Indictment in Pomeroy Case Aims for June Trial
The Register reports heavy local pressure to halt proceedings against Hon. 8. C. Pomeroy on bribery charges. Statewide meddling claims and venue fears are publicized as county officials press for immediate trial, with a Kansas City Times correspondent noting a June term likely if venue isn’t shifted. Imogene Willis, once the idol of her father’s heart, now dwells in poverty after a troubled marriage and squandered dowry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends of
Qld
8. C. Pomeroy
Kansas
Supreme Court
Ryan
Topeka
Kansas City Times
Pomeroy
Esc
Imogene Willis
N. DP. Willis
Government clerks and writers in Washington debate literary output
The fragment notes Merdobust, Mill, and Admand Yates employed in Hoeland government stations and claims Mr. Thomas Lardy shares the same support. It argues that clerical roles alone would produce works like those of the named writers, suggesting a flood of literature from Washington beyond official reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merdobust
Mill
Admand Yates
Hoeland
Thomas [Lardy
Washington
Princess Marie Lobenlobe Feeds Vienna Poor
The Princess Marie Lobenlobe heads Vienna kitchens for the needy each morning. With Sisters of Charity, she dons a large apron and spends two hours slicing bread and meat and ladling broth to hungry people seeking food in the great hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eee
Princess Marie Lobenlobe
Vienna
Sisters of Charity
Significant NY Comptroller Reform Cost Up 75000 Over 1868
The New York press notes that under reform management the Comptroller's office cost New York City seventy five thousand dollars more last year than in 1868 under the Tammany ring, a development likely to amuse Boss Tweed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gep
New York
Mers
Comptroller's Office
New York City
Reform
Odds and ends from distant notices and events
In 1861 the Treasury Department employed forty people, rising to 692 by 1869 and beyond. A Welsh gathering in Blossburg Pennsylvania offers a three dollar prize for reciting a local ode. Queen Isabella funded relief for Spanish Civil War casualties. The London Athenæum criticizes Dickens’s The Mill Wheel for slang and vulgarity. A Vermont preacher faces a hefty bill for thirteen years of newspaper subscriptions. A Memphis jeweler wins a thousand dollar set and eighteen hundred dollars in a lottery. France suppresses 120 papers after MacMahon's rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Beck
Congress
Department
Blossburg
Pennsylvania
Chicago
A. Vermont
Birth of a Posey County County Council and reform resolutions
Delegates from Granges met at Springfield on April 24 1874 to organize a County Council for Posey county. Officers were elected by ballot, with George Huebner as president and O K R Thomas as secretary. The council adopted reform resolutions urging economy in office, banning payoffs for nominations, and directing funding into schools, plus plans to meet in New Harmony on June 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Harmony Register
Springfield
Posey County
J. B. Elliott
G. Kuebner
J.B. Elliott
G. Wagner
Rising Star
Center
Lynn
Big Creek
Bethel
Prairie
Cotton Wood
New Harmony
Bone Bank
Mt. Pleasant
Grafton Grange
O. R. Thomas
Bethel Grange
Grange
G. D. Rowe
T. J. Truscott
George Huebner
Rising Star Grange
J.B. Adams
O. St. Thomas
W. W. Slume
Ed. Carr
O. KR. Thomas
W. W. Tnme
Benj. L. Finnell
Thompson Olliver
McRannels
T. Conlin
W. W. Hume
Job Utley
Peter Kivett
McRunnels
Gibson
Wiurrens
Witeress
Iusbandry
Tran
Jront
J.B. Exmorr
State OF Indiana
Indiana
Posey Circuit Court
Esther Lumm
Esther Lumm, Is Not A Resident of the State of
Mt. Vernon
WM. Nelson
Prichard, Hovey & Menzies, Pvif
Executive Prerogative Against the Will of the People
A 19th century editorial argues that Congress should control taxation and funding, resisting President Grant's veto on expediency. It cites British precedent, notes the House of Representatives represents the people, and urges deferring to a majority in Congress rather than the President’s prerogative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Sonse of Commons
United States
House of Commons
I House of Representatives
Grant
Congress
Washington
Cin. Enquirer
Sentinel Movement Sparked by Indiana Democrats Split
The piece condemns the Sentinel and its movement led by Comatock and Keenan, arguing it harms the Democratic party in Southern Indiana and aids Republicans. It calls for Democrats to reject the Sentinel, oppose its leadership, and stand by the old banner as the safe course ahead. It also lists Indiana United States Senators from statehood to the present, naming Noble, Taylor, Hendricks, Hanna, Tipton, Morton, Pratt and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comatock
Keenan
Fishback
Gooding
Sentinel
Indiana
Republican Party
Oliver P. Morton
Morton
The
Sentinel Company
Vincennes
United States
Sex The City Commercial Defends Anti Suffrage View
In Bellaire Ohio a sprightly local sheet edited by Mrs. Mary E. Hoover praises the defeat of female suffrage at the Constitutional Convention. She says most women already have more rights than they exercise and thanks the powers that be for the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the City
Bellaire
Ohio
Mary E. Hoover
Six Hundred Millions of Money Against the People
A reprint from a political column condemns Wall Street capitalists opposing Grant on the Currency Bill. It contrasts six hundred million dollars with forty million people, mocking the aristocracy, and notes the currency expansion was minor. It cites Cincinnati Enquirer and The New Albany Ledger on public opinion, temperance votes, and the proverb that heads are better than one in a barrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald
Grant
Herald
Chittenden
New York
National Bank
Wall Street
Wm. B. Astor
Cornelius Vanderbilt
A. T. Stewart
Union
New York Committee
Cincinnati Hnquirer
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS QUERIFY SALE INPOSEY COUNTY IN 1874
Public sales of rents and profits on several Posey County properties are planned for May 1874. Multiple deeds detail lands in Mount Vernon and New Harmony with terms of sale, dates, and conditions. Administrators and replevin bail appear in notices, including real estate near Section 25 and 24, with assorted legal actions and auction details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Posey County
Indiana
Thomas P. Price
Lewis A. McDonald
William Defur
T. C. Jayuess
Mount Vernon
Alex, Crank
Edward Murphy
James Lewis
Kesiah Lewis
Thomas C. Jaquess
George K. Trainer
Alex. Crank
Jane Maple
Arthur
New Harmony
State of
Lawrence Sfnebner
Mary McDonald
House of Mt. Vernon
Laws
John A. R. Price
John W. Anderson
J. A. Barrett
Court House
Thomas J. Roberts
Sheriff Posey Co
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the Register
W.slater
New Harmony, Indiana
Gees
Isabella
Spain
Miss Dickens
Sax
A. Memphis
Ife
Louisville
Washburn
Saxz
France
Macmahon
Henry Ward Beecher
Messrs
Williams
Cobb
Nipnack
New York State
James Noble
Walter Taylor
Wm. Hendricks
Robert Hanna
John Tipton
Oliver I. Smith
Albert S. White
Edward A. Ilannegan
Jesse D. Bright
James Whitcomb
Charles W. Cathcart
John Pettit
Graham N. Fitch
Henry S. Lane
David Turpie
Joseph A. Wright
Thomas A. Hendricks
Daniel D. Pratt
New Albany Ledger
Standard
Querify
Cuserife
James A. Cooper
Qherive
Erife
Edward Wiemer
Josiah Calvin
Joseph W. Calvin
Anna Calvin
Anna F. Calvin
Ada Calvin
Mary A. Calvin
Louisa Calvin
William Calvin
New Harmony Theater
I Rigi
NEW Harmony Thespian Society
Madeline
Wuatsman
Bella Golden John
Stuntsman
Martin Golden
Martin Mairfax
J.T. Tlugo
Sandy Macray
R. Snelling
Walter Russell
Duke of Bedford
John D. Jones
Bell- Ringers
Bella Golden
Barbara Bloom
Cece Cece
D. Elliott
St. Paul's
Martin Golden Lord Bedford
Tower of London
John D. Jones Lord Ludlow
Bennett Edward Grey
C. W. Slater Cornelius Skim
John I
Bennett J.T, Hugo
Martin Fairfax
C.D. Elliott
St. Paul’s
Martin Golden King Charles II
BR. Snelling
Lord Bedford
John D, Jones
Lord Lidlow
James S. Bennett
J.T. Hage Cornelius Skim
John P. Bennett
Betsy Betsy Baker
Mouser
Crummy
Apli Dt
George Husbands
John R. Hugo
J.& A.simpkinson & Co
John McConnell
William A. Soute
J. and A. Simpkinson
William A. Soule
Techana
H. Parcram
Phif
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