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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1886
Page
2
The Register notes Vice Presidents Colfax and Hendricks died suddenly, mentions Crats Spreckels as a sugar magnate and mail shipowner for Pacific routes, and cites Yale Professor Eavon arguing the apple story may hinge on a quince. It cites electric street lighting versus gas, Duchess de Plaissance’s American roots, Bob Burdette’s critique of a general, Wilcox's marriage stations along the New York border, and Pennsylvanian license-law usage.
A survey of notable figures and odd artifacts. Jay Cooke, aging but wealthy again after years of bustle, is traced along wagon roads and Wall Street. An New England museum artifact a warm-water minister’s flask provokes debate on its use. Recent rediscoveries include scarce eight and seven volume works by Strickland Monta lembert Innes and Lander. Market surprise as rare books reappear at lower prices. A misattributed Grant painting myth is noted.
A water color landscape with left corner signed A H Grant, traced to Ulysses Hiram Grant. W E Rotheray of Camden NJ offered 5000 for it and refused. The painting was made in 1843 at West Point as a memento of escorting Mrs Rotheray East. George W Childs backed the claim Grant painted it.
A newspaper editor who penned a sharp critique of the feared desperado Grigsby faces a chilling warning. After publication, a chance encounter leads to a whispered threat about Grigsby’s lethal history, and the editor declares the piece well timed as Grigsby dies that night in Arkansas.
Oliver Wendell Holmes writes in the Critic to honor Mark Twain on his fiftieth birthday. HePlayfully praises Twain’s wit and the blend of humor and heart in his works. Holmes personifies the author as a lifelong drinker of wit, tracing the source of Twain’s genius to inspiration from muses and Hebe, and notes the half century of literary achievement.
Cyril Carleton and Flora Fenworth defy Colonel Fenworth’s gold driven scheme and elope to Mexico. Amid peril, Flora uncovers Manuel Menzies leading bandits, aids Cyril in a battle, and with Mexican soldiers’ help, frees him. They marry in Brownsville as the rancher father seeks forgiveness.
Cyril races with Miss Flora Fenworth through Glenora Gulch a haunted canyon famed for bandits. A shot grazes Cyril hat as he searches for the boy who led him into danger and swiftly retreats to safety in the dismal gorge.
A Chicago street dealer explains pipe styles and prices from 1 cent to 150 dollars, noting domestic goods now outselling imports. He describes fastidious smokers, the popularity of wooden pipes from 50 cents to 3 dollars, and steady fall trade after a slow summer in Chicago.
A correspondent cites an old note listing days deemed perilous for sickness travel or work across the year, with January through December dates. The piece notes a man in Ohio who reportedly went twenty eight days without eating, with the editor’s paper unnamed.
A humorous study of railway etiquette and conversations on crowded car platforms. It groups dialogues from laborers, women, a Boston-esque crowd, traders, and reporters, highlighting social chatter and everyday concerns like work, family, canning, lodges, and local politics.
The Boston Cultivator notes 1884 saw 172 tornadoes reported by the signal service with July heaviest activity and January tornado-free. Paths ranged 75 to 5,281 feet wide, average 1,037 feet. lengths 2 to 130 miles, average 36. Storms moved northeast at about 42 mph, typical funnel rotations fastest, with peak times 4 to 5:30 PM.
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