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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1882
Page
1
The Register outlines subscription terms at $150 yearly in advance and a continuance rule based on arrearages. It details advertising rates by column size, with fractions counted as whole, and requires advance payment for transient ads and payment on delivery for job work.
RESH Bread Candies Cakes Fruits Nuts in stock Hot meals served at all hours Fresh Oysters available in any style solicits public patronage by Paul3 FRED HERBERHOLD and LEWIS KEMPER Proprietor Fred Heckman Assistant Bartender at eeerererrr rc Main St between Church and Tavern New Harmony Indiana
Local news notes a Posey county divorce suit between Mrs. Alvis Gregory and Alvis Gregory. A shooting through a window injured Mrs. Gregory. Gregory posted a bond and was questioned. The item also lists long-run marriage licenses by year, factory accident at Carmi, a county election record error, a coon hunting tale, a Mt. Vernon shooting death, cattle disease, riverbank caving, Perry county Knights of the Switch, 1815 Hartley farm tree, steamer Helen Hyatt wreck, Mt. Vernon E T H extension work, Enfield burglary, Boonville salary cut, Johnson county lightning rod swindlers, and local religious revivals and conversions.
Eastern capitalists loaned over 500000 on Knox county real estate while at an administrator's sale corn sold at a dollar per bushel. Delinquent taxes are few. Petersburg families suffer for food. Mt. Vernon forms an amateur troupe. Terre Haute reports one smallpox case. White county deaths hit 340 last year. Mt. Vernon silver band climbs, Grayville nears a national bank. Plus local letters from Smith's Mills ky describing rural life, timber trade, weather, rumors about Mark Twain, and local commerce.
Washington dispatch reports the jury found Guiteau guilty as indicted after a dramatic verdict in the Guiteau murder trial. Judge Cox delivered the charge, the jury withdrew, and Guiteau cursed the jurors while predicting God’s vengeance. A new trial may be sought.
Washington reports three ticket theory in 1884 with Arthur leading the Stalwarts Blaine the independents and a Democrat atop the ticket Grant not a candidate Blaine strong in Indiana and the West. Other items note vaccination on a Hong Kong to San Francisco voyage a large city fire in New York and regional weather and political notes from Boston and Brooklyn.
A sharp critique targets Princeton students amid a wave of incidents blamed on wealth and arrogance. News touches on architecture booms, labor harmony ideas, Jay Gould’s expanding rail empire, and plans for urban rapid transit including East River tunneling. Also referenced are Burns’ birthday celebrations by Kennedys, a Spuyten Duyvil verdict, stormy seas, Beecher’s shipping push, and a Cleveland census showing 180000 residents.
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