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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1898
Page
4
Short Indiana and national political notes. Montana’s W. A. Clark named senator. Klondike output projected at 30 million dollars. Brigham Roberts debate over seating. Anti-lynching bill killed. War investigations and Alger active. Colloquial items include a rotary steamship idea, long sleep myths, Klondike weather, Cuban affairs, egg duels, and suffrage objections.
The Indiana Bureau of Statistics 1898 figures show court costs statewide of 565 998 55 dollars and relief expenditures of 1 059 614 97 dollars. County spending on bridges roads and drainage totals 2 152 123 78 dollars. Mortgage activity notes 23 349 on farms and 18 872 mortgages satisfied. Liquor revenue reaches 998 525 25 dollars and marriages reach 25 043 with 2 816 divorces. Jail intake records 28 569 with 1 030 women, plus 2 094 in state poor houses. Congressman Johnson’s floor speeches critiquing expansion plans are cited amid a political forecast of a Republican victory after March 4.
Indianapolis News reports House bill No. 65 led by Mr Mall moved to engrossment after a 44 to 27 vote. The article notes opposition concerns about the measure and cautions it should not become law.
A bill aims to exempt true land within city limits from higher city taxes, matching agricultural rates in the surrounding township. It allows street lighting, police protection, and fire department aid, but landowners pay no more tax than if their property lay five miles outside the city. The measure targets large holders delaying development to reap unearned city growth.
A humorous critique of chronic complainers who blame weather, politics, media, religion, and friends for all woes. The speaker imagines such a whiner facing heaven’s gate and being refused entry for never-ending gloom.
The narrative recounts Beau Nash gambling with the young Earl of T-d, winning a large stake array including the estate and even the coach, then returns the assets and claims 5900 pounds later from the heir of the late lord. The episode ends with the heirs paying the debt after the lord’s death.
A traveler notes that Siamese spend three fourths of life in water and bathe at fixed times. River life is pervasive with children playing in creeks. An English boat collision ends with a mother scolding, then rescuing her family amid swift tides.
A dyspeptic woman asks to be connected to a doctor for permission to sample a small supper. The reply from the rude operator humorously notes the line belongs to an appliance company. The fragment ends with a satire on social customs and a note on Russian coffin colors.
A Wesleyan journal recalls a London public dinner where Gladstone asked about Methodism and described a hot mutton pie from a Chester shop for threepence. The anecdote ends with a mischievous line to Perks and no interruptions.
Corrected timetable for the Big Four line at this place dated July 4 1897 lists Goings North No 56 No 28 No 24 No 64 passenger trains and Goings South with agent J E Campbell Carthage Indiana offering further information.
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