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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1891
Page
3
Gossip and quotes from The Herald of Madison dated December 17 discuss Republican hopes for Blaine, Democratic division rumors, and commentary from Commercial Gazette. Highlights include notes on Speaker Crisp, Tom Reed, Dr Hasntrox on grip, and a Hebrew Provencales work. Also cites Louisville Courier-Journal questions, Taditionally mixed national politics, and local legal notice about Hall's Catarrh Cure with a Toledo oath.
The Harris patent details a coal gasification process developed in Maysville Kentucky. A $20,000 company funded a small experimental plant with W H Harris of Boston claiming to convert coal into gas via a cupola furnace and serpentine reactor to yield heating and illuminating gas without by products.
Cincinnati backers form the Ohio Fuel Gas Company with $500,000 capital to spread branch gas works across the state. W H Harris of Boston claims a new process can produce fuel gas at 1.5 to 4 cents per thousand cubic feet, rivaling natural gas in heat content, with a Maysville plant already supplying gas at two cents per thousand.
The Pittsburgh Dispatch reports Max Reill notes Major Pond drives rapid travel between lecture stops. He recounts trains from Washington to the next venue and a 500 to 1,000 mile gap between appearances. A Detroit Free Press quote recalls a talk of luck and a tale of Thad Wells from Chicago.
In Louisville the Bam berger, Streng & Company building exploded into flames killing four firemen and injuring others as several nearby firms burned. A second blaze at F A Menne & Company factory trapped forty girls. five died, two injured, with extensive stock loss. Casualties also reported in Cleveland theater, Boston firework shop, and Wisconsin inn blaze.
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