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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1887
Page
1
The Register lists subscription price of 150 dollars annually in advance and details on discontinuance. It shows advertising rates by column and insertion counts, local column charges per line, and durations for quarter to whole column ads.
A bolt struck near William Alstoot’s yard north of Nevin causing a nearby pond used for stock water to sink and vanish in days. In Lynch, an old Whig medal linked to Major General W H Harrison was found by a gardener and presented to ex Senator Harrison. A Daleville blacksmith whipped two stepchildren to death and fled after a mob threatened violence.
A farmer reports a large vein of red paint clay extending about half a mile deep enough to be workable after drying. Other items include a lightning strike injuring a man and boy, failed soldier reunion drives, frauds in the gas belt, temperance pledges, factory fuel shifts, embezzlement case, a fatal religious crisis, peach crop optimism, and various county news from Daviess to Evansville.
A visit to Capt. Dan Stover and wife near Gatton Illinois details their snake farm or rattlesnake operation. The couple raises and sells rattlesnakes for oil used in rheumatism cures, with contracts to supply 250 snakes this season at 2.25 dollars each, plus other sales to physicians nationwide. The farm features 37 mounds for breeding, 43 large rattlesnakes counted on one site, and eggs awaiting hatch.
A digest of diverse items: New York streetcar rails would stretch to Jacksonville if laid end to end. Kansas rules allow women to keep their birth names after marriage. April saw a record 11,899 pension certificates issued in Washington. A wire-nail machine now makes 36 000 nails per hour. Bismarck received beer from many German breweries on his birthday. J W Hyatt of Connecticut is named U S treasurer. Democrats win Ogdensburg for the first time. Brazilian slave numbers show a sizable decline since 1873. A Yale student wins English composition. Denver’s population is about 75 000. Indiana patents issued in the past week include Benedict tellurian facets, Findling anchor, Hazelrigg signal lantern, Matthues ice-shoe, McKeen grader, Moore slide valve, Payne piles instrument, Vanover wire fence, Weisell wash machine, Beard windmill, Baldwin creaming can.
Washington letter details Queen Kapitolani of Hawaii and retinue touring the capital. Highlights include White House calls, a grand Hawaiian banquet, a review of troops, a visit to the treasury vaults, and remarks on democracy meeting royalty. Also notes a vacancy in the Supreme Court and rising role of women in civil service.
A waterspout drenched McLeansboro and nearby areas causing extensive damage to farm properties. Other items note a 9 foot rattlesnake killed in Cumberland county, a Kankakee well producing about a barrel of lubricating oil daily, and various local developments including saloon counts, schoolhouse funding, and municipal projects across Illinois towns.
A collection of items from Posey county recounts commencement praise for the 1887 class, acknowledges the Lichtenberger band and several student helpers, and notes various local movements. It also mentions railway excursion tickets to Ottawa and a cattle auction, plus visits and movements of residents and officials.
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