14 Oct 1892
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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1892
Page
1
A collection from Indianapolis reports sweeping political shifts led by Judge Gresham away from federal interference and the McKinley tariff. The item notes imitation wildcat money, skeleton finds, bizarre animal tales, county quirks, and various local fortunes ranging from race outcomes to a five legged calf in Seymour.
Connecticut township elections show little change since 1890 when the state was 4000 Democrats. New York Republicans fear light enrollment in strongholds. The attempt to annul apportionment failed. Brooklyn registration up nearly 20000 on first day. New York City first day total 92625. Cholera surges in Paris and Hamburg. New York city registration remains heavy. Colorado and Utah blanketed in snow. Chattanooga went Democratic. Mrs. Harrison unable to recover.
Corydon once served as territorial capital and grew around a seized legislature seat, with the old state house, governor’s mansion ruins, and the famed government elm. Today the town rests along a scenic Big Blue river corridor, connected by a Mackey Road and limited rail links, where travel remains costly and informal.
Washington dispatch reports cheap political tricks about Harrison illness and GOP attacks, Pennsylvania election reform folly, and a batch of Indiana patent grants including kitchen devices, machinery, and household items listed by C. A. Snow & Co.
Indianapolis reports the supreme court refused to involve itself in reviving the 1878 legislative gerrymander scheme. The matter was postponed to November 17, signaling a Democratic legislature and Senate situation. The Republican view shifts after a unanimous ruling against the conspiracy’s electoral prayer. Illinois headlines mention Altgeld and Fifer, corn planting at Albion, water-bore at New Haven, bogus silver dollars at Grayville, $400 million in farm mortgages, and Illinois Methodist totals.
A local column criticizes Cicero for partisan claims about Democratic Indiana finances. It notes Indiana runs two prisons and six asylums versus Ohio’s one facility, argues self sufficiency of Indiana institutions, cites prison profits and losses, and contrasts Posey and Vanderburgh counties to challenge the Democratic critique.
A devotional notice from New Harmony dated October 6 1892 mourns a four year old infant member of the Soldiers of the Cross with a prayer for the departed. The passage blends grief with religious consolation and lists names and local actions amid a broader local news roundup.
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