The Butcher-Knife, Volume 1, Number 2, Danville, Hendricks County, 9 May 1857 — Page 3

Written for the Butcher-Knife, How They Used To Do, In pursuance of an act of the Legislature, appointing commissioners to locate the county-seat of Hendricks, Abel Cole and three others reported to the Board of County Commissioners on the 16th day of July, 1824, that they had performed the duty assigned them, and had obtained a donation of eighty acres of land, where now stands the town of Danville. Upon

the reception of the report, the county commissioners gave the place the nime of Danville, and appointed Thomas Henton acnt, for the county, to lay off the ground into lots and sell them at public auction. Among the orders then made by the commissioners, in reference to the

sale of town lots, were the following: "Ordered by the Board, that the Agent attend in the town of Danville, on the .,12th and 13th days of October next, in 1 showing the situation of the ose desirous of seeing the same. that the agent furnish a sup- ; gallons of whiskv, in said "ssary, for the public r country, was the ; rded by our pubihe commissioners, rge of their official md precautionary hl supply of the nsion. And the sparse "that time,

j5T Yesterday, while busily engaged j in preparing copy for our paper, we heard the footsteps of some one approaching j behind us, and upon looking around, lol

and behold ! there stood Enoch (of the firm of Howell and Haynes) with a double-handful of the finest oranges we ever saw. Those gentlemen have our thanks, besides we will not hesitate to say that they keep the finest stock of Gro

ceries ever in our city, and sell at the fairest prices. Drap in and see 'em. 07 One of Van Amburg's drivers, while passing through the bridge at Plainfield, met with a severe accident. He was

well provided for at that place, by the

gentlemanly proprietors of the show. P. S. Since the above was put in type we !earn that the young man referred to above, has died.

ants,

jf3T We learn that the good citizens of Springtown have lately been prosecuting divers individuals for profane swearing. Our citizens had better be careful, lest the Springtown code be adopted here.

We send this No. of our paper to many persons who are not subscribers. If they wish to continue it, they will please send in the quarter. iST C. W. Bro wn, editor of the Greencastle Banner, came very near being cowhided by an old rip of a woman UJ' place, one day last week. Bad ' Brown. You're old enougl

$3?" Friday the Agricultural Society met, and adopted a resolution, submitting two propositions to the members generally, in reference to obtaining fair grounds.

The first proposition was fifteen years

membership, for 810.

Second, to obtain Fair ground by donations from everybody who felt disposed to give. The one which gets the amount first, is to be adopted. Committees were appointed in each Township..to urge the matter before the people. It seems to us that the donation system is the best. Or Our agents, as published on the first page, will receive our paper free of charge, but in return we should like it very much if they would send us a club of names accompanied by the cash. Our

paper is permanent, and will not wink out "in a few days."

Old Buck's friends fear that he never will recover from the poisoning he received at the National Hotel. About thirty prominent persons have died from the same effect. What ought to be done with the murderer who administered the poison?

Qr If we were the proprietor of a certain institution in this city, we would stop those spungers, who are almost constantly aiound.

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