The Register: Friday Publication by Co. Ww. Slater
The Register is issued each Friday by Co. Ww. Slater. It provides a brief local record of events and notices from the town, including community updates and public notices in period voice.
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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1887
Page
1
The Register is issued each Friday by Co. Ww. Slater. It provides a brief local record of events and notices from the town, including community updates and public notices in period voice.
Hoosier items report political aims for 1880 with Ben Harrison and Blaine in Indiana trends. Odd Fellows lodges total 27,460 with $1.6M assets. Lafayette adds a caisson water supply achieving 3.75 million gallons daily. Dunkirk sees a natural gas explosion in a shallow well. Gray cites replenished treasury cash as campaign suspense. various local items from Corypon to Princeton cover coal, coalfield booms, shipper fires, and civic projects.
Miscellaneous notes report on a well near Martinsville yielding a pure ice-cold water vein after deepening, a vast crow roost near Camargo on the Tuscola branch, and various local happenings. Highlights include Miss Readan’s Chicago death, a snapping turtle found in her stomach, a cat killing a spreading adder, and local civic items such as Centralia waterworks plans, Crossville revival converts, Belleville church fair revenue, Mt. Vernon electric light, and other regional incidents and curiosities.
A Tucson report describes Prof. Cushman's excavations in Salt River valley Arizona uncovering a large sun baked city with seven story fortress ruins buried in earth and burial vaults. Skeletons indicate priests held power while irrigation evidence suggests a 25 000 person population and possible earthquake destruction ending the settlement.
Ex Governor St John of Kansas says prohibitionists will be better organized next year and could win up to 600000 votes nationally. He warns another GOP defeat could kill the party, predicting a 1896 contest between Democrats and Prohibitionists. In New York the George labor party backs off a presidential bid, boosting Democratic odds and aiding Indiana Illinois Iowa California Oregon gains.
The president received a large Thanksgiving turkey from Albert Hilliard of North Stonington Connecticut. Secretary Whitney continued the navy department tradition of giving a turkey to every employee. The piece also covers political maneuvering over Senator Turpie’s seat, Hovey’s winter quarters, tariff debates, and post office stats, with notes on the tobacco crop and Republican leadership.
Merchants report fair trade and steady values with prices similar to last year, slight declines in some manufactured goods. River rising after rains with Mt. Carmel up 3 percent and Vincennes about four feet. Local gossip includes a court suit over eastern street opening, new tenants, cattle trades, and social visits.
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