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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1889
Page
1
Gov. Tlovey visits Mt. Vernon and attends a local fair while Attorney-General Miller returns to Washington amid a heated city canvass. The piece details court actions against surveyors, a disputed property case involving Judge A. A. Chapin, and various town notes from across the state including fairs, accidents, and economic activities.
Dispatches from Oct 2 report four new states reflecting a general cut in Republican majorities. In Montana the battle was close with Democrats making gains while Toole leads for governor by about 250 and Carter for Congress by about 400.
Returns from the state election indicate a Republican ticket victory with a reduced majority. The legislature is likely Republican, though Democrats dispute the gain of 30 to 40 seats from the apportioned numbers. Rail road interests backed the Republicans, and woman suffrage appears defeated. Ferry leads Semple for governor by about 6 000 votes.
In Bismarck on October 2 the Republican ticket swept the election though with smaller margins. Democrats made their strongest showing to date and expect to gain next year. Governor Miller, a Republican, is projected to win by about six to seven thousand votes.
Aberdeens South Dakota voters elected the Republican ticket and two Congressmen by about the usual 15000 majority Prohibition also carried the state The summary notes add eight senators and five representatives to the national Congress and increase the Republican margin to six seats in the Senate and eight in the House.
News items from Gallatin to White counties report a 104 year old Grandfather Kirk who voted Democratic since Madison and walked four miles to vote in May. A Galva dog burial debate, a Winnebago farmer’s suicide after a twist of events, and a Moultrie doctor tapping Isaac Meredith’s dropsy are noted. Also listed: butter and milk production, Peoria State Fair receipts, hosiery factory fundraising, a Carmi corn stalk with eight ears, coal counties, Apple shipments, World’s Fair fundraising, and White County divorce cases.
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