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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1882
Page
1
The Register outlines subscription terms at 1500 yearly in advance and lists advertising rates by column: one square, six months, one year, fractional squares, and legal notices. It requires prepaid ads and delivery payment for job work.
A list of Democratic candidates for state and local offices including Secretary of State William R. Myers Auditor James H. Rich Treasurer John J. Cooper Attorney General Francis T. Hord Superintendent John W. Holcomb Clerk of the Supreme Court Simon P. Sheerin Supreme Court Justices William E. Miblack George W. Howe Allen Zollars Representative John J. Kleiner Prosecuting Attorney Philip W. Frey State Senator James E. McCullough Representative Leroy Williams Clerk Oliver N. Fretageot Treasurer Andrew Wasem Auditor George S. Green Sheriff Edward S. Hayes Recorder Vincent M. Cartwright Surveyor Thomas J. Johnson Coroner William Hendricks and District Commissioners James J. Bailey Eberhardt P. Schenck.
Washington August 27 1882 A National Bazaar Art and Industrial Exposition will be held in the capitol rotunda November 25 to December 8 to raise funds for a Garfield statue. The effort is led by the Society of the Army of the Cumberland with about $20 000 already collected and aims to attract artists and foreign delegates. Exhibits bear the artist or manufacturer name and remain until close. Also noted a freak frog story from Hartwell Georgia and a note that war between England and Russia is feared.
A compact New York column notes urban woes and oddities. A shoemaker is killed at a crossing with $25 paid to his widow. Oscar Wilde faced Beecher’s farm satire, a domestic burglar tale ends in a courtroom, and local police and fire leaders visit Cincinnati.
Special dispatches from Posey Gibson Vanderburgh Pike Warrick Spencer Perry and other counties forecast a strong Democratic showing in the district. Voters in Posey Gibson and Sullivan piling up large majorities while Knox Greene and Daviess counties tilt Dem. Senate seats appear solid for Democrats with House gains of four to five seats expected.
A report from Evansville details a Republican caucus to nominate a candidate for Kleiner in the congressional contest, with Heilman refusing to run and C A DeBruler favored in Vanderburgh county. Other items note a Slatesville tragedy, a Boston swimming match won by Webb, Democratic campaigning in Terre Haute, and local wheat thefts in Union township plus smallpox cases in Evansville.
A Sunday incident near Miller schoolhouse ends in tragedy as a hired man, James Buchannon, dies after a horse and cow chase in a ditch. The Sun and Star columns note political bets, county results, and local commerce. Other items report bee profits, new gun club, dry goods, melons shipped, counterfeit, and school starts with transit of Venus and Prohibition convention coverage.
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