The Butcher-Knife, Volume 2, Number 3, Danville, Hendricks County, 15 August 1857 — Page 2

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.Who dc;.s it? One night thh .c;!: a peddler, stopping up town, Lad a keg containing taken from L'h .;,a by : rogueish boys. It is not yet ?T.;;n vkn took it, but from the way eeme cf the younu gentry dodge around the allies, suspicion rest upon tbcin. Being liquor is not a sufficient apology ...for stealing it. Would they not have taken it, if it had been money? We don't icq the difference between stealing waiskey and stealing horses: and if stealing horses ought to be punished by imprisonment, stealing

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JciTrs helsased. -Jones fcrho ba3' teen confined in jail for the last week or so, on a charge of stealing a plow, has been held to bail several cf our citizens making up the amount, and standing good for his appearance. After he was turned cut, some of the bystanders gave him a few dimes and 'dismissed him, never to show himself again. Another Maim:? Jail. A man by the name of Gibsonhailing from somewhere near Forth Salem was lodged in the county jail, on Thursday evening last.--The charge, against him is, we believe, for stealing an n:z. Our jail is almost full, and, as Col. Have says, if many more are put In, their, tails will soon begin to stick out at the windows.

,?J3" Fred McAlpin, one of the notorious individuals now in jail, says ho. has just completed a contract with the devil, whereby ho, together with his associates, are to b3 rdea-.d from prison. The contract is, tk -t Fed is to work for his Satanic rnajcf ly f. liy three years as compensa- ''" for I? srty. We fear, Fred ncth"11 for yen at Jc,T:rrcnville, " ; you from jail.

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1 (: the Western States :s r:! in Dan- - .. ;;efe::icn. I . 11: I ; : -s::;':i cv citizens . -q iv.r csntury, -ml it i; neelees fcr u: to ray that he i; hyeicism 0 1 : e r t ::; el :1 c tan d .

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NEW ELECTION TO BE HAD!

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At a call meeting, on last Thursday evening, . at the Tan Yard, the following proceedings were had : Bro. Curtis occupied the chair and, Bro. M'Cormack having been dismissed as Sec

retary, Bro. James Russell was appointed

Secretary pro tempore. The following members answered to

their names as the roll was called :

Pets Curtis, H. S. ilcCormack, Capt. James Ruscd, Johnathan Gordon, John Comino. James Locliridge, David Stutsman, John Cross

James Roberts, John Cross jr., V H. II. Lewis,

waiter Hays, Fat Jim. Ilatlcck, Aaron Hart Gcorgo Hodgkins, 7m. Wtlshans, Win. Cross, (Joseph Winston and Tom, Collins, ofDsllville,) and Bro. Jones, who was lately coafi. ncd in jail; dso TLom-a ITichoh, jr. Bro. Bhuler, Gregg, Dunningten and Rica Armstrong was appointed a committee to: report resolutions expressing the sense of the society. The committee retired a few minutes and through their chairman, Bro. Shuler,. reported the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted: Resolved, That we will not admit any niggers, foreigners or preachers into our society. Resolved, That L. T. IlcCoun is intitled to an honorable discharge, and that his card be sent" to Taylor county Iowa; also that we approve of the course pursued by Bro. McCoun, tdth his dealings with one of the pastors of the Methodist Church. Resolved, That the President appoint a committee of three to investigate the family difficulties cf Bro. James Lochridge. Rc:diJ, That Bro. Locliridge, acted in accordance ;ith our constitution and by-1 7$, :h:-n he refused to work for the Patent Washing Machine Co. R::i!v:J, That oring to the cunning and cute way m which Bro. IlcCormack ccudnctcd hi-a-.df in the V7c:t, he is hereby di:char;;: ;1 as Secretary of cur ecsiety, ar.i that he is elected a life member.

R::ch:d, That Bro. Jrx.cs Bussell act in the ctevd cf Bro. IleCcrmack.

Resolved, That ' nothing would please us belter, than to mlthlo Mr. ' Godfrey, into car order, but owinr' to a clause m our ccastitution; he is forever prohibited. However, vq can approve cf his slipping out to the show on the 7th inst. and peeping over the fence at the woman walking It Bro. David Stutsman informed the 'Society that there was was to be an election for Clerk, Treasurer and Recorder, thia fall, whereupon the following ticket was nominated on the 1st ballot: For clerk Johnny Pos, for Treasurer, William Blanton, for Recorder, Bro. Albertson. ResclvcdThixt the page, left for a certain Eclectic doctor,, is now full, he is entitled to all the degrees, and at the next meeting lie wi5h;b duly initiated. On motion of Bro Abbott, the Society, adjourned to meet on the next regular evening in the pen around the jail. PETER CURTIS, Pres't. Jauzz Russell,. Sec'y.

A Wife Wanted. The subscriber wishing a companion of rare taste form and features to wit: Blood red hair, large blue eyes deeply sunken, pug nose inclining to be sharp, visage sharp, lips thin and tightly pressed together, chin sharp and long, comolesion dark with large freckles, head round, forehead slanting, thin through the base, neck long and slim inclining forward, form spare, mussels small, round shoulders, chest small flat and hollow, spring in the nees, pigion toed, heel like a snipes bill, splaw feet shoes No. 1 Is just fits, and all other things necessary to make her beautiful, taste, prefers,, motley green dress, yellow apron, red bonnet cape of the same, wears large hoops and plenty of them, very fond of boilt cabbage, parsneps, onions, and turnips, in short every thing cf fine taste and smell, any lady of a moderate income and filling the above bill, will do well to pitch in. My Statue is between 5 and G feet well proportioned, fair abearance, Lair black, of a business turn age between 20 and 35 years, worth about 12,0. Come ahead ladies here is the-phes to ret your money back. . ' Any cncdc:ircusbcjf-;n further informaiica will pleads r.ikh: v-,, Ik H. 0. Brownsburg.Ind.

An Irishman being more talkative than was agreeable to a trader, for whom he had been at work, was. told to go to the devil's den and keep quiet.' I'm much obliged to your honor for that, for it's the first invitation I've had to your honor's bouea zlzcz I've bz:n h

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