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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1887
Page
1
Washington commentary reports that abolishing the quinine tax expanded production from four to twelve firms, cutting costs by millions and undermining monopoly claims. It notes Powers & Weightman still operate, while Dakota politics block new statehood and tariff reformers gain ground in Congress.
The piece argues Blaine will seek renomination through a tight party grip and attacks President Cleveland. It cites his Augusta speech, overseas trip, and NY Tribune attacks as part of a plan to dominate the 1888 race, while noting few Republicans support a Blaine return. Additional items report Faulkner seated, pension law talks, a poisoning ink incident, Voorhees on tariffs, message print run, and counterfeit silver certificates.
A mosaic of small items from Illinois towns. Peters loses a $250 post note replaced by a $134 counterfeit deal. A whisky drummer robbed on the Illinois Central train. he returns to Cairo barefoot and buys new clothes. Charleston court grants twelve divorces in an hour. Sheep wool freezes mid night. 768 convicts get turkey and peach pie at Thanksgiving. Vermillion artesian water vents 13 feet high from 200 feet depth. Cattle disease spreads in Pulaski and Alexander counties. Mt. Vernon boys target street lights with balls and darts. Cumberland county bricklayers work Sundays. Peoria district reports 2,050,863 gallons of spirits in November. Richland County sends 15 criminals to the penitentiary. Petrified calf found in a drained swamp at Saline county. Hillsboro creamery makes 6,000 pounds butter weekly. Marion mill pays 400 for water during drought. Warwick Dramatic Troupe dissolves at Mt. Vernon. Hog cholers spread across nineteen southern counties. Nineteen Cairo newspapers have appeared since 1855. Locusts predicted in the state next year. Olney caps saloon licenses at 800 per year.
Mins Ines Van Zandt of New York jailed a month for killing two canaries. John B Barbour wins Virginia Senate seat. Britain holds 8.56 million square miles, over one sixth of globe. About 5000Pennsylvanians strike for fair wages. $50 to ship Chicago beef carcass to London. American apples in demand in England. Japan ships 60,000 orange trees to California. Dakota 20 to 30 below zero. six inches of snow in western Texas. Maine Gov Bodwell dies.
Princeton Gas and Mining Co plans a 700 foot gas well with a diamond drill to map coal seams. The second well lands on G N Jerauld farm south of town. decision pending on deeper drilling. Indianapolis politicians talk Prohibition boom ahead of 1888, with GOP missteps blamed for expected Prohibition gains. Crawfordsville trustee loves his bulldog guard over two cows and an ear of corn. Hendricks Club plans January 11 1888 state rally to organize Democrats. Wabash Republican fissures grow over tariff and whisky. pro prohibitionists gain. Jeffersonville divorce suit involves 64 year old man and 17 year old wife. Seymour tax joke ends with road paying in silver dollars weighing 140 pounds.
A string of Indiana items notes Republican leaders demoralized by Turpie’s Senate endorsement, Porter support in governor talks, Blaine leading presidential favor, and a dramatic gas well near Manion that erupted into an oil flow of 500 to 1,000 barrels as it spouts. The report also mentions an elopement in Jeffersonville and political infighting ahead of conventions.
In Lawrenceburg on December 18 a marriage license was issued to Joseph Sky and Mary Wadsworth. The groom is described as an Indian chief from the far west who came to marry an Indian princess visiting the family. The princess owns over 1,000 acres of valuable land.
The State Board of Health reports G W Brown of Warren county died from glanders contracted from diseased horses. A Bynum gubernatorial bid gains labor support and wide appeal. Two women robbed by a street assailant in Evansville. Zionsville in Boone county nearly destroyed by fire. A bomb found in a Logansport merchant’s holiday box from Chicago. Adams County grand jury hands up 66 indictments against saloonkeepers and gamblers. Teachers Association to meet in Indianapolis during holidays. Madison men range 6.1 to 6.43 feet. Evansville & Richmond rail survey to begin soon. Greensburg nine gas wells. Salt works planned in Harrigan county. Montgomery has seven banks. Evansville drilled 2,100 feet for gas.
Local betting surged in Europe as Kilmin and Smith fought to a draw after 106 rounds though the American appeared to lead in the later stages. County commissioners accepted dirt-work at slough-bridge costing 369 dollars at 11 cents per yard. Dr W P Forp resumes dentistry in Heckmann block. Tax Methodist Mite Society hosts readings at parsonage with Christmas tree at M E church to aid Sunday school.
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