Gibson County Fair statistics and local news roundup
The Gibson county agricultural society report lists entries across classes including Horses 61, Draft horses 27, Light harness horses 54, Cattle 58, Hogs 37, Sheep 52, Poultry 61, Agricultural implements 269, Horticultural items 287, Home manufacture 375, and various fruits and dairy products. Receipts and expenses are shown with a treasury balance of 1,207.85. The Rockport area reports a murder case on a trading boat, with suspect Francis J. Kelly later sentenced to life in Jeffersonville penitentiary. Additional items cover cave discoveries in Marengo, a fortune tale of Henry Study, a monster saurian sighting near Yeoman, and local curiosities, deaths, and civic notes across Indiana counties.
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Princeton, Inc
Gibson County Agricultural Society
Seeey
New Albany
Arnett
Reno
Grandview
Rockport
Astley
Ill
Kelly
Jeffersonville
Meditations on Ohio election and Civil Rights Bill stance
Washington report notes Ohio voters shifted to a crushing Democratic margin, unsettling Republican officeholders. It recalls prior defeats, predicts party disarray, and cites the Civil Rights Bill’s 1871 passage and Senate court setback. Also mentions Thanksgiving proclamation and census projections.
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Ohio
Washmerox
D.C
Washington
House of Representatives
Campaign wrapup for 1883 elections across ten states
Washington reports the 1883 campaign ends next Tuesday with ten state elections. Key states New York and New Jersey expected decisive Democratic gains, Maryland leaning Republican, Pennsylvania competitive, Virginia Democrats optimistic after Ohio Republican defeat, Minnesota showing Democratic gains but not overturning the GOP majority. Massachusetts framed as Butler versus anti Butler with Butler likely defeated, Connecticut Mississippi and Nebraska said to be local contests.
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Regular Democrats Sweep Baltimore and Other 1885 Locals
Sparks from the Telegraph report that regular Democrats swept Balimore Maryland that week. Holman denies candidacy for governor or president. The Washington monument is due for completion in December 1885. Nickels are scarce in San Francisco ahead of a premium. Boston registers 65,000 voters, up 6,000. Gen Sherman retires from army command. Telegraph wires at Washington are being put underground.
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