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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1887
Page
1
Meat market on South Church Street adjoining Brown's Clothing Store offers beef pork mutton lamb and sausage with prices at 5 7 10 cents per pound. Keeps best cuts on hand and aims to please patrons with steady service.
Advertisers report an Indianapolis railroad order for 2000 en graved earthen pigs as a new marketing idea. Shetland pony scams appear in central counties. Carmi pupils donate produce for Christmas. Albion plans an 8 day courthouse clock in a 1300 pound case costing 450 dollars. Mammoth Cave rival cave found in Randolph county with a lake. Shawneetown Golconda line suffers wire theft. Mt. Carmel man drunk on Indian Sagwa causes trouble. Illinois coal output sets record at 18,279,890 tons. A Carmi preacher wins salary suit for 2650 dollars. Belleville police shelter 1100 tramps. Richland county women jailed for shoplifting. Chester prison houses 137 inmates. Mt. Vernon reservoir costs 3700 dollars. Dr. E I Stewart new Carmi postmaster. Spiritualism grows in Nashville. Murphysboro brass band forming. Nashville reading room, Carmi butchers rise to six shops. Sumner to bore for coal. Clney bootblack active. NOTES AND NEWS. Cincinnati Republican rally speaker goes to penitentiary. Montana grand jury indicts four Northern Pacific officers for lumber theft. Exhibition orange in Anthony, Florida. U S fish car delivers 5000 carp to Mexico. Ben Butler votes Republican. Dakota division vote narrow. Nashville Democrats at last in ten years. Queen of Italy owns many pearls. Daniel Manning dead. Natural gas near Santa Anna. Atlanta saloon licenses 1600. Dakota flax growing advances. Missouri governor Marmaduke dead.
Rumors place Belgian laborers replacing American miners on strike as Treasury officials bar imported contract workers. Congressman A P Fitch pledges tariff reform, while Sherman and Blaine clash over nomination. The Blair educational bill looms, favoring centralization and southern Democratic support. A follow-up from Critto discusses Congress, wealth distribution among senators and representatives, and the White House New Year reception plans.
Ex Lieutenant Governor Black argues Blaine’s sudden pivot to accepting the presidency marks a shift for the Federalist party. His speech and actions are read as unambitious yet strategic, with Foraker suggested as the vice presidential choice. The piece notes Blaine’s past defeats and political piety amid vote stealing debates and party dynamics. A final odd line mentions large Tyrolean mushrooms.
The body of 62 year old Mrs Sarah Ewing was found in the barnyard west of Shelbyville after Christmas services. She appears to have been attacked while milking, her arm mangled and thumb bitten off as hogs were driven away. The incident prompted local inquiry and search in the neighborhood. In South Bend District Blaine renomination prospects dampen Republican hopes in the 13th. Democrats retain the seat after Cleveland carried it by 1,250 votes and a Democratic victory margin over 2,200.
The annual revenue paid by brewers in the Terre Haute collection district is listed with Evansville contributing 85,000 dollars, Vincennes 16,000, Ferdinand 1,000, Jasper 800, Haysville 475. A few distilleries remain in southern Indiana, including Martin county at 327 dollars daily and Spencer county at 28 dollars daily when active. The Terre Haute distillery yields 2,400 dollars daily when running. A new 30 gallon per day distillery is under construction in Daviess County.
InpraANAroLis Dec 18 figures from the superintendent of public instruction show 769,629 school age residents, up 15,490 from last year. White population 742,960, black 17,669. Total school fund 39,617,373.85, up 98,486.12. Revenues include fines 65,746.32 and saloon licenses 331,256.89.
Indianapolis police man Cook surprised a burglar and attempted arrest. the assailant threw a missile that struck the officer’s head, fracturing the skull and causing fatal injuries. In Vincennes a co operative fire insurance association of 650 members has $150000 in risks, insuring buildings and household furniture only, in operation two years.
Rockport marshal enforces 8 pm curfew for youths under sixteen. Three Columbus boys form a chicken syndicate and steal nearly 200 fowls in a week, sent to reform school for five years. Hammond editor Towle horsewhipped by three schoolgirls after publishing unflattering remarks. Sheriff candidate Black jailed for theft of a span of mules. Evanville fire department reform urged amid political ties. Indianapolis saloonkeeper Barnes jailed for two years for perjury in liquor case. Over 250000 dollars lost in wildcat western speculation by New Albany men. Body-snatchers rumored to have removed Snyder’s remains. Elk Hart paper mills and starch works fire leaves 200 out of work. A New Albany man contracts hydrophobia after dog bite eight years prior. Dubois county hosts 39 saloons, with most in Huntingburg and Jasper. Coal miners in Daviess county strike for higher wages. New Albany yards log 7500000 brick in season. St Mary’s Church Fort Wayne cited as largest in state. Harrison county Democrats set convention for February 18. Glanders denial in Warren county. Dubois county silver mine thriving. Vincennes Catholic fair nets 1649.75. Oil discovered at Noblesville at 1000 feet. Mount Vernon to have a government river gauge. Princeton completes new jail.
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