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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1882
Page
2
The Register recounts E G Vin cent of Waterville Maine sleeping under a pear tree with a roll of greenbacks protruding from his vest pocket. The animal's lunch cost the granger $165. The report also covers telegraph pipe construction in France and banking developments in Mexico and Sonora with connections to Boston interests.
The German government adopts Mauser magazine rifle with a tube magazine in the stock and spiral spring to elevate cartridges to the chamber. A bolt back and forth loads, then a side lever instantly closes the magazine for standard breechloading. Reloading reportedly takes only seconds.
Commentators note Thurlow Weed’s illness while Peter Cooper and others assess the vitality of aging figures. They discuss Bishop Potter, ex-Gov Morgan, William Dodge, Mr. Tilden, August Belmont, Russell Sage, W. H. Vanderbilt, and Jay Gould with ages ranging from under 50 to over 90 and varied health prospects.
A 23 year old Canadian man, jilted by a young woman, acted childlike and reportedly fell into insanity. Friends misled him into seeking consent, the woman confessed she was joking, he left, rode a planned wedding trip by rail and soon showed mental distress, ending up in an asylum. California debates on selling liquor to Indians and mild native wines under federal law. Judge Hoffinen presided in San Francisco after Indian Agent Lawson filed the case.
The discussion centers on the legality of a proposed liquor rule and the district attorney’s stance that enforcing it would be a strained action. A Cincinnati boy’s paint mischief leads to a neighbor’s violent punishment thought, with talk of tar and feathers as vigilante justice fades into plans for a father’s ring fight.
A traveler recounts a wild night in Sheffield where the Marquis and companions wrecked mirrors chandeliers and furniture in two drawing rooms. The Marquis used a riding whip to smash windows statues and bookcases while raving like a demon then ordered the manager to pay himself with a bank draft from his checkbook.
A Cincinnati Enquirer correspondent notes Keighley England with 10 000 residents resists vaccination. Town Commissioners were jailed and replaced after refusing to vaccinate locals. Despite government orders the arms remain unscarred as the only UK locality where vaccination is not enforced.
A memoir recounts a 1822 born Colonel Ramsey who began with the Scots Greys and moved to the Fourteenth Light Dragoons in India. Serving as aide-de-camp to Bombay’s Governor Sir George Arthur, he attends a dinner where guests few know him. A pompous colonel refuses to dine with a married woman, sparking a witty exchange. other officers’ responses reveal courtly hierarchy and island life.
A Boone man reflects on philosophy and personal effort. He shares an anecdote about a friend who cures others but not himself, notes that critics arise for any achiever, and urges doing one’s best while accepting praise or blame alike. The piece ends citing the Indianapolis Journal.
A young woman recounts a spring romance with Billy Byles, the miller Miles the miller, and a tragic near drowning of her nephew Phil at Frog Town. Jealousy and flirtation lead to threats of murder, a fatal rescue by Billy, and a tentative future choice as the narrator mends with Bill while facing estrangement from her late lover. The tale closes with the narrator grown, reflecting on Frog Town’s memory and her nephew preferring coyotes’ cry to frogs.
Yellowstone Park covers about 38 600 square miles across Wyoming Montana and Idaho and remains a national reserve to prevent private exploitation. Geysers vent steam and gas with noises as colors shift on cliff faces. Rail expansion may soon make the region more accessible while a lease for ten years to a company for hotels guides and transport is reported as approved by the Interior Secretary.
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