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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1884
Page
2
A collage of brief items including a Texas couple reuniting after fifteen years, a Norwich clergyman’s centenarian milestone, a Far Rockaway dispute over a wink during prayer, and a Swansea money mishap. Also notes on Berlin fashion dares, Charlemagne era buildings now a cigar factory, Ascot Cup fire incidents, and inventive uses for lumber sawdust including Ontario trials.plus Italian masonry tricks and lime handling practices.
LabovucueEreE challenges thought readers clairvoyants and mystics by offering £1000 to £100 that none can identify a bank-note number sealed in an envelope he holds. He argues such bets refute pretensions and labels himself a Philistine for resisting humbugged pseudo-science and philosophy.
A lively essay contrasts a Paris actress trading hair locks with two Russian nobles for a curl of rival’s hair, then notes Sebastopol’s cemetery featuring a grand memorial chapel and a statue column. A Trollope Macleod Burns anecdote follows, ending with a Boston Advertiser note on Webster’s Marshfield estate and its memorial remnants.
A Nassau street cutler showcases a remarkable multi tool priced at thirty dollars. The device includes a pencil, corns blades, cigar fork, saw, button-hook, scissors, blades, magnifier, screw drivers, watch-key, corkscrew and many other implements. A separate Knoxville note mentions a recent frog shower in Tennessee.
Governor Cleveland vetoed Assembly bill No. 58 the five cent fare on elevated railways arguing it violated constitutional contracts and existing agreements. He detailed prior acts limiting fares during peak hours and the Board of Commissioners contracts that protected investor interests and the state’s duty to uphold contracts and proper oversight, warning against betrayal of public trust.
The Governor warned that statutes fostered schemes claiming to solve problems, drawing capitalists to invest while transit roads carried unknown risks. He stressed the state must protect its honor and faith, insisting the state be not only just but scrupulously fair to preserve the commonwealth’s good name.
New York telegram reports Gov. Cleveland vetoed the Car-Drivers bill and the mechanics lien bill. He argued the car driver measure failed to curtail hours and allowed contracts to suppress wages, while the lien bill repealed pro-worker statutes and risked limited claims by mechanics. Thayer of Troy praised the veto as worker-friendly.
An Albany letter notes Governor Cleveland, now Chief Magistrate of the Empire State, maintains simple habits and avoids a carriage. It contrasts him with Tilden, Robinson, Cornell, and other governors who kept carriages or notable turnouts, highlighting his modest lifestyle and mansion.
The passage contrasts a Democratic governor with a taste for simplicity over display. It describes him as a reformer who, while not ostentatious, uses office to promote democratic economy and oppose aristocratic showiness, outlining a character committed to modest governance. The text notes a Yale of the governor’s stance as representative of Democratic values in contrast to pomp.
The article compiles Blaine’s letters to Warren Fisher on the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad venture, detailing offers, demand for definite terms from Caldwell, and Blaine’s claims of helping prevent a land grant setback. It highlights Blaine’s blend of politics, business, and strategic use of allies like Gen. Logan to advance railroad interests.
A New York Times note claims Governor Cleveland’s signing dealt a decisive blow to what observers call the nation’s most gigantic and gasping monopoly, signaling a major political victory for reformers.
The piece cites Governor Cleveland arguing against national neglect of American shipping and condemning a surplus in the Federal Treasury. It references his New York State address of January 1 1884, praising commerce freedom, immigration policy, and canal aid, while warning against unnecessary federal taxation and urging prudent national legislation to protect state interests.
The New York Herald prints a private letter from ex Attorney General Speed dated June 18, 1884, repudiating the Republican platform and Blaine. Speed frets at Blaine’s foreign policy, questions surplus remarks, and declines campaigning for the GOP. He muses on voting Democratic or third party, noting a possible Dem candidate as preferable. John Kelly quips about exiting politics as Democrats pressure him.
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