13 May 1892
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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1892
Page
1
Special dispatch from Indianapolis dated May 8 1892 analyzes Republican efforts to control the next legislature and win a U S Senate seat. It claims extensive misrepresentation of tax law and accuses 46 counties of levying over 50 million in local taxes to fund a campaign. The piece asserts Republicans aim for 60 representatives to secure a joint ballot majority against Democrats.
Special to New Harmony Merrill City reports from J W Preneh warden of the Indians State Prison North. For the three months ended April 6 1898 totals include 1 new admission 607, term expirations 64 pardons and paroles 11 for feeds 1 touched 2 died 0 in prison April 30 605 in custody 3 IP41 expenses 2020007 profit Su 1740.
A jumble of incidents from Indiana reports includes a dog mauling a child near Crawfordsville and a farmer seeking sealed marriage proposals in Chesterton. Also noted are a monster captured in Antunes county, cyclone damage at Williams, a house moved by a storm near Dan Musser, and various local curiosities from Vigo to Lawrenceburg with floods and court notes in between.
A collection of brief Indiana items notes politics in Indianapolis ridiculing negroes on the Republican State ticket while other state happenings span jail hauntings, fatal shootings, medical puzzles, pensions, fishing records, snake hunting, monuments, temperaments of communities, rainfall delays and electoral nominations across various counties.
Traveler writes from the Lookout Mountain area near Greenville about breathtaking panoramic views from the summit, the historic Civil War sites, cable car ascent, and the new Lookout Inn facilities with a large Lookout Hall, band, and leisure amenities.
In Washington on May 10 1892 anti Harrison leaders discuss pressuring the national convention to nominate Blaine. The piece casts doubt on a Cleveland renomination, notes Harrison delegates and stances, and lists Indiana patent grants including inventors from South Bend Logansport Indianapolis and Evansville.
May 7 report notes Republican leaders abandoned the compulsory education law, repudiating its features and opposing their prior platform. The piece adds local calamities from a tornado near Jerseyville causing a death, a White Caps warning to a Shelby county farmer, and other rural woes including flood, wolves in Hancock county, and political delegate counts.
Axpersox Ixp May 6 report a remarkable flow of mineral water struck while drilling for gas on Turrison Condoys farm, three miles northwest of the city. Water spouts in intermittent streams like geyser bursts every few minutes, though the well bottom lies 200 feet above the gas-bearing rock.
Democrats claim Brooklyn and New York cities will yield over GLU minority next fall. The present Congress expects to reduce expenditure by at least 50,000,000. Louisiana Democrats have harmonized for the presidential campus. Senator Voorhees was in Memphis yesterday. Horrible floods along the Mississippi. Civil war is hinted at in England. Ohio wheat is in poor condition.
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