28 Oct 1881
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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1881
Page
1
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Guardian of Kilbinger minors proposes private sale of a one ninth undivided interest in a Town of New Harmony lot, Lot Eighty-three, at not less than appraised value. Sale on premises Saturday October 29, 1881 with one third cash and balance in six and twelve months secured by mortgage. includes 6 percent interest and attorney fees.
Washington gossip on Windom era treasury probe, Tyner’s Star Route ties, and Republican power plays. Reports detail calls for the treasury evidence, Indiana politics, and potential cabinet reshuffles with ties to Brady, Keifer, and Orth. Democratic senators plan to press for testimony as Arthur weighs Tyner’s fate.
Local notes report resumed rock removal after a brief pause with Tom Harry converting a pile driver to a derrick-boat to lift rock from the river. The Wiehard Ford snag-boat works Patoke Creek harbor clearing. several workers sick with bilious fever but improving. A laborer injures hip near the rock cage. activity shifts to rock extraction as water remains two feet deep. Also included are statistics on global cotton spindles, Greece, and Fall River spinning capacity.
In New York on October 21 1881 readers learn of Brooklyn political moves including General Slocum as an independent mayoral candidate and the Ward Misa Rolinson appointment amid reform debates. A fire scare on the Cunard steamer Bothnia sparks calls to curb disturbances by radicals. Gotham's art scene grows with immigrant craftsmen enhancing stained glass and wallpaper design as labor tensions flare at Lorillard and other employers. A quirky recount of Franco-German coin tossing by a reception crowd in Richmond adds color to transatlantic tensions.
In Gibson county Oakland an affair erupted after Bud Kemble refused a horse trade proposed by his son Doug. After a heated quarrel the younger man drew a knife, slashing his father and leaving him with severe cuts while women cried out and the home descended into chaos.
The report spans multiple items: 9,000 immigrants arriving in New York last week, Baltimore importing Bremen cabbages, over 2,500 Michigan families left impoverished by fires, and Brooklyn New York facing only three weeks of drinking water. The 11th annual female suffrage convention convened in Louisville Kentucky on Monday. A Reading Pennsylvania dated note claims the Haskell multicharge cannon of 56,000 pounds was cast, with a 150 pound shot projected to travel about twelve miles. Ex-Postmaster General Key corroborates Tyner’s 1879 Star Route fraud discovery, while local papers mock new devices to detect hidden votes and discuss the Star Route swindle. A Louisville dog fight between Vilot and Crib ends with Vilot victorious. the Louisville dog dies after a long battle.
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