Guardian and sheriff sale notices in Posey County Indiana
Guardian of Therese Kilbinger and three Kilbinger minors will sell Lot Eighty-three in the New Harmony town tract at private sale on October 29 1881 after court order. Terms require one third cash and rest in six to twelve months with 6 percent interest and 5 percent attorney fees. Sheriff to expose John Penfold real estate rents for seven years October 22 1881 at Mount Vernon court house if needed to satisfy decree. Also Quenice’s sale of a Posey County farm lot containing about 123 acres with rents for seven years at public sale. Marching details provide parcels and boundaries as described.
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Therese Kilbinger
Katie Kilbinger
Mamie Kilbinger
Lizzie Kilbinger
John Kilbinger
Posey Circuit Court
Posey County
State of
Indiana
Princeton Road
New Harmony
Robert Owen
Tavern Street
Catherine Kilbinger
Guardian
Frank D. Bolton
Abraham Penfold
John Penfold
Mount Vernon
Elizabeth Penfold
John Burrows
Jesse Penfold
Alex. Crunk
Kovey & Menzies
Court House
Julia A. Overton
Charles Denby
David Kumler
Denby & Kumler
New York Republican split shocks Conkling machine
Washington dispatch notes a dramatic New York Republican State Convention defeat for the Conkling faction. Halfbreeds won leading posts, Stalwarts ousted, and an anti-Conkling ticket was nominated. Rumors mix Garfield era politics, Blaine, and cabinet plans with broader federal reform debates and moralizing party infighting.
Counterfeit Ten Cent Pieces Reported in Evansville
Evansville, Oct. 7. A new counterfeit gold piece operation has surfaced using old one cent coins altered to 310 size with niched edges and worn sides to erase "one cent" marks. The counterfeit, bearing an eagle on one side and Liberty on the other, passes as genuine by sound. Several pieces have circulated locally, with the latest detected today bought by a woman at a local store, per Cincinnati Inquiry.
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Evansville, Inc
Cincinnati
Pnquirce
Kelly's Ripple letter from Upithe reports county crops and local happenings
A regional missive from Kelly's Ripple Indiana summarizes river work on White River, crop prospects in Gibson County, and social notes. Overseer L T Phillips, supervisor George Bartlett, and other locals are mentioned along with late planting, second growth potatoes, plentiful squirrels, good fishing, and a Mt Carmel saloon opening. Content includes light gossip about Tommy and Hazelton, beer social, and New Harmony departures.
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Kelly
Ind
White River
Mt.Carmel
L. T. Phillips
New Harmony
George Bartlett
Barry
Tom
Hazelton
John Baldwin
Tommy
Warelton
Richard Ford
Mt. Carmel
Husbands
Gibson
Phillips
Koys
George Bedell
John Hofreiter
Telegraph sparks and political notes from 1881 list
Sparks from the Telegraph reports sparse items: Wisconsin frost, Bangor snow, Pulaski fire, Hudson ice, New Hampshire quake, Madrid snow, and New York, Boston, Newark political notes. Fund totals include Garfield fund at 339,898 and Boston gift 15,684. Prohibition votes in Ohio near 15,000. national school count 213,000. postal sales 34,835,745. Multiple party nominations and inaugurations noted.
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Town
Brady
Wisconsin
Chicago
Boston
Michigan
New York
Bangor
Maine
Ohio
United States
Madrid
N. J
Newark
N.J
Pennsylvania
Orange Noble
Massachusetts
Charles P. Thompson
Arthur
Yorktown
Slocum
Brooklyn
Rhode Island
Voorhees
R. W. Johnson
Mount Vernon duel of words ends in gunfire scare
In Mt Vernon Mrs Barter fired at editor F Wertz during a personal controversy sparked by a revived old scandal. Wertz escaped, Barter was seized on bond set at 800 dollars with endorsement by local officials. Public reaction split between anti assault and defense of press clashes. An ending note recounts a dying man seeking spiritual help and insurance advice.
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Evansville
Mt. Vernon
Barter
James M. Barter
Lsg
Liz
Sux
Epeblicen
The
Republican
Sun
Squire Daniels
Elon
Jos. I. Welborn
A. C. Williams
M. Spencer
Joseph Gregory
Greathouse
Eli Alldredge
Chas. Foshee
William P. Eds
Governor Foster Re-Elected With Large Republican Lead
Columbus reports early returns show Foster re elected and the Republican ticket leading by about 10000 votes statewide. Democratic gains appear in rural areas while cities trend Republican. Cincinnati stays GOP, Cleveland and Toledo show Democratic gains. total state vote well below last presidential poll. Legislature favors Republicans with 15 Senate Democrats and 14 Republicans. House likely Republican.
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Columbus
Foster
Licket
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Toledo
CoLtumpus
Senate impasse over Bayard choice and crop outlook
In Washington the Senate met in a special session and Bayard was elected vice president pro tempore. The piece notes bids, votes, and the adjournment, then shifts to crop results for 1881 with wheat at 480 million bushels and corn at 193.6 million, down from last year. It mentions Indiana’s short crop, Republican faction tensions, and a New York protest against Milley and Lapham’s Senate seats.
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Delaware
Senate
John M. Palmer
Ilinois
Clark Potter
New York
John Quincy Adams
Massachusetts
Washington
Endleton
Ohio
Bayard
Edmunds
Vermont
Anthony
Rhode Island
Associated Dress Dispatch
Middle States
Pacific Slope
Colorado and Territories
New England
Indiana
Antunr
United States Senate
Thomas F. Bayard
Arthur
Milley and Lapham
Gleanings From Gotham on English Cricket in New York
Eleven English cricketers arrived and promptly beat the Philadelphia club and then New Yorkers, as New York hosts, with Parisian comparisons and police critique of city life. The piece also notes social tensions, police excesses, and political moves by Senator Manone and Senator Davis amid GOP stances on Virginia debt repudiation.
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Manone
Union League
New York
Virginia
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William Hartman
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Princeton Library Association
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Evansville & Cairo Packet Co
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Patoka River
Register
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Knox County
White
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Spencer
William West
Burnt Prairie
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Boonville Fnquirer
Wheels of Fortune
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W. TH. Stowe
Upithe River
Pulaski
N. Y
Hudson River Valley
New Hampshire
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Ohigo
Republican National Committee
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Marsh
Jewell
W. F E. Chandler
Gotham
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Mark Lane
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