Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 1 February 1872 — Page 2

THE JOURNAL.

T. H. B. XoOAlM and J. T. TAXBOT, PXTOBt AID PBOfK1BT01I.

Urawfordtrille, lnd.s Feb. 1, 1872.

RKV. C. H. MARSHAU,, well known in

this city,'and a prominent minister in the Presbyterian church, died last Saturday at Indianapolis. He was a graduate of Wabash College of the class of 1X44.

COL. NORMAN- EDDY, Secretary State, died at his residence in Inditinapols« last Sunday morning. Col. Ennv was a courtoous gentleman and an honest man. The place made vacant by his death will be filled by appointment from the Governor.

TnE Bedford Inilependtrtt ami

THE following summary of the manufacturing business of a neighboring city contains an instructive lesson:

South Bend manufactured $S,7iSj wairons and other vehicle.', valued at $So!V yiO $545,000 worth of flour, $200,000 worth of sash, doors and blinds, $231,000 worth of furniture, and $lll,2i)0 worth of paper last year. Her foundries and machine shops turned out work to the amount of $515,000. The total value ol her manufactures for the vear is estimated at $3,305,020, and employment was given to 1,531 mechanics a laborers.

FARMERS in thesouthern part of Union township are holding meetings and resolving against the propriety of voting ihe proposed railroad tax. We hope they will not commit themselves too far until Ripley township has been heard. The farmers of Ripley have cheerfully helped to pay for two railroads, both of which run through Union township and neither of which r.i.ia through Ripley. Xow they want a railroad through their own township. Union can afibrd to help them build it for the sake of the machine shops, and thus escape the charge of ingratitude.

LLLE Lebanon Patriot doubtless reflects the sentiment of F,onne countv Republicans in the following paragraph: "Our preference has long since been expressed in favor of Gen. HARRISON. His undoubted purity of life, his wondrous power as a speaker, hi* vigor of intellect and strength of will, together with the well known fact that he has never had the slightest connection with anv of the cliques or rings of politicians, ma'ke liiiu

name is familiar in all parts'!',!''ihii State although he haj not spent a day in trvlug to secure his nomination.

BEX HARRISON will RTWIVE tin? vuttof Montgomery. Boone, Fountain and possibly Warren, with a portion of ci.i,lon and Carroll, in this District.

"EXAMINER" AGAIN.

In this issue of the .lorr.xAi. appears a second communication from "FXAMINER" concerning the proposed FI:K and SPKAGL'E roads to Toledo. The writer denies being the spokesman of Mr. I.EE, but he evidently -rets his information concerning the comparative length of the two lines from the map which that enterprising railroad President is said to W exhibiting at school house meetings in thesouthern part of this town-hip. That map is said to bo constructed so us to show Frankfort and Lima on an almost direct line between Crawfordsville anil loledo. But this is a matter of little consequence. We stated la-t week that there was little difference in the lengths of the two lines. The best maps we can get hold of still show a small difference iu favor of the T.. T. St. Louis road.

But to the point. The people of Montgomery county* are well aware that thev have paid $125,000 to aid in the building of the L., C. & S. W. Railway, and that the road is built to Frankfort. They feel, too, that they have done their dutv towards this road, and that they are under no obligation to make a ]erpetual sacrifice of their interot-s to help take care of the road. They would like, too, to have a good road Toledo without being compelled to pay for it. But the/ would like to have machine shops also. There is a plan by which they can get both the road and the machine shops. Mr. LEE proposition to Union township, to eiect machine shops at Crawfordsville for a township tax of sonic $45,ftn0 can not be accepted, for the simple reason that there iH no law by which the tax could be voted for such ]urjKs(*. Wo

lington is threatened from Thorntown.

rifirr tlll ir (iwn intoreil(s

the

THE Jleeiew, we should judge, begins to think the railroad appropriation will be irried. Otherwise it would not venture to give tax payers such ail vice as this ''If the Toledo, Thorntown it St. l.ouis Railroad is built we shall undoubtedly have the machine shops, which alone will add not less than si hundred people to our population. To accomplish this our rich property holders must be liberal and give generously from their abundant rtieans."

THE RAILROAD LAW. the benefit of those who

cale

C'liable

then made nor -hall to exceed fifty

would gladly have the machine shops of and that the voters may have a clear uri. both ro&UH. A\o can get ono of them, but for the other wc nm«t depend on ]ri* vate subscriptions.

Now as to Darlington and Thorntown, '•EXAMINER" labors like a hero to avert' the danger with which he think* I)ar-

The plain truth about the matter is that Ik'dioail Company, that in considThorntown, the "dilapidated village of

ISoone county," as "KxAIM*Kit" styles

Kailroad the moment Montgomery conn-1silid

rej

assurance that either Parl^ttu, or Craw-

not bo recited in this connection. They specify when the niouev was to be paid are too obvious to require to be pointed out. Ripley township wants a railroad, and for this she depends upon the assist-

aiicc of the more favored townships of them 1 put the further condition, that nion and 1- ranklin. I hev can not re- .*ud appropriation/ should lie in ftoek in the fuse the assistance without a foolish sac

and the subscription .-hall have been ).

made on behalf of the eotintv or town-

ev paid over according to the intent and meaning of this act: and any one of said petitioners, or any tax payer o| the county or town-hip, as the case may he. may compel the same to be done by mandate against the Comity Commi-sioners.

SK«'. IS A failure on the part of tile railroad company to commence work upon the railroad in said county within one

the c»untv or townsliip. as tin be. and be used acenidinjrly

aid from Col. W lilson.

7i» Mr Kin. f.j„, .• 1 promised voiir conespontlent from Ripley town-hip a card iu this i-sue ol your paper in relation to the proposed railroad, the T., T. it St. l.ouis Air l.ine, which will traverse the townships of Itipley, I iron and franklin iu this county.

It is the intention of the Company to connect by railroad by a shorter line than any other route two of the great ^rain markets of the country. Toledo, hir, and St. I.oui-, Missouri.

The

up local aid aloinr the line to the amount of ?q.noo mill- in stock and the right

of way and grounds for depots, &c. I enn assure the people of the three townships above named that the means to build and etpiip tin* road i- already provided when capitalist- are -ati-lied that such local aid is or can be provided. As a Director in the company 1 was asked. hat will Montgomery county do iw-.'irds furnishing the local aid required I answered, "Our county has been heavily taxed to build railroads, and without Home inducements beyond an ad-

ditinnal railroad the aid will not be vot-

ed. but if the companv will locate and

forcvcr maintain her principal machinc and car shops at this city 1 think three of the townships (the above named) will vote the appropriation." This was probably at thc last May meeting of the Hoard of directors. No action was taken. 1 returned home. I consulted with quite a number of our tax payers and busbies* men and mechanics. They seemed to lie favorably impicsscd with the proposition. At a subsequent meeting of the Hoard the matter wa.i talked over. No action, however, was taken until the meeting nt Toledo on the 2'.M day of last December, when the P.oard passed the resolution heretofore published iu the JoritNAi..

derstanding of this matter I wish would again insert at thi- point the I

lution. [The following is the resolution red to:—F.iis. lornNwi.

rililro:ld

Kailroad the moment Montgomery conn- ranroaa, nut we liercby agree to lo.y d»«« .0

«c. ,h. ,„ zisi

that event rhorntown may not only ah-j at the city of Crawfordsville, iu said sorb Darlington, but Crawfordsville also county of Montgomery, and upon the for if we fail to vote the tax we have uo

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eumpani/, but taid stock no', to be taken nor

the opproj.riation paid over until said row-

1'or uie oeneui ol inosewno .ire in ,md ear t'hops nnr until said eattijh,,,,/ should Representatives from all along the line doubt or who are wrongly informed con .hare eat,ndeted their railroad throw,/, .'-'id I'rmu Toledo to St. l.ouis were in aiteii dance, and long before the hour at r.vo

ceruing the provisions of the railroad towns/,,],.* and tiirs runnin/f on the sattf. law under which it is proposed to aid the At the meeting of the Hoard of DirecT., T. fc St. l.ouis Railroad, we pub- tors at my otliee on last Krid.iv, this furlih below the most

imiK.rtant

Cent of it' until the /••'.*/'.•/," r* hare

Bloomington Proems have mentioned tubf-rib-d the ?h„l so that it is not the Gen. George II. Chapman in connection 1 tax

with the Lieutenant Governorship. Ma-j losing their money, but the railroad terial must be scarce indeed when such a company that has to run the ri-k of getroan as Chapman is talked of. The ticket ting it. even alter it is voted. Section I'll it would succeed iu the eomiiiir cam- prox ides that the money voted shall eo paign must be dear of such drunken into the general funds of the town-hips dead beats. The people have made up voting the tax if the railroad company their minds to vote only for good men— fails to comply with the requirement- ot men who are not "bold and liberal in the law their short-comings."

-ection-of ther resolution was uiiauimoiisiv adopted-

the act as it appears in the statute book. as follows: It will be seen from section 17 that even Jtrsoleed, That we heieliv accept the though the taxis voted and levied the terms specified in the petitions of the

railroad company can not receive one

voters of Franklin. I'tiion and ltiplev township-. Montgomery county, Indiana, petitioning the I'.oard of Commissioners ot said county to make appropri-

payvrs who,ue running the risk of! "lions to aid this company in the contlieir railroad through said I

•truction ol tow nships. It will lie sec11 hy the above action ofi the Hoard et lliieetor^ and the recitals in the p-'tiiion- and lite arei-planee ol them by the l'mard ot I lircetor-, that our people have Ilie opportunity of securing

propriation, the Hoard of County ('oni- ""d further that wiihthc length of this ''"F

to t-lx-ition'tor^t'i'le S"'"

md eonr.tv purpose* which tax shall be

collected in all respects as other taxes are

l!l

petition, ana ii:m It-vv a finu-uii tax ol .... ,, I •IM, *-a.

at least one-half the amo-'iit s|.H-eitied in nnllion oj thillaix

l,t ltn,T

Cit'

in t0

collected for State and county purposes city, in another column. and if the stun so levied shall not be Shall we make an elforl to have the

iirs,a S,,i? jite *r: "y

levied by said Board of Countv Commissioners al the .lune session of tiie following year.

See. 111. No donations uf money shall Ix1 made to anv railroad conipanv bv such i--,!,, Board of County Commissioners" until I

tlie railroad to be con-tructed «hall have "l

:ll'pi'opriation

been permanently located and work! common acceptation of the term, but ing the enterprise. For-i-lti-h purpo-i-s thereon done and paid for bv the coinpa- rather as an invest ment, and in niv opin-1 it had enemies. F.verv per-,,n who leul nv equal to the amount of the donation ,, ... !. I

,llabU onc

eent. of the money voted to be appropri- I -"tock in the company lor our heart could hnt see ihai the fro[iositiii] ated to such railroad company be donated money, which ill, as soon as the railroad ought to be accepted. Col. \V. ili,,|, or paid over to the companv until the is put into good shape, ballasted, fenced, made -ome statement- a- to the value of iron is laid upon the road and a train of v... .... icars shall have passed over the eniire '•, dividends from year to machine .-I a place. Ft. Wayne hy length thereof in such county or town-

1 oar

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-hip. as the case may be. tion we secure the machine and car shops. Ski. li. Alter the money authorized I hen we secure an additional railroad to by this act ti.be appropriated shall have

th(

p.,

been levied and collected as aforesaid. ...i, ,•

im wh lL

lut

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ship, as the case may be, the railroad far as our farmers are coneerned it would company for whose Aid the same shall pay

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nave i.»een bo levied aul eoUeetjMi,having fully constructed the railroad contem- ^'"»»l"'ting line of railroad to carplated in said petition, so that trains of 'heir surplus, without any stock or cars shall pass over the fame, shall have shops. When we add the greater advanthe right to demand and have sai.l m-.n- tages „i .-!,op= for -uch a length of line I can understand why the proposition should be opposed hy any one not interested in a competing line. Any opposition troni persons interestI in any other line to the construction of our line is the very stroiige.-t and most cogent reason

tt'hy

year from the vviiu: of -uch special tax. vote lor the appropriation. or failure to complete -aid railroad ready 'J

lor u-e within three vears from -neli |e- ,. vying, shall lorfeit ihe rights of such d^M"' vast coal andiron deposit a Company to Mieh d'mation, uules the 'i'es southwest tiii.- plaee. Among County OminiisMuiLers, for £n\u\ cause] other reasons why the iioard ot l»irecshowu. shall iri ve not to exceed one year' time wlneh to eomplete the

by almost an air

route. undertake to siy that

|)h

we, the people, should advocate and

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-ame. Mini ll 11 its shops were, that we Inul comoarativc-j timber ihe farmer n-. ii to roll cial tax .-hall pi into the geuei'al funds ofi '•'heap living, a healthy climate, a rich heaps and burii wis now -ill country arouiKl oal The ('idonel's speed,' was full

ol ,c

ty is in tliii is in either of the tlir. road will pass through. :M'

Then iu making the effort' to scenic all three advantages we are all the time on the safe side. The railroad ceDt of our money until it -hall have located. erected and put into operation an principal machine and car shops at this place, nor until the road is completed I and the cars running on the same. When

Company has undertake,i to get d'"'^ «'C pay over to then, .i. i:. the Jippropriotion. mid receive ior .the ol'

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J.exolred, Hv the Hoard of 1 lireclors of

the Toledo, Thorntown & St. is ,\jr

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.. cry county, Indiana, will vote two per it, Htands ready to ratbe 12o,W0 for thc cent, on their last year's ta.xables, to aid

voters of Franklin, Un-

nd ow

"ships, in Montgom-

ii a

machine shops ot the T., T. it St. Louis company in the construction' of the so much need, a great maniilac-" l)r:l

this proposition this rcso-

fcJia" ''ami W ndlmi

fordsville will be made a point in thc To-: us, hut bind in now, and what she has boconie mainly b\

danger that is threatening them, and regard to the appropriation as to whet],-' I,urH,le

hence they are advocates of the tax. er it wa* to be a donation or in stock in !1 -lcy

THe otata. of Bipl.y ueojl.,,0 x„mZ ZSlS

'd »p certificate

Htoek in the Company for our several utnounts. I here i.-i no po^ibilitv of »ur bein^r cheated ont of our money, it we don pet the road and the shops the Company «ets none of our money. lint, says an objector, if we fail to »pt the road our money i*gone from ns. .Not s«. If tiie road fails the money goes into the county treasury for the of the tuwuthip vui 'j if. The very worst that could in any event happen would he our being deprived for a time of the Useof:

our money. \V hen the road fails we can u-e the money in payment of future tax-

i,, lu ll,, r,a,l Ia,h VkQ can

!f.!r

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es. I he risk ..I being deprived of the

use of the money for the time being is so

small in comparison to the great benefits that will accrue to us in rase of success j|i|(j

that we ought riot to hesitate for a single momciit. Another timid man sav», Hiai/hi (he railroad company will remove thc shops after it has got our money. It can't be' done under the contract. Neither the: present Board nor their successors, nor their tuxir/nr, can ever remove them were they ever so much disposed to do so. Any voter or voters in either of said townships shall have the right by injunction to prevent such removal. It is not at all likely that the Company or their micccAsors or assigns after spending $100,-

in erecting their shops,

engine houses, turn tables, .switches, &c.,

would tear them down to locate them I

again at almost :i like expense and at greater expense in inanufacturing and repairing than il would cost here. When wc can get them into operation here there is no danger of a removal.

Then let us as one man go to work to

a a a

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jMJ])U|lUj1)t|, j,jvc employment to our

laboring men, mechanics and artisans—a

'iinmc market to our farmers—give great-

ly increased value to our timber, make

us in a few years what Fort Wayne is

TIIE RAILROAD MEKTIMi.

over. I drew up the petitions to the Board of OommiKssoners in behalf of the l»frire and l.titluisiaslic rmwl--votcrs of tlic throe townships, and in Itcsiili'iit Spingue I'rcsfn! I lie

I'eople that lie Mill Huibl the Koail—Sprclii's ami Ki'solmion*.

of the l:'ri.i"t assemblages ver

t-'OInclii-d

yrarly at t!ii ril at

^1 of' IUo«nu-1

Il1 loT

in the old Court llous*.' \v:i* the

/unit/ shall have I'Kvttetl, ereeted and put into J1,L^tinij hist l'ridayiu the iuUIV-' «.i III'" ._,j I [,, I ._ opreation at the riti, their pritirijial inarhine loledo, Tlioriilown St. l.ouis l{ ii!iiwl. and ear ,'hnp nur until said eampamj tlinuld Keproentalivcs lrom .ill alon

for the meeting to olguuizc the C..i.rt room was densely packed by theciti.' U' ot Kipley, I'nioii and Franklin to,, i: ships, besides a large number lrom other portions of the county. At 2 o'clock tin meeting was organized by Archibald Johnson, of Franklin township, beini: called to preside. The Chairman called on Col. i!!-ou to stati- the object of the meeting. ..

'ol. \V11 l-i'ircommenced by saying thai a- the propo-iuon to aid the road pro-

in their mid-t machine and car shops that

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"»d have Col. S. present ami let the

lor 1

slid pet it ion, bn not exceeding one j»* tu the a hie ot inaeliit:*' hhops to I *it" to the I oni inis^ioner" pon whieh lle:na n. 11 in ri nj eon ra-t wit Ii l'i

eentnut upon the real and personal prop- the city wheic located, see the letter of ordered an election in the three the harangue of Mr. I.e. «'ol. Si.rague hi.-fit''ili/'I-'v '.i,,. -Mil,

1'nWi^he.i, and townships

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,,ie

Ibown, F.sq,. of this

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tier and had ordered this action placed on their oflicial records.

city and county prosper and progress the '"'-t legal minds iu Indiana had givquestion is answered at once in the atlir-' Ihcir written opinion that it wa- in time will raise the hue and cry the nature of a contract, and if accepted

inative. of "heavy taxe-.' which at liist blush would be bimlinir upon both the railroad

E'"«' """'.v. 1 do not look company and the people. Ilesaidthi-

as a t.i- iu the grumbling was only an cxem—for oppos-

t'-e first the welfare of the ,- ,v and county at

the appropria- having the .-Imps ,,f il„- P.. Ft. W. C.

l«ailroad

had ^roun in IK- I|m. third city

in Indiana. fine hundred thousiud dollars are paid out thrre monthly to the employ, -ind the motiev expended anions the hM?in«'ss hu and thefannei. 1-ojrauvpoit has the shop- of a nad 7u milr- in !t*jiirt ji v.ljleh pay out from !or»y to titty thousand dollar- moiithlv. Uc •-aid tfie advantage \\n- .-.hop* would he lo I ratvtoi'iUville would be iu*a!eiilahh\ \Ve have the roal, ir» ore and th her in abundance at our door. \\V have as -rood an agricultural e«mntrv •urrotmd-

ing us a- then- i- Indiana, and we have a healthy locality, an item of no ineo'i-id-erable importance, lie ther. made a statement as to the value oj* railroads to a country, and that the farmers bed sold enough apples that otherwise would have rotted under the trees had il not been 'or the market they opened up. to pav all the railroad tax thev ever had paid

tors -elected this place for the erection of lor as many more as they have now. The

ever would pay even were they lo pav

est variety of any place on the line. A Col. Sprague. the President of the road- received indicated that the people were fine variety ol timber of the best ipiali-J Col. Sprague then addressed the meet- i» earnest and meant to "push things." unity, as Moud as any there ing at some length, lie said that since' 'he meeiing adjourned with the best •Stati's iluit this hi'eotiitni-iu't'd the great work of build- feeling, especially among the friends! ing the Toledo, Thorntow St. Louis of the great enterprise. It was a morti-

shops

••|'tt«"r lie hud read I'tii-i'i' «lili'li in liiOpinion K'iin1 I Spi-iuiio. I'ul. Sprague leplied I• ir. I.ee in a very quirt and ^it-ntti'inaiily way and -aid that lie had not iv-ine there to viii'liea t'i 'V,

Srr 1 If neiioritv of the t.,t|. "i'lin niv judginent double the popula- ^Pr"g"', wa-.m'tliiug but a man ot straw. In icjnirdjlo ihe lellei- purporting to have some ligures tt liieh oimht to help our eit- Hid the liepdtian become cviiiiet cast shall be in favor of siieh railroad aii-

missioner-at their ensuing regular June raihoad the Company will in les- than I"'"plc him. lie proceeded mi- Mtv il in print a few week-ago. 11 i- many a- a toi nier citi/.-n of this county'. r,»'S injr p'urpn-es! The' in'atter'w hh-h !i|" »mi i'f '!l, .i V'!!'l V"' ."' .v*J,r^

to he 111 IV-

Kailroad certain interested persons had 0 'iig failure on the part of the friends of opposed him iu the most virulent, bitter,

get- not a unjustifiable and ungeiitleinan'.y manner, people iu their behalf, and a grand suclle had never witnes-ed anything like it

except in a political campaign. Hut he ""d the development of the city _and would not be deterred by this opposition county. from gome on with his work. Me in- -C Ai.: tended to build the road despite of nil! obstacles that adverse interests could

throw in his way. lie had asked nobody manner of the .Im iiNAi. for money and lie would not n.-k for anv

1 1 1 1

made arrangement* lo mortgage the road stvie of the r'eplv I beg leave to tap the

bed and secure nine millions of ,i

from Her,nany with which to build the

roan. Me would make no arguments to

along the road were willing to grant the i„

aid asked l.,r here, and if these three

townships voted against the tax he could

though that the road would run through

iuture tax- Crawfordsville. Kast of Crawfordsville

lo niakfl

in Crawfordsville, or el-T-

whcre. till after the completion of the road, he and the Hoard of Directors had consented to the action of Col. Willsou in submitting the proposition to the people in the form he had and thc Hoard bud formally ratified it. The contract for' building the road hail been let to Messrs. Willis, Phelps A Co.. and thev were ready to proceed with the work as soon as the local aid was raised.

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.. iSprague's ability and honesty gri ith of thc T.,T. & St. l.ouis Kailroad would strengthened. virtually demolish the business prospects Thomas l'attcrsoi,Was tbeii called out, of Darlington. At present the outlook and responded in an chxiuent manner in I for Darlington is flattering, provided albehalf of the proposition. Ilis speech ways that she can keep her only rival, was telling and had a good client. Tiiorntown, from gaining the vantage

we hereby agree to lo- luring interest that will rapi.llv increas.. '""""factories mid machine shops, and lington, for the proper field of that trade .i

waki

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erot

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had .lei

suicidal, short, sighted

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^vorubk' l'roI"^itio"

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of order thai the meeting had assembled for a different purpose than to listen to aitch a harangue. Mr. I.ee read the same

lie 11:iiI show a eh-itn iird composed ol' men the line and were men ot a- I he enterprise being inki.i another road he said •,w there wa- such a road lhoiii 'ni o| 1 ii,e one Mr.

UlMJLT

,-i VIII: lloi'll ,— .1 animated lo he didn't kn ,po.- or l.i

i.- interested in lor uioiitIi- aitei ward, lb' had expended Slit'.nnii i.I" 11is own nioiicy getting this enterprise stai ted and all the slanders and Iraducin^s of the nn,osiiion could not prevent him from putting it tlii-mgli. lie hadiuver train laet hail reliaineil his name. I le had nev-

il th: e.i-

linet'd Mr. l.ee, IV- ii ii nieiitiouiiiu

Iv .V Uetroit

relation of him?

valualde. vim and

•ui prod net iv e-ai ne olonel speech was full of vim and The resolution was passed without a

*1 utility and great- was quite elfeclive. I!c then introduced diss,.,.ting voice. The rowing "aye" it

ei' attacked Mr. I, lieliimi hi- back or II \T II I S I S I O N

tion hv |n-ioin who \wtv intmMeil in a -iiilu't pio|.OM i.i n:nl lie c\- uiT'Vr "MAritivr Mim-* i»'»'in tu

els was -implv as a "go-between

the roa

I'avjd 1 larter-aid a*» om* of t!.e jurors in the case pending" he would yive his veidict. llea:d he had l.»een "on the fence." undecided as how to act in the matter. lie had made up his mind and he would give the platform on which he -tood, in the lauiruaue of a letter he

rival line to enlist the sympathy of the

the lute friends of improvement

•rile

I'IUI Lines."

urn..,

I am pleased with the very candid

itor liirlltlv

low le

ali, or nearly all, raised

thc mH|lrv vus

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required Sl.ono p,.r mile.

itl that while his own judgment against any proposition to lo

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catc the

lils ollc sul il nt

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easily raise the required amount at some townships. I hav

olh illt wmiM nf)t

in its strictures

,111 Il,„ iri it article ol last week but while dollars per month. There are no kind of il is tini.-hi.il. Me had already tendering my thanks |',,r the courteous manufactures that benefit the town toi

in my thanks lor the courteous niannfaet

own views and address then to the

,x pavers of r„ion, Frankiin and Kip.

me to oppose voting a tax for his road

fnml aMV otll(,,. llmn tric lest

Does the .luniNii, pretend to say that I am incorrect when I claim that frankfort is nearer Toledo or Cleveland than Crawfordsville isIs it doubted that a

railroad is aln'u«J- built from lliiscity to

tile road? Then anil not correct when

Col. Sprague'-) speech satisfied even I say we ought to have a Toledo his opposers and nialigners that he Cleveland road without paying another "means work," and that he will build the dollar? road. Wc think no man left thc Court I confess to a little surprise at your an-

having his faith in Col. swer to my proposition that the building

Col. Carringtoii being called made a! ground. Crawfordsville can never en

speech showing the advantage!) croach on the legitimate trade of Dar-

was time that Crawfordsville was lies east and south of thc latter town,

"K l'- whenever for any cause the channel

clogged at Darlington, Thorn-

'aHed, who deliv town, if she jiossesscd a direct line of

iiwav, \V :ih next cuiiiMi, wiin deliv town, it »»lic a lircct line of jjt.n larri^oti same speed, in mibstaiico that ho traiis|*irtation east, would at once absorb publican candidate for Gov' ivcred three or four time* befoie the entire interest and drain quite a large I ilia, is a grandson of "Tippci

lin township. Kvcry well informed citizen of this county knows that if Thorntown has a situation on a great eastern

trunk line-he will he more than a Match for IWIitigtoii. Tliorntoun business men are well aware"!' this, and with them it is a matter nf commercial life or death.

rival line, who had carried thi oppos'i- plained in a-ali-laciorv inanner the dif- i\t.|o\. that nobody think* it worth whil" int, to si,eh an extent as to represent li.-nlty iha: evis„,l between hi,.,-elf and The lollowiua letter lr„„. ichaei .-arVs h-J Ion*: i't"liv"^.'n

rt'Mdeiit .,( Hit* road, ol. (hr I'n-i.lt'iii (lie Hank a: Swaiiii.oi' !il.,oininirtoii, Illinois roittain.^ ii dit*-.—//ij vlrilJf

years, deemed it advisable to call this meet, hci will ten by Amos I'. 11 wen he d-niril izens in a proper deei-ioii in the railroad

As to the T.. T. St. I.t nis IM'M' bi-

I,in,sell. Since lie liml undertaken ing slightly or any the shorter of the two. payment oi the interest on her debt Cleat woi the I'.oard ol I tireetois 1 llutly deny it, and for pro .!' I h:it Ihe 1'. II I n.-I IT with ET vtliing that K.&T. route is N-ally si v. ral mill-

the shortel I icier to any oo»l ni.ip. Hut the machine .-hops! Weli. the I., St. l.ouis company a-ks tor jlU'.ouo, while the F., C., K. T. tu'.ipany oilers better shops and mole of (hem hr just half the money Here is a simple i|iiestion of economy- -one dollar against iwo. You may call this by what name you please, but il ha- ill it an iriesisliblc logic, appealing directly to the common sense of the taxpajer-. Woo will pay twice for the same railroad outlet? Who will cive .v'.iO.iiiitl for machine shie-s when they may be had for £4"',(HI0 .'

eL'otiator between the capitalists J" "T® T-'

id received from the President of one of ',"

the National Itaulis ot loledo: "We of Toledo are going in for this railroad irretiin- speetive ol what Mr. Sprague ha. he,n, if n't ably one ter the

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ai! I.uo-,- ,. l-e of its c\ -tenee until be tax i|ue-tion. Mr. Simim i- know II bv 'except 'who u-e ine poorly

and 1 I lit* objtT- -I" «-rh I 'in incrd cvci-v per- and hi* UtltMi rnt- ma bt* rceeU-ri! with pears in it I'ohimn-, a? a in in al thinir.

HMnhtion^ ot th.' petition pre- -on pre-, nt that he wa- a thorough tieii- entin- eoniidenre: ,- :nniot a^ old as the dyprptie editor.

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oiiicially accept.-d U-l'« the city with many mo,e friend, than iccei'ved and' contents noted. In reply the paper that imlo'rst's the non^nse ofa

"oard ut l»iieetors uf the load, 'he hud before he eanie. «iy that I have made some inquiries paper the editor of whieh know* but lit-

'. ''adjust held a meeting before dm- Mr. Chalice, ll President of ihe St. tl'^machine shops ,,f the Chicago tie out.-ide of the Crawfordsville saloons,

Kailroad, or what is

rom

Willis, Pit,dps i*c Co.. the irreat railroad periiiouth for the year 1871 This does not include the road hands, only those that work in the shops. The lie said the whole number of men employed mi the prague to road and in the shops, who live here,

the road elf and Col,

coiutruetion of

or a ncL'oliator between the capitali-is •,, ., 1 lie tax which the road and shops pav ami the contractors Col. Sprague j.rollto )0

dollar of it lobe paid until the en-1 HV "u-"''"''"'/?' l'"'"* ""i'

uri-e is a sure lliimr II,. «-. in l'.,r "i""

main for them hereafter Ih-uhen .1. Kink, of Kipley, made une ot his

%eharaeteritic specche,

conclusion ol whieh th« following reso-j lution was read [{fauh'oi, Tliat regardless ol what Col. I ^pratrue ha- been, is now, or ever will be,

we will use all our inllence t«) aid him iu

l»ojldin^

the reat road of wliieh he is

1 resident.

& A a a a a a a J'eere lh«l•t att'.

t|„. Superintendent I learn that :, ..-

known iiicv as the Illinois l.'ivision of the the simps were located here in l,So."i-0. 'v^v- Unit- Vittir. Toledo. Tlioi tow it St. l.ouis Railroad, learn that some tif men were employed In common with many •others we have was next introduced to the meetinir. lie «1|('sliojis during the year lSfui. and felt a lively intei i—: in th--investigation. i, that in l.Sl'iil the number had increased to which Or. Avt ha- in ilciim to dissa.d I,.' was re-,dent of a. tive organ-

llt lr lls for vt lr S 0J

i/.aiion in Illinois, the stock was nearly show S-H men employed in the machine and to provide a remedy. I rescarche

'l r.ii-ed and the contract let to Me—rs. shops, and the average monthly payments

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ily

posed to build this road and he was back- is the city tax alone. The Slate, countv ed up by such men a« Willis. Phelps &'

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11 ,. .S. IIVI/^u. ,ri-/t,,,l„-illr. l„,l.: I DKAI: Silt: —In answer to your ijiies-! tion regarding the effect of the location of shops in wloch are repaired the cart! 1 and engines used on 200 miles of road, 1 would say that il is probable ilia* three fifths of the money expended iu working such a road would be paid in the town where the shops were loeatcd.

At the Kt. Wayne shops, on the Pitts-' burg. IT. Wavne & Chicago Kailroad, the re a a re a in a

cars used on 280 miles of road. That company pays about $100,000 per month for labor, &c.. and for engineers, firemen and conductors who run the trains from th-.'se shops.

At I.ogansport the Pan Handle K:iil-| I road pays from forty to fifty thousand]

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y"''iig

tin(r

railr»«id

a a

ddle Mr. 1,-e upon inv back. Ju=Tt vo writ

(he I.., (.'. S. W. Paihvay is year a quarter million of dollars in the I(*rr"'

show to the people the necessity of the not in need of a champion or if it is it *t0'v" here the shops are located. You ^'!1»d Wallace and i'rankie I'.tta. shops or the roa.i. Other points

pl, 'and sacacity Vai'

no opinions to of-

(eras the spokesman of Mr. I.ee, and I: may add that niv feelings of high consul-1

u,1 1,ow much

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person of its President. 1 siwak Y.Tr'"' 'li':il

,, peeauoe is not reliably Kepublican, and I fort ol. illson would not allow

th lt

payed their lull share toward building The above is a most insolent insult to IMKI.C.S. Al.iatlK.

Ail Honorable t'uiitrast. liomtheFt. I.iv. :p'

Virginia Inn resorted to awitv I rid to escape the disgrace of repudiation, while practically apinlf nil its lienelits. Wearying of providing means for ihe

lorty-sevcu million dollars, the Feyi-ia tlire has repealed the pie-ent I'unding act, and eoiiteinplate.s substituting in its stead one which will authorize the issue of hoi,il-io run ninety \t.ar.s at three per lent, iutere-t. 'flic value el such paper in the market can readily be imagined. 11 iine-st e, which ha- not pictcnded lo pay the interest on her iii 1,1 lor the past tluee years, and whose 1,,-ci-hit re, by reducing the iax-r: te a lew wi el ago, has indefinitely po-tpnned i!n- nope ol resit ring (he state's credit, i- iu a similar ili-gracefuI po-iiion. In marked connasl (,i the ai'iioii ot ilie-e I leinocriiuc 1 .egiiat[a'e- is ihe lionesi and uuialleriin: coiii.-e of ihe Administration, under wlnwe wise and eaivliil ru! tiie iiatioiii debt i-ii.lily deelea-i'iir ai.d I .e nation ercdii i: as rapidly advaueing.

Tin Y.i\viu!\Uvil!e AVW«-.-'VM iSourbnn iv S a {S'ctf' otii of ihe lH*m«'i(.*ra:ii' |u»iv, conihe trl irlr l»v xiyiiii* "\i

I,,n uni 1,1

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"d the averaire monihlv iiavment ticipations. Our grav hairs have ilisap-

j. $,71 1.71. his

j'd town tax amount in the aggregate to

llU lu

men iu tile sliopsare from New lCng hind and among our be-t and most prosperous citizens. When the shops were burned here, three years ago, we gave

Ve l,il,d

lllon

•road, especially the machine slu»p.s, place. (Jood machine shops are worth and then he xvilUbe nUo-rether belter

md would be found workiinr might and more and add more to the prosperity and prepare'1 to attend to the otht K'nolfii ril* .lii.ii-k I It.in I. ..u

upon the

wealth of a place than any other indus try with whiih 1 am aeijuaiuted.: Truly yours.

Piesident of the Chicago Danville Jiiii lrom I. shows what at] ft. Wavne and l,ogatisport those places:

re,u

tl,:,t

con

viction of riisht. The arguments I offered iu my other article were based oil reasons therein set forth reason-ground-ed ill sound economy.

Hon. C. S. Oitl, attheheadof theState

ticket, this ran be done, and being done the District will be recovered to the lie- i.. ., publicans. We believe no man 1

Frankfort in the direction of Toledo'..,,,!, i".ts a'po^ifulity of de^lu "VAKS AX» 'OI»Y R( OIiS ict.— Cleveland Have not the taxpayers in the District.—Ijtl'aurlfr

htFayette Courier.

the Kepublican party of the State. The

and Kepublican jiarty is threatened, and told that it must nominate Orth for tiovcr- LE3AT, CAP.BILL AND nor or lose this District. In 1808 Tippecanoc voted for thc nominee because his name was Orth in 1870, Tippecanoe 'V.S-

tfl,Hit*? niy-ti*rii^

could not he a mourner ion nil any-

*t ,.

li t- .i*-i\u.d hii ti is ori^ri nal as e\ ideu upon

?'°001 ^umed their original col, »r ii-j11 -Maii

about the same. The Superintendent estimates that -1,0011 person- are supported by the .-hops at this place. The fiio.iiiiii. to $7o,(i()() paid out here every nioiith bv calls upon Attornev tieneral If the railroad company is paid to men who institute suit- again-t ex-t ioverm

ver the eau-e-- ol failure of the hair,

-i.i **lit i! iii«1 tt» IfvTitI ci'IHTmII are said to have been much more thur- Ki-nnr.- it ink. oiigli and exhaustive than anv ever made Wff". it it N a Iielore. I lie result is now before its mi- 11 der the name ol AVer's llair Viiror. We JllOII ic SSl'Illtfl*, have given it a trial, and with full satis- A c'I?,?,.1VH

r, .. 1

of their own. the company furnishing Ceneral vVilliamsou, in order to carry !Y|'! them aid to buy and build and thru let- into practical excciit iou the spirit of the

*/"'//1'-, anil we shall prob- them jtjo.lliio to buy land to rebuild upon. tiiat, it is believed, are improperly 'and i,i -i t-~"~ Iv raise -r-OU.uoO fur the road, but not company was ollercd fL'ilo,iiiiu to it-

'""joritv ot resolution adopted by the 'l leinocratii

illegal)v n-taiiied hv certain ex-State of-

W A I I I In IT W N A N I-"U.L\HMIRR. TLT« '1 lie foll^wiuir letter fiom coi. Voung. Two Niglits Only.

Col. Young.

I lie Indianapolis rniinel of the Hth fif pun.- i»'«- t'.e.e-J •Miiei lo '—**v»-i ».**11 .V T.ji-U-v lliU«Kuii«-Stoiv anna 10

than net. uve the Attorney leneral a chance A f-vf..1,»,u

that rather than let them go to another to get through with the job now on hand. •••••."-« ••••. •. .'I

AMUSEMENTS.

O I S 1 1 A 1 1

tho.in:iehi.ie shops [•jgjm'jjgy M0]Ul(iy, FCl],

-ojranport

do for.

CttU'Aiiii, ,tan. Ill, 1-S7J:"1

Jennie, .Minnie and Maud, I A'If A' lj I

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COMEDY

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Orth iu Warren County. Vii'lji tin' W. »l I.olmti'Mi A• Iv :tn

-f*.:.

The election of 1870 show* that Tip- of 1 lull at Post office News Stand':

Mia 0

ity

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that of lSiiS, the Congressional District would not have been lost. We desire to avoid a repetition of a like result but if the District is carried we must get back thc old majorities of the county. With

TROUPE!

•^iipportcd b,v iho eiiiinent ''oinedian. (.ico. I! I'orteseiie. hiity-one (ireat Aris O a a A so. the unrivaled Chlndoche Troupe of

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like the extent which these Ienhain's Cow-llcll-t l-Ci.-ms. I'.itrle.-i|iie repair shops do. Hell Iiingers, the llatijo lott«'halk of! no question that micli a road as

|.|„,. .• ,,

ol Clog Dancers, Minnie and

"""'d lie Saturday, Kebiuary I!, the great Mu-

1,,lrle

«ine )pera, CI XilKKKI.PA. I

Cast to the full strength of the ('onipanv. I f-cale of Prices: Admission, oo cents

BOOK STORE.

Uie Old Koliablc

tOil ER ROtittfi SJ OIM'!

voted against the nominee because his '. name was not (Jrtli. Now the parly is «'HS. IN'llcil.s and Ink, informed that the candidate for tiovcrnor must be named Orth, or tlie District

then the sooner the Democrats electa' COB D, TASSELS, Governor the better. If Tippecanoe is so rotten, she is not entitled to any cr-n- L'-IV -IJ IV^VII^fS didate. We hotfe Mr. Orth will not bo ..... nominated. Wc liopo Gen. Hon Hani- V" ••'-""T. son will be.

Gen. lien. Ilarrison, a prominent Heiovcrnor of Indiippccanoe." Thc

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less intimately identified with this coun- RITT. I' SOCK TV ty and District can so completely comand the entire Kepublican vote iis Mr. Hy iii ii, Prayer, MukIc. iulle^e, rth. I.nless the majoritv here-: •R Tippecanoe'county can Sclicol. Blank, Mcmorandii-

IHIH'OUS, tlllVpnilc,

Billet, N(|(E, LETTER Fools FLJL

VI:I.»I-I:S. NI.ATI.S,

a a

will again go Democratic. We prefer an W I N O W I'APEU C'l'UT U.NS honorable defeat to a slave driver's victory. If such threats do not damn Orth. A NO 'FitTAl7f (iOiiliN,

ssfir *«»ar»»«««.»«.««. i-™,™.

P»'S cud Bo.dcrs

Combs. Brushes, Toys & Xollons

1,ep?r8 Qud

to the party if Gen. ilarrison is chosen and Green »treet*."*« a»it» standard bearer. The indications now arc that he will receive the nomina-

tion.—Greenra/tle Banner.

n»Bazines

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A E S A E S

S A O I S

LOWEST PRICES

ATTORNEYS.

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Vfc'nliuco «V Travis, UM-lV.s AT L.WV, •.'liiwf.Ttl.-Tiil*'. lntfK: :ri:t. Will il It |»fn tti !»••*.» jtllU cmth •IJoi'f io:iMi.j '-CCIIOHMMH* i»t .h'. r'.iruiv' «.s.t:»K»s. co)UTtH»ii »H' soMiiT%*

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live here and who in turn pay the monev ton, (?o\\ I'.aker, ex-State Printers Ilolh \W F. Sltstotl. to _merchants, grocers, The irreat way and Douglas, ex-A^ents of State TT-AT I..WV, »i,.i .M:.ynr* of tU* e»u. majoritv ot the mechanics have homes Slaughter and lliidsou, and e\-\ttornev uut'.M.i 'Kir.nf. i'oiirC-.

State Central Committee, which com-' mended .Mr. Manna for "his endeavors lo re-tore to the Trca.-iirv of the State iiinn-, eys which belonged to ihe people, and

\vi

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thing'at a time. Mr. \nli-' TIMUNKV.-AT l.iw

,AT,,lillMghl:AW

i. .«V» «llf. Itl'i. \S III Itll.-lt.I to nil

I.u tion. 11 e«jnais onr mo-t iavorablean- «'U.m-« fittru-h-il t« 11.«• j:* nr«*. ntt**r«ii. M'lfK-nirttta lv nmi«. Kii»'iMUors ami AilnnniMofM. Tlir'v ... ujitiii»!*• tin* l.i-t IH'»- in S.ililior*' Cl iimi, and a visible crop ol soft, silken hair has :«I Uo r»u started on a nart of the -calp which was 4 entirely bald.— mm eat, ALini/ilo/i. I 'a.' 5£'!8m'l «.V ISl'tlsIl. -I- 'n'"i:xi-:-ATi.\\v. i.-,i-.iMi-.i-V ii.'. i:.u,„„„. v*u^ 1 liitttr al a lime, /"V iuti• •i :*-t*?• uii'ori\uon l'i u':i ilir ]. 'III.'I' Uinito. I I'l-lii...•-roii

'-'I'TiNHy Hj.l 0«4MIUH othfl-

'•*'cii«it:o««. ('oijf.s imis mmio in

a ,ii.| .-ill kin.is.if N.». cc.ij!»'• 1 ,rh ju-iilnt'.-* uiul «ii*.

Ei. EC. 1". EVii.*-*' h\NM AT I.\\V. Ihdiitiin. w\«*r »t"'/iil A MuiliUt ii's.ston*. Will •. oiii-iii »'ii in nil ihe (.'tun is crtimtv'C

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ini'i Soti.'itorii iu lUuk-lll-i. Uitk'C (iVlT i^t .| IiiT M.« 411 I

DENTISTS.

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io tho jmhlie.

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V'! V.,«."vt'r

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:*. .* Ahh». l.ine an.i.ijooraMv known to thv oouinimniy Hk Jr.utiit employ.

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PHYSICIANS.

William IJli.s, J|. I».

I'.imbuM hngljiiKl, i.tl.Ts hi? luofo-Moiml -x in fill liitiMchf^ of nn'.Si.»iiu» «»r ?-iir"r,r t-« i!.i. jM'opu' Mj Cni« f«r'l?vilU» ami uciintv." All jii.n»|.«l\ m*M«Mc-tl at i'iiv !ini»» of «)uv or 7' l)i|.l.lii,a over «•»», Ln.st Mmkot htiiM-:, Ci:'UionK\ illr. intj.

T. .1. iirilfi||i 1I. II I A N A iN I I Iilisn.ls In nil iui-(rt ,,f prncnoc nt ii

-In ..r ni'/l.t.

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Ounjl li. If.'II.U.

1'ancers, (leorge W.

I I'l'e l»r.v«'!it iiutl ii«!eM

11 liiiur.

M. M.O. lO'iili'.n k'.ivrji t« otiiieiiic prai-Oce of woiii^n. Ilurlin^ion,

REAL ESTATE ACENT.

A. .Icuuisou,

A'tKNT nii't Atlnrnrv in t.n»

V. U,\il j't iiet-rl of nil kin-Is taught :u ,I

Iti-m- .•t.llrcti'.l, -Iiix„s |, ,i,-|t Koto. i,f nil L-liids, mi,] cotiv viiiieiilK fti-

t'MltUll* riil ti'iMh...

I'li.lsil i„ i,rolii|illv nil,| I xe,'ii!e«l i-orrp.-llv. (If. n, "i.i- Kinpir*. l»!.H-ii. i.r»-f..r.l«»itie lll'PMltJ.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

S I O N O A

'"SI ('ABLE SCREW' WIRE

l»«ols and Shoes Ever Worn-

I'Si: J. s. ItA 1*1, «V C4».'N

a a a S A

1.•«.«!(• ..tint.'i'ii"i.'.. Tin- ci niiuio is kt:iiii|K'i! •I.S Hull A- Co,, .Mlslmnaliii. liKllnmi. A «I-:XT.H M'AXT| |).-Am'ins nuiko Minr« iV iti(» i4'\ :ti ««iUioi ii^* ili.'tiiit! iinvliiitiu I'IX1. i.tiMMf-sH u?ii| peim.uirut. Part., ulnrs fn«. I I., Miiior.il.t Cu.t r.'i.i An Public,em, portiaml,

No iv Seeds and Plants Scm by Jlllll Kllirru.

our sees and Plant Catatogcs for 1872.

Ni:nil..Tin^ I. pinil.I .1.nt unit!# TWO oi.oitI I .'ittiiloKiits, mn,led Iu till Qli n-« 0!j»t 01*2:1 Oi'ljtt.

Boodomon. 33 Cortlnndt Stroot. N. Y.

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II•'•111I1.111 W ItiK-bii mill Oniidolfon. .Ills,.Willi! y.,ur y~u-|,r,.M-iih.,s. H--„l errI |i-l.t lor Si |iei- liiitlle. |.v \v. 11

s. ,n 11 on ,4 iV.Cm-

Cancers. Tumors, Ulecrs.

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atiB most extensive News Stand in the Ailniitu, "tjjiri. hv tr. Jl :.,uhjll. 42 Noril, qiirt »!.. Mi-mpliis. Tcnn. city wheio can lie fouud o)l the leadinjr \v.»M»i itI'l l, CAXCEK AVTIIIIITKS. .v« Km.fr. Xn ,r MfHeinrt, Xo flhml,

JOHN R. ROBINSON, Suleiman.

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ll.'iuoii, i-orncr of

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of Uie country. In

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cull o,i or aml.ttM tithtrvf

a for a?

SILVER TIPPED SII0ES,

JLuyt liree time* an louff,