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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1890
Page
2
The Register reports a solid vein of lead ore found at Marshalltown Pennsylvania. It also notes a giant Arctic era forest between the Ural and Okhotsk seas and a depth of 116 meters where ground remains frozen.
A reminiscence recalls Mrs Hallet Emily Schomberg as a famed society beauty. Her flawless complexion sparked whispers of emanelled cosmetics. At Cape May Seventh Regiment ball, friends tested her claim by setting a scene with loose powders, which she neutralized with cologne on her brow and cheeks.
A fragmentary poem recalls a life at sea and a torn love. The speaker recalls a costly heart stake amid storms and a rival who gains with gold. A pale, anxious beloved bears a ghostly ache and asks who wins the struggle between a withered bud and a long flown bloom.
In a colonial Mohawk settlement a young frontiersman Arthur Leighton warns of an Indian onslaught led by Washita after Sequesus is killed. Ruth Kenton and Nanita, Washita’s captive sister, are found with Frenchman Henri Nantes as Leighton uses a rifle to save them. Nanoita marries Nantes. Ruth and Arthur wed next spring, ending Indian raids as whites prove stronger.
A traveler recalls a legendary string band from the West formed largely by vigilance committee members, described as the finest ensemble he ever encountered. The tale emphasizes a colorful, informal concert setting and vivid local color from a bygone era.
A Washington Star piece quotes a society matron and writer on the city’s bachelor shortage. Unmarried men here are often clerkish and poor, while many wealthy families bring daughters but not sons. The result is an imbalance that leaves women with few eligible suitors and men spoiled by rarity.
A recollection mixes a Tennessee spelling bee tale with a Civil War spy execution. The narrator recalls a rough spell down match in a dusty Eastern Tennessee town, a bold admonition from a rival, and the teller’s vain confidence as he is spelled down by a pretty local girl. The piece shifts to Bishop Beckwith, chaplain to Polk’s staff, who intervenes in a drum head court martial to secure a new trial for a condemned spy and conducts the funeral with a Christian burial, earning lifelong North–South gratitude.
A householder saw embers from a neighboring blaze ignite his roof. With no water readily available, he acted boldly by wading into a nearby pond and sitting on the fire to smother it, saving the house from damage.
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