Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 25 January 1872 — Page 2

THE JOURNAL.

T. H. B. McCAIN and J. T. TALBOT, DITOBR AXD rROrRIITOIK.

Crimfordsvllle, Inch: Jan. ir, 1S72.

Mrs. Ci.km third trial, it is announc

ed, will take place at a special term nf the Boone couniv Circuit Court in Mav.

Wk ale authorized liv Col. Will-on to state that lie will furnish the card asked for liy our Alamo correspondent next week.

The Republican- of .Marion comity, lmve resolved to abolish the primary election system and nominate candidate" either in delegate or ma.-s eiuv-ntin.

WlTH a lew exceptions the pres.-of tho State have indicated a prelereuce lor Hon. (i.

OltTH as a candidate I'm lln.v-. A What does the f. eeptions'?"

A WUITKU in the AVci? rh«»\v- hin^elf maehin to bo cither very stupid or untruthful when lie says the eity debt Tho only indebtedness of the city i* the bonds for building the eh»'«d hon-c. which annmnts onlv t" ^.'l^.ooo.

'1 nr. North Vermilion C!truui''b- \bo name of a new and neat paper printed at Hoophton, III., a place but a few month* old at the crossing of the L.. M. 1' and the T. IT. i^c C. Railroads. Krom the number before ns we learn that the tir-t paper printed was put up at auction and sold for $32.50. ,v_-:

II AUKisoX township, in Haute is located, has \oted an appropriation of $150,000 to aid the Torre Haute

'I'm: higher price at n-hieli wheat was Itinteil in C'hieagn last Tviesilay was .27

The highest price in ToleJn on

the .ame .lav was Jl.-).".), This is a dii-'

terencc that is always observed, through-

nut the year,and gives great impnrtanee

TllK interest nf tiie nnte shaver i*

against the railroad tax on the gmnnd that the mnrc pmsju.r.m- the bn-iness nf a place and the greater the number nf avenues opened to labor, the le.-s nece--i-ty there is for procuring money at ruinous rates, llut that 11111-t be a i-nrdid man indeed w'-.n would vote fur a' poliev that would elevate hiuiM-lfby the ruin of his neiahbor.

Sr.VKNTi'llN locomotives are to be built during the present year at the 1'ittsburg, Ft. Wayne it Chicag" ltailroad sho|is in 1-":. Wayne. Thirteen wi re

built last year. That road is 2^0 inili long. The T., T. it SI. 1.. Kailroad will lie nearly -10ti miles in length. Some idea can be formed of the minder ot' lno niotives that will be needed every year if Ave get the machine ami ear slmjis located at Crawfordsville.

Wk hope our readers in the townships fiwav from the line of the |iro|Kised Toledo road will not complain on account of the large space devoted to railroad matters. It is a light that mn.-t be fought, and if it terminates favorably the other townships will have ijuitc :l-much reason to be thankful as those through whieh the road runs. Every part, of the II II

machiue "shops if they -hmihl lie located at this citv. ,,

The Democratic sentiment at Pan vilic, Hendricks county, is a little in advance of the party elsewhere, as the following from the hi'li'ininn. the lvmoctatic paper at that place, will show "The question with our tax payers is: Have our school directors a legal riirht tn go to the additional expense of keeping ui) a separate school for the purpose ot i.euueating eight or ten colored children. •while there if plenty of rnmn in our public schools?

The number of delegates to the Kepublican State Convention this v, ar will be 1,583 against 1,720 in 1870. This great falling off in the Kepublican vote of the State in two years suggests the imperative necessity on the part of the

of the

whose

feuds

result so

opponents.

to seetire the Manhattan S^winjr marhine faetory. Tho .hmrn!l stv, "Wo have tried tie. experiment of giving aid to rnterprio in the niaehine eae. at.d fonnd it worked well." Stub i- tho te— tiniony ol all who Inn hn* efiei'uraiied

mannfaetu re*.

.'iw:cn!i a "ow es-

Jlox. Jli-sK H.\l:l't".r.. ..i' [lli.'iii.sport is a candidate fur State I'.icctni mi the Kepublican ticket. It' .1 .-s,- i- nonoa a a I I mocraev. lie's the kind ofa-man that-, will wake the people up.

A n'.V -h-.'ht i: mc!i :i nj the rail* rnad l:n\ will'f-ati-fv any one that lhneis no pos-ible chanee tor the eoun' to I

^windied in th»' proposed coniia« with the Toltdo. Thorntown vV St l.-ntis Hail•Toad. I ndei Sec. 17 tin

c»

which Terftr

Southwestern Railroad bv a majori

ty of 3.500. All of the enterprising towns around us are civing liberal encouragement to capital and enterprise. Sliall wo be behind them

(»'»od

a man i- .It"man, ami such aie others who are nr^eil Inr even higher placo- nil the ticket.

tn the movement to secure a direct enii- tociacy, are w.'tting a trap intn which nectinii with Toledo for our farmer'-. .,'i cverylvdv will fall who lines not «tip|»*rt O rtii Tliis is the first time that

Tin: Kepublican? of Lloone county intend tn try the primary election plan tlu* year for the nomination uf county ollicers. The lir*t year there was any disaffection in the Kepi'bliean ranks in that county was in lSiit'i, the result of a primary election. The most farcical manner that could bo devised is the system, as managed, of primary elections.

roads and keep our free

would reap some advantage from the No sadder spectacle can be prc-

sented to our eve- than that a fertile and healthy district, bl, s-td with all the elements nf wealth and comfort, but yet in process nf depopulation and decay. Will not the people, now that they have tho opportunity, arouse themselves from their stupor and infuse new life blood into every vein and am ry ot ,.ur timid old eountv.'

NOT QUITE CONSISTENT. llie I .a I- ayi.'t ti' miri'i' experiences great dilliciilty in prc-erving a show of consistency in its advocacy of (lit n's r. claims to be nominated for iovernoi-. It

The communication which appeared a does not hesitate to urge his nomination lew weeks ago in the .1hi i:nai. urging on the ground of tiie ilisseiioious among the nomination of \V. B. Funk, of War- Hepublieaiis in the 7th li-trict, and the naw, for Auditor of Stale, reappeared in the -Yortherii litiiimu'in last week and

TllKItK are a few men in every cnmmu- nt tit. The ditor of

for healing them. Neither

credited as coming from the .loniXAl. tale tn deny the exist,.-nee of th,-e disss editorial. We are tinaci|uainted with sensions ii hen other papers make them Mr. Funk and consequently we could not the ground of objecting to unit

peak of him in such complimentary nation, bast week the C'ohWo-contained terms as our correspondent who doe.- a double-leaded article advocating the know him. It is, therefore, unfair that nomination of Ourn, in which the Kethe ImUaninn should attribute it to u-. publican differences and quarrel- in this **•"—*—District in l*o0 were mad,- very iiinmi-

nity who never do anything to assist pub- to be labor, ng under the conviction that

lie improvement ill the way of building the more pmmiiient these f|uarrcls could up their town. They always protest that he madr the greater would he the necesfiich improremeuts do not profit them a solitary nickel. We notice, however, that every time a town secure.- a public improvement of any importance, the-.' .'amc men, if they have any real estate. or building to rent, put up the price. A town wholly composed of such individuals, would be about as lively as a graveyard.

turo of some $10,000 por month in iho whilo it profess to look at the situntion jH.r

ZEAL WITHOUT JUDGMENT The urt Wayne ./mimal speaks nf

Ul N

,iat 1

i'»atl o. n»!

Compel the Hoard to p.'y the n.oiuy until aft'T the tax h: been le\iedatid cob. dee ted .and the .*«///»••/ Ij-tmn hi't'l' hi (/if .Tlit* law doe** noi eonipel the

Hoard to -nh-cribe lite «idv ui es tin' 'timpriuy pov\et i«» efilbj -e payment '{fry t'

flfltji'tir:

V. ,Th«* lv*ard will, therefore, be nntler" no.efimp'«l-it»n i»« \he -u b*eriptiojj "till tlie Company -ball have built ti

t.tli'e -a' -*,ietion

l.Mp»lte Iff,*.

nr. i.ap »ite //'.•'/'/ warm!y mend- he nomination «-j i»i \i i.ia for .m: retinan at-1 .arjje

eeonir. W-

When

it "m well known that .11 i.i an will have siieh hitter opposition in his4»wn district we should think that the //'v.' u.atld have mop* isi^aeity tlian to mire then»»nv ination of such a man. A- much a- Mr. dn.iAN may be admired tor hi** public graphically, midway between service- it cannot bed.-nied that tie would and Tob-do, and to join these two cities be a weak man on the ticket. Iue tick- by the most direct route possible. To oi .-.hould be composed of men who will liiplcy township it promises a railroad.

unniaiil the support ol their party. To 'rawlordsville it promises machine

HauiusoX as a '•riiij,'" camli-1

'overnnr. ami atleets tn believe

I*l

Mrter!i

elinois

cat skinner- and "kid glnvi aris-

have seen it intimated that (ien. IIauiu"'S was 11 "eat skinner." The fact nf the business is his chief oppnsitinn in central Indiana comes from what is popularly knnwn as the "ring." lli-i-nne nf the last men in the S'ate thai a member nf the "ring" wnuld thin* nf approaching with a enrriipt pmpnsitinn. The ,1'jiirh"! ili-pla\ bad ta-te and pnnr judgment in its c-timatc nf the man.

I he alsn -jieak- ot thi' .iipimrt nf lien. 11 a l(lt|si ix a-an "liiiliaiia)mlis pmgranime," win 11 the truth is that he and his friends at Indianapniis have never sought the tinminatinn Inr him. The Juitrif ha- a pcrfci riirii: tuMippnrt Mr. Dlf. Ii. inn it has im right tn make 111 i--repre-entations coiicerning other ejud datcs..

UKFOP 1.AT10N.

r\ gentleman from l'utnaui''"i,n:y who has rcently had occasion to c: amint- into the facts informs us that the population in all tho northern townships of that county which arc devoted eu'ln-ivi-ly to larnung and .-toekrai-ing. has been gradually decreasing e\er sint'e lMlu. Montgomery county mu-: ,-oon begin the same downward career unless prevented by the introduction of manufactures. This is a matter that not onlv Crawfordsville but the whole county is deeply interested in. With our population gone ,ve can neicr ho iv to build and maintain good count

doe-

the .,.n

IMPORTANT DECISION. The Sujirenie Court, last Tuesday, rendered a decision iu the injunction case restraining the Auditor of Stale from distributing th" moneys belonging to the

Republicans in every county and District school -inking fund among the counties

State of studiously abstaining of the State. The court reverses thedefrom thrusting forward a.s candidates men cision of the court below, and holds

connection with the ticket would that

be calculated to re,,™

vkli

for llie

calculated to renew or prolong the tion of this fund is constitutional. The Home of them do fear there is a I rick

and quarrels which brought about total amount of the fund lo be thus dis- and it will be foolish in the a

encouraging to our political tributed among the counties and loaned sectors not

(on

real estnto

securitiesu^riGo,000.

Till", repair shops of the I.ogansport. THE TWO LINES. ABOUT BEIN3 BOUGHT. a mom, nt -ay it can hoof DM roUHMinollt'i* l'eoria & Burlington Kailroad are located I In another column will be found a com-1 hear it openly charged on the enmerv cnutuv to he placed in

at Logansport. They cause an expend!- munication signed "Fx:imii.er," wl,i, ^r^rf.rU^o'u.i''i"'

it is propo-ri to make eonneetions with roads leading/to roit, T*h-do and ('lowland.

The ToVdo, Th'»:ntown & ST 1.O UU Kuilr-iad. hoL'itnu'ijr :it t'raw|urdville.

run throuirh I'arlinirton. Thorntown. Tipton. Manon. lUntl'ion arsd Oeratnrin

.V S!. l.oui- Kc.ilroad company

not imp!y i«» secure i»» 'law toi tlsvillc and I'atlinirton Ciiuununieation with Toled.. hy lino only a little hotter than that proposed by Mr. I.nr.. It promise* much more than tlii-. It promises to put us in praetieo. as we are already uro.

CAN A COUNTY BOAHD PRESCRIBE THE CONDITIONS ON WHICH A TAX MAY BE VOTEDP •11111' duiiht ha- lu'en expres-ed here as tn the authority ol the Countv C'onimissiiniers 'to prescribe the conditions upon which a tax vnted to a railroad companv shall be paid. The opinion has been expressed that tlie t'"liimi—ion.-rs enuld nllly cnuiply with '.he letter nt the law and order an election on the proper petition, and that when the tax was voted a rail-

roa'l ci'in|iany cunld draw the money tin- V'

ed that, if the two per rent, tax is votei

in thi** county, it will haw to be j-aid nnil'T he law. whether tho railroad/'oinjuny c«nnj»lir- with the hh 1 iti»ir- mi which the tax i* \it«'d by Itnitdiiu: the inu'-hine "!iojs or not.

ortunatel

jUettin ha*

schools

in opera-

titn. Il our j'eopli' suili-r to pa— unimproved the opportunity now present' to tlicm to avert an approaching calami-j ty, the time will conic when they will leeply regret their want of prudent fore-

installment ol the J.'ii.i.Ou"

to the l'ludue I'niversity. The refusal was made on the ground that the AL'i i-

cultural C'dleirc had imt been located in

neces-itv ol adopting some such nieaiisl 'he Com nii—ioners to make and .fortunate as to live near them accept conditions.

hesi-

nomi-

i"., weenie,I

sitv of healing them by nominating OltTll. Hut when the Fort Wayne (In.th see- lit to object to Out mi account of his part in the dissensions in the l»istrict in ls7, the '.'mu there were Tn dissensions iu the 7th lMstrict more than in every other District. And yet it dues nut seem tn strike the Ci.urir,- that thisdenial effectually break* the lore,- of it- original argument.

heell called tn nieet at llie JJnl,.-c tn-mormw at 1 o'clock I'. ,\t. Wo need Hot urge a full attendance. President prugue has protni.-ed to be in attendance

(in

had complied

der the law, whether it with ihe con 1 itions upon which its prop-j o-itiou to receive aid laid been accepted by the t'ouiiiv I 'omini-sioueis or not.

In p!:iin wmi-'I-. iin-ojiponeiil-i (tfthc rail-

city. l.oLransjmrt h:il to jmv ior tliofo from standpoint, iHm'Ioscs ilK Toledo, Thorntown r^t. l.miN Kail- Vnd tln ti at tlu» o'Ikm riid uf thi* roaii -hops hut it is wfll snti^liotl witli the fully tho ground of]Mr. op|Nsition road.— l\c"io\ invrslmont tliat it is rradv to ronsidrr to tho proposition ol' tho Toledo. '1 horn- 1 ho jjivat ditloronoo Ivtwren tho .lot kfavorably a proposition lo civo ^IoO.ihmi town & St. l«onis Kuilroud. NAt.and tho /»Vr/Vi»-mi tho »jin**tion of

II.til*

T.. I*. A Si. nioie dir« 1 is'/.n^s* *s tlj* jiU"»tion arc preeivlv tho*.- Mr. ted in the line fiom

ly in fi\ or of 11 1'oad. because i' Kxaminor" i'il'nd hi- iew l.r.Kand othei- iuten. I'rani. tort tii l.imai -olely from this standpoint. Rut i- here that we rake issue with- him. The pi.«poi?ion of the T..

line.

t. Louis

men the Republican ranks are shops wliose annual value to the city and mn-t wait ibr the opinions of the

imt M-aree. ami it is not neee-ary that enmity inn.-t he reeknneil ly hnn.lreii- nf men linll he uracil for any pn^itinn nti tInmnf ilulhirs, ami aUn the nppnr-

the ticket who will he ili^taM'fnl tnacniisiileralili- nnmbi-r nf ii- aillierents. Such

um rtM

Mr. 1 .Kj'.'s proposed lino nm- from the railroad tax this: The proprirtrnv Frankfort through Kokomo. Marion (or «»f tho JoriiNAi. expect to In* paid fnradnrar it i, ImuM'Ihu and 1 ooatUir, ail ooiin v»x*atin^ it hv the Lvncral inorcn-*' .«t

in Indiana. t-» l.ima. hio. whore

pro-periiy whieh they think low the huildin^r of the roa» ir»eti«»n of the maehine shops ro.'l proprietors of tho AVnV'c :11

allow their present pcM*sona! intero^i". uhieh happen to be chicly *onnccted

with those of a rival railroad lino, to ae» tnate them. If IJoWKV was allowed think forhinwlfi.e w^nld probably t'a

Indian and in an alnuM direet line from tho !:W named piaee to Toledo 'I'he-o aiv hoth Lri»o«l lines, and if Montyontery enini\ «nv looking -ly t-. a Mn^h* ..nth-t to ToImIh. Ui*tr«it or land, itln uf ihw.i \vi»uM an-wrr the oil i/.^n*. u»il«»rtuiiatidy forhim. he purpose t«*Uralily well. Hher thin i- he- honnd iv the personal inton^ts of a in^t 'l-.a!. the diflerenee would he -li^ht- higher power to fr«»ni advoentin^

At'j the railroad tax. 11 he were th.* -*le proprieV'.r of the A'"«» hi prospective jniere.-i wonUl be the -amc a- »mrs and thr -amc a- that of the majority of onr

ihe !a\. While the ,bn kx'al, reco^ni/"niii the fae that the prosp^ritv of t'raw-I-rdsvillc and Mont^omerv cotiu'v is it* pro-peril \, i- n^bued by the strongest inotivi- to advocate tic ta\. the

oy it- conllict of per-onal intercuts. eompelled to wait to -ee which is tho popularsiib'. It i- thi-distinction between the two paper-, we think, which give* its ehicl value to the .lot'it N At a-an advocate of this proposition. While it may sound very liumblc in tho f!rrini%, and L'ive to it a semblance ol inipaitiality, to

ttinity tn licenmea wholesale citv instead

nt an insignificant county trading point, Tn Iiarlin.-tiiii it promises, mil that it •hall Ik- ab-nibid by Thurntown, a.s "Kx-I aininer pretends tn fear, l'nr by his reasnniug Frankfort ami C'rawfordsville are just as likely tn ab-i.rii the tnwn without the road, but. instead of liiis ab-nrptinii, competing railway lines and a reduction of lucal freights, in -hurt, instead of a single line to the IliL-t w'tli tolerably fair connections and the possibility nf beii.L' extended indirectly to the \\'e-t, it prnmises us a direct line of railway, the .-linrtest that could be made, between two eities which we are greatly interested in -ecing thus connected. And, above a1.!, it prninises us niaehine -hups. This, nf itsell. we believe, wnuhl i)e sutlieielit ennderati,'!! fur the tax asked of 11-.

say, as it did last week. 'We huve no advice to give tax payer- how they should vote on the new enterprise/' it is a tmifvssion which we should be ashamed to. make. It i.. confession of a weakness which unfit- a journal for the exercise of.

any influence it is a confession that

A Cliersp Faetnry.

f- r-u- J.„m II suv in tlje New »rW Tnhtinr

e,i

-a decision coveriu- the I

recently been made by the I

Supicine I.ourt. I he I rea-urer of Tip-

pecanoc county refii-ed to pay to

isays plainly that have the capital in such a way as to iu- loads running directly into the large citI. a. I 1. ft *. I. It?. ,1 lino I lini.i I ...I uMa. I. -.--a. ... ..*

1 1

would foiand thi while tho we thinl.

''"ildins up our city would seetire

»no. Anything to diversify our industry ouj^iit to he -ei/.ed h»Id of at nucej and I'erliajH a lun/e cheese factory eotihl he'

tlu

he lower court was sustained and the Ii^ St. I power of tue County Hoard atlirincil in ba-t the following words

I here can he no doubt on general principles that the location of tiie college in 1 ippccauoe county was a-iillicient

.-ecuit here with as little outlay as any oilier entrrpri-c, hile Ohio. .Michigan and Illinois all have extensive factories. .]

of ,I|N kil

"l, our own State has little to

tl,is 1

ralh

l„.!'t'r

Trustees ol" Purdue I'niversity tlie lir-t! "Htahle industries. "There is a tide in

Ippropriated

',t

il,1'a'rM

1 in

l'l il-tees of the I inan action to compel I

the county. Tin ver-ity instituted the payment of the money, ami obtained a judgment. An appeal to the Supreme Court wa- taken, where the decision of

lion of the cnlh'ge in Tippecanne enniitv.

"f men which taken at the'

I ... .• .t i- IK l)i.» Ii t,. .»v 1 ..r »i

ih»

THE KAILROAD MEETINO TO-MOR. ROW. inciting in the interest ol the 'I oil'- ment or the profits of the middle man in ought to be ver.v citrofully e.\amiiicl do. I horiitoH A- St. l.ouis Hail road has getting their products to the place o'i »ii send

ind ha-called a meeting of the board uf from a year's -ales than tlie one who is .Directors of the road for the »atue ,lav. do not think our people are much disponed now to inquire into the financial standing of Sprauge as an individual. lhnt i- a matter of -mall con-i',|Ue ice, if lie has ihe ability to place the management nf the mad before parties who do family, always hear much better prices ou

duce them tocarrv the enterprise forward ic-, than on those roads that have no di to a -pecdy coinph tion. and there is eve-! reel communication with our large cenry indication that thi- will lie ih.ne if tcrs of trade and manufactures, siillieient local aid can be secured along The writer is acquainted with a gi-n-tlic line. I'.ut in order tn indiue the vo- tlciuan on the line nl the Indianapolis A.

ters of Franklin. I'..ion and Ripley town-: Terre Haute road, some .V. miles from In-

ships to contribute cheerfully their part dianapolis, who et this local aid, it is important that the acre annually, from a small farm or garHoard ol Director- make their pro|Kisi-' den devoted to Horticulture. This shows lion concerning the lnaehine shops as what direct communication enables one definite as possible. This is a matter of to do. I.ook now for a moment at llie

too much importance to be overl,*»ked. greal road that Mr. Spragtie proposc.- to It puts us in direct communica-

We believe the townships named will build. vote tho tax if the people are

counntMptinu. The farmer who his produce directly from his farm to the next week l^ace where it is to be consumed, will u|, ways realize from .1 to 10 per cent, mori

lint so fortunately situated, ter and eggs, and the other

convince.r tion with two of the best markets

n„ trick in the proposition. eounlrv produce in all the western eoim-

to remove this fear by such far distant either, be the yreal city of the action an it may take when it meets. IIV/. Can any oue who will reflect for

''"".mnni.ation with thi- great

dollars l»uiUl "Mtnu-rrial jiihI iminufaoluniii: miier'.'

ledo. a large eity and one of the Im-s uraio market* in tlo* I'nion. Crawlord\ille i- sjtn ,i«M| e:(ui-distant from the wo endi ot the road and i-tlie n!y eity of any ini|M»rtance on the whole line. It must therefore draw a lariretradc from both wav- on the road.

It is said that thi*road will only bniM up small towns along its line that will draw aw*tv the trade o( 'rawfortUv ille. Rut this disadvantage can be more than overcome ii oi!i merchant- and grocers will ily add a little wholesaling to their retailing, and ihus make .':awfonUvide iV depot ot supplies tor all the small towns mid railroad -tat'oii- ii: direct eoMimo/'iea'lon with :t

Tiie writer of thi- entertains no tioubt taat tlie pn»|m road will do mote to d»'\elop Mon'ifoiuery eountv amt build up Cuiwford-N ille than all iheother road-

to-cihev that now run through theeoun- \\. And if our people tail t..av«il 'lieinsclv»"f ot the s11[(• 11«p|11 opportunities jitr•eiited to th-in to advance their material inteie-t-. 11 h• will «h»-i

inlon. •Iii-t her.

I.f twi

days ago the. statement that the town oft W ellington. in Ohio, ha-, within the last

per annum. 1 statement Miirjjcsteil t^

,al

r-v

lllll

|'erha|is a cheese facto-

might be siari.'d

1,1,1

at (.'rawfordsville, making a

make it, tM», jrrow into mi- irom

[itnlnnce. 1 here ure severnl most invitin^r sitim!ion- near tin* city fur -m*h :m

roa'l las a-kd to be voted to the T.. T.

.V St. I ...Mi- 1: ii I o: 1 i.nij:m have urg-

IiM 0 olT rt

thus

have mirimiht

the part of those intcrest-

Ull

(lll

1)rnl lWI1

-to]! at

'•'".ichine shops, but direct

ellorts towards s, curing all kinds of,

to he -liuinant lie in nl A I'mimi:

i.io-t -t'lj

ti/.-l man.

tnajorr

ty. And our observation leads us to the conclusion that it is with papers this

Mi iin' iwlii iv nl Ileei'mlii r. IsTh, th- ]'H| •i-r--nl the Frank furl iV Kukunni

Railroail were iiiin the ulliee uf the .Secretary of State at 1 n! 1 i^. 'l'hi wa- the lir«t ^teji taken townril proUun inu the I., ('. A W. Kail way intlieili-ri-etii'ii nt Tnieihi. Ily rcferrini in anv

accurate man tlie reader will'wc that in a-sistin^ tn Imihl the mail fmni t'rawIbnlfville to Frankfurt the people of

Montgomery county have made a very important move. The truth is they have

kind as it is with men who have no ideas —they are ever the readiest to accuse those v^lio hnvr ideas and convictions of being IfcMight tn advocate them. We arc 1.1',uly convinced that it wnuld be a very great mistake in our people to reject the proposition that Ids been submitted lo them by the T., T. St. Louis Kailroad. We repeat, that no pmpnsitinn so lull of promise to t'rawloidsville and Montgoin" ery county as this ha* evur been before the people. If it is rejected, a- we hope il will not be, we shall turn our attention to some other plan for securing manufactories-. .Manufactories we must have, as all concede, and hedeser\es in livcall his days amid the dug fennel nf the rural village lai t'i"st Irom the iiiltueuces nl civilizatinn whn wait- to be "bnuirht fnr a price or tn see hnw the wind is blowinir before advocating the policy which ''""ncction than it is to build an entire [•roinises to secure them for u-.

IS: St.

I |. cM'iy possiiiic bell,'lit to be reaped Irom road pays from fortv to liftv thousand

it |llilv

,1(?

wit lllll( pnv

I1Ml

Kr es

Hood leads on to fortune," and now while \t i. objection

the subject of manufactures is before the .. ,„

they are favorable dixpi-ned, ...

is the time to avail ourselves ,,f .Ids «.»•» our county the least injury can jud how much of that would I

,Crt

ourselves of this

.and the krieate.-t good

MlirilANIr. :.4

Would the Hoiul Benefit the Count)'.'' 'arli"f:ton 1 will be t, think some ol the friends of the T., Thor:itown

mis Kailroad have been a little town is nearer market and a-tv Mini inconsiderate in conceding thai town it will swallow all the grain audi the road ithotit the machine shops can live stock trade of at least Franklin townhe ol no benefit to Crawfordsville and ship of this county whereas if the I..,' Montgomery county. & S. W. Railway is extended bv wav

consideration to support the promise on -\nv one who is blessed with the facul- of Kokomo to Toledo or Cleveland, Dar-, oll

v,, :ln

i""'U

,ar itus lla,v

the part of the county I lie oiler mi tIn-: ty ,«i' observation to a limited extent lington will draw trade from the very raising the amount necessary to earr'v tiie I.eLMshiUirellto,'!-'lier \vi7l! Ki"'

satisfy hiniself that our doors of Thorntown, a matter of no little

constitut. il a valid and binding con- ^'tintry produce of all kinds from those Franklin township is concerned, it is sim- t^i'inmittee^have'be^

farms situated convenient to the rnnds ply asking its taxpayers to pay two per vass Green, I.ihertv, Pleasant and

Here the decision was against tin tin- communicating directly with such cities, cent, of their property to build up Thorn-: Wash t.gton. In Franklin the feeling I ly, but it plainly recognize- the author!- These road- give the farmers who are so I town and kill their own thriving town of

very gr ..rent Darlington, a thing not to be thought of

tion and have to hear the loss of reship-! hors. It is, at least, a matter which

aiUantages over producers who live at a by the energetic men who have done so tion of stock or hy a vote of the town-] oistiince froni direct line-of cominiinica much for themselves and their neigh- ship. The entire amount now ("-cured

To /hr lCht'n f'.n c/u 1 'Vtlff Junno'

Fven but- niecting was held on last Saturday

little odds

and ends saved for market hv the prudent

hou-ewife, which adds so much to the yearly income and purchase so manv of the little comforts of cverv thriftv

iU rniL ntroul

:'.'.Ve.

1,1

the ."itli ilav of March next. 1 lon.vfi:.

The

for 1p

is a I rick, try. St. Louis is a vast city and is rapid- —The stockholders of the Terre Haute ability of Willis l'helps & Co., as railroad Board of Di- ly growing, it will some day, and not Opera House have como to tho conclu-

.i.„ ,1.., h,™

their hands.

A I O I

MEETING!

I'licrc

county, the money is already voted, one ample USMiraiK'CS (HklK'Crila ii a

donated in Howard county and an asses.s-j

M«

L,U

meat of two per cent, in the townehips o' cllillf )rO]»ONi

1 wish tn ask the taxpayers

Montgomery et»»uty a question or llUMltf.H a* to the Xti Kl( ailtl

Tuleil.w loiul

First—Ho you waul a. 011 answer, yes! Second—lo voii want twice? You answer, no!

for it

Well let me tell you that you have already paid for a Toledo or Cleveland road. You have built your share of it. If you will but pau*e a moment and think, the commonest judgment will tell

you that it is much easier to build a road

1 lr

ii IM

The

FN OI«-

iiit«'r Nls

«V

St.

OL'tlie T„ T.

II. lEnilrouil

Itonrd

something we can such a road would be paid in tlie town I !?.!",'•

have without pnvinc for it W'liv i.av where tiie shops were located

a eeond time f«»r «»miethin^r we have already paid for'.' Why tax mirsclve* to build a road parallel tu the one now

building? 'I'here is not one j»ood reason company pays about per month to filler why Moiit^mneiy eouiHv should

llV

of tin- ro-ul we have '-ilrM.lv nii.l

tli«*

II.mis.' In ('runlbnK-

vllle.

v..o.........

ol"

done their full share toward getting iiH-t't on tlic sailll' day, ami Toledo road. From Frankfort, in t'lin- V., ... 1 1 1 it ii 1 1 vcii ton county, tn the east line ol Howard.

IAND the iiuiiiber of IUIIKIN

from Frankfort to a Toledo or Cleveland people lo illVCKt{gate llllll! to build

"i" ('rawlordsville to the same

connection. I say this, byway of pre- 10\\ N.

face to some objections I propose offering Testiinotiy of ('""ol. Yon l»sr--f li ei'-Hri h» to voting any tax to help build what is

becoming known as the Toledo, Thorn-j

\vn St. Luh!4 llftilway. Mylir.it objection in voting the j&ttl

tint 1 or font \e.irs, grown into gr»at tax is tlia: we have already paid one hun. and estimates concerning the value of touH". i",i imi«irtanee from handling a died and twuiitv-fivc thousand dollars to railroad machine and repair shops to the million and a half dollars' worth of cheese

tll

,ild a road in the same direction.

My ?econil ohjeetioti is that the ro ul itsclt: we luive nlrea«ly built to Frankfort is CiurA^o, .Ian. 1«». 1^72.

.1, \v ... I

At the I t. ayne xhops, »n the I'itt^-! burg, ht. ayne it Chicago Kailroad. the I repair* are done (tn the machinery and cars usetl on 2St.i miles of road. That

:uiv interest whatever in tiiis Tide- :'.1,d

hibor, i^c., and Inr engineers, iiremen

ll !l

those shops. A an or I an a a

dollars per month, there are no kind of'

ubstaininp from cloL'gin" the pro-! manufactures that benefit the town to

th,

1K l»ko the extent which these

•••.!• railroad repair shops do.

ive

i-4 that the road we already have runs just:

the larger

1 have no question that such a load as

voting the ta* you write about would expend the first

year quarter million of dollars in the town where tne shops are located. You

Suppose we build left in the town a« a profit,

ja road from Crawfordsville bv wav of Yours,

to Thorntown the result .1. K. Yiifvii.

THOPiSTOWH S ST. LOUIS!

RAILROAD.

TH P. SITK ATIO.V loin tli«' Mm inn

Meetings have been held almost every evening on the line of the Toledo St.

rou

,l organizing for the work of

,l! r( :l1

their supplies of! value to our county. Then, so far as ".'^'Ptings are now appointed for

ente |)rise througli our county,

1,10 roml is

tlu

article

Kxa.mi.nkr.

Hon't Want the Railroad.

*chnrd lions.',

,...:r. ...i.: .1. .11 I. utoii township, to take into considers-1 railroad. From them we learn that the tion the propriety of voting the 2 per contract framed at St. l.ouis, after a few cent, tax as proposed bv the Toledo change*, has been completed hy Willis.

Thorntown & St. l.ouis Railroad.

... ... ... signature thereto. Mr. 1!. 1-. Bush, the the clo-e ol the meeting it wa« dei nled

•lltli section of the lleiidei-soii I*'ee

llm Sa

lrv iu

engineer

by a unanimous vote a said proposi- this week to an examination of the lines tion ought to be rejected at the poiI« on

l'uhlic I'rlnflng.

ro,

,. pres*ly provides that

realiz/'s wimo $,'!0U per the Hoard of County (.'oinmis.sionera shall

let out the public printing to the lowest bidder.—Mnrtiiinvill? ^itOliron.

If the law required, as it should do, the publication of the proceeding of the

lwiii nt a /in tit I *A«.i.\ ..M.. ... !i .a

lioard of County Commissioners,"is it not

fair to presume* that many midnight let- da?* have subscribed the necessary tings of fat and corrupt jobs would never £"'|W0 per mile, the work will bo Ht once

fnrnisbed to cormorants and public commenced. That the subscription will

iMiiuiierers —inr fcoiu:. i.iyuipi and from the known character and-'-

i'lie I.iims Oliin, imllaiiii ami 1111miis mi ll^ (ieni'i'.il l.ov erniiii-nl. Mr. l-'ainswoi til mi .Mnmlay -uhiiiitieil to tin1 lloiin- the I• 11«• \vi11ur mi'inorial

«1.C Ilia-

ion.ill-

oapucilj' ol flic sliojtN "in

be 'inpl«»yel. Come, e^ ,-m-

er.yl»cl.r. Iron. Fiaukliii,

liiiou aii«P. lUplcj (own-1 _u\_

ships! l*rt",i«!eu( Sprague

will be there to allow tlie

HAT M.VCIII.'Si: SHOTS .110 K0.lt,A.

of the Money K„ien,led in Working

'.eM

II.

ritroni: eflbrt to extend itself

founded in the best principles of ccono-i ii!,

S ,,n ,,lp

I town where thev are located, will explain

H| •U»f\

iMiAitSiu:—In answer to votir oties-

rankfort to Joleilo or flevelaml, tion regardiiur the etl'ect of the location giving us all we desire without anv of shops in wbich are repaired the ears I .-, furl her expense to us! This objection is

aml

('"irineH used on 200 miles of road, I

,lmt 11

.... tilths ot tlie money expended in working I si i. ii. ..i lln- 'ii itiothcr, in \Vi»v«uiV-

cam

dllinois, eoiKM-rnin^ th Slates to two per e«-nt. public lands v:

run I he trains from ,1

'""I there is some

division of sentiment as to the manner

nf aeting-whe.her

riv

orl

ate subscrip-j

-"nty

is near #l!0,-

OOii. Hut we must greatly increase that I and

before we cease our cflbrts. Mr. Gruten

nice tins article is already long enough. again witl. m,,| Mr. i«piaguc is ex-! will continue the subject in an

peeled by every train. Reports from) every other section of the line continue I

most favorable. The great work is ours if we stand steadfastly bv it.

TllK Tlll.Knn .V ST. I.OUIS ItAII.ROAll. the hfil- vilSc I.eutlcr. Messrs. Wendling and Chafee returned I yesterday from Chicago, where they went'I

"'j*1'1'1 ra« fords\ ille, !», upon business connected it our new

At 'lps

of New ork, afHxing their

of the contractors, will proceed

this point toGreenville. Fpon hi

return from (Ireenville to Shelhyville, he will here await the arrival of Messrs. l'helps and Sprague, who will he here tlie first of next week, when the contract, as changed, will be laid before the Board of Directors. If apprrned hy the board, it will then be signed by the Kxectitive' Committee and the engineer proceed at once with his assistants to thenurvey and permanent location of the line from this point via. Sullivan lo Areola then, if

pep'*-' shall in the next thirty oi-si.v-

anj'from ,h

"well

cre

W lVe dmlb

believe, and are assured that,

in the next sixty davg.

tlawe

fr.»ii In

1-ale III

I "''t1!!'' A.1'-..

We respectfully reijlie-t vmir lavoi-ibje eon-ideration v• I the claims of Ohio. Indiana and lUinoi- to two tith of he live per cent, it ceiv into the Trea-iiry fr-»ai the proceed.a in a id a 1 in«r part of the five percent. them on their enabliu acts. of which the States icndetei ..equivalent in fiaiMinL' from taxing-aid land-for livcxi-ar- after tliey verc!bpu -ed of to individual-. In making this tiMjuesl weeauiiot doijb' it wil! 'Receive. as it di»«'r\cs. y.»ur appro\a!. «'ertaiulv no «jood iv.is'hi f.it! he assiu'Ut why the claims should nM be allowed and paid bv h*» iovcrntiiehi of theTnit'd rotate-to the Stales. withhold payment wotih.l be tf di-eri111ivimt«- unju^tl\ iigain-t our

Natimial pnlilie

'tivrly. !ie•jrantnl tn ami Inr all

I a larire

Males: and thi-, we earnestly in-i-t,

Itolieviiig you will properly render it and

u,s

liuiiiar j.,,,.1.

on Friday.

ld:u*(» States in which the public

,ROthe

Dirclors IH

LOI

..U(..i

,(|

2G. IS72, a 1 O'CLOCK. I JL. Il a ii a

ON AN IL|11RXIIILAL

tintis nf the Fnited States to the States I of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, we sub scribe ourselve.-. Yours most respect-! fully,

.lulls M. r.M.Mi:!'.. tiov, of Illinois. t'oNP.Al il.\Ki it. (iov. of Indiana 11. II. ayi.s. tioV. nf Ohio.

CONCERT.

«Iiidi .i-npp.ovimatostal .- Piof, J, S BLACK!

lUhllu' |u»n«r fi. .innutiULt. :i» .« *'rnvvfnrrM il|,. aii.l vtrinuv ihm,

Grand CoilCCrt lll

McCLELLAND HALL!

THURSDAY EVENING. JAM. 25,1852 A

On i«,u I,.v. J,-- 11 ».j ,il •,*» I ln^triiiii»-ntii! MUSH- «ill h»«.-r»-ur|«-rcj. jj„ unfit crli-luai«*«i i.^

H" will It mmm-um hv tla- MUevini'o-istiiii»'iih'. v.l urtii:

Miss HESTEK A, COX Priuio Sopr&uc'

Mii8 ANNA Contralto,

Mil eh I ne Miojis are Located. Mr. M, H. SPADES, the Favorite ViolinThe following letter, giving some facts

L. KINGSBURY, Primo

S 'Basso Profundo,

Mr. CHAS. K. companiat.

ADMISSION. ,o

MARRIED.

I'^obable that three ha.-iir:i.iu:i -rii.wki.i. ii

M.-s n.,..

lh**

iti"

It l!» -Il!i| t||*» il| |1m» ,'lIht\'i' n.rouiark s«.iu«-tiling l»k«» tins Thi" IS ill'' W:iV I »\r

Afl'i IllOt. I 1.1-1 .11. I I

SOAP.

(lij'COrllH

S»A|I.

Honey Soap,

Omnibus Soap,

Bay Itnin Soii|),

Paragon Soap

Tnrllc 01! Soap.

SiiMuua I:nth Soap,

All Very Cheap at

Indianapolis, Ind.

DRY COODR.

ti in the tiiiM iMnrs nl' Oiiin. 11ti:iit:i anil

smaLl LARGE SALES S A O IT S

LOW KST PRICES

would be a trreat wron-j. We «]o not propose, l»owe\cr, t«» I' -ar^ue* the «juestioii. for that would be a work of -npeicio^alioii. Let it -utiiec to-ay lh:«i we hold it to be a le_r.il axiom, that the act of March I s.*»7. ntit h»d, A uv-act to -et tie certain aecmnt- hetwv. th'e I'nited Slates :uid the Slate of M!s- --dppi and other Sia'.e-, eommeutb -tateeien!-of the allowanc :o-d ]:iymett- of what hanot been paid of tl -e ai-eount- without abatement or di-eount. and we a-k you -hall dei-larc that to h* the true coti-tnietiou of -aid act. to the end that it may be respected and executed. It i- dillicult to understand how any doubts -hwild ever have been expressed as to the correct meaning of the. legislation, ami to you wo appeal, in bo-1 half of our respective States, for that ju-o itice to which they arc clearly entitled.

CO TO

HEADQUARTERS

I I O I

CLENNS'BLOCK INDIANAPOLIS

1'1"

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ATTORNEYS.

'fi'. ''Sv

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iillitcc A TrnviN,

1 AT I,A\\. (Tiiwfuril.-Yilli*- lnili-,' ,tU \. Will HtUll'l alt |Tl.Jll})Ul«s.S HU'i curt'." tilici tion-. 1.1 mi'i i-.-crMiiiJe, vcultMnputs iJocvWoMN cotlf.'ltfli '«r XIIIIIITK' flMlllsHh'l t-' ]. m1 sa OJtii-.v

r. mhrifk. u. \t.v: ri h. (tritSou iki'iiiicr, tn M.V.s AM.' ,t sJ'll.t.i ills vr f:\W-, ovl.ir,t-v!Hi-. 1».I. W .1! r.-n t.. i!: i.»,1m --. I'lltlll-ift t« ih.'ir 's»IV. itUcllHI »Ji\(-Jl t»-« 5 i'-li-.. A1~Oj (o M-llli-jiH-llt-* J-v iai«li:th^, K\. :t:i-i hey .11 -:"M I hi' .}. I H'lV Im tab.. j.it'l. !'.«•:») h'- «tn)orv l«Udn. if \v A\ PMJrnti.u.

I 'KM. I A I l.AU.I tM -if Ylile, llhllfllV. ill l»il I'li'i'!- Ull'll'l luk'

:ii-1:

ii r^i tlv rr!»m

i*.' tin ji... will ». elm nil pfti t- .r th- Tuiifd ORicf—uvci I'tunitlitjl I I'i -fr Hlvt..'

r*l

tif c.jiunv.

/V -W' ii .* H-tri.-

BLACK. Piacist and Ao.

ti'ti ftreft.-*

nts.

Itvvcrv rtl Sentri. T.*» wnlv.

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m*• 1«- 111

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15. fiS. fi'". fl'eiree.

1 '1' I'1 'KNTV AT 1. \V. 'iu\xT"r'Uv|J x\. t.Mnri' u**-| rnuf«»r.iA Mul],ii»':lt

inj :iu« tn.on to

itiii*. Will

m.Ui th'-C'-urt.

c. i.. ryoMAt. t. TII Ull

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r. .'•iy.i[i,| itu-m, Visiier tlio. Iii'L. r«'-p.'ci Ailh :i 4's io thf jiabJii'. ."

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-iI'JCN'r l.D.NTHT, ('iMMloril^vitlr, Ij.»l., r«tl'nllv hi?" to tli«* puhlU* "IimimI I'-rk nii'1 I«•» |*ri?• »1L I r, .»rinT Mh:ii iilj.l 1 n-i

PHYSICIANS.

K. J. Illuford & IJruV

Dnijt Store,

Wext ofc. ii.

wall~paper7

g. JK

I ATI". Ais.snuil Surgeon in llntnliUry It -1 I •. I, IJ iniiil.uj'\. .•n hsK p!t»j«f.i»noi ••rvji'e.- in Jill 1'raiH-Jto- oj' ino.liriiu* orMiivt-rv

I.it- f'rsi« Ior i-viil«j urs.l iciuit v. All "•11^ jr..ir.pt!y nnv .Ij.v i»r

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.1. P. Much ii:iU«i\. .Ijuii.,iMi Mil? S,.ft t.|rTt, r»-'nvff.r'hv'!!«*,

'6'. J. i'lttitli, JB. !., -riiVfli-IAV A.M mtf.-KKN. r.:irlin^-r-.n. Iu,|.. a, uitrii'l- co ji]| ^if |iin« !i..»' uli liDun 'f i,.\ ..r n^!,i.

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REAL ESTATE ACENT.

A. 4'. JETTIIIMTII,

j_ I,T.\TK A'j!ilNT mi1 Attorney ut I.liVV

U'.'u! pr.'ptT!\ of m!1 kui'lh li'.uglit nni «»«lii on o»*irrinIC^iitK Nolu* rial hiinijiiwm

»»r

nil kni'f*, nn«l ••»uv»v?ftH iti{ ni-

in i.rojnj.tly uii ••xo.Mitoil '..rVo».-tlv. if. flcr« over N». "J. Ivnpirc lllot-k, Crawforflsvill« Inuiuna,

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

THI:

TI'STI.MONV OF AYL

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The lr^ nml

Hoots and Sliocs Kvcr AVorn.

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iii( Ax.

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New Needs and Plants Nv»»l oi'

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Our Seed and Plant Catalogs for 1872.

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