The Butcher-Knife, Volume 2, Number 8, Danville, Hendricks County, 19 September 1857 — Page 6
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- ! . t . ... - ' ; - - -- - -- rJL;; fu..i pivc:., v. l.o im.Vv been coallf. ;d in cur county jail fur ; vu si te oaths past, tnado their escape on last Tuesday evening, about dusk, that lemg.nbQut the time when the guards ;cro not crrduty.
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the safest -in the Slats.5 The ' prisoners were- all con Coed in one room and 'were ironed in such is way as. was thought to be safe. Everything,- save, bedding and clothing, was taken ..from the jail, .but 'the prisoners found a way to take one of the bars from a . window, and my means of that pried toe bars off of 'the door that led to thy 'back room. ' Hers they - performed some "Work Chat appeared rather mysterious. . The ceiling ovei head, which was very thick -oak. plank, .put on - with spikes,, was entirely removed. Next to this, was a. layer -of dogs a bout a foot square., Theselcga were put the :e gieen and when they became seasoned, cf cr: 3 they were not so large. The priue - to, by using the ceiling, had erected a hind of lever power, by which they pjied the logs to one side, and g-ined admittanceto the loft. Tbe;caib:r-bc.ardin' vro thn r;:t T of. the v-i raL!a-c::d, a:.. I a rope, which was made out of blankets and bjd-ti:kmg, was fastened above and thik.n cuf, and the prisoners descended to tlu. vc ami. Or.ce urcn the grc-md, it w.. ; an ca ;y matter to climb i'm shamhai f v Their ds-mrinro w;s not anncuacsd until abc::t C o'clock, when c.."eral m. a were" in par: -it cf therm Their nam vers Jrc' tea La;: -a, iToeeph Hand, Zir :i riYary r::dTr;d 7r Alpin. Cv:r:: Okaver csrsd CCCD for their ctue " i , r m-m any r - cf then. . :
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Iloorhoad, Dave Ohaver, Gregg, Gordon, ITicaols, Petty, Hart, Armstrong, Cross, !: :tcr, C? -..r, L; 'A:,ll A-Uns Dun-' nbg(toa ami Capt. Jo. Taylor. ' " v ' Bros. Gordon, Mays, and- Lewis,' ?ere appointed' a committee to escort President Stutsman to the chair. The; President on assuming' the chair,' spc!;e 'thus: ; ' . 4Brcthren, 'I ecarcely' 'know.'" what to say. ..'I'eb "never 'been' President' of a coeieiy afore, -therefore you 'know I'm a little gresn in the business just now. But 'I hope, by a little experience to prove myself as good a President as Bro. Curtis was. This is all I have to say in regard to that pint. Here the President pulled off his coat and unbuttoned Ids shirt collar, and it was generally remarked among the brethren that something was coming. Brethren, it has been my only' object for the past ten years to bring this' cod-fish aristocracy to the place wheio they belong; and that place is right in this lodge. (Right, says Gordon.) Brethren, I'm truly glad that those prbecers have escaped. We can ;mwm:ct hi; ens ,o did heretofore. Duiirg i-y ca;: ,L;;trr.ticn, I ask the co-operation cf the members, in advancing the interest of the L":;'.Jy generally. I see that the prosjt far a corn crap is good. Thank God for that.
Ileal will now come down, and all the members can then be furnished 'a good good supply." The President'statcd that if any of the members stood in need of any of the necessaries ;of ' life, they would now -'make it hnown. ' : Bro.: Gordon stated - that - he stood in sod of a pa ir of shoes. .. The President then announced that a collection "would bu taken up at every meeting until. enough mcney'was rnrrd to supply Brd.' Gordon's w.mts. A -"collection was then tahen tin and the earn of twenty-three cents rarcd.
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Ordered, Thatr. ig b left a'n the record for our worthy eh:... a;, Couth and Martin, they havLg hlbhd great judgment in the horse and baggy trade with the Illinois sharper. Bro. Shulcr said: "Brethren, I am happy to present for ymir consideration the petition of Mr, Peter Curtis. ''I have been examining his
fairs and hoci that his property-is subject 'to idivcio mortgagee,'. x?hicli;mnoURt'to more than his property.- He also hadll his money stolen, and is now, in reality, a Limp.", .Petition referred.'. . ' ,' ; On mrttion " tin Pniff vr nil imnrnntl in
meet at .the Tan .Yard, until the jail could be repaired.1'' - V D. STUTSMAN, President. . J. Russell, Sec'y.
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Bro. Hart cred the follo.;in'rc..o-' Itition which was ndept!: . Ju:gJvcJ, That ve return our thanks to the ;':m far tl e rf the jail, end that we ry prove the v..i;drai that he and hn jmbasrJ; dirplaycd in guarding the prisoners.
''-. Take Notice. We the undersigned stockholders in the Danville and While Lick Plank (gravel) Road Company, not having heard any report from the President and Directors of said road, since the organization of said Company; and understanding that there is a. vacancy in said directory, do hereby notify the stockholders of said company that there will be a meeting of the stockholders of said . company at Cartersburg, on Saturday .the 12th of October nest, at 2 o'clock, P. II., for the. purpose of filling vacancies in. said directory; and the President is requested to make out and submit
to said meeting a detailed report of. the cost, and proceedings had on said road. C. 0. NAVE, D. E. CARTER,
'A. JACKSON, 'ROBERT LITTLE,
JESSE HOCKETT JOHN LARRANCE GUILDS MOORE. -
Of A few evenings since-a young lady of this place remarked, that she would not keep company with any young gentleman who indorsed and subscribed for ' the Butcher Knife. W-h-c-w, gal ! you make us feel 'kind o' nugativo.' Tea can't Cad any nice young men, but what .ul:e:ibc and indorse tho 'Knife-' - ' ' '
. : Of The Putnam County Agricultural Fair. .ill : bo h:!.! at Grcmcastb, ':o n tho 23d, 21th and Lfa of. this month. '
.CWedearn that 2Jr. John Tlmrp -
living a few-miles north of this place, who dost his dwelling, by fire, last. spring, has. commenced rebuilding. ....
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