Vast Posey County Real Estate Auction in 1887
On October 1 1887 real estate in Posey County Indiana is offered in multiple tracts. Included are eighty three acres plus in the South West Quarter of Section 18 and additional parcels in the North West Quarter and West Half of Section 18 in Township 4 South Range 13 West. Descriptions cover Black River bounds Burr Oak witness trees and adjacent land of Albert Miller Isaac V. Cowgill and Chrissy Price with various measurements and configurations. The sale also covers a separate tract in Price’s Station Bethel Township with specified bounds. Terms: one fourth cash with balance due in six twelve and eighteen months secured by mortgage. attorney fee.
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Posey County
Indiana
Haing
Qrissy Price
South West
Black River
Highteen
Albert Miller
Isaac V. Cowgill
Roda
Price’s Station
Bethel Township
Edward. Homer
Indiana State News Bluebook of Sept
Indiana reports from Jeffersonville and Vincennes and Vincennes on political talk with Governor Gray and Cleveland prospects. Local indignant action over drive well royalties, a mass meeting and resignation call. Also district school geographies dispute, mastodon finds near Montpelier, and Indianapolis supreme court docket backlog with eighteen month delays.
Prosecutor pushes law in La Porte County saloon fines
The prosecuting attorney enforces laws in La Porte and Michigan City where fines and costs against violating saloon-keepers total $2,000. About forty Spencer women with their families formed a social club, built a bath-house on White River, and enjoy a watering place lifestyle.
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Laporte
Michigan City
Spencer
White River
Indiana crops seen improving as summer favors yields
Indiana agriculture chief Alex Heron predicts corn and potato crops statewide will average better than expected and notes a good summer often precedes strong crops next year. The report lists political resignations, local incidents, gas and oil findings, fair events, and county notes across the state, including Gibson, Terre Haute, Vincennes, Dubois, and Grant counties.
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Alex Heron
State Board of Agriculture
Indiana
Gibson County
Seymour
Mitchell
Peter Bainter
Terre Haute
Vincennes
Vernon
Over the River: Grand Rapids Lock Stone Laying
The Grand Rapids lock and dam stone laying was announced amid delays from contractors stone supply. River improvements seek a $200000 appropriation next year. Reports note repairs on White River Indiana and dredging plans with a $17600 estimate for next season.
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Carmen
Sun
Wabash River
Grand Rapids
White River
Ind
Kelly’s Ripple
Veterans Association Growth and Cleveland Endorsement
In Des Moines three hundred delegates of the Iowa Association of National Veterans elected officers for the coming year and adopted resolutions condemning Tattleiem while endorsing President Cleveland’s administration. The group now lists over 38,000 Iowa members, with interest rising amid G. A. R. politician disturbances. Meanwhile Washington reported the redemption period for trade dollars expired with only eight million of thirty-three million presented, much of the rest going to China.
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Des Moines
Iowa Association of National Veterans
Tattleiem
Cleveland
Veterans’ Association
Washington, D. C
China
Powderly to quit Knights role to campaign against Blaine
Terence V. Powderly, general master workman of the Knights of Labor, plans to resign after the next General Assembly. He intends to tour New York and campaign against James G. Blaine if he secures the Republican nomination, arguing tariff policy favors manufacturers over workers.
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New York
N. Y
Philadelphia
Terence V. Powderly
Knights of Labor
General Assembly
Blaine
Powderly
Maine
Knight of Labor
Notes and News in Brief From Across the Nation
A large photograph of the United States treasury building in Washington, said to be among the world’s largest, measures 4 by 7 feet and will be given to ex Secretary Manning. Cleveland’s Pittsburgh invitation was engraved on a steel plate thinned to 0.008 inches and rollable like parchment. Atlanta will host a sham battle with four batteries, ten cavalry companies, and 6,000 infantry. Elder Evans of the Shaker community in New Lebanon, NY, just turned 85 and has not eaten fish or meat since 1832. The national debt stands at 1 676 815 000 dollars and, at the current pace, would be paid in under twenty years. Americans spend about 82 million yearly on silks, less than half woven domestically. Counterfeit two dollar silver certificates trouble New Jersey. A child in Charlotte, Michigan, drowned after falling into a milk can. Bentonville, Arkansas reports peaches ten inches in circumference. Public smoking: 1.4 billion cigarettes smoked annually. Iowa Democrats nominate Thomas J. Anderson for governor. The national debt declined by 4 809 475 in August. No women are allowed to sing in Mexican church choirs. Cholera has appeared in Rome.
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Jeffersonville
Gray
Patton
Southern Prison
Louisville
United States
Indiana
Blaine
Cleveland
United States Treasury
Washington
Manning
Pittsburg
Atlanta
Elder Evans
New Lebanon
N. Y
New Jersey
Charlotte
Mich
Bentonville
Ark
Democrats of
Iowa
Thomas J. Anderson
Rome
Mahone Faces Indiana Plan in Virginia Senate Fight
Virginia politics centers on a duel between Mahone and Barbour for the United States senate seat. The legislature is split with 40 senators and 100 representatives. Mahone, Republican boss, aims to seize 26 Democratic representatives or an Indiana backed plan to secure a joint-ballot majority. Barbour expects 26 senators and 54 representatives for a Democratic victory.
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Ricamont
Virginia
Riddleberger
United States Senate
Republican State Committee
Barbour
Democratic Committee
Mahone
Senate
Washington
Petersburg News Local Briefs Highlight Town Activity
John Matt Jr of New Harmony represented Mannheimer & Co Evansville and may buy a local grocery firm to relocate. Basye-Davis Dramatic Co to perform at the opera-house during fair week. Public schools open next Monday with a listed teaching staff. A soap bubble social at the Methodist church next Friday with a prize for the best bubble. P D & D will run round trip excursions to Kansas Nebraska Minnesota Dakota on Oct 20 and Nov 11. Tax fairground building a new fence and other improvements. Wm Verts bought the livery stable from Fred Schaffer and may acquire Weitz House hotel. East Main Street store well stocked. Local notables in town last Wednesday. Circus last week satisfactory though attendance light. 878 bushels of clover seed harvested in under twenty days. Rev Cone to hold services at St Stephens next Monday evening. Ros Johnson and Miss Fannie New married with Squire Sexton officiating. Capt Dora Jones from Mt Vernon visited. Switch being installed at Manns sawmill, Tuvo. Jones returning to Terre Haute Polytechnic Institute. Nelson Hunspon to St Louis for winter school. Exhibition at the fair urged. Vino Jonson back from injuries. Rare Bosex in Mt Vernon. C Trernewey visited Mt Vernon Averarn cold wave. New Sorghum at Ford & Bennetts.
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the Register
Co. V.sauuaater
Isaac Price
Robb Township
New Harmony
W.M. Duncan
F. M. Garvin
Elarrison— Investment Banking Comp’y
Harrison, Ark
Harrison
First National Bank
Thomas E. Garvin
Evansville
Eugene 8S. Thrall
NEW Harmony Banking Company
Horace P. Owen
Eugene
Thrall
Thomas Mumford Jr
Eugene F. Owen
Charles A. Parke
William H. Owen
Alfred Dale Owen
Talso
Jebn Fritz Herberhold
William P. Edson
Mt. Vernon
Otice
Fourth Street
Main
Courthouse
P. A. Sexton
Justice OF the Peach
Hiatt Block
Church Street
Andrew Hofreiter
West Main Street
Weber's Tailoring Store
NEW Harmony Livery and Sale
New Harmony, Ind
Fred. Schaffer
City Exchange
Thos. S. Ford
Ford & Walz
Lich
Fred. Walz
Tenberger’s
Arctic
Albert
Church St. Bet. Main & Brewery
Newsom
Indiana State News
WasaInaTon
Bentley C. Wallace
Liberty
L. Johnson
Manion
Fairmount
Here
Col. J. Smith
Smith
Watasu
Blackford County
Buiurrton
Godfrey Farm
Montpelier
Indianapolis
State Supreme Court
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Porter
Petersburg
Pike County
New Albany
St. Paul
Grant County
Illinois
Henry Simpson
Clark County
Simpson
St Olney
Providence
Nathaniel Jenkins
Metropolis
Ira Keen
Friendsville
Mt. Carmel
Galesburg
Carmi
Joliet
Robinson
Great Cairo Bridge
Hamilton County
A. R
James Blaine
Hon. T. V
Virginia Politics
Petersburg News
John Matt, Jr
Mannheimer & Co
Basye-Davis Dramatic Co
Tor
W.J. McCormick
W.M. Wheeler
Wm. Zaring
Eoms Althouse
Carrie Pelham
Eliza Thomas
Taeree
Methodist Church
Kansas
Nebraska
Minnesota
Dakota
Tax Fairground
Wa. Verts
Fred Schaffer
Weits House
Lieu Tenpercer & Co
East Main Street
Sam Grizby
Henry Sears
Joey Fintinaim
Cone
St. Stephens Episcopal Church
Ros Johnson
Miss Fannie New
Squire Sexton
Dora Jones
J. R. Huge
Princeton
J. T. Norsworthy
Hon. Dale
Jim Rawsings
State Normal School At
Mann’s
Jones
The
Polytechnic Institute
Nelson Hunspon
St. Louis
Vino Jonnson
Mies Kare Firronia
C. Trernewey
Averarn
Ford & Bennett's
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