Ita
Hawthorne
Mike Reynolds
Geo. Monical
Monical
Dick Townshend
McLeansboro
Townshend
Williams
Petrified tenfoot horned creature found in Grenada
Denver reports a ten foot long petrified creature with horns unearthed at Grenada and destined for the Smithsonian Institute in Washington. Also noted is reduced coal use in Pirrasunrg, Pa due to natural gas and a Louisiana Missouri oak yielding 429 fence posts and 9 cords of wood.
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Denver
Cot
Grenada
Smithsonian Institute
Washington
Pirrasunrg
Louisiana
To Beat Hovey A Dozen Democrats Ready to Run
Evansville March 18 With many townships to hear from every county except Perry has at least one Democrat willing to accept the Congressional nomination. Prominent names include Judge Parrett Vanderburg Judge Rhinehart Warrick E M Spencer Wm Loudon Posey Capt Stillwell Gibson Col Armstrong Henry Kramer Spencer and E P Richardson Pike.
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Perry
Hovey
Parrett
Vanderburg
Rhinehart
Warrick
E. M. Spencer
Wm. Loudon
Posey
Capt. Stillwell
Gibson
Col. Armstrong
Henry Kramer
A Sad Case of Schmitt Driven to Madness
Frederick Schmitt, father of a Richter victim, became a raving maniac from grief after his daughter's murder by her enraged lover. The tragedy shattered his reason and he died of a broken heart the following night, leaving seven children without parental care.
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Evaxsvitrte, Inc
Frederick Schmitt
Schmitt
Posey Democrats Call Meeting of County Committee
Chairman Spencer issues a call for the Posey County Democratic committee to meet in this city on Saturday April 7 to select fourteen delegates to the State convention and conduct other important business.
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Mr. Viznon, Inc
Spencer
Democratic County Committee
Harmony troupe to offer first class entertainment at opera house
Golden and Robinson Dramatic Troupe plans active rehearsal next week and a grand double bill on Saturday the 31st featuring Our Boys and the Two Buzzards. Local politics note Democratic strength in Harmony and Robb precincts, election plans, and public notices follow.
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Golden & Robinson Dramatic Troupe
New Harmony Boys
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