Indiana American, Volume 10, Number 4, Brookville, Franklin County, 27 January 1871 — Page 2
Minna American.
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ridaj Horning, January 27, 1871. CINCINNATI, INDIANAPOLIS &. LAFAYETTE RAILROAD.
Meettrg of Stockholders Report cf the Beard cf Directors Severe Reflections cn the Old ManaQement.
51 UOO.COO, and we have incurred a floating
debt cf 81,500,000, to increase ot 5l,tuu,1)00 a year. T what this alarming increase ts due,
or where jour niooey has pone, your committee, in the abort time they have had, Lave not leeo able to determine. Tim information they hope to give you iq a supplemental report. A portion of it is undoubtedly due to the purchase of real estate in Cincinnati.
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A considerable amount nas aiso ueeu iosi ia running the leased lines.
HISTORY OF THE LEASED USES
If. however, the creditors should refuse
to accept bonds iu payment, then, in our judmeat, the amount of money to be raised is too lareo to ask the stockholders
to raise it, and we would advise putting the road into bankruptcy and delivering it over to the bondholders. Such aeourse would be ruin alike to creditors and stockholders, and it is hoped for the interest of all parties that it may be avoided. We are happy to add that, agreeably to . notice issued by the President, the Di
rectors met a large number the creditors
of the company, on the 10th, and alter a
The stockholders if 'he Cincinnati, n l anapolift & Lafayette Railroad held an adjourned meeting at Morris on Friday, for the purposo of hearing a report from the Board cf Directors concerning the past management of the road and the nature and history of the vatious leases and contracts. The attendance was quite
large, 8D.707 eharra bcios represented. The meeting having Ueu called to order by Hon. Win. S. Gro.beek, Chairman,
Mr. M. E. Irsgalls, President of the Board of Directors, presented the following report of the Committee of Investigation : Tour committee have not had time to make 60 complete a report as they could wish. It will take months to investigate fully iomo of the transactions of the past management of this corporation. A-:ain, jour committee hate been very careful to state nothing in this report about which there was any doubt, and they have therefore omitted "many things of which there
wa no absolute proof.
They
tome fotute time they hope to give you a move full and detailed report: Your committee first employed an expert accountant, who examined the etoek ledger and found it to be correct. The number cf shares issued is 113.GU7, of the rar value of 850 per share.
iliey next enaeavorca io uuiaiu nu.:i
beaten, said he, wipe out your stock, lor you can't live with that burden on you. If you sifcceed, that burden is lilted from your Bhoulders.
The resolution was adopted. An inquiry being made in reference to the Whitewater Valley Railroad, Mr. Ingalls said an arrangement had been made by which that lease would probably be canceled. Mr. Kennedy offjred the following res
olution:
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The history of these kascd lines your full discussion a pian was Resolced, That the Directors are hereby
;...r..n. i.i.rr ow.k thihi ririous i Ddireen uie lmhuuis " " ----- . :..o..na,l nni in n,v ih interest on tne
ClilliUilllCC liyi" ni'vi iinu ... r . - in hnnHj ' l3tlum-' 'w PJ i r b. rJ f this cor- funding the debt ot tne company ... , called, unless
Uni:i.. , l. mn,.,T. the bonds tO . . '
noration find to be this: . !oca . WJ VA 7 e"ei'n.:
In ISG3 the C. & I. Company owned a be tasen at vo -
A dispatch from Lille, dated 21st, reports the utmostconsternation. and women and children are Byiog from the city. Troops are arriving in a pitiable state. A later dispatch, dated Lille, Saturday afternoon, says M. Gambetta delivered an address before enthusiastic throngs of people, in which he advocated resistance . 1 J...-.,intai1 flirt mtTa
to the Ditter eoa, ana uttiuu.iw . r--tisan and cowardly cry of peace at any price. He repudiated any intention or desire on his part for dictatorship; urged the people and army to do their duty, and prophesied final triumph for the French
The Great Unwashed,'
Sheriff s Sale.
n .c.wl s noodine-. has been 'scintillating" Shkbiff'8 Owrwtt, a balih uouhttj laon,
. . r .V floa . Bbookvillic, January z;, 1871.
in this
is city for the past week up to his fine , in depositions, which seriously threat Jj' rob Judge Wilson of his seat in Con-
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ciiarier ior a rat mv uuui , anc, w uuv , r . . imiici ii t j j .,,);,. nrpunt and we have
to lliit on eveu miles. mat company , uy mo v.lCu.v.o t. L IZ a contact with William Dwight strong hopes of carrying U out and saving
and 11. C. Lord, that in consideration they our property. would pay the bills for the contraction of j Tour Directors have received propo. -theea-e as thev were presented if the com- tioas for canceling the . bite Water leaspaoj ;iald giS the, perpetual le.se of jes. which they hope to do upon favorable r , 1 terms to this company. We ha've not been able to learn that the We deem it duo to Mr Dwif ht who
lease was ever executed, but the I., C. & is the largest ovner oi. u Ij Co. apoear to hav. treated it as exeeu- j rod. to state that he inlormod your Dited, and have operated the road ever since '.rectors that he had always PPl the r t i m- f.,p fifrr ner nnJ earned its rental and a protit to our
jcent of the gross earnitf3, the I., O. & company a t i I t be fai lure, a n d Jj3 L Co rnihin-.11 equipment, doing ail reody to cancel his lease In his hands, r' .;; ..r r, . I tne0i This operated as a local road, it will undaubt-
r . 'r .t. the Swt vear amounted t ediy be va'.u.bie and an advantage to our
boit 10,000, and his steadily incres?ed, ) company.
un'sl last year it amounted to about
0v)0.
Y.inr Directors would further add that
ihe receivers have acted in harmony with them, and are laboring diligently and
t tt r r '.Kn.i a 1 irr i r r v-
t torn iiarrini u v tuw--i - j 7 . w k ok?
five miles a railroid wa built by what taithtailj to "ve iub pp'j. ' . knoU a, the Wnitewater V.lUy have repeateily assured your Directors
have thought it best to submit for it.lilro,.i Company. This omptny .Ko ; that they wou a do g.aa ""Si 'sidLtion the following, and a, j h a charter to build a road from Co.-(their trurt whenever the stockho der.
Vi l..a Citv to Ua-erstvwn, eight mites, j would arrartge me ueoi oi iue eipi...i
but were unable to ju l-i it. in om ; tuaigi up iv D,.v.
ter, 1S7, the I., C. S L- Corrpany took a ; ule couipeusaiion.
Uy order ot erectors,
comrelled to do so by decree of the proper
Court. Mr. A. F. Perry inquired whether the contracts with the Whitewater Valley, the
Martinsville and the llaorstown void had been ratified by a vote of tho stockholders, except those who were interested in the contracts. Mr. Iogalls said: there was something nec uliar about that. Most of the stock is
r owned in Boston, a
there were accustotnad to send tnetr otanik proxies out here, which Mr. Lord always voted. The result-was, he voted about five.sixths of the stock, and all these matters have baen oirefally ratifiid by the stockholders, and a great many shares of
stock voted upon them that had no interest in either the White Water, Martinsville, or ll3gerstown road. Mr. Perry Voted by proxies?
Mr. lugalls Yes, sir. The resolution was then adopted, and
the meeting adjourned sine die.
arms.
The Emperor William telegraphs to the Empress under date of Versailles, January 21, as follows: "Yesterday the enemy entirely withdrew into Paris. Fifteen officers and two hundred, and fifty men captured Cloud.
The number or uowouodea prisoners turedatSt. Quentiu was nine thuosand, besides two thousand woundad taken in the town. Tha total loss of the French
ni the stockholders is fifteen thousand. The enemy have
wiinarawu 10 i reuiouun We have again occupied Cimbrai. The bombardment of Paris has been uninterrupted for the last few days. Fire has been opened on St. Denis."
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Y virtue of a Decree to me directed by the
ey8 in depositions, ttiuu " -L Clerk of the Franklin Circuit Ourt, I win" en to rob Judge Wilson of his seat in Con- expose tsale at the Court Houe door, in the The iniDortaot five illegal voters,'' Towo of Brook ville, in theCounty of Franklio.aiid whkh are to turn the scale, are being . State of ladUna, on worked up and proven out of the most! Saturday, February IFth. Ib71, scoundrelly looking material, if one is to ; between the hour of ten o'clock. foronDon.and scouourcuy "p. ,-r nf fur o'clock, afternoon, the rents and pn.fii for judae from the incomers and outgoers 01 h t m of eTeD yearB of thefoi,owing describei,
the lion. Uavia S room, Real I'-etate, to wu : llnusa at hours somewhat bevond the; All of Lot Number thirty-two (32) and East 1 ' , .: rHw.r.mimdCor- half of Lot Number twenty five 25) in h towa
IDOSt approveu it-u n.uo. L-- of BIoomias Orove, Franklin County, Indiana.
And if the rents and profits aforesaid, for the terra aforesxld, will not eell for a sum sufficient to satisfy said Dcro. I will then and there, and in like manner, offer for sale the fee simple. To be told as the property of Thomas J. Rofg and Ann K Ross, at the suit of John Webb, Adluinistiator of the Estate of Eleanor Price, deceased. JOHN JI . SEAL, Sheriff of Franklin County, Indiana. Jan. 27, Ii71-4w-pr's fee $7 50.
lease of this Whitewater Uurod for an
annual rental of 5140,000, paying all ex
r!nn. doins? all repairs and
furnishing
:s;:Xri,h i : discussion.
M. E. Ingalls, Pres t
The rcf ort was received, but the motion
Alley lit XI euacmunu ij " " .v... : nju ununiiru - V.or the bo ks a statement rf the earnings and I from Cambrid-9 City to llagerstowo atjMr. Ingalls said there were some snarp
things m the report and some grave cnar-
cxpencttures of the road for the pt tour
years. Also, wliat portion or rue earning and expenses belonged to the leased lines. This they were unable to do with toy accuracy. The books have been very loosely kept, and no separate account of the earnings aud expenses of the various portions cf thi road can be had, except as we estimate them. The cross receipts cf the entire line for
the last three years have been about Sl,800,000 per ysar. No accurate account of the expenses has been kept. The condition of the company, your committee find, in brief, to he this : It owns a line of road from Cincinnati to Lafayette, 179 miles, with good sidings and depots, and with an ample equipment
if all the conpaoy own was used upon this line. Although tho I , C. & It. Co.1 virtually own ihc whole line, the Ohio end is in the name of tie Cincinnati & Indiana Kailroad Co., a cetporation which has a stock capital of two millions of dollars, $1,933,400 of which is owned by the I., & Ij. Co.. and is lodged with J. Edgar Thompson, W. A. Booth and Thomas A. Hendricks. Trustees to secure the lt u-sue
of $2,00,.,000of bonds l the I ,C & L Co., known at the issue t-f lSo'., wl ieh bonds are also secured by a mortgage upon the whole line of the road, its equipment and real estate. Your committee find that thsra has been an overissue of this stock to the amount of f 30,000, which is pledged as collateral with various persons to secure
loans of the I.. C. vV L. Company
their own expeuse. In December of the same year the I , C
Company waae a contrv The old friends of that manage-
ces
against the late management of the
Lord and B. E. Smith to build this et
miles of road, the company delivering to them 8203,000 of certificates of the company bearing eight per cent, interest. Thus it will be seen that the I., C. & L Company last year pail for this seventy miles of Whitewater Kailroad a rental of over 8180,000, paying all taxes and expen es, doing all tepairs and furnishing all
ment would not perhaps like to pass upon
it without ample time for consideration.
He would be willing to have the report
i printed and sent to the stockholders
Judge Iloadiy, who was present, said
he thought the adaption of the report
would place some of those present in a
rlir -m i. tr sr.! r.osiiion. since it required
pii ii in m put.
It must - ! them to vote measures illegal which them
roaas were uimi - ."..j-'." - ... , it i v, . , ' .v.r,,.. ..l.r.',- slvp ha.1 heretofore ratified, lie said he
old canal, ana were hkiciuic -uvi,rJ , built What they cot. your committee represented Mr. Lord, who desired to assis
h-ve not been able to ascertain, but fiom jn carryi,,;- out the views of the Directors
personal examination they are satisneu j , as mcihQl a wbich the
L..r .-(;! 000 could alt have been built i Lord is an indorscr of the paper of the
company to the amount ot over
Doth he and the company would be ruined
unless an arrangement can be mils by
nrl:i,-h t h s t r.ir-er could be met. llo was
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for let-s thau hall that sum.
Their expense, including rental, has fjr exceeded their receipts. Buthis loss by no means represent? the ;n;.irr t.i tliA in line bv these White-
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. t , v ., m.tt rn:iis- r or seme ressiiu nui i iiomcr ait ni ci u.u, iu -
n flu l " , known to your committee, in ISdS the cn- i not attending this meeting, in order to tire business of the I., C.& L.Co . between avojj a controVcrsy which would be pro-
It struck thf. speaker that it was
IJhicac aud V mcionau, w.is "! r.,, .i ; . l.: tlm rptlini onlv SS I UlCS3
miies of travel instead of 170 by Lafayette, j unnecessary to adopt all tho sentiments ot and this notwithstanding our company at ; tii,t report. Considering that reflections the time had good running arrangements j on t ,var,a?Ciuent would not help
with ths road tunning t.om i.aiayeae to MIlirjilv i, the fuiu-e, he
The Situation. The news recived this week warrants
the inference that the fall of Paris can not
be far distant. For the Grst time we print
details cf the sortie of last ihursday.
The result of the attempt to break the
German lines was as disastrous as the at
tempts made in December. Half starved
men, men whose inspiration was despair.
men who believed the Germaus invincible.
were led out or driven out under the walls of Port Valerian, aud with an energy and a perseverance that command admiration,
if they did not success, struggled against Germans, fate, everything. They were beaten back, and compelled to ask for an
armistice. The following day a council was held, and Trochu was deposed. But after this
action had been taken, the Council for Defense became suddenly frightened at the responsibility they had assumed, and Trochu was requested to resume the direction of affairs. lie consented, bu asiainst him and bis policy there is a great and growing public sentiment. Depiived of hope, of assistance from without, be
sieged Jby an army that it has tried iu vain time after time to break, sufiorn g from famine, Paris now at least lose con fideuce in its commander. W ith loss t conlidence comes irresoiu.iou and divided councils. Cau these bj si.is of auything else than that the end is approaching?
Mr. Richard Smith, of the Cincinnati
Gazette, is now in Washington, and has
been honored with an invitation to the
Presidential dinner table. He writes to
the Gazette concerning the San Domingo
question, and says, doubtless by authority: ' I feel warranted in saying that if the Commissioners shall make a favorable report, very few Kepublieans in Cougress will vote against annexation; while on the other.hand, if the report shall not be favorable, the President will abandon the measure r.romptlv. and with more satisfac
tion thau he felt when hisuuud was at first biought to favor it."
respondent of the Indianapolis Journal.
The Nine Points of Republicanism. 1. Thorough enforcement of every law. 2. Faithful collection of every tax. 3. Economy in disbursement. . Prompt payment of every debt of the nation. 5 Reduction of taxes as rapidly as the requirements of the country will admit a Rprlimtinn of taxation and tariff, to be
so arranged as to afford the greatest relief
to the greatest number. l
7. Uouest and fair doalmg witn a i oiner
peoples, that war, with all its b gtmng consequences, may be avoided; but without
surrendering any ngnr, or ouuganuu
to us. . .
8. Reform in the treatment ot Indians, and in the whole cival service of the country. 9. Securiug a pure uotrammeled ballot, where every man entitled to cast a vote
may do so once at each election, wituoui tear of molestation or proscription on ac
count of his political taitn, nativity, or
:a'1
Advices from inside Paris, to the 21st, have been received. Great dissatUfaetion and despondency prevailed in consequence of General Trochu's failure, in his last effort, to break through the lines of the enemy. It is reported that a large and available force of artillery and infantry reserves took ni part iu the ac.ioo. Trochu's policy is loudly denounced as week and temporizing.
color. Gen. Grant's Message.
o The contested elecifn case for this Dis
trict between Judges Wilson and Gooding, is undergoing investigation at Esq. Spring's office, by the taking of evidence in a very tedious and protracted way. When we
stopped iu the room for a few minufes.on Tuesday, we could only see that Gooding was endeavoring to do ail in his power to ask foolish questious, and to cover up with the law's delay the real points at issue An old gentleman who had been sitting there for some time and apparently a witness, remarked to us what seemed to sum it all up in a few words, 'If they keep going on this way, they wont know anything at all about it when they get through.' Gooding evidently wants a mass of evidence with no testimony.
Cambridge Tribune.
Chicago
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Both orsranixitions hsvealwav had the Easurn Kailroad. and took 300 OOtl ; adopted, at least until the supplementary
m i.rtirers. and ha ve been substantial! v i f i..ir r.,-i.ls It is the Grst instance ! rr.nisivl bv the Directors had
one and the same company. Hits eompa- vour 00mrcitte3 have ever met where one j .r..sf,fJ
ny also owns 21,400 of this stock, which J raiiroaJ bs loaned its credit to bund a?
is in its possession. There is fortf .three thousand two hundred dollai's worth of thi stock out in the hands of vatious individuals, and by the terms of the lease of the C. & I. Co. to the I , C. & L Company the litter company is bcutd to py ttn per cent, upon it. Your committee found the I., C. tt I.. Company operating in addition to the main liue of road trom Cincinnati to La fayette, 171 miles, wlii.-h they cwu a toad from Fainand upon the line of our
load to Mariinevtile, a ui-tr?ce ot thirty-
i
ment
reoort promised
a a
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The details which hive cme to hand of the defeat of General Faidherbe show that the French army of the North suffered a terrible blow from which it cau hardly recover. The entry of the retreating army into the city of Cambrai was a sad scene of disorder. The troops were shoeless and iu rags, and the army fragmentary to
a great degree.
It will be remembered that (. .ongressnian
Bowen. of i?uth Car nna, wis char
with having one wife livim; when he married his last Now another one conies, and claims he wa- married to her before, either of the others
On the 12th inst. a meeting of Republicans, repiesetiting all parts of th county, was held, and a resolution unanimous ly adopted, requesting Senator Elliott to resign immediately. Two days afterwards, about twenty petition, askior Senator
Elliott to resign immodiately, were circulated throughout the county, aiid about five hundred signatures nbf. -lined Every man that was approached g!":C 1 it wiiliruly. ur;d -x pressed the tlmt l.c could get ircoator Eiiiatt to resiju us eas ily. On the 17 h inst a delegation ofibonr twenty, am, nig whom were some of the leading IleMib!it5!ii? of the county. w:iitd on Senator K.iio't, preseniod the peririons mil' rrqu.-sti'd hi ui rsig;i tin mediately. ?vr. Hiiioti HKked until the f.i.-winc
trod i Syrurduv t in .Ui' up ins mind. Si'mdv
n cow v ami ji!ic. .Hi ij.n"'i fun uuiiii 'be c-Gi.'o, id w jirsumn will e-jntiuut to do o t,oiiniitvillrt Tims
Sheriff's Sale.
Sheriff's Office, Fbaskxix County, Indiiki,
Bbookvillk, January zoth,Ib.I
BY virtue of an Execution to me directed by the Clerk of the Frnklin Common Pleas Court, I will expose to sale at the Court House door, in the Town of BrooUville, in the Cuiiaty of Franklin, and State of Indiana, on Saturday, February ISih, 1871, between the hours of ten o'clock, forenoon, aid four o'c!ock, afiernoon, the rents and profits f .r the term of seven years of the following describe Koal Estate, to wit: Lot rumbor one hundred and three (ICS) ri John Allen's Plat of the Town of Erookriiio, in Franklin County and State of Ind;ana. And if the rents and profits aforesaiJ. for t e '
term aforesaid, do not s 11 tor a sum su'Vici.' ( satisfy said Execution, I will then aud the;. , ... I in like manner, offer for sale the fee simpl-.-To be sold as the property of Joseph K at the euit of the Brookville Xati nal Batik. JOHN M. SEAL, Sheriff of Franklin County, Indiana'..
Jin 27th, 1871 -Iw-pr s iee 57 5J. Sheriff's Sale. Shksiff's OFFins, Fraski.is Cocxtt, Indiana,) Ukookvillk, January 25, 1S71. j BY virtue of a Decree to me directed by the" Clerk of the Franklin Circuit Court, I will expose to sale at the Court llouse dor, iu the Towo .f Brookville, in the Cwuuty of Franklin, aud State of Indiana, on Stturday, February 18i, 1S71, between the hours of ten o'clock, furenoon, and four o'cIoC't, afternoon, the rents ant profits for the term of seven .years of the following described Ren) Estate, to wit : Tho Southeast quarter of the Northwest quar'er of Section nu-.alier thine-n (13). Township eleven (II), of Uange eleven (11) Em, outainin,; forty (!!) acres uio-.e or 'ts. the niuie being iu the County of Frank!:;, aud. State of Indi .na. And if the rents aid proEts aioes iid, for tLe term aforesaid, do not sell for a su n suSjiaut t. sati.-fy aid Decree, I will then and there, and in like manner, offer for sale the fee simple. To be sold as the property of Henry ESng and Maria Efinx, at the suit of Seb.islian Alersersmith. ' JOHN M. SEAU Sheriff of Franklin County, Indiana. . Jan. 27th, 1871 4w-pr's fee $7 50.
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rival rod to compete with their own main i e -u-n :Ql 1 j withdrawn, and a motion substituted to In extmtoint; the hooks cf th. compiny ; bave the report printud and eeuttothe your committee find oue significant fjCt ,' stockholders. bearing upon thi point. - j 5,r f 5aiJ it was not the provInlSOTthe receipts cfthe mnin line fj uf Directors t0 slt ia jad-ment from Cincinnati to Lauvetto were Hhout j , 81 ToVooO. In 1M1S. when this White- joo any mt.,, bat, even it tl,3y had not wa'ter, and Chicatro & (Weal E istern line . boon instructed to do set, they would have was ia operation, the receipts of the main ; tcU bonndto make the investigation, whose line were less than 5 1 ,40d,UO ). j recttU they had pteseuted. They have also been great ioj irv,j He had tried to get the Ute manager From the fact that while the I., I- & la. Co. ,. ., , , . .'.,;,, r,ts
ne (la-
the man-
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from Valley J.et:,or, point on our lire, i "ir M,13l:".,I'!' has l,0,?n1 ' to meet him. If that report does him any 13 miles from CiucintuM, to Us-owo, ! Thb U h.tewa.er 5,;;;:;., ! i,jastice, it U his own tault. If it could heing what is knou us the Vv hue Wales i h-'MJ ' J'J t'of hrsr? ' bo ertdatned in the future he should reL The coalition of our company as to 1 1' o 'theolve; and a!,o to the 1 , : j 3ice as mu,.h as any mm, for ha did not lilt cummau ' 1 t t- I. IV. Ti r.wn!l show that It WIS . I ,.;i,r ,irMiti;in
income and t xpendituics. y our co;i;mt:tc
Climate to be th!. : T-c receipts from A . , J. " "p .j, f,rtm ofany kind whatever
the maiu line arc from ?l,3-tO.0v0 to tl,- s . Vc , X1 : xvi-lV " iSm tv-oi-'n ' fctookholdsrs to adopt the report now
V,0Q Oi'O per i-ar. Ilia expeuie, aoou: l,00J,00O.
Hie leasea lines are nraij; -.. .,...,..!. .;! !
oaa to r.in.u.ir, - va ......j- , MVtprji-nt for its own road of,"1 " "c ightmileMhe c.yvay lu, m.htng cVup. , el)r.rCvl out over 10S miies contained in that report, winch uent, dorsad the repairs, paying all ox j - -; nUtion , iiwtS much ' .s) considered damaging to t enses. and an annual rental to the lessors 1,1 1,8 V .i. . i... ,;... 1 ; . , ., . i i.
1 ; ., .1 ii,i:ivir il-v ili 1 not nk
r? is aNo a loi0 l tne r.na un,n
t. Kr'i.i.ii'.e. tbhtv-ci-'ht
' miles for which our company pay a sins. I ! Ail the Directors asked was to have the rental of S3 i.00i, a.l expense and do all ; report printed and sent to the stoekhord-
MiirtOVO rer nt, at an ospeuce iuclud- repairs a.u. .ar..:. . , ers
inir,eut.t :rovr SIHM'OO. I l'r reept, at yc "H" '! not truo. they would vote them out and
- . . w ii..At, i xa tii ,n i i ipc j in it riv rur i -
; have beeu Ie?s than the rental paid by cur
Scltliers Preparing to Take Advanfr go of
the Soldiers' Homestead Law. A lare meeting of soldiers wis heiJ at Sidney, Ohio, last Saturday uight, lor the purpose of taking advantage of the Soldiers' Homestead Law, now before Congress, just
as soon as it passes. Officers were cleetod, and al! the necessary arrangements made
to pomnlcte the organization. JSoldieis
from all parts of OUio will be invited to become members. It is estimated that
at least ouo thousand soldiers will join in the enterprise. The colony expects to lo cate ia some of the Western Territories some time next summer, and propose to cirry the project cut cn a gigantic icale. Consolidations to be Delayed. The ileveuue Department is examining the question of the effect of consolidating
tue revenue districts iu the Western States Those in large cities are mostly consolidated, and it is believed the tax can all be collected with the reduced force of officers. Out there arc grave doubts as to whether the Government will not lose more taxes by reason of the oEvrs of the country dis-'riets haviug: increased territory to
Then, if they were eatulsed it was ) guard, than would be saved by reducing
the number of officers.
The San Pominen Commissioners sailed lat week, at.d when a little w;ly out in
l N..w York harbor met and ngrred to pro
ceed at once to Sm Domingo City, so as to show proper respect to the constituted authorities of the island.
We ar inlVr'i?d by the best jushnrity, that the evidonea iakn in the cntife.-ti-d
r ' - " " t" '
irr-z, h is j-o lir cevri ii f'-.t :n iacts w ii'i 'ever, to enconrisie tho tcast hop of hi u-es The in vt-: ijati'iti ;nily shows moro clearly that Judjro Yi'.n rec ived the majority of the legal v-.tes cat for Congress. Connersviiie Times.
GSOCESY STOR
J. H. BKOCK
H VS opened a new Orocery Store ii: the r. o, i.ij lining Uavi & 'iotas' Iru itvit, ninr a is : t'-ir sain ALL KIND - OF FAMILY GHOOKiiJS. such as TMst roiTec, Sasf-iPs. SpJces, whicli arr-'ffjred for sale Vr rus IjOvk:t Market Price. irsrvt'iic ,e n -ually V e pi tn a ii(. ov c br i Stained ' h ;'f either at WHOLESALE OR RETAIL. tr f.i..i:-alle solicits th liKral 1 stress
f the (Mil.lie. ' J . H U11UCKAKV, ;ieo. 2t-J.
.1 aaues
"at wuitcosib, ISD., tTTOIHiJi ri'irectfully an ioum-e t
VV old cust.imer iiJii everj ixilv e'e thnttlvjy
hiive removed into thuir New Store buiUlin
hove on b in 1 a c unjilpte a wrtmcn' f
Dll Y G O ODS S' riUA S Groceries of all I'Linos, KOOT.S and SHOES, li ATS, ('APS, 11 B A I) Y M A D K CLOT U I N i , II AIIDWA KB. QUKE.NSU'AIIK, GLASSWARE. SCHOOL BOOKS, STATION E 11 Y. OILS AND PAINTS, MEDICINE, All of whiub we propose to sell during tbe first threo months of the new yeir Exclusively for Cas'a or Troducc t pretly reduced prices. We invite tbe public to call ar.d examine onr goods and learn prioes, 8 we are determined to sell as low as any other house in South Eastern Indiana. dec. 3fl-3m
The bill increasing the pensions of dib
bled soldiers and sailors and the vfidows
d children of deceased soldiers and sail
ors twenty per cent, for five years has passed the lower llonso of Congress.
a
an
Dipmarck has refused to give Favre a pass to the London Conference, and has
hinted to him that France has enough to attend to at home, without trying to look after the Eastern question. The mobilized National Guard behaved badly in the battle of St. Quentin. Fully 15 000 of them became panic stricken and fled from the field in disorder.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
CI.WINMTI ST02U3.
The special committee to examine into the alleged outrages in the Southern States have commenced the investigation.
cur com
: co ' pany. I The contract for thi huts was mado fliu lSi5, thtj I., C & L. Company uuran ."....!Tio'fi I teeing 7 per cent, upon S l d.tnhl oi bond, '"' - jund 6 p.T coiit. upon Sl'K '. of etoek,
. i.i,u,t i'o ! ,. iv -niii t it to the contractor, tnu
ruarantcel to rsis mo-.iey to build the wi.tch avas adopted:
vote tlic late management in. Tha motion that the report ba printed and seat to the stockholders waa carried uuauiuculy. Mr. ncall.s then off.Tei the following,
Tho financial vonl'lou
pauy we fi d io he this : rtflitd drt.t stunt Ploting t. tet at-ost ifwck critJl - Total lial-iiitr
Tha lsrsre amount of t Lis li.thili'v ur
prised your cmo.iiU'o, paritcnaily ajroad. Another contract was made the j Wheieas, at a luceting of ths creditor pome of t!u m bad rf c ivc I from the latf j s,.,, J ,v by which our ompany ajjrea j 0f tho company upoa th-.' 19;h tnt., a bianaceu.cnt jo.-iiae ss-urances that it i ti,at. if $',vd0 of thi atocVc should bo j piai1 Xvas n-reed upon for relieving "he washes. i returned they aoalvl Jj certdtu portions ' comp my fioui its prcssut embarrassment?,
To dt tfrtvice w itor u- pat manage 0 ,i,e vcork. wetit of thi co r p ny has b.en a eu-ccas j A ha 1 feature : . ." . . . 1.1.1 . . . ..
t not, 'is'f-. n.ui'ic.- i-iMivn i.m i.. i irj-ico; n;ie api'cars to oe uiai 'in i aui
tent to ii s c:i:i".ni-on of its present j ouiit , in a decree, un iuthe credit of tho 1 nioasuies uecessary t-j cirry out the same,
condition w'hl coiidi-.i.n in IoO, ud i j. I,. Comranv. at an exoruitant j iaciultng tha placing of a new mortgage
leave ) ou to j i u: t tine ieuit. f cost, at.d at a time, too, wueu me creait j upo., iie road, its tranciuses inl equ'p-
1
in
l.iUrna! Revenue Districts. The internal revenue districts in States where the representation in Congress is lo be increased more than one member, will not be consolidated until after tho States are re districted for Congressional purposes. The Department will not countenance any arrangemententered into between assessors and collectors for tha retention of one or the other. The best and most
The country around Valenciennes has been inundated in consequence of the expected approach of the German b-. In reply to an interpolation, the Italian Ministry says Italy can not, alone, move for peace between France and Pruisia. VILLAINY UNMASKED.
I have just rereiveJ a targe supp'y of Orleans Sugar,
and am re'fy t furnish it by the barrel or half
barrel at l-iacinnati prices. 1 hare the largeet assortment of
COFFEES
ever brouirht. to Brookville, and can farcish them
at such low prices b, the 50 or ICO lbs., or sack
that Toil will bo astonished.
Cxil and examine bofore going to Cincinnati,
and obliga J. C. CHAMBERS. Jan. 27-1 m.
Senator Elliott's Confessions.
therefore.
p.i Tr l f.a sill lh.A i ...... Tt,..f llio ctnnl-h ll.lan tiarKv
?-d-vl t pre- j ,1 i:ie appPlrs to be that they were author 2! the Directors to t..ke any legal S eKicient omcers win ue retaineu
Its iul
u at t;
tiw , m vep-'tted 0-Mir copatiy was ijcad.
by Mr. Lord, r-s;dt. at:d approve. I by i As ve Wforo stated. w.e have not been ti) ,i,e IJrector3
Vhe Directors, wsihi!: ! b-e to get the oarnif.gr and cipenscs ot ajr. Ir,.rari8 also offered the following .. .. . 1 Dill il.Wi .1. . I: w-.. imit: !
150j(n1tl Oeoi c i;e lltlCMJ '"HiJirij ti ii t...
of k ctpHl
Senator Elliott, in a conversation at Indianapolis, with John Kensler, Post Master of this city, said he had a big thing on hand for making money. That Mr. Alvord, Chairman of the Democratic Stale Central Committee, had called on him a few evenings before, and had ofFered him fifteen thousaud dollars for three votes one on the Yabah & Erie Canal bonds, cne on the Morgan llaid biil, and one on redistricting the State. But if he could
rja.Oij
Harmony in ths Republican Parly. The apparent division in the llspubli-
lucnts, the details of tha same to be left c,n prty caused by the San Domingo de-
! bate, is obliterated and passed out of eight, land without any effort to that end. The
but we have examined far enough to sat- Ii$ivett mat tne directors ana e-j leading men in Washington irom an pans
T...1 iiiMKir -1777, isfr us that thev must be got tid of or our divers aro rcqueste i io comment l""" ! 0f the country agree that the party was X'uZu:; ti;ropa,,yiswo,tl,es. We have examined , never more harmonious, and that the adLafayette wa. Kr 10 1 road." . --istration is growing strongerdaily.
id ooii s, . -v - v restin" upoa our company to maiaiain ! Some oljections being raised to the im-. This is thj i n!v audition that h ts b?c ! thcil!- A' l" lX0ALl's ' mediate passage of the resolution, Mr. In- ,
. .... . , , u a tii3iui I vi. , , ..... . i i iinnrr i n run. . r. .,
j c - ' l " DU'e,u " the money Irom oue party or tne otner oy temmutee. b"chthe lease was concluded, and the u of Secretary nf the Treasury, with j lha, ,;,, He owned a farm in Kaunas In suhit;iini this report the Directors ' jos3 wujcj, had resulted to the I , C. & L. c,:.nn-,nr Ww York, under the i and expected to move there when his time
Immigralion.
iret four thousand dollars aud an Indian
Agency from the Republican party, he preferred to stay and vote with the Repub licans. He asked Captain Kcnsler to be instrumental in getting five thousand dollats from the Republican party, and keep one thousand for his trouble. He (Elliott) said he did not care a d n tor Ins constituents he was afier the money now and the reason why he wanted until
all their
an f
m whm crtf
jnade to the length ( .nr road. If, then, our road ha onlv pail its tvsv durinir. the lust live rfr, tthnli it s!.:iid
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. . -it catur-jay iu aimwer viiic.uer uc wouiu ifRepresentative t.nkleburg b.l creates he
Emm mM
At a Great Bargain!
I will nell ray F'.irm of 9 acres, one mile South of ceivio. three mi les Korih of Irew ertburg, on
the Scale l.iue abou t 85 or 94 acres cleared, with
20 acres of the very best bottom ground, balance good unlanl; lays generally well, with a Log Uotiso weathcrboardeiJ, Log; Barn, Smoko house.
well of water, e;c. fcarae farm formerly owned by Uebertson Garner, who lives now in Harrison,
Ohio. If soil between no- and the lOih day of
March, I will take $4,500 in liberal payments, 0 will make a gjod reduction for all cash. If not sold iu that time, it will be for rent. Enquire or address oie at Harrison, Ohio. N. LEXARD. Jan. 27th, 1571-5w. Sheriffs Sale. Sheriff's Offics, Frahkmm Cocstt, Isbiasa, 1 r.Roi kvii.i.k, January 25, 1871. J BY virtue of an Execution to me directed by tbe Clerk of the Circuit Couit, I will expose to sale at the Cou rt House door, in the Town of Brookville, in the County of Franklin and fetate of Indiana, on Safwdcy, Ftbruary ISA, 1871, between the hours of ten o'clock, forenoon, and four o'clock, afternoon, tbe rents and profits for
the term of seven years of the following described Real Estate, to wit : The North part of the Southwest quarter of Section fifteen (15), Township eleven (1 1 ), Range thirteen ( IS), containing twenty-two ( 22) acres more or less, situated in the County of Franklin, and State of Indiana. And if the re;its and profits aforesaid, for the term aforesaid, will not sell for a sum gotricientto satisfy said Execution. I will then and there, and ; in like manner, offer for sale tbe fee simple. To be sulJ as tbe property of Charles laoy, at the S'litof ilerman l.inok. j JOHN M. SEAL, Sheriff of Fra nklin County, Indiana. Jan. 27th, le7l 4w-pr' feo 7 60.
FROM this date I offer my largo stock and greanssortment of -Er,Ua.Tzxi"fc"U.iro rrom 10 to 15 per cent, cheaper than any other establishment. This Furniture is nearly all my own manufacturing. I will warrant the people for every riece they buy. I don't keep any second hand Furniture, and my Tables and ha don'tall goto pieces on the road before the p" ge them Jiome. Promptly attended to. Everybody knows that 1 make the best and neatest Rosewood and W alnul Coffins, and now I have a new patent which looks better than all the metallic. It is cemented inside and outside, and has a large glass on top. One. kind is made particularly for ladits. I also keepon hand the metallic cases, all sixes. When you send your orders, don't forget to let me ktow it you want the old or new patent for ladies or gectlemeu. The price will be from 10 to 15 per sent, cheaper than the cheapest in the market. My establishment is north oo Main fjurgoss street, between Railroad and Mill Sts., close to tho Depot. , fcWM. FBASK. Feb 12
OF Watches and Jewelry.
L.vedoce:for your r..u..,... e ,. ,,t.s- : W,(;UI u,,TOllll ,lceI!iMR these leases tU.,rnm hU ,Mt beio ' . . """T , .V. - ! was out. and he did not care what the ce ! . POr SalO.
tied that U.e ;u..in . , .i t;. . n ot n.,.itio. if p.-ihio, if not, by ' ; that is embodied : collector, .na auouantt. P..F , , - th. be5t .Q p, with prc-fit, i:s b-hi.ittes t : y w.iiJU .,.-, ,biMl ,., ,,,ir fljitirt . euost.utially tae same that " eoiDaaiea , refomi the baseit 0f transportation We havo ,ho above from M r Ken'er simatcd nine mies East of Br f'f . i,,,,,, 'i5 bond, ,t r,r s.ou-ei ly . new : i a the report He closed by say.ng tb.t , fcy u y J: lintel dcM ... . V'-r i- liioo, .h pi ud.'nt manage- if the I., C. & L. Company is boualny, ; : , ! I5 Javit to it. lie is a man that sustaius 100 acres of which are cleared, b tuct i:ai)i jii .,i e , , . ..,.......,.. . . . . .-.i -.-i m,i i x l..:t.. .,,l.,.mn nfAiirmii Ihrsr : - . .. . . . . . ..-i .i a i: .u
Jtuck t.lpi..-ti
lotal llab;; tj listed'of that, e tiwr - .,.-, ,'--r;-,
Franklin County,
ookville and two
i linintr the Colerain
outaiuitig 160 acres,
uent, e iav h.pc the tiict jear to pay ,, . .d ,vollU sjak tie $300,000 A terrifij boiler explosion occurred three , ci.,racer fjr tru.u B(j veracitv iu lent timber, two good dwelling houses, larn and
v.o,.oa the ...t.t upoaourd,bt, wi.tU rr and leave the rails Wine lis wou'd not ; miles north of Rushvillc on the ICth inst., ! thid community, aud there can be no ??Tri. vlRwulnot"' lia'u.lny cf, ouccd vipectes and uieioa.cd receipts in - ,,.,,;. r.. : tniinT three meu. E. K. Starbu.'k. Calvin : doubt about the above revelations beingi E. U.CUSNINtiUAM,
,h-vi tic ti-tare thcie will be r.:ur-ia li the , Ui,",n""" ,T.t.i.t.: I made to bim. fConnersville Times. jaal83w. Mu Caimel, lad.
onsisting or Duplex and Silver Watches, and U he varieties of Jewelry of the latest siy les and patterns. He has also a great vancty of ;'cs' which will be warranled, and sold at a trifling advance on wholesale price. Old Gold' and Silver will be received in ex chiinge for 3oods. , Watches promptly repaired in a neat ana ex peditious manner. Also, have just received a largo and well eo'ed assortment of ' SINGLE & DOUBLE SHOT GUNS, REVOLVERS. PISTOLS, OLSTKRS AND BELTS, POWDER FLASKS, SOT BELTS, POCKET KNIVES, &c
Also keep on hand AIL KlOTS?0P AMMBNITICUIi Powder, Caps, Cartridges, Government Percussion Caps, Leal, Ae. Peel, Also QuiUr and Violin Strings, Bows, reK Bridges, Tail Pieces, ie. WM. DAWaOSapl a.
-il if Dtxfkia and John Rjbdsjsa.