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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1885
Page
1
The Register announces subscription at 150 dollars yearly paid in advance and lists advertising rates for various column inches and durations. It details legal notice charges, fractional square counts, and payment rules, including advance payment for all transient ads and payment on delivery for job-work.
The piece surveys Indiana’s rise from a decade-old state to a booming center of population and enterprise. It notes railroad expansion to 5,000 miles, manufacturing growth, agricultural output, and extensive public institutions. It quotes John C. New praising Indiana’s intelligence and industrious character, and lists miscellaneous local items and curiosities from health, weather, politics, and culture.
Isaac Starke of Oley shot himself with a 38 caliber pistol while handling the weapon. The bullet struck the forehead and flattened to the size of a nickel, tearing flesh around two inches but not piercing the skull. Doctors expect recovery within days unless brain inflammation occurs. The Chicago Board of Trade building clock weighs 24,500 pounds with a 4,500 pound bell and a 750 pound pendulum.
Special to the New Harmony Register reports on the closing session of a world exposition in New Orleans. It highlights the Throne of Mexico exhibited by 150 Mexican women, worth 50 000, and notes a potential November reopening. The piece reflects on the live oaks, their history since 1730, and the grounds’ transfer in 1806. It closes with farewells and brief notes on Mexico’s commission, Minnesota frosts, and Cuporta’s rise in Spain.
Special correspondent reports President Cleveland and cabinet will stay in Washington through summer. City gains shade trees and parks, promising forest city growth. Government staff, including secretaries and bureaus, largely remain. Bayard travels weekends to Delaware. Naval waste scandal under Whitney investigations questions breaking up old ships.
Gen Logan paid respects to the president on Monday. About 2,500 Democratic postmasters have been appointed. The Evansville post office question is before the department this week. J W Hiatt of New Harmony Indiana called on the president last Monday. The Blaine faction in Vermont has declared war on Senator Edmunds and will try to block his re election. Ins potatoes sell for 2 a bushel in portions of Florida. Carcaca gamblers are emigrating to Detroit Michigan.
Chicago markets report a sharp cold spell lifting prices across grains and livestock. No. 2 red wheat 45 cents, No. 2 white 95, lard spring 90, oats 84, corn firm on frost fears, while oats and corn react to weather. Cattle $5.10 to $5.55, hogs $8.25 to $8.90, sheep $4.25 to $5.25, with moderate supply and strong demand. butter cheese eggs and potatoes show mixed shifts amid cool weather and steady trade.
Colonel R. W. Thompson of Terre Haute, age 76, remains hale and hearty since 1845. He has never been seriously ill, has met all U S presidents except the first two, and has acted in every presidential campaign since 1828. He heads the Panama Canal project company, predicts completion in 1598, remains a heavy smoker, and plans to celebrate his 100th birthday in 1908.
A compilation notes casualties from the rebellion totaling 559 496 with about 29 500 prisoners. It cites 2 400 000 troops raised, alien obsessions include silk-worm culture dropped by Sumner laws, German rail bans on emigrants, and 10 000 officeholder changes since March. Reports of Salt Lake outlet discovery, Stockholm population gain, funeral rites in Rio Janeiro, and Newfoundland population around 193 000. Various local notes touch Joliet tax on saloons, Paris burials by public funds, New York orange imports, Wilmington election margin, and oysters transplanted to German waters.
Washington report details the Bureau of Engraving and Printing process for U S currency from design to engraving to seals and numbering. It describes the multi person teamwork, strict custody, paper requisition, dampening and drying, and final polishing before notes are issued.
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