Butler Withdraws From Massachusetts Governor Nomination
General Butler, the administration candidate for Massachusetts governor, withdraws before balloting. He brands the salary bill as a Republican party issue, argues the measure was passed by a Republican majority, and deflects blame to the Republican leadership while defending his stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gax
Ren. F. Butler
Massachusetts
Grant
Burner
Senate
House of Representatives
Butler
Senate of the
United States
House
Postal Cards and The Side For Address
The department warns that postal cards cannot be mailed at ordinary rate if the address side is used for anything beyond the address. A single word on the address side raises postage to three cents though longer text on the other side may fit for a cent. The note mocks the department’s strict rules and hints at further so called points of law.
Senator Carpenter Praised by Wisconsin Paper
Mrs Jane G Swisshelm critiques the Indian Bureau's corruption under peace policies and religious missions while citing a Wisconsin paper's praise of Senator Carpenter as a strong Republican leader and a man of greater stature than opponents across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Bureau
Mirs
Jane G. Swisshelm
Senator Carpenter
Wisconsin
Matt Carpenter
Maine
Pacific
Theatre anecdote and boiler tip in old notes
A remark on a stage hand toppling chairs at a Troy theatre after Epwix’s death is noted alongside a tip that glycerine in steam boiler water reduces lime scale. A letter from a Connecticut admirer to Alexander Stephens about sassafras is quoted, plus questions about a seaside White House and Texas immigration and progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
saiIt
Aupes
Troy
Epwix
Forrest
Connecticut
Alexander H. Stephens
Sassafras
Mr. Stephens
Fifteenth Posey County Fair a Proved Great Success
The Fifteenth Annual Posey County Fair faced sickness cholera dust and heat yet drew about 6000 visitors per day with strong stock displays Kentucky Illinois and Gibson counties excelling in horses cattle and ribbons while Belmont horses and floral hall impressed. Samps Olney took the great trot with Sam Houston ahead of Arlington Belle Leo and others, and pacing and running races followed. The New Harmony Brass Band provided music as plans for next year began with praise for the secretary and exhibitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Posey County
Kentucky
Illinois
Gibson County
Floral Hall
Forts of
Evansville
Belle Lee
H. Laupbert
Henderson, Ky
Arlington
H. C. Sanps
Olney
Sam Houston
Sam Houston,” Owned By Mr. Samps
Tom Denny
Warrick County
Ind
Belle Leo
Honest Ned
A. E. Scorr
Clay County
Ill
Posey Boy
J. Brocken
Tom Crowder
Was. Foaty
County
Posey
New St Harmony Brass Band
W. M. Benner
Orro Prafflin
Fatal Consequences of Luxury in New Harmony
The New Harmony Register argues luxury leads to ruin as people live beyond means, drawn to inevitable poverty and dishonor. It warns continued duns and unmet pleasures drive men to extremities, risking family misery and even selling out country to sustain idle extravagance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmony
Mississippi Legislator Jailed for Hog Theft
A black member of the Mississippi Legislature is jailed on hog theft charges. His supporters say he did not intend to steal but felt compelled as a Radical leader to take something, yet could not find a more suitable target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Explorations in Africa by Livingstone and others
A brief notice of the work Explorations in Africa by David Livingstone and others Edited by L D Ingerson Published by Union Publishing Company Chicago The volume argues Africa as civilization oldest earth portion origin of mankind with Livingstones discoveries. Endorsements praise geology essay popularity of Africa and thorough knowledge. illustrated and subscription sale noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
David Livingstone
Sranley
L. D. Ingersoll
Chicago
Union Publishing Company
U. P. Co
Livingstone
Lakeside
Col. Ingersoll
Washington Gazette
Patents Granted to Indiana Inventors Aug 20 1873
List of patents issued from the United States Patent Office to Indiana inventors for the week ending August 20, 1873. Wheel for Vehicles Gore Goshen. Tableinge Daly Peru. Railway Rail Chair Huffman Millgrove. Windmill Nelson Kentland. Bee Hive Rogers Butler. Boot Lining White Lafayette. Half Boot Williams Lafayette. Track Marks Redsterep Pepsin Lilly Phelan Evansville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Patent Office
Indiana
Tim Recmver
Messrs
Cox & Cox
Solicitors of Patents
Washington, D. C
Gore
Goshen
W. F. Daly
Peru
W. Huffman
Millgrove
W. C. Nelson
Kentland
Bee-Hive
S. Rogers
Early Settlement of New Harmony and Vicinity
A historical note revisits early land entries around New Harmony Indiana in 1814 1815. It records the 1814 entries by William Price Thomas Rogers John Crabtree and Richard Morris detailing quarters and farms now known as the Price and Roberts properties and the old George Miller farm near a spring once called the Big Spring. The piece recalls a July Fourth gathering at the spring with a barbecue and hunting for squirrel scalps amid provisions and whisky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Harmony
Borror Register
Posey County
Wm. Price
William and
Romelia Price
Thomas Rogers
George Miller
Thomas T. Roberts
John Crabtree
John A. Price
Richard Morris
Wm. Robb
William Price
Moses Johnson
Man Arrested After Kicking Lightning Rod Man in New York
In Washington County, New York, a man admitted kicking another who he said was a lightning rod man. The justice of the peace discharged him, remarking that those who oppose lightning rod men deserve liberty denied. The judge had previously paid $500 for lightning rolls on his house last spring. An editor warned against tender consciences by mischaracterizing Italian exclamations Dio Mio My God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
Sunset Cox
Mark
Samuel L. Clemens
Mr. Cox
Mr. Clemens
Sue
Washington County
New York
Young Indies
Mel
Indiana
Posey County
Circuit Court
Samuel French
Sarah French
Mount Vernon
William Nelson
W. H. Waiworth
D. C
Posry Coury
Mount Ver
Posey Co
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Literary Notices
Sobieski Stuart
Spain
Poland
England
Burns
Alexander Burns
Schnee
Wittiam Schnneee
Smith
Mt. Vernon
Morris
Frank
Kate Smith
Gardiner
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Whutiam H
J. B
Mary Gardiner
Iff Saen
James Lyon
Stephen Fitzgerald
District Court of the United States
District of Indiana
Lyon and Fitzgerald
Towit
Owen
Henry Schaffer
Main Street
Monitor
Town of
Tavern Street
Edward Homer
District OF Indiana Sq
District Court
Edward Somer
John G. Young
T. P.C
William Wilson
John Wilson
Thomas J. Truscott
Catherine Truscott
Avex
Crank
Alex. Crunk
Said County
John Overton
Amos Johnson
Sullivan, Sarlls & CO
W. F. Lichtenberger
Continental
NEW Concord
Excelsior
Oul
Lichtenberger & Sons
Cooper & Hunsdon
Tavern Streets
Cooper & Hunsdon’s
William Baldwin, JR
Wendel Schmitt
Postoffice
W. F. Gray
J. Breit’s
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W.F. Gray
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