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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1885
Page
1
Lhe Register lists publishing terms: weekly Fridays, rates for advertising by square and column, legal notices charged per law, 10 cents a line for first insertion, 6 cents for each subsequent, fractions count as whole, all ads prepaid, job-work on delivery, arrearages incur renewal if not canceled.
Special correspondence from New Harmony Register reports on the New Orleans exposition. The writer notes public indifference to finances, rising steamer excursions, and souvenir sales while detailing exhibits from Page’s traction engine to navy models and Boudoir Cars by Mann. Also features Dakota taxidermy, Barrows display, and rival Kansas Nebraska corn shows.
New York features Excelsior marked at the entrance and a strong geological collection focused on iron coal and stone. Chenango county highlights public charities with notable reading rooms. Nebraska showcases a fruit section in horticultural hall and a cereal pyramid tribute to natural resources backed by 60 million dollars in educational funding.
A physician in Chambersburg writes with both hands alike and can pen same words in different directions. Nevada gold-seekers use hens to scratch for gold, yielding up to eight dollars per fowl. The Gainesville Press touts diamonds in circulation worth thousands. The American Machinist counts 29,227 locomotives, predicting heavy annual construction. Other curios include Lon- don parks, New Zealand papers, and political notes on Van Wyck. Grant's condition remains critical.
An accident on the P. D. E. railway south of Grayville last Saturday struck a car on the tracks as a passenger train passed the bridge. The victim, identified as Uncle Johnny B. Moore, an elderly Harmony Township resident, died instantly. He was about 87, frail, and had origins in Posey County after moving from North Carolina.
Washington dispatch outlines President Cleveland’s early work and cabinet picks. It notes swift changes in civil service, key appointments including Bayard Manning Lemar Garland Endicott Whitney Vilas, and hints at social shift under Miss Cleveland. The piece describes reception pace, signatures, and the social outlook for Washington society.
A Belvidere farmer suffers a glanders attack linked to a neighboring horse. Belvidere notes report two women stitching all-white dresses from rick rack trim. Legislation lists 58 lawyers and other professions. A Vernon man accidentally scorched a ceiling during stove cleaning. McLeansboro girls seek rides to Moody's revival in Evansville. Olney library holds about two thousand volumes. Severe winter harms feathered game statewide with prairie chickens frozen and quails declining.
Judge Mack of Terre Haute advocates thorough inquiry after a defendant seeks venue change and is accused of perjury. Senator McDonald praises cabinet, Garland as attorney general candidate. Indiana reports show 129 crisis reports, Reuben Stephens dies at 104 in Switzerland county, a Lawrenceburg white child with a black leg, 305 money order post offices, $600000 for new insane hospitals, and an extra legislative session. Wisconsin backs Vilas as postmaster general. Illinois returns Morrison 99 votes. J J Kustnen returns from Washington.
Washington dispatches report total Congressional costs for the 48th Congress at about 5.8 million dollars with salaries for 76 senators and 825 representatives, plus clerks. The article notes failed river and harbor bills, the Grant retirement bill saved by Neece, inaugural expenses around 45 thousand dollars, and upcoming state elections with party hopes and concerns. It also covers figures on local wealth in D C, the Cleveland inauguration, and recent election results in New York Iowa Maine and Oregon area.
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