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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1879
Page
3
A collage of small ads and notices offering notary services, sermons, salves, clothing, boots, hats, overcoats, jewelry, wagons, carriages, and millinery. Several business names appear including G W Engler Henry Brown Mary E Drinkwater and Owen & Co. Various goods and prices cited with promotional language and community notices.
On a cold Wednesday night with near zero temperature, workers persisted with barricading the streets. The following day residents collected debris from vehicles and cordwood. Last Saturday evening saw several knock downs as Christmas sports approached with no arrests reported.
A local advertisement proclaims that Tie Tie as Mianigan runs a tin shop on Tavern street beside Trethewey's blacksmith shop. It promises job work and stove fitting as a specialty with quick service and prices to suit the times. Decl9 2t
Local hardware and cutlery store E F Owen and Co promotes silverware with a 50 cent cash return on five dollar purchases and 10 percent discounts on five dollar increments. They showcase Rogers silverware and nickel silver pieces, weatherstrips, hay tools, and new stock including cutlery pistols sleigh bells and skates.
An advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a universal cure for throat and lung ailments including coughs colds asthma and consumption. It claims over one million bottles used last year with guaranteed satisfaction and offers a free trial or a $1 regular bottle from Thrail & Mumford New Harmony. It also promotes Ballou's Monthly Illustrated Magazine January issue as a bargain at 15 cents per copy or 1.50 per year, published by Thames & Talbot Boston.
Mr Nick Jorst treasurer of Posey County departed Mt Vernon for Indianapolis to complete the semi annual settlement with the State He will remit to the State Treasury four thousand six hundred sixty two dollars and sixty five cents for State Revenue six hundred fifteen dollars and thirty nine cents for State House Revenue six thousand four hundred twenty seven dollars and twenty nine cents for State School Revenue one thousand three hundred eighty one dollars and sixty one cents for School Fund Interest total thirteen thousand eighty six dollars and ninety four cents.
Gentlemen connected with the Government service appear to have broader aims than the Wabash River improvements as several among them seek to win the affections of local young ladies. The writer wishes them success in their endeavors.
Judge Perkins death on the 17th is noted along with Gambetta discussed for future French leadership. Sheridan to accompany Grant abroad. British force in Afghanistan about 45,000. St Louis Globe-Democrat proprietor McKee dies. Pleuro pneumonia among New Hampshire cattle. Ord inspecting Rio Grande forts. London death list heavy. Jeffersonville hogs season totals 24,000. Indianapolis plagued by pickpockets. St Paul ships 1500 to Ireland sufferers. Spanish authorities plan executions of Cuban leaders. Shoals schools closed for scarlet fever. Mercury falls 10 to 24 below in New Brunswick. Russian Czar fears assassination. Gas stocks fall with electric light. Maine Republicans talk of using bayonets. Kearney on National Workingmen’s party. Banks increase circulation nearly 5 million since Nov. 1. Largest cotton shipment 46,300 bales at New Orleans. Dan Rice converts to Moody and Sankey. English crush armed resistance in South Africa. Illinois Democratic committee in Chicago for 1880. McGovern captured in Jennings county. Greenbacks scarce. new notes not for bankers’ drafts. Tennessee Republicans nominate Grant for third term. Indiana colonization debate in Senate. Voorhees resolution adopted. 60-pound buffalo fish sent to Washington from Madison. Prominent Republicans claim Grant as candidate. Maine Republicans face defeat next year if coalition wins. Congress adjourns for holidays. no money bills passed. Bayard’s bill to demonetize greenbacks may fail. opposition favors current stable money. Tribune notes Democrats’ stance on fair elections criticized. discussion of election integrity. Button on shirt collar and Modern Argo on selecting a wife hint at light, social notes.
A reader from Grenola Kansas writes to compare the plains region favorably on land and climate to Indiana. He notes growing Grenola in Caney valley with over 50 buildings and ongoing rail extensions while warning emigrants to weigh mortgage-heavy farms and harsher winters against southern Indiana’s milder climate and land stability.
Our paper received from GeorgE S Green Deputy Auditor of Posey County an abstract of taxable property in Posey County townships with poll numbers and the amounts and kinds of taxes levied for 1879. We plan to print the full abstract in the next Register for readers.
The text notes New Harmony surpasses towns thrice its size in holiday trade with crowded shops and large sales. It questions how residents can spend so much on trifles, yet confirms the widespread spending.
Two elderly women, Mrs Mary Witford and Mrs ANN WuHeEaATCROFT, slipped on ice near their homes during recent freezing weather. They sustained no serious injuries but suffered discomfort due to their advanced ages.
Mr and Mrs Serviers formerly Miss Heckman departed last Friday morning right after their marriage ceremony to make their home in Newport Kentucky.
Mr and Mrs Henry Dranskeip and their daughter Mrs Snivecy of Cincinnati arrived there last Tuesday on a visit to relatives and friends.
The notice lists events for the upcoming holidays with a Wednesday night ball on New Year’s Eve and a children's ball on Thursday night January 1, inviting residents to attend and noting dates and sequence of events.
A fragment notes a plan to comment on the weather but rejects suitable print language. It ends with a proverb about a single quail on toast being worth a covey in the bush, hinting at cautious editorial tone.
The piece argues for veteran showman placement second on a third term ticket, suggesting he would boost the boom. It notes Pedestrianiasm dangers on icy sidewalks and warns residents to share town reconstruction. References a 12 page Hvansville Courier with Coleman case proceedings and forecasts river levels lowering with the cold snap.
Sheriff Posey County transfers include Lot 163 Williams Mt Ver to C E Hawkins. Several deeds list parcels in W Franklin Owen Mt Vernon and Maclure New Harmony. Total 12 transfers amounting to 10 984 94 with mortgages 1 666 00. Hutcheson note appears with P A Hutcheson R P C.
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