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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1892
Page
7
Indiana Progress compiles a miscellany of late 1892 items. It cites comet year acclaim, German emperor offers for ballooning, global population claims, and notable salaries for royalty and leaders. It reports on law counts, diamond price rises, Maine mining decline, and a Behring Sea tale. It notes armor trials, Harvey process, and Anglo American metalwork. It ends with a China immigration order and a mention of Bowtie Rowell.
The metropolis imports nearly 2 million Christmas trees annually from Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts and northern New York The harvest starts early November involving about 5000 workers with ten firms operating chiefly in Maine near Penobscot Bay. Trees travel by rail to preserve scent and value with carloads at 600 bunches about 1500 trees. Upon arrival tall racks showcase the larger specimens while smaller ones pile high on wharves. Prices run from a dollar for a 15 foot tree, while dealers face losses from overstock. About 5000 people are employed in the trade with greens from New Jersey Pennsylvania and New York and barnegat N J hosts a greens depot for wreaths and ropes later sold by the yard. Perishability demands careful handling to prevent spoilage.
The article chronicles child prodigies including Zerah Colburn born in Vermont in 1804, who solved complex multiplication tasks at a young age. Andre Marie Ampere born in 1775 noted for early four and five figure problems. Carl Friedrich Gauss born 1777, later director at Gottingen Observatory. and Jacques Juandi, a Piedmontese peasant, who rapidly adds multi-digit numbers and finds roots. It emphasizes memory as the key mental skill across these cases.
For the housewife a quick drying red paint recipe suitable for kitchen chairs and wooden pails. Mix a pint of shellac in a quart of alcohol, then stir in Chinese vermilion to achieve color. Adjust thickness by judgment.
Bone dust serves as a cleaning aid for photographic plates in dry conditions or when coated with collodion. For gas tainted atmospheres, lime storage helps preservation, with alcohol wipes removing residue. Polishing uses rouge or jeweler's chalk, followed by parasine oil for tarnish prevention until next cleaning day. Collodion best for display plates.
Guide summarizes old kitchen tips from the New York Press and St. Louis Republic on wholesome beef fat pastry, handkerchief drying aids, and simple hospital-like foods. It covers simmering fat for refrigeration, drying handkerchiefs on a glass rack, and recipes like milk porridge, oatmeal gruel, cornmeal gruel, and farinaceous soups for the sick.
During wartime occupancy Mrs. Mary Wilson buried a jar with 8000 dollars in gold. After her death no heir could locate the cache. Mileage Whitlock found the jar while plowing on the Wilson farm eighteen miles west of Ozark. Grandchildren of Mrs. Wilson sue Whitlock to recover the money.
A blaze swept through Jacob Colton’s livery and exchange stables in Wilkes Barre. Twenty six horses perished, including five owned by United States Express, three by others, and the rest by Colton. Harness and implements burned. Loss estimated at 18000 dollars. Colton claimed all his worldly possessions were in the stables and were insured. The fire’s origin remains unknown.
A farmer, Adam Robb, sues Carnegie Bros Co for damages claiming crop and tree injury from nearby coke ovens. Trial proceeds in Civil Court at Geensburg with witnesses. earlier verdict for Robb affirmed then reversed by the state Supreme Court. Judge Longnecker presiding. case draws heavy attention. Also reported: state debt reduced by 1,417,306, a hunting accident in Westmoreland County ends fatally, a Uniontown farmer’s house burns with 400 in cash lost, Northwestern Miller notes rail stockpiles in Minneapolis and Great Lakes region, and cantankerous tax stories tied to a Canton Minnesota church window.
R G Don and Co Weekly Review of Trade notes no overall drop in business as holiday season nears. Payment volumes remain high, industries broadly employed, and export gold fears unrealized. Markets show mixed demand with Cleveland tight and Eastern cities easier. Cotton and rubber sectors mixed. activity strong in hats from Danbury and footwear in St Louis. Wheat and oats large receipts, copper exports noted, silver bullion down, and 271 US business failures this week.
The 1892 annual report details department expenses of 3,748,239.08 with marshals paid 673,424.16 and attorneys 274,302.52. Civil suits totaled 2,009 with 1,014 judgments for the United States and 136 against it, 802 dismissed or withdrawn. Civil judgments brought 276,500. $2 collected 67,223.56. former-year judgments 20,793.45. total civil realizations 102,135.62. Criminal prosecutions reached 18,724 with fines, forfeitures and penalties imposed 682,971.95 and collected 143,229.44. former-year collections 13,663.87. Pending Court of Claims cases include property takings 400,000,009 and Indian depreciation claims 33,000,000. The Circuit Court of Appeals reduces Supreme Court workload by 120 cases. The report urges abolishing marshal fee systems and notes pending spoliation decisions totaling large claims.
Robert J. Beatty, wanted in Pittsburg for complicity in the poisoning of non union workers at Homestead, was captured aboard the steamer Salanhica in Louisville, Ky. He is to be returned to Pittsburg for trial. The Northwestern Miller reports mills benefited from water power last week with 186,545 barrels produced, up from 184,215. power declines expected midweek. Exports by mills fell to 30,420 barrels, the lowest since June 1891.
A mob captured Cornelius Coffee, killer of Officers Dillon and Burton, at Bluefield West Virginia last Tuesday, transported him across the state line into Pocahontas Virginia and hanged him to a tree. An unknown heroine with a lantern saved a heavily loaded Southern express near Grant's Pass Oregon Wednesday evening by signaling danger as wreckers removed a rail on a high trestle.
Markets report dairy products including butter and cheese from Elgin Creamery and Wisconsin creameries. Prices are shown for various dairy items with references to New York Goshen and Wisconsin products, noting ranges for butter and cheese, with fragmented OCR figures.
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