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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1887
Page
1
A Indiana United States dispatch recounts a farmer’s wife who believed a dog lived in her stomach and was cured by a narcotics aided removal illustrated by a presented pup. The report also covers local skirmish with gypsies, agriculture outlook and political notes across several towns.
Washington notes report Secretary Whitney advancing fortifications and ironclad plans, promising a swift navy yard upgrade and armor production. Charles S. Fairchild named to succeed Manning as treasury secretary after Manning's illness. The president vetoed a pension bill then queried the delay in delivery, showing vigilance for veterans and treasury interests.
The Harrisburg Chronicle reports on potato planting methods and yields, a 2,000,000 mile rail thought experiment, a 73,037 vote Chicago city election, a 260 pound 16 year old in Mattoon, law and order efforts in Bloomington, a Fairfield military company, and measles in Kankakee. It also notes electric lighting in Olney and Indiana patents granted in New Harmony Register coverage.
A detailed tour from San Jose through Santa Clara valley notes rich soils, irrigation, and thriving gardens. It highlights San Jose as county seat with a $200,000 courthouse and a 275,000 dollar academy building, and covers Monterey’s early exploration, mission history, and later railroad gains though its decline after 1848. It cites Lick Observatory, population around 30,000, and political leanings in Santa Clara and Monterey counties.
Reports show the Republican ticket winning Cincinnati by 600 to 800, with labor mayoral victory by 10 votes and fraud claims in several wards. Kansas towns report low female turnout under new law, while some women backed their husbands’ tickets. Oddities include a oysters bottle neck and a deer tongue frozen to a tool in Montana. Notable items note 109 year old Portuguese islander Joan Gomez, a California youth assault on a minister, first American violin maker Joseph Neff, Nevada rabbit economy, Yale poker culture, Michigan defeat of prohibition, Helena waterworks cost, trade dollar redemption, and several city outcomes across Ohio and Missouri. Harvard reports 1,688 students. Saxe the poet is dead.
The April 6 returns show sweeping Democratic gains with a Congressional win likely for the Democrats and possible governor’s race victory. Woman suffrage appears defeated as Republican officials withhold final counts.
Mrs Betva Locxwoop will lecture at the opera-house next Friday evening the 15th. Senator J W French buys an interest in the Lafayette Journal and acts as managing editor. Ezra Lyon and H C Cooper called on New Harmony merchants. Cooper shifted to Evansville music. Captain Corrina shows improvement and may be out soon. Fever cases rise as protracted Episcopal meeting begins Tuesday. Jonathan Forcum buys property in New Harmony. W H Vesta sick with fever.
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