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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1887
Page
1
The publication charges 150 dollars annually in advance. No paper stops until all arrears are settled. A failure to discontinue at the end of the subscribed period is treated as a new engagement.
Indiana progress highlights from a June dispatch show the state ranking sixth in the nation with population growth from 147,148 in 1820 to over 2,000,000 today. Crawfordsville notes a skilled dog that fishes by scaring quarry from a drift, while the Indiana University outing sails to Europe this fall. Other items include a Lincoln relic find in Spencer County, a Logansport monument unveiling, a temperance pledge in Princeton, and various local developments across Evansville, Muncie, Vincennes, and Lafayette.
Joliet man pursues cousin Jessie White amid anonymous death threats and a staged wake note. Other Illinois items include seed corn mishap with a hen, a potato bug derailment, county farmer co-ops, a buried apple find, county fiscal data, and local civic notes from Decatur to Newton.
A London surgeon refused a 35000 offer to treat a native prince in India. Yellow fever erupts in Key West, fearing a summer epidemic. The Lick telescope will miss July 1 readiness. Patents show 1900 women inventions. Barnum reports 80000000 in door receipts. Over 600 million trees planted near the Mississippi. Boston bride’s veil cost 2000. Blaine sailed for Europe. Wheeler is dead. In Papacan a fisherman named Boston caught a cross between eel and alligator gar, nine feet long, 7 to 8 inches thick, with a hornlike projection. it was killed after biting and snapping at handlers.
The New Harmony Register reports patents issued in the past week to Indiana residents: W. E. Clayton of Huntington for a pipe wrench and cutter. J. S. Locke of Spartanburg for a machine making wire and slat fences. H. Richards of Decker for a musical instrument keyboard attachment. W. H. Roberts of Indianapolis for a portable fire escape. D. D. Wessell of Fort Wayne for an artificial tooth. and B. F. Nye of Indianapolis for a vehicle top.
In Washington a Sun day Gazette letter argues President Cleveland will be renominated and re-elected with New York’s support. It credits machine leaders and Irish Democrats with backing the ticket, notes Prohibition and Labor spurs as factors, and predicts a solid New York Democratic front: Cleveland for president Hill for governor and victory.
Wasametror June 6 report says Sherman’s speech to Illinois Republicans shows overanxious bid for the presidency. He tours the nation promoting himself while reviving war bitterness, cites southern frauds, and is linked to the Hayes administration in a charge of fraud.
Amy Avant, a colored worker on Major James Reeves’s plantation in Marion county, died of measles at 122. She remained sound and alert until illness, never took medicine, and worked the last cotton season with consistent effort. Family records support her age.
The F W Cook baseball team from Evansville arrives Sunday to play our lads at the fairgrounds. They are one of the state’s top teams, promising a strong contest.
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