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Vol. 15.—No. 40.

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A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

FORT HARRISON.

A CHAPTER FROM THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE TERRITORY

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OF INDIANAT

HISTORY OP THE OLD LANDMARK AND ITB DEFENSE BY "OLD ROUGH

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READY."—REMINISCENCES

An old well, without curb or cover— long since in disuse, and partially filled with the accumulated refuse of years a hundred yards back from the east bank of the Wabash, three and a half miles north of the city of Terre Haute, marks the spot where formerly stood Fort Harrison, so named in honor of Gen. William*Henry Harrison, Governor of the Territory of Indiana at the time of the 'fort's erection, snd subsequently President of the United States. All around the site of the old fort stretch fertile fields which, in the march of progress, have taken the place of the wild forests, once the home of the sleepless, implacable red man, who there found refuge to venture forth in his deadly assaults on the settlers, whose hearts quailed not at the war cry of their midnight foes. At the foot of the gentle slope on which the fort stood flows the peaceful river, the ripple of its waters telling no tales of the sad tragedies that long ago were enaated on its wooded banks.

In early daytf Fort Harrison was a place of considerable importance, being for many years the frontier garrison of the West, the old "Indian Line," which defined the boundary of the Indian hunting grounds, crossing the Territory of Indiana just above the fort. The latter was erected during the fall of 1811 by Gen. Harrison, who advanced up the Wabash with a strong force, with the object of subduing the Indian leader, Tecumseh, and his brother, the wilj' Prophet, members of the Shawnee tribe, whose appeals had aroused all the tribes in the Northwest Territory into the formation of a grand confederacy against the whites. The treaty of 1809, kuown as the treaty of Fort Wayne, made by Harrison, and by which the Delawaro, Miami and Pottawatamle tribes ceded to the whites a large tract of land on the Wabash, aroused the ire of Tecumseh, who was absent at the time, and refused to acknowledge it or abide by its conditions. He threatened with death the chiefs who had signed the treaty, and announced his determination to prevent the lands being surveyed or settled.

After the celebrated conference at Yincennes, then the seat of government of the Territory, in which Harrison's coolness and self possession alone saved him from death at the hand of Tecumseh, the latter began in earnest his war against the whites. Upon bis application, Harrison, was furnished by President Madison with a force of infantry from Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, and in September, 1811, he began his march up the Webash, from Yincennes, towards the Prophet's town, near the present location of Lafayette, where the hostile tribes bad assembled He reallr.ed the necessity of establishing a fort to prevent the encroachments of the Indians, and selected as the site a location on the east bank of the Wabash, some fifty miles above Vincennes, a spot possessing many natural advantages as a means of defense. Little thought he that almost under the very walls of the old fort would spring In a few years a busy, thriving city.

The army was quartered at the chosen site dnrlng the months of September and October, and the walls of the fort erected, the stalwart tree# of the encircling forest furnishing the material. The fort, as shown to us in engravings yet in existence, consisted of a rough stockade of heavy Umber, about one hundred and fifty feet square. The northwest and southwest oorners, facing the river, terminated in blockhouses, two stories in height, pierced on both faces with embrasures in each story, through which to fire upon the enemy. The northeast and southeast corners terminated in bastions, which projected sufficiently to command the outside of the walls in two directions. The soldiers' barracks of rude log huts were within the fort and formed the western line. The gate opened to the east north of it was the guard-house, to the south the magazine, and near the latter was the well, referred to in the opening paragraph in this article, all of course within the enclosure.

While at the fort Gen. Harrison, under express orders of the President, attempted a reconciliation with the Indians but his overtures were treated with contempt, and an attack made on his forces. This ended the negotiations for peace, and Harrison, on the 38th of October, look op his march for the Prophet's town. A week later he was attacked near Die tetter place by a large force of Indians, who were disastrously defeated and pat to root. The battle is

know in history that of Tippecanoe, and its successful issue added mach to the reputation established by Gen. Harrison.

sequent

campaigns

It

gave him among his

The first signs of the presence of the savages was the exchange of signals between them, the calls resembling the gobbling of a turkey. The ears of the eenttnels, trained to distinguish such signals, detected the presence of the Indians, and the drum soon beat the men to arms. Twomembers of the garrison, the brothers Doyle, rash and adventurous fellows, volunteered to make a reconnoisance to ascertain if possible the strength of the enemy. They ventured forth, but never returned, the sound of four shots shortly after telling their fater' Ttift^tatetfeas of the hour prevented a search for the young men, but next morning their bodies Vvere found, horribly SjCalped and mutilated.

Late in the evening of the same day, Thursday, September 4th, Lena?, a chief, with some thirty or forty Indians of the Delaware, Pottawatamle, Klckapoo and Miami tribes, appeared before the fort bearing a white flag the chief announced his desire to speak with the captain on the following morning and try to obtain some provisions. Had Capt. Taylor not been familiar with the tactics of his savage foes, the ruse might have been successful. As it was, he was not thrown off his guard, and that night every precaution was taken against a surprise the commander himself personally examining each soldier's arms, and supplying him with eatra rounds of cartridges. He evidently was not over-confident of his ability to hold the fort against an attack, for in one of his official dispatches to Gen. Harrison, he said:

"From

theunhealthiness of my

company I bad not conceived my force adequate to the defense of this post

fined by the prevailing fever—immedi

ble death at the hands of the Indians

rather than the terrible (ate which seemed certainly to await them. But great as was the peril of the garrison, the brave heart of the commandant waa undaunted and he at once set to work to subdue the fire. The night was so dark that the aavages had crept op to the block-house and—although it was occupied as an alarm poet—sec it on fire in several places. The flamee oommunicated to •one whiskey in the stores, and were •oon apparently beyond control. The scene that ensued must certainly have gladdened the hearts of the aa vagea^md their discordant yella, added to the raging fire, and the criea of the women and

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TERRE HAUTE, IND., SATURDAY EVENING. MARCH

children, were enough to appal the bravest heart in the garrison. Capt. Taylor, with great presence of mind, ordered men upon the rool of the

VUU« The most important event in the his- barracks to tear away the burning portory of Fort Harrison was its defense against the attack of a large body of In•gHI""" VllQ V* dians, by Capt. Zachary Taylor, after- exceedingly dangerous to detail soldiers wards President, in September, 1812. Taylor was then a young man of 28, but exhibited in bis defense of the fort the bravery and hardihood which in sub

tlon. The smalln&ss of the number of effective men in the garrison rendered it

to carry water from the well to quench the flames, and the offer of the brave women to perform this duty was gladly accepted. The roof was torn off amidst

a

shower of bullets, with the loss of but

At V.111. 4mm bmawmAMI

soldiers the sobriquet of "Old Rough and Ready." He had been in service but a few years, having spent his life voted women, stayed the progress of the 1_ 1^# .J InfA fVkA until twenty-four upon his father's nlsntstion in Kentucky. His brother, Hancock, held a lieutenant's commission in the United States Army, and upon the death of that officer in 1808, Zachary succeeded to the commission cjovuai auvvvvuw He was promoted to a captaincy in 1810, a more bszardous undertaking than this, snd after the declaration of war with Great Britain, in 1812, he was placed 1m command of Fort Harrison.

one man killed and two wounded, and this with the heroic efforts of the de

fire, and infused fresh courage into the hearts of the despondent soldiers. They set to work to repair the damages, and before daybreak had erected a temporary barricade across the gap in the stockade. It would be difflcult|to conceive of

the men being subjected to a constant and heavy fire of balls and showers of barbed arrows. Yet the work was done

waa no slight dress-parade duty that under the personal direction of Capt. 1- (ho ah altar nt th« hftrfell to the share cf the little garrison In the frontier fort. Almost in the midst of sn enemy's country, surrounded by a sleepless, savage foe, and kept ever on the alert, day and night, to guard against surprise, the brave Taylor and bis little body of -soldiers were worn down when in the dusk of a September evening in 1812, the presence of the savages in the neighborhood of the fort became manifest. To add to the other misfortunes, two-thirds of the gsrrison of fifty men were sick snd unfitted for duty with an epidemical fever which scourged the entire Wabash valley that year. These facts coming to the ear of the revengeful Prophet—Btill smarting under his defeat at Tippecanoe in the previous November—led to the expedition against the fort.

Taylor, and from the shelter of the barracks the garrison returned the fire of the savages with such effect as to compel them to retire at six o'clock, after a constant assault of seven boors.

Unsuccessful in their attempt to capture the fort, the Indians displayed their devilish ingenuity by driving together all the horses and hogs belonging to the garrison and the citizens and shot them in their sight, while they drove off all the cattle belonging to the fort, amounting to seventy or more. Disheartened by the failure of. their attack, the Indians made no further effort to capture the fort, although they remained in the neighborhood for a day or two, finally retreating towards White river, committing many depredations along their route.

The loss of the garrison during this attack waB but eight killed and woundded. The Indians numbered four hundred and fifty, sufficiently strong to bury their dead er carry them away for this reason their actual loss was never ascertained, although it must have been very heavy. For long years after the battle it was not an unusual event for bones of the buried warriors to be turned up by the plow, or protrude from the banks of the river, brought to sight by the washing of the waters. 4

The troubles of the garrison Bid not end, however, with the disappearance of the Indians, as, having lost their stores and stock, they were compelled to subsist on green corn. Capt. Taylor attempted to send intelligence to Governor Harrison at Vincennes, but the two men he dispatched were intercepted by the Indians and compelled to return. His orderly sergeant and another man were then dispatched through the woods, and finally, after many hardships and narrow escapes, they reached the Old Post with intelligence of the critical position of the garrison at Fort Harrison. They weie soon relieved by a large force of Kentucky volunteers, under Colonel Russ9ll, which after the relief oi that post, made a campaign against the Indians in the vicinity of the Peoria towns.

Taylor was promoted to the rank of brevet major for his gallant defense of the fort, the first instance in the service of that species of promotion. He continued to rise in the army, and after his distinguished service in the Mexican war was elected to the presidency. The founder of the fort preceded him in the presidential chair, and it may be said

should it be vigorously attacked, for that Fort Harrison played a part, small though it may have been, in the mak ing of Presidents.

some time past." But with the determination of the true soldier, he prepared to defend, as far as It lay in bis power, the charge entrusted to him.

rlson was aroused by the sound of fire arms, and once again the drnm beat

After Taylor gave up the command of Fort Harrison, Major Sturges, of the

Circumstances provsd that Opt. T.y- regulars, ww ID charge of the post unlor's precautions were yery timely, «or Wen •J*™'J* about eleven o'clock that nlgbt the gar- b»d been In command of Fort Knoi, a.

Viniianneo atiriAKonAn nilYl TlW MlVflf*

Vincennes, superseded him. Dr. Swafford, of this city, who spent bis boyhood

arms, ana once bkhiu wo uium ... davs in the neighborhood of the old summoned the men to their posts. The fort, and who is replete with interesting coumauuMv—wuu jum .- from a sick bed, where he had been con- concerning it, has in his possession a I I _la«l K«t WKIAK KJ A the original order by which Major

coucmandant—who had just arisen

Chunn was transferred from Fort Knox

W.M area the lower block-house sttln of yea^ .document pn«dhigh which contained the .to™, of the army by it. owner, who will «ot allow It to contractor. A fire under ordinary cir- go out of his po*™ion. Following is cuinstances would have been a trying

cbpy of the letter which the writer has been permitted to make:

affliction to the little band in the fort but surrounded as tbey were by furious enemies eager for their blood, the situation became appalling and great ,, Morgan that he has marched oat of the consternation prevailed, during which par.mcnt by order of Gen. Jackson,and that two of the best men in the garrison fa consequence Major Morgan thought it his ._ duty to order you to occupy with vonr com leaped over the pickets, prefering poesi

FIFTH MILITARY DEPARTMENT, Headquarters, Detroit, 10th May, 1816.

Sir HftVtajf 'been informed by Major linmn that he has marched out of the De-

man(j

with your com

the tort he had le

.,, ... you will con­

tinue to make Fort Harrlaon your station, and consider yourself oonxmandant thereof. Such of the publick property that without be removed from Fort Knox to Fort Harrison, you will cause to be removed and pieced in as much security from depredation and from the weather as your stores will admit, if the quantity of small arms is very great you will communicate with the officer of the Ordnance Department near* st to you, to learn if any arrangements have been made by his department for the removal of the arms and supplies of ord nance stores. Take care, however, to have your command as well furnished as possible with the means of defense, and always be on your guard against Indians, never permitting them to take any nndne liberties, and

vent any person from abasing ar maltreating the Indians, protector ii privileges.

ooosidertng yooraelf as their

protector in all regards their Jost rights and rtvilege*. Too will he pleased to send ae aketeh of

of the fort and grounds in the vicinity, stating the number the barracks will contain, the nature of the soil about the fort and the general quality of the land near you. Also, whether the position is wellchosen whether

u«u«uw«——v. neighborhood and the amount of warriors in each tribe. Also, the state of the fort as to comfort and defense Aud final iy, any information touching the command.

With respectful consideration, I have the honor to be, Sir, Your Most obedient,

Aucx. MAOOMB,

Maj. Gear Com. Fifth Military Dept. Major Chunn,3d Regtof Infantry, Com. Fort Harrison.

Major Chnnn remained in command of the post nntil 1819, when he was transferred to Detroit. He afterwards returned to the fort, and was in command of it from some time in 1821 nntil it was dismantled by order of the government in 1822. He lived in this vicinity until his death which occurred in Vermillion oounty, four miles southwest of Clinton in 1847. Mrs. John Wright, of Clinton, is a daughter of the old soldier, and other descendants bearing hia name still reside in Vermillion county. The Major was a member of the highest standing in the Masonic fraternity, and assisted in the organization of Terre Haate lodge No. 19, A. F. and A. M., the oldest lodge in this county, on whose records his name may be found.

No authentic history of the old fort exist except fn the traditions which have come down to us. Traces of the fort existed as late as the fifties, and the blockhouses were preserved nearly intact until 1849. After these were torn, down the logs were for along time tn be seen lying about the old site. Years ago these slight traces disappeared, and now, as said before, the only thing that serves to define the fort is the^pU^now in the last stages of disuse. "Old Drummer Davis," as he was familiarly known, the rattle of whose drum aroused the garrison when the attack was made, was one of the last Burvivors of the force, and his stories of the memorable attack found many ready hearers when he chose to relate them. The victims of the attack were first buried near the fort, and then later were taken up and re-interred on what is know as the Patterson farm north of the city. When a project was set on foot to open a road through the burying ground, the old drummer was foremost in the opposition to it, denouncing it as dese cration. He and some other of the soldiers then laying, declared that they wo'uld shoot the first man who attempted to open the road, and the matter was finally dropped.

It is interesting in this connection to note that the mother of the Brotberton brothers, Richard and Ransom, well known farmers of this county—then a lass in her teens—melted the bullets which the soldiers used in their defense. It is said also that a young woman named Briggs, whose descendants still live in this region, and another named Webb, the latter the mother of Mrs. Julia Merry, of this city, carried the water that was used in quenching the fire in the blockhouse.

For years after the battle a spldier named Black was celebrated throughout this region as the "crack shot of Fort Harrison." During the engagement an Indian had mounted a tall cottonwood tree, which stood on the opposite bank of the river from the fort,and irom this commanding position would have been enabled to do much damage tothegariison. Black espied him, and calling the attention of a comrade to the Indian, he drew a sight and fired, bringing his man down at the first shot. Years afterward it was a frequent occurrence for the lads in the neighborhood to gather at the old fort, and with their rifles endeavor to chip the bark off from the old cottonwood out of which Black bad dropped his man. Black's descendants still live in the lower part of this oounty.

In closing this somewhat lengthy article, bringing it down to modern times, it will be of interest to state that only last snmmer the bones of the Doyle brothers were found at the foot of an old oak tree near the fort, where theip comrades had buried them more than seventy years before. These brothers were perfect dare-devils to whom danger waa unknown, and when thev ventured out of the fort, on that September evening in 1812 they were soon surrounded by their red foes. They were not of the kind, however, to die without a struggle, and backing up against an oak tree, they sold their lives dearly, laying low many a dusky foe before they succumbed to the force of numbers. 'Neath that same tree were they buried a few hours later, and at the foot of the same tree, grown old and withered, were their bones found a few month* ago.

GOLDS

A. C. DCDDLBSTOW.

S. Loeb is back from New York and is opening the finest lot of Hats be has ever shown in this city. He does not boy from sample, bat visits the center of fashion, sees with bis own eyes the latest styles and then makes his selections. Look into his show window, corner of Fifth and Main streets, as yon pus that way and yon will see the same styles of hate now displayed in the windown of the leading New York hatters.

are qnite the style jnst now.

PROGRESSIVE EUCHRE.

The following letter was found on Fifth street. It is without name or address, and we publish it for the benefit of the one it was intended for:

DKAB DOLUS I wish you were here, we are having such splendid times We have progressive Euchre nearly every night, and ft & so exciting. Yon know in our old fashioned card playing about ten or 11 o'clock all began to get tired and forget the trump, that was because there were nostakes to piay for. Now in progressive—which is all the go—the lady of the house gets an elegant article varying in value from 5 to SO dollars, such as a clock or a piano steol or silver butter dish. My friend 1 told you about at Cincinnati wrote me her mother paid 8200 for the serves vase which she put up to be played for at her Ea. party. She said the ladies got so excited their bands got cold aud one had palpitation so they bad to

with awful headaches The ohlldren are having lots of fun at what tkey call progressive Casino. Now don't let Mamma Know this for the world. Last Wednesday when Papa and Mamma went to the progressive. It was lor old folks so I did not ge* in. Well Mamma told the boys and Susie to study their Sunday school eason or they could go to prayer meeting with Bessie—our girl—who is a great Methodist yoa know. They pretended Tike they would, but when they were gone they got cousin Chiss aud another boy and each one put up a dime apiece. Jim had none but slipped and got one out of Mamma's purse, she had a good deal of loose ehange and will never miss it. And we put it up. It made 6a cents and played for it till nearly midnight wheu Jo won it all. He laid It out in caramels next day except two clears, one for him and one for Chiss and brought the candy home. They just swore me not to give them away, and I wont They say they will get all the change they can of mamma aud papa and have a game every night when we are invited out. It seems so nice Dolly for little boys and girls like these to make card playing so interesting. Jo says he dont think he can enjoy playing casino for nothing any more.

My heart was In my mouth the other morning at breakfast. Mamma bad got awfully excited tne night before. She thouht she was going to win the stake. Papa said she acted like a crazy woman awhile. Well, of course she had a headache, and we did not get breakfast In time for Jo to get to school. He was very angry, and said for his part, If he was going to give a progressive Euehre party instead of putting 25 dollars iu a cloek vase or butter dish he would put up In clean cfwh—it would look more like busl ness and he thought he could plav better for that than something he did not need.

Mother dropped her fork and turned neared purple and said, "Jo, you astonish me! Where did you get such low Ideas? That would be gambling, while if you put the money in a Butter dish and play for that it would be innocent pastime." Jo said "I think the pastime would be the best with the money on the board." Here I winked at Jo, and he stopped.

The boy« expect to raise a puree of 15.00 by the time Mrs. Quelph has her grand progressive Buchie the week before Easter, and 1 ttle Susie, dear little soul, Is only 8 ears old, and she expects to enjoy it as much as any, and I should not be surprised if she won for she was noxt best the other night and oh, she does enjoy it so aylng for money

Papa is getting a little tlrea of the P. Iv. parties. He says he really thinks he enjoys a quiet game at the club, where each one puts in his own money, and the best player takes the pile, than going Uround to neigh bon»" bouses and playing Jtar clocks, butter dlRheS and slch like ,Jo says, "1 thiuk you take a sensible view of It father," and Jimmy, who is ten going on eleven, and as smart as a steel trap—you ought to see him cheat at cards—he said, "Papa, can't I go to the club with you and see you win some money?" "No, my sou, you would not understand it besides you ought to study your Sunday school lesson at night and bt a good boy." Jimmy spunked up and says, "I don't like to go to Sunday school nor to prayer meeting cklier, and I won't go to Sunday school any more unless get somebody besides Jane Fillmore for a teacher. She is as mean as she can be. She says it is not right to play cards for money or butter dishes or anything else. She just tried to insult me I told her you played cards for money and you and mamma played for butter dishes and slch like, till most morning, and told her I would rather

plav

Casino for something than nothing. Now if you can get sqme of the ladles who play pro. Eu. for teacners, they would understand better and not try to lnmilt me."

Here is a long, gossipy le ter and I only just got started. The dinner bell rings, so good bye, dear. I will tell you all about matters and things next time.

UTEIjIIA

WOMEN'S WA YS.

Large mouths in sweet women are the present fashion. Mrs. Dan Manning is the handsomest lady in the cabinet.

Inter-Ocean: This is the weather when sirls go to balls and get up a flirtation with pneumonia. ,s. ,=

Mrs. Theodore Tilton is sojourning at Old Point Comfort, in company with her brother. She is described as a1'short, stout woman, with a sad face and gray hair, cut like a school boy's."

Dr. Lawson Taft has discovered that the bearing of women is more acute than that of men. This is stale news to husbands who have returned irom a protracted lodge meeting and taken off their shoes at the foot of the stairs.

LITTLE SEBMONet^^

Only whisper scandal, and ita echo is beard by all. Woman's highest mission fs to reign as a queen in the kingdom of home.

A secret is yonr slave so long as it Is kept, bnt yon are its slave the moment it is told/

No man ever offended his awn cen science but first or last it was revenged on him for doing it.

Those whose character is worthless are the quickest to pick out flaws in the characters of others.

If there is any person to #hom you feel a dislike, that is the person of whom yon should never speak

A man who prof pesos Christianity bnt whose life is in direct contradiction to his principles, is worse than an infidel.

The great difference between virtue and vice is this—for virtue yon have a price to receive for vice yon |»ve a price to pay "IK the Door-way of life," will be the subject of a special sermon to *or mal students at the Baptist ehurch, by Bar. J.

K. Wheeler, pastor, to-morrow

evening.

s%m

Fifteenth

PURELY PERSONAL.,

Dr. Van Valzah has returned from Washington. Mrs. W. H. Miller spent Thursday in Indianapolis.

Miss Annie Strong will spend Easter with her parents. Miss Clint Richardson, of Brasll, is visiting Miss Fannie Potter.

J. H. Yundt's family has been visiting in Indianapolis this week. S. Loeb has returned from New Yorkt where he has been buying hats.

A. G. Austin started night before last from New Orleans, on the way home. Misses Nellie and Maud Staub returned from the east on Wedneaday.

Miss Callie McMaken, of Clinton, is the gnest ol Miss Gertrude Thompson. Dick T. Morgan, now out in Kansas, thinks of locating at the town of Harper.

The sickness of his mother called J. T. H. Miller to Parke county this week.. Miss Annie Scudder is visiting her aunt Mrs. Aikman, of north Sixth street.

Charley Peddle and June Patterson spent Sunday last at Indianapolis with friends.

Mrs. Kummer, wife of Centenary'* pastor, is visiting her father at Jeflfersonville.

Rev. A. T. Boore and daughter, Alice, are expected from New Orleans tomorrow.

Rev. Joseph Cook has been engsged to lecture in the Presbyterian church oar the 16th of April.

Mrs. L. A. Smith and daughter left left for Evansville Tuesday, where they vi it

John F. Johnson, of Logan sport, circulated among his Terre Haute friends one day this week.

Samuel T. Reese and wife came home on Wednesday from a trip to New Orleans and Florida.

Mrs. George E. Farrington and daughter, Miss Rose, have been visiting frienda in St. Louis this week.

Mrs. Mary Hale, of Dakota, is visiting* her sister, Mrs. W. A. Hamilton on south Sixth-and-a-half street.

Miss Florence Hussey spent the spring vacation at Indianapolis with her cousin Miss Cora Condit. iwVv'V,

Last evening Dr. Walter Brown, had a pleasant reception given him by hia mother, Mrs. President Brown.

John M.Siner, the well known teacher in Linton township, has taken a place in A. H. Boegeman's shoe house.

Mrs. Judge Pierce, Miss Emma Grover and Miss Julia Ball started Thursday afternoon for the New Orleans exposition.

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BHJTWbiteman and wife started on Tuesday for Eureka Springs, where Mr. W. hopes to improve'his health.

De Kress, of

Evansville, is in the city, the guest of Miss Minnie Slaughter, south Fourth street.

Mrs. W. E. Hendricb, has gone south to benefit her health. She is accompan led by her daughters, Misses Carrie, and Linda.

D. A. Orman and wife, of southr Seventh street, have returned from jaf trip through Texas and a visit to tb» Exposition.

Judge Mack has appointed Wilson Naylor, W. H. Duncan, P. J. Ward and James Daily as the county board of equalization.

Attorneys T. C. Anderson and Johnx L. Patterson have formed a partnership and will occupy the office vacated Senator Voorheee.

Mrs. W. R. McKeen, Miss McKeeo, Mrs. Diggsand Mr. Pugh, attended the Emma Abbott opera at Indianapolis, Wednesday evening.

J. M. Haas, now successfully engaged in manufacturing carriage attachment*, at Wabash, Ind., is here calling on the frienda of his long time home.

Orinthia McGregor and Samuel Royse, co-administrators of the estate of the late Alexander McGregor, have begun a suit on account against James MoGregor.

George 8. Nelson, formerly of this city, has taken charge of the Denver and Rio Grand freight and ticket office, at Salida, Colorado, to which point be will move his family.

A. Z. Foster has returned from an eastern purchasing trip, and previous to opening hia spring goods is having hi» store room remodeled, with new front and more attractive entrance.

Edward Gilbert came home Tuesday night from Columbia, South Carolina,. where Mrs. G. will remain nntil the first of May, and then either return home or go into the mountains at AahevilleF North Oarolina.p' /Vy* v.'.V.

R. Forster, the furniture man, keep* a nice line of office furniture, such a» secretaries, desks, bookcases, revolving chairs, tables, etc, and is selling at very reasonable price*.

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