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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1887
Page
1
A brief notice indicates a publication cadence with Friday releases attributed to C. W. Slater. The fragment suggests a periodical or newspaper item naming the publisher and publication day.
A Fall Report from New Aviany Summaries a Will of W C DePauw valued at 10 to 12 million with 1.6 million to Depauw University and 500k to DePauw College. Bequests to charity churches and a free infirmary in New Albany. Various Indiana towns report curiosities marriages disputes births and local industrial updates. Notable items include a winged chicken near Jeffersonville and a living wife controversy in Princeton. Also notes on military enlistment in 1841 45 and civic improvements in Evansville New Albany Vincennes and Washington.
A Marion county eating contest in Salem ends with Stevens and Spencer each gaining six pounds as Spencer wins. Lightning damages an umbrella in McDonough county. Copper nuggets near Mattoon. Indian mine lore. party formed to prospect. Illinois Senate quarrel, long legislature session costs, soap bubble parties in Springfield. Canton and Lewiston marshals named Blaine and Logan. 13,000 sign temperance pledge in Evansville. Carmi’s hard cider sample 50 percent whisky. Insane patient dies at Anna asylum. Sherman of Ohio campaigns for Republicans. Niantic pig with three heads six legs. 1,250 bills in spring session. St Louis ordinance bans lotteries. Illinois Central electric brake train. 12 to 15 women in Fairfield county offices. Southern papers report short strawberry crop. Washington and Adams reside in Tuscola. 110-pound catfish near Jonesboro. Cincinnati syndicate buys seven hundred big in Cairo. Mt Carmel receipts 55 801 al. DuQuoin park capacity 1500 cows. DuQuoin saloon license 700 a year. Newton street peddler license 320. Mansfield chicken with four legs and wings. Marion saloon tax 1500 a year. Rockford saloon tax 1000 a year. Fairfield reports a new jail.
A philatelic mix of curiosities and news notes covers a moth in Wilmington, a Richmond barber’s 20 thousand dollar slave trade link, and extraordinary natural finds in Arizona. Highlights include giant sweet potatoes from a single vine in Savannah, a tobacco bullet killing a wildcat, Sing Sing’s convict count, and a Washington monument ascent tally of 25,000.
El Paso Texas May 29 report on the Texas Rangers a state corps policing the frontier from El Paso to the gulf. They recruit from across the country, serve six month terms, and act as deputy sheriffs with power to arrest on sight. They extirpated tribes endangered border peace and even formed informal extradition arrangements with Mexican authorities, earning loyalty under the motto God hates cowards.
In Stewartsviler Missouri, a midnight burglary struck Henry Demberger's store. The safe held about 500 dollars and was blown open by expert criminals who fled toward the five mile house near Evansville. Losses included 250 for Demberger, 40 for Cross, 50 for Rhinehart, 375 for Faul, 70 for Schutz, among others.
The New Harmony Register reports patents granted to Indiana residents in the past week. Recipients include W. H. McKinney Evansville with a non conducting jacket, T. Hand Shelbyville with a washing machine, C. D. Wilcox Indianapolis with a boiler cleaner, W. F. Line Andrews with a fumigator, M. McGriff Anderson with a corn planter, and J. G. Cline Goshen with a road cart.
Local notices urge cleanup and disinfection under threat of fines. Citizens argue streets crowd with idle teams. wagon-yard capacity questioned. Reports on probate, school, and tax issues, plus crime, deaths, and upcoming events reflect a busy Posey county civic page.
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