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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1881
Page
3
A report states Georgia will establish a new capital valued at one million dollars. The plan outlines funding and location details with officials overseeing the project.
Special to the Register from New York on July 22 1981 recounts Dick Deadeye posing as a charitable yet destitute performer in Madison Square amid crowds tipping coins. A theatrical swain Harry Minors masher and a diverted hotelier tale unfold with a man shot by an aggrieved wife, plus rail rate chatter and a banana skin curb crackdown. A bold Lexington Avenue robbery of 10000 dollars shocks the city as brewery workers escape criminals in broad daylight.
Special notice warns farmers and delinquent taxpayers that August first marks the last day to pay taxes without penalties. Treasurer Joest vows to enforce collection by any means, urging prompt payment to avoid harsh methods. A Mt. Vernon Star critique urges subscribers to pay for newspapers, using a farmer’s wheat example to illustrate bundled debt.
Licenses issued by Posey Circuit Court Clerk up to date: John J Rapier and Katie Rapier George M Hall and Elizabeth Culpepper. Clerk Geo W Curtis. Mrs L T Partires joined husband working on Government projects at Kelley’s Ripple last Saturday.
An August note laments Harmony township farmers losing potential profits from lacking rail access to market. It argues a proposed branch would have allowed grain and freight to fetch better prices, though a few locals fear change. The writer predicts benefits once the railroad is finished.
Saalfield's Music Store at 839 Broadway New York offers a monthly Ten Cent Library of Music. Subscription $1 yearly, single numbers 10 cents each, each issue 16 pages of popular music. Current issue features Olivette Lancers, Amators Waltzes, Danka song When first I saw my Darling's Face, and more. Catalogues available for 3 cent stamp.
The Evansville Journal blames Governor Roberts for political gain after Garfield's shooting, accusing it of stoking anti Democratic sentiment before 1884. The piece notes prior campaign rhetoric and odd local anecdotes about Joan Warz and a barber shop incident used to mislead readers.
Several officials of the P., D. & ih. Ry. traveled to town last Sunday with a delegation of citizens to choose the best railroad route. The appropriation vote is set for August 8, and approval would start construction immediately.
S x-Ground was broken last Satur day for the New Harmony Banking Company's new building. The work will be pushed forward to completion as rapidly as possible, and then Main street will boast of one more splendid edifice. There is yet room for more new buildings. Who will be the next to improve? he Thousands have used Kendall's Spavio Care for rheumatism after all other remedies had failed and have experienced instant relief. See the advertisement. sam Mrs. Kate Parnes left here last Monday morning for her home at Con peaut, Ohio, after a visit of several months at New Harmony.
Fragments describe two African American inmates killed while awaiting transfer to the penitentiary last Sunday. One killed the other with an iron bar in a cell, then officers shot the attacker after he menaced staff. The item links it to rising crime and harsh punishment within the era. The column then shifts to weather, rain shortages, local arrivals and tax deadlines, noting Dr. Gotwald’s move to New Harmony, pending taxes, and local travel to Colorado. The piece closes with local business and farm notes, including Kendall's Spavin Cure and new wheat prices in Texas.
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