Roster of Local News Items From Carmi and Nearby
Community notes report on Jasper string band. White river rise. Rockport gym planned. quail abundance near Green River. Pike County dogs total 2,159. Patoka schools growing. Carmi treasurer visit. demand for dwellings in Carmi and Hazelton. wood price $2 per cord in Boonville. wood and coal thefts in Petersburg. Wabash County militia. Crossville progress. Henderson County nuts plentiful. Owensboro’s two new faro banks threatened. three Hazelton funerals. Phillipstown coon hunting season and flourishing school. sawmills near Phillipstown. George Wheatcroft enjoyed Grayville electric show. White County Dems nominate John D. Martin for clerk. northern Illinois cattle buyers in White County. 32 denominations in Gibson County. catfish sale from Little Wabash to Grayville. Posey County man with watermelons at Grayville. Petersburg winter social scene noted. coal oil price cut to 9 cents at Vincennes. John J. Kleiner seen as Heisman challenger. Petersburg library proposal. Oakland with seven denominations and Sundays without preaching. Petersburg boaster explosion injures, kills, mill destroyed. Russel Blockley sues Mt. Vernon Star for 5000. Owensville defeats Fort Branch 70 to 40 in baseball. social calling after 9 pm debated in Petersburg. Hunt for neighbor wood pile in Grayville. Albion Temperance dispute warned. Owensville town marshal enforces law. Petersburg dog count and perjury joke. elephant performance chaos at Grayville circus.
Restaurant Oyster Parlor and Sheriff’s Sale Notice
An advertisement for Restaurant Oyster Parlor located upstairs over the Monitor with entrance on Tavern Street announces meals at all hours and also promotes a sheriff’s sale.
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Tavern Street
Chinese immigration rises amid global shifts
The article notes rapid Chinese immigration growth and cites weather, political, and civic items from recent weeks including London snowfall, U S Senate adjournment, Folger confirmed treasury secretary, Hatton succeeding Tyner, a $100000 fire in Edgefield, and Mississippi River floods described as the most disastrous. It also recounts anecdotes from frontier life about wells and well-digging dogs and a humorous aside on California pigs drinking wine, plus a remark on Solomon's temple cost and government contracting in ancient times.
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London
Eng
U. S. Senate
Folger
the Treasury
Jurisdiction Question in Guiteau Trial Plays Hinterland
Washington October 25 The Guiteau case may raise jurisdiction after trial. Scoville and his associate Robinson keep the plea in reserve to avoid a cut and dried acquittal. If the court rules no jurisdiction the defendant could go free, with habeas corpus to the Supreme Court. District Attorney Corkhill’s strategy draws sharp bar criticism.
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Washington
Scoville
Guiteau
Robinson
Supreme Court of the United States
Corkhill
Bar
Kelly's Ripple and Camp Notes from October 1881
Special to the Register reports on Kelly's Ripple near Mt. Carmel and New Harmony. The correspondent plans to move on, detailing crew shifts, boating plans, and river work including a 1500 foot crib-work line of soapstone rock blasted with dynamite. Also recounted are camp amusements, injuries, and local anecdotes, plus a brief digression on hogs drunk from spilled wine and reflections on language and science.
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Kenlly
Messrs
Lacy, White
Barton
New Harmony
Patoka Creek
Mt. Carmel
The
Register
Kelly
Ripple
Joe Davis
the Register
Washington Gossip on Cabinet Jobs and 1881 Politics
Washington dispatch notes ongoing cabinet reshuffle tensions before December with Conkling and Folger eyed for treasury, Tyner and Brady gone, Hayes linked to Star Route probes, Bliga and McVeagh shifts discussed, and President to New York as canal work promises Tennessee navigation gains.
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Register
Washigatoy
D.C
Garfield
Treasury Department
Treasury
Morgan
Arthur
Conkling
Chas. J. Folger
New York
Folger
Hunt
United States Supreme Court
Lynchburgh
Wilson
Repubistars
United States
Tyner
Indiana
Brady
Miller
Lapham
Senate
Hayes
Emory Storrs
Ilinois
Chicago
McVeagh
Walker
Charles Seaton
Blaine
Boas
Frank Hatton
Burlington Hawkeye
Grant
Dorlon and Delmonico Obituary Opens Oct 28 1881
New York dispatch recalls Dorlon the oyster pioneer of Fulton Market, praising his export innovations, modest Brooklyn home life, and his role elevating the trade. It also notes water shortages fueling fires and public alarm, plus bustling commerce and rising seat prices in Exchange districts. Additional items include a giant boy in Evansville, caricaturist Kerr, and varied notices on maple sugar, Jerusalem ruins, aerial navigation plans, and Confederate bond activity.
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Register
New York
N. Y
Philadelphia
Dorlon
Old Fulton Market
Brazil
Eas
Brooklyn
Dorian
Delmonico
Fifth Avenue
Murray Hill
Pioneer Iron Works
Chamber of Commerce
Produce Exchange
Europe
Liverpool
London
San Francisco
Michigan Relief Fund
Michigan
The
Bothnia
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Co. Ww. Slater
Revere
Neighborhood Notes
Jasper
White River
Rockport
Green River
Pike County
Patoka
Carmi
Boonville
Hazelton
Petersburg
Wabash County
Ill
Crossville
Henderson County
Owensboro
Phillipstown
George Wheatcroft
Grayville
Democrats
White County
John D. Martin
Illinois
Gibson County
Little Wabash
Posey County
Vincennes
John J. Kleiner
Heisman
Congress
Democrat
Oakland
Russel Blockley
Mt. Vernon Star
Owensville
Fort Branch
Grayville Democrat
Albion Journal
Albion Division
Sons of Temperance
Squire Clark
Petersburg Corporation
Posey Circuit Court
George Husband
George W. Engler
Mount Vernon
John
Wilsey
Granary Street
Ford and Corbin
Cransfield
Husband
1St Street
Alex, Crank
E. D. Owen
Eee Posey County
John Walz
Phillip Wagner
George W.curtis
E. M. Spencer
NEW Harmony Coal CO
Oregon Mill Co
A. H. Fretageot & Co
Main Street
E. F. Owen & Co
Jacob Breith
William Hartman
Main St
Bet
Peter Weber
Sparks
Hatton
Edgefield
D. C
Mississippi
Leech
Mercer County
California
Solomon's Temple
Jerusalem
R. Conkling, Esq
Washmeron
James
MacVeagh
George Bliga
Brady Et al
Totten
Ingersoll
Bliss
Brewster
Mussel Shoals
Tennessee
Paducah
Knoxville
Gotham
Evansville
Adam Castleman
Casey Co
Castleman
Josuph Kerrier
Keppler
Germany
Vienna
Nast
Matt Morgan
Salt Creek
Utah
Patorka
Princeton Clarion
Vermont
Ohio
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
Abdul Aziz
Berlin
Texas Exchange
Callas
Rotterdam
New York Mail
Mail
St. Petersburg
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