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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1887
Page
1
Rhode Island voters gave John W. Davis a 1,200 vote lead for governor and boosted Democrats to control the legislature on joint ballot, threatening a possible Democratic U.S. senator seat. Bradley, a Democrat, wins in the 2nd district, while woman suffrage amendment fails by 15,123.
Indiana reports show gas boom with strong finds in Howard Grant Delaware Madison and Jay counties. Two thirds of counties active in prospecting. Hendricks monument fund seeks 50 000 after raising 21 000. Indiana division track work paused for improvements. Supreme court allows city taxation of saloons within two miles of borders. Possible gubernatorial candidate Matson. Daviess county bans roaming stock. Terre Haute coopers strike over wage cuts. About 600 Mexican War veterans in state. Gov Gray discussed as vice president. Evansville plans a new courthouse. Measles prevalent in Laporte and Boston Massachusetts. A Canadian cigarette case notes a boy smoking a ten dollar bill. US breweries total 2269 producing 46 332 400 gallons annually. German breweries 33940 producing 900 000 gallons.
A leading Democrat says Republicans have been replaced by Democrats in federal posts and predicts near-total shift by the next presidential election. He notes Rhode Island victory boosts the president, cites New England turning away from solid South, and cites Sunday bar closures in Washington. The piece also covers pension bill humor, national debt drop, and abuse of congressional passes for travel and perquisites.
A digest of odd beliefs and local incidents: Salem’s educated German rumor of witches wearing lead belts, a Chicago engine accident left clean clothes request, a Jefferson county mother’s attempted sacrifice of her toddler, a Pope county counterfeit ring toppled, a Colfax man’s frozen gray squirrel revived, Carmi negro voters discuss local ticket, a Cheater crow talks like a parrot, Marshall revival yields 200 conversions, Wabash county to build a $5,000 jail, no Jews in Wabash county, Jasper county bears an $80,000 debt, Peoria hosts a metaphysical society, and federal post office shifts with only 200 old postmasters remaining.
The piece describes a spring view of San Francisco Bay and a voyage to Santa Cruz via a narrow gauge railroad. It highlights the Santa Cruz Mountains, seven tunnels, and redwood groves near Big Trees. Santa Cruz is depicted as a growing city of about 7,000 with resources in limestone, lime manufacture, timber, brick, and burgeoning infrastructure. It notes a waterworks system, electric street lighting, schools, churches, fraternal orders, and a large bituminous rock body used in paving streets. The region offers fertile land, grape cultivation, and potential for fruit farming growth.
The Committee to Superintend the New Soldiers Monument in Indianapolis named five commissioners after reviewing about fifty candidates. Lew Wallace of Crawfordsville. Hugh Dougherty of Bluffton. Geo J Langsdale of Greencastle. S B Voyles of Washington County. D M Ransdell of Indianapolis were chosen for their wartime service and public roles.
The New Harmony Register lists Indiana residents granted patents in the past week. Names include Boswell of Indianapolis for a stalk harvester Clow North Indianapolis for a scythe swath coupling Cory Richmond for a sleeve protector Fisher Delphi for a wardrobe hook and others across several cities.
A Pittsburg justice of the peace who died recently married over 3 000 couples in twenty five years of service. A young man walked seven miles in Columbia county to ask a girl sleighing and was refused. Rutland Vermont endured forty snowstorms last winter with sleighing active. St Augustine Florida suffered a large fire Wednesday morning. A 11 foot panther weighing 300 pounds was killed near Shingle Town California. A well eight thousand feet deep is to be bored in Mexico City to seek oil. Bob Ford famed killer of Jesse James was seen in a Santa Fe hotel. President Cleveland may visit western states this summer. Diamonds found in two and gold in fifty six Georgia counties. Democrats won Albany New York by 1 480. A hunter near Nine Pierre killed a four foot rabbit. Woman suffrage defeated in Michigan legislature. United States colleges tally eighteen thousand female students. Mammoth Cave gains railroad access.
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