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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1889
Page
1
A sprawling Indiana week in review covers suicides near Farmersville, snakebite deaths, county stock law incidents, giant corn stalks, wage cuts on rail lines, a flood of local notices from Nashville to Princeton, and political shifts. Reports include mortality from opium, a missing man, and violent acts, plus social and agricultural notes across counties like Knox, Clark, Vigo, and Hamilton.
A correspondent outlines Jeffersonville Madison and New Albany yards. Jeffersonville leads, with 500+ boats including J W Cannon and Robert E Lee, built since 1837. Yards employ 250–300 in season, cover a quarter mile riverfront, famed for speed and distinctive western design.
Northwest farmers witness a harvester using a wire twister in place of the knotter on the twine binder. The change allows either wire or twine binding and takes only minutes to implement. Also reported are: Keyser courtship marriage of youths aged 14 and 13, legislature voting down prohibition amendment, Illinois Republicans worried by Chicago election, Centralia creamery shipping 3 500 pounds butter, Mt Carmel post office receipts 4 294, Bond county teachers paid 17 a month, Daniel Burke 114 dies in Chicago, and Chicago population listed at 800 000.
A circular from Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co. claims Indiana's new school book law is not in force and will not be soon adopted by schools. State officials including Superintendent La Follette face criticism for delays, while Governor Hovey pressures the state to enforce the law amid a campaign by the Cincinnati ring and its agents to delay implementation.
Washington April 16 J H Burke chief of the gazette division at the patent office has been removed after refusing to resign Burke a prominent G A R man and former Potomac department commander secured many soldier appointments who now must leave His successor a Republican has served in war and since Montana spring elections overturned Republicans Russell Harrison remains without a foreign mission Arizona copper mines have shut down and the peanut crop is projected one third short
Eree Joanson returned from California last Wednesday with health improved. The Methodist concert repeated last Tuesday with moderate financial success. Walter Baigy and Miss Carrie Pete were married last Wednesday evening. Misa Annig Forp visiting Miss Mary Faant LeRoy at Evansville. Cons. Cnapwick joined the Oklahoma boomers. Basten services will be held at the Methodist church.
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