Bloomington Progress, Volume 3, Number 24, Bloomington, Monroe County, 13 October 1869 — Page 2
1100MIHG70N PROGRESS,
"Wlf-IAM A. Gabe, Editor and r-.xtpricter.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 13, 15 69.
The Railroad Meeti ng, On Wednesday last, was well attended. Quite a number (if delegates, from the counties of B uxholomew, Brown and Greene, were present. A dispatch from lion. Will. Ciin:.bnek, one of the i irectors in the proposed organization, was received, stating that the Decatur county men were unavoidably detained. The -delegates had a preliminary meeting in J. B. AiulkyV office, and upon a report made of the stock subscribed, there was found to be about $8,000 of a deficiency, which it was expected the counties of Dxatur and Sullivan would furnish, and no doubt had already subscribed, but was not reported. The delegates, and proposed directors present, at a second meeting, adjourned to meet in Indianapolis, on the 18th ins:., where it is expected to perfect the organization, and then the Boards of Commissioners of all the a unties through which the road is proposed to be run, will be petitioned to order a vote to be take i, to aid in the construction of s:id road. If the Counties should vote a tax, there is but little doubt that the road will be built, but should they refuse to
be taxed, the enterprise must be abandoned, as no Railroad corporation will undertake to build a road without such aid.
immense crowds of people, and all with whom we have conversed, pronounce "4 I'aw.s" unobjectionable every way, and the prevailing opinion is, that when he comes to Detroit ;'igaia, lie will have to increase his capacity, which i already large, in order to accommodate the people." The billt tell us to see the procession, and then if we think the show is not all that it is claimed to be, not to patronize it. We therefore say, cone in early and see the great display in the streets, and for further particulars use your own judgment. i The great freshet in New England, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland, seems to be one of the largest and most destructive to everything but lite, that has evor occurred in this country. Railroads have been washed s way or covered up several feet, houses, mills, mill-datis, fences, barns, crops and -attk carried away, and travel and business generally interrupted. It is impossible to estimate the loss vet, but it will probably be
several niil'lionsof dollars. Freshets have come to be one of the elements
of danger and damage to property, against which precaution must be
taken as regularly, and with as oar oful a measure of chances, as is done
with vessels at sea. Every year millions of dollars are swept away by them, and doubtless skillful enpineers can devise means of avoid
ing or mitigat ing their effects, either
by direct protection, as dikes and levees, or by dividing and diverting the dangerous tuieumulation of water. The matter is getting to be of too
vast importance to be long neglected.
The City Council adopted a resolution pledging oik; hundred thousand dollars to the Bloondield Rail
road as soon as satisfactory evidence
shall be furnished that a sufb -ient sum (300,000) ha been subscribed
by cities, counties and individuals to insure the building of the road. Mayor Cookerly was appointed a commissioner to make tho subscription on behalf of the city. Tare Haute I'h'pinw.
vhere
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Railroad Meeting.
Bloomiogton, Oct. 6.
Imagination is said to be the most powerful nation in the world. An infant at West port, Connecticut, died from sucking a green veil.
A jewelry house, under the Fifth Aver.no Hotel, New York, has been
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: f u..:i,i: i robbed of SjoO.OOO worth of dia-
uic mipwi iui,t ui uuiiuiu a xiunroad from GreeKsburg, through Col
umbus, Nashville and Bloomington, thence west to Mermon. on the Wabash, then connecting with the
Effingham Railroad and forming a
mouds. Anna Dickinson don't like the the Chinese. She'd better try the Paw noes. Judge Eckels is suffering from an
Straight Line Road to St. Louis, 'affection of one of his lungs, and has
Hon. J. S. Hester, of Brown Co
was chosen President, and B. F. Jones, of Bartholomew, ciade Secretary. On taking the Chair, Mr. Hester, presented a clear and concise view of the progress made by the friends
of the enterprise, toward placing it
been obliged to seek relief from his
jut'iu ial duties.
Widow-burning is going out of
date in India, the Hindoo widows
bolieve, with St. Paul, that it is
better to marry than to bum. John Chenoweth, with 1,020 in
bis pocket, cut his throat and died,
in course of construction, ami closed 'at Columbus, Ohio, Monday night
by a very powerful and forcible ar
They shake in Lebanon. A
gumeni in tavoi ot levying a lis to,..'. , , w!n, Wn re.
struetion of the road. L .,7 c. .
aid in the cons:
Judge Butler, also mads a few remarks, favoring immediate action. Mr. Mulky, also spoke briefly, showing the importance of the work A motion was made by Judge Butler, to take a vote whether we are in favor of bvving a tax to aid
the contemplated road, thereupon j
tailed sixty-five ounces of quinine
in one wenk. Ugh !
The Spanish Government troops
have had a fight with the Republican insurrectionary forces, ami eomp Ik-d them to fall back to the mounta ins.
The galo on Monday night drove
Gov. Dunoinsr was calk t on for a four vessels ashore, on Lake Lrie,
speech, and responded briefly and! near Cleveland, utterly wrecking
eloquently. The motion was carried ote, and much injuring the others, unanimously, and the mat ting ad- Wni. Bunstin, a sixty vear old
journed. printer, died in Lebanon, Ohio, re-
J. S. HESTER, Pres't. ccntK-. He worked for thirtv years
B. F. Jones, Seo'y. on the Lebanon Star.
Forepaugh's Grand Menagerie and Circus, whii'h is advertised in another column, will arrive, in the city of Bloomington, on Monday, Oct. 18. For a long tirae we have watched the career of th is gigantic
At the recent fair at Ripon, Wis., a skunk got under the ladies' bazaar, and for three dsys made it smell like night blooming castor oil. On the third dav he was killed, when it smelled worse than ever. John G. Sanderson, of Vinocrincs, coveted his neighbor's farm. He made a deed of conveyance to liirn-
establishsnent, a id read the com
meats of the public press; and, ;(.lf, end signed his neighbor's name
judging from what we have read ! to it, duly authenticating it by the
and seen, it musit be the grandest Ecuestrian and Z Klogical Aggregation, that ever pitched a tent in the fertile soil of thin State. It therefore affords us much pleasure to announce the approach of a firstclass exhibition in our midst. The collection of animals is large, the specimens are rare, and the variety infinite, requiring twenty-five elegantly decorated, massi v e cages and dens, to contain the an trials alone, besides the huge Asiatic elephant, "Romeo," weighing over five tons,
f-ignitture ot a justice ot the peace. He is waiting for a pass to Jeffersonyille. Dereestives have discovered the nan who murdered William R. Smiths at Faribee Station, and hurneo' the statiou house to hide the crime, a few months ago, and primise to frtartle the community shortly by arresting him. The misunderstanding, or whatever it might be called, between theSpanish Government and ours, in regard to our mediation in the Cuban difficulty, has been settled. The
rvegency iioiuet nave realised per-
"Baby Annie," and "Bolivar, Jr.," i emptonly to allow any niterlerence thoTWtir ,lf Plants rr thr ' form.in the rnattw. a,ld Ml
feet high, anel the only white, dou
ble-humped, Baetriar, Camels, Dromedaries, etc., now in captivity. The Detroit Free Press says of this show : "It really comes up to the standard of the bills as advertised, and, iu fact, actually ':raneends our most sanguine expectations. We have frequently had dreams ot what a menagerie and circus should be, but never before have our vision'; been so fully realized. In addition to the caravan, which is separate and distinct from the circus, though but one price is charged, there in an excellent Equestrian entertainment, composed of cf stars of the
first magnitude, and on a scale of
grandeur and magnihccoee, demonstrating the alnieist inexhaustible resources of this colossa: exhibition. "No show has visited our city for - Tew that has drawn ttgrther eueh
Minister Sickles has withdrawn his
offer of mediation. This ends all negotiations fur the cession, purchase, or independence of Cuba. A woman at Plattsburg, New York, didn't know whether she could fill a kerosene lamp while it was burning until she tried. She now wears a wig, and is perfectly satisfied that, in most cases, H is safer to extinguish the lamp before filling. The receipts of the State Fair were as follows : Gate tickets, $19,100; amphitheater, $1,300; stands, 81,962. Total r.!ceipt, 22,302. Being 3, 872 25 more than last yea.:, when the gate receipts were $13,7-17 25 ; amphitheater,' $1,059 80; stards, $1,315, and entry fees 82,867 70. The number of persons in attendance, including dead heads, was about 80,000, which considerably exceeds the recent Ohio Sta:e Fair,
It is said that in Illinois, a large deficiency of crops v,
nrehended, the i:miionsc yield of
oats will do much to make up the loss of the corn, and that the extern of buckwheat iie:irly makes good the lack of spring wheat. Arthur Smith, John Carter and Charles Murray, three young men about twenty years of ago, respectably connected, all of whom have been clerking in Indianapolis, after
making raids upon clothing, furnishing and shoe stores, left for parts unknown. The clothing was obtained by misrepresentation. The shoe store was entered by a key in the possession of Carter, where he was clerking ; but the money drawer was forced open, and twenty -five dollars captured. It. is said that these nice young men had been practicing negro minstrelsy fir a while, ami it is preibab.c they have departed to join some traveling troupe. As between Etheridge and John-
son, in tne icnncssec oenatonai coi: test, it matters little which wins.
Whichever is elected, their constituents will soon wish thoy had taken the other. Buf. is there nobody but these two? Forrest lives in another State now, but whero are all the
original, representative rebels?
. - A former Auditor of Dearborn county, Indiana, named Crosby, has
just entered the State Penitentiary
tor forgery. It seems that he was tried anel sentenced on his own confession, the act having been the result of intemperance. Jes. Krlglit .Still Llvctli. Hon. Jesse D. Bright, our former Kentucky Senator, aspiring tei be returned to the Senate Chamber from his cwn State, is now in Washington City, and the corres
pondent of the Boston Journal
makes the following paragraph
about him, which, will be of interest
in this Statu :
"Jesse J', bright, formerly a United States Senator from Indiana,
but now of Kentucky, where he finds more congenial spirits, hasbeen in the city for some days. Mr.
Bright is verv anxious to come back
to the Senate as a representative of
Kentucky Democracy,, and as that State has done some verv foolish
things in the past it would not, be surprising if he should be elected. It may be interesting to loyal people to know that Mr. Bright's opinions have iot materially changed since the day he was expelled from the Senate for disloyalty, In fact, he boasts of his expulsion, and 'glories in his hame' by saying his opinions have not undergone a change ; and, referring to his expulsion in his conversation, he says the war waged by the United States for the preservation of the Union was the 'most brutal, unnatural and God-abandoned in the history of any country, and which he would not in the beginning vote a man or a dollar to crush. He ss.ys he would not now pay the debt, but would repudiate every cent of it. When talking upon this point he becomes very enrnest. lie U an admiring disciple of Henry Clay Dean, of Iowa, mh.1 says Dean, and not Pendleton, is the author of what is known as die Pendleton theory of finance; but while he is uncompromisingly hostile to the Radical party, he avows his willingness to compromise with moderate Republicans and relax his feelings for expediency's sake. To use his own language: 'We must give dnd take, and perhaps select a middle man like Chase.' But at the same time he hopes that the developme nts between this time and the next Presidential election may be such that the Democrat;;.' ean nominate a straight-out candidate of their own party. As Mr. Bright expresseel these views in a very public manner, and as no conlidenue is; violated in publishing them, the presumption is that ho will not object to having the people know in advance the i!ine of conduct he would probably pursue if returned to Congress."
Gen. George B, McClellan visited the New England Fair, and while there an old gentleman from the rural districts, seizing both his hands, exei aimed, with sympathetic tears coursing elown his sunbrowned cheeks : "General, I am glad to see you ! I am delighted to see you ! I have long desired to meet you ! I always believed that you managed the army f!.f well as you knew how .'" I he General thanked him. King Stanislaus, of Poland, was in the habit of saying, when he got drunk, which was tolerably often, that "Poland wabbles; Poland
staggers; Poland cannot keep her
fet." So l1 ranee has sickened and wavered and wabbled during' the changes ia the Emperor's health. If any ono doubts that Napoleon is the Empire, let him read the European pres:, and see how his decease was likelv to affect the peace of
France. How unfortunate that the French people have not yet shown themselves capable of self-government. m m Mouse soup is a Nevada luxury. It is served up as a pleasant surprise, tho mouiie not being down on the bill of fare, but lurking privately in the soup kettle.
At Bloomington, Monday Oct. 18th, 1869.
Great 4 Paw MASTODON !
The
THIRD ANNUAL TOUR IN AMERICA I
Dissolution rilHE partnership heretofore existing boL twocn UhnrltM Roth. S. . Dunn and E. Biittorton, inder Ihe firm name of Both, Dunn & :., was dissolved by mutual council t, on tho 1st of October, 1869. Amounts due the firm, can be paid to Charles Roth, or to the li:m of Dunn & Company.. i HARbKS KUTEI, S K DUNN, ootl3 ISM 3w E BATTKHTrV.
JAMES W. COOKERLY,
LIVERY, SALE
FEED STABLE, REAR OF BLOOMINGTON HOTEL, Bloomington, Incl. Q ADDLE HORSES, Horses and Buggies, IO and trams, hired on reasonable terms. Stable just east of the Postofiico, and in
rear of tie Hloomiriijton Hctel. oct6"fi9
Tine Last Call.
milOSE KNOWING THEM-
J selv indebted to the undersigned, are
hereby notified to call and settle their ac
counts i:n':nediiitely, as longer indulgence
will not b'.! given, niter the 1st ot October JAMES SHALL. Bloomington, Ind., ept2, 1869.
Administratrix.' Kotiee. AT OTIC E is hereby given, that the nn
L i dersi jned has been appointed, by the Clerk of tin Monroe County Common Pleas
Court, Administratrix of the estate ot John
Gilmore. deceased, late of Richland town
ship. Mon "oe eounty, Indiana. Said est ite is supposed to tie solvent. CATHAKINE E. GILMORE, seprii) t'!t -It Administratrix.
The ejiie'.stioii whexlier it is a sin to slctvp in meeting, is discussed in some, of the journals e.f Cotiiie'e'.icut. The; Killiugly Transcript puts k in a general and impersonal manner, hv asking whether il is a sin for Mr. Smith to sleep in meeting; and then goes on to answer, as follows: "Wo .should oil 1 1 it a liin of infirmity, not of intention, and regard it as his duty to use every means in his power to overcome this infirmity." M Squaws at Virginia, Nevada, get dentists tr, lwe holes in their sound teeth and fill t'.iem with gold, to he in fashion. Thrro's ooiwidernhlo female woman about & aquaw, eveu.
Behold the advent of the unapproachable. Biggest Menagerie ever in the United States. 25 Massive Dens of Living Animals. "Count them in Procession. ! KHESir CJ-lIfcOTTS EVER IN ITVII1V. ! Adam Forepaugh's Grand Zoological and Equestrian Aggregation will appear in Bloomington, Monday, October 18th, at one and seven o'clock P.M., each day.
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This gigantic, unequaled, undivided, unepitomizeel and comprehensive Animal how and eWantlv
oquipped Circus, will not divide, under any circumstaiiies. Menagerie and Circus exhibited in"two sepa
rate tents. "See diagram of interior." One ticket admits to loth shows. Admission 5ft cents : Children
under 10 rears, 25 cents.
in Forepaugh's (Menagerie.
Contained in the 25 Emerald cages are the man animals, only to be seen
For Sale.
A com :nodious dwelling; of tec. rooms, ba-ement, two cellars, together with
smoke hoMc, wood shed, bam, stable, ex
cellent pump, well and e xtern; Jour lots, each 5J by 132 feet, enclosed with good
paling, and divided into yi rd, garden, barn iot and pitsture. Several bearing fruit trees, consisting of peach, tipple, ch?rry and pear. Garden well set with all kinds of fruit bearing bush?. On College Avenue, two squares north of public, square. Price, $3,500. Terms easy. Enquire of J. M. McCoy, or the undersigned. C."W. HENDERSON. Sopten ber a, 1B60- Im
Fussed by tho Board of Trustees of the Town 'if Bloomington, Indiana, October 4th, 1:169, providing that this space around the Public tquare of said town, between the outer edge of the gutter to the hitching rack, be paved with stone as is hereinafter provided : Sbotiov I. Be it ordained by t ig Board of Trustees of the town of Bloomington,
Indian 4, That, whereas public convenience
requires that a stone pavement be constructed n round the public square in said
town, l'ror.i the outer edge of the gutter of
the strc:e;:i bor lenng trereon, around said
square, to the hitching racks, the Siid pavement be, t.nd is hereby required to be con
structed lp the lutu dav ot November, A. .1). 180!).
Seo It That the said pavement be built from the outer edge of the gutter to
the hitching rack, ( 1 2 j twelve feet in width, of rood sound limestone ro?k, set on
edge, tle same as the gutters, the rocks to
be not I s than t) six inches in width,
with the lottom edge squared, so as to rest
lirmly uik n the ground.
Sec. 1.1.1. That said pavement be made to the following grade, viz : Beginning at the outer edge of the gutter, and ascending at a regular grado, so that the outer edge of sit id pivemant will bo (8) eight inches
higher than the outer edge of the gutter. Sec. IV. That when said pavement
shall have been completed, any person or
nirsonn tv iner. hitching, or driving any
animal cr animals thereon, shn!l not be
liable to tln penalty imposed by ordinance No. 2, of said town, "regulating and protecting streets, alleys, sidewalks, gutters, &V adopted by said Uoara of Trustee, 19th day of June, A. D. .805. Skc V. That the Eoard of Commissioners of Monroe County, S ate of Indiani, shall be sjtjeet to tiie provisions of an act passed by t ie General Asseiun'.v, of the State of In
diana, eiHiih d " ct to compel owners of
town Istii to grade and pave, or make plunk side widka in front of their property, and fixing v.hft penally thereto, approved Sep. 14, 1850. I cert fy the fori going to be a true and correct coiv of an OHinanca of die Town of niconiiti'ton. Indiana, passed hv ihe B". idol T.ustee? thereof, October 4i.li 186U Taken fniin the record f s'd Hoard. .1011 V WAI.ORON'. IVea't. :f B. T. .loiiv ( ( nciiARn, Clerk ot T of n.
QH or! Ilaiul in a Nut-Shell. O Short Jfn.nt fan mnv he acquired in onen.im'h. This work is an improvement up. m the system used by the reporters of the liritish PiiiHament. It is divided into M-v n short and easy lessons and car. he ma tcred hv anv one. It is the greatest prodwti n :f'thc g; enclosn ' for the complete wrk. Address iS. A. G::iay, Box X Y Post Ofllca.
Hci'iiiisin " ;lapfic WlilNtle. Im ita; es ail i limals, from bes to bear; wond-rf il, nmnsing, instructive: ventriloquism le trn -d in a week by its use ; used by all professionals. Only 30c; f for $1: 12 for $1.50, m.ibl, postpaid". Genuine only to be had of P of. H-IUJALHinsdaio, N.H.
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LOOK AT THE NAMES: M ile Eliza Zern, Virginia, Mrs. W. T. Ayraar MLs Ella Madigan four of the best equsnriennes of -tho agi?. Mr. James, Charles and Henry Madigan, Messrs. Eeinhart, Brown, Sauford, King, Ginty, etc.
Engaged by Mr. JToi epaugh's Agent in Berlin, Prussia, expressly for an American tour, under the leadership of Prof. V. B. Kolitz, forms a very attractive feature of their exhibitions.
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It will pay to see it. 25 massive dens and cages, led by the Golden Car of the oonquerer, decorated with flags and emblems oi every nation on the Globe. Elephants, Camels and Dromedaries, elegantly caparisoned, and the princely circus retinue of ring horses, ponies, mules, Ac, feirmiug altogether a closely drawn up line, representing a positive cash investment of $450,000. NO Bombast. 3XTo E53Ctgrgr3irt"tXOXX !
The most e:nensive and extensive show ever seen in America. Europe or any part of the World.
JDoii t torget tlie name
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