Greencastle Star, Greencastle, Putnam County, 29 January 1881 — Page 4
THANKS!
JUST RECEIVED !
20 Cases of Elgin Corn. 25 Cases of Cay View Tomatoes. New California Canned Peaches, Apricots and White Cherries. Also, Fine Line of New
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a Kood
ADDITION AI.
I’ermit* To marry.
flndeth » wife, finde'h thin*."—Pruv. iviii, 22.
License to marry has been granted to Francis M. Busby ami Penaelia A. White, William N. Foster and Sarah C. | Cline, Robert K. .’ones and Mary F3. Tague, Charles Brevrning and Mo!lic|
Cox.
Owin* lo the kindness of mr customers I I^Vne^t'iir.^t yc'^r Tm^lred wUh" an," ! VR, ModUl, GoUleil RIO 1111(1 Gfeeil RlO previous year of my bunincss life in Green-
castle.
Notwithstandin* the eitraordinnry lar*e tales in the |>ast, with the aid of the telegraph 1 and express comp lies, I have now a full and. complete stock in all lines. I can. In all can- 1 dor. say that I believe I now have the larg-sr J stock of goods in my line in Western Indiana, j and in the future as in the past, my prices] shall be ns low as is consistent with sood work i
COFFEES. O H E _A_
ami goods.
Darnall Bros. & Co's
C all anil See
A (.old Thiel. Seme time between last Saturday night, and tbe following Tuesday morning, a sneak thief who knew the lay of the land) entered Dr. Fry's dental office, and re-' lieved it of about $G0 worth of loaf gold used in fflling teeth. Officers aro in] search of the thief, but no arrest has yet ! been made. :VlaiiiM‘d by n Train. Five fine 4 year-old steers, owned by
For twenty days we will offer ISO
Heating; Stoves Comprising a full assortment of all the regular patterns, at Less than Manufacturers Prices!
Urcencaftie and Spencer, Ind.
THE STAR.
The fact is announced, that of the enj tire population of the United States, one ; in every 5CO are in prison—something ' over 100,000.
Indiana is not out of the fashion, as it
Fiiank A. Abkoi.p, Editor and Proprietor118 paying interest on a debt of .$4 998,178,
and the probabilities are that by the time
Saturday, dan. 2&, lt<81
TKRMS SI.00
per year.
Entkukk at the rostotlice, Greencastle fnd.. as second class mail matter.
The total value of the taxable properly of Indiana, realty and personal, railroads excepted, is 1728,945,231. Th" railroads of the State are assessed at $30,442,911.
the new State House is completed a couple of millions will be piled on top of the present debt, notwithstanding the fact that the original design was to pay for the building as the work was done, by
direct tax.
Tint sharpers who travel over tbe country giving agencies to farmers on ‘'contracts” that alterward turn up as no-
111: will be a wise man, and entitled to K 0 *'» b| e notes, aro continually progressthe thanks of the people, who will devise in K ' n ■tt of swindling. Now they wsys and means to prevent tho manufac-; have commenced using a duplicating ink, turc and sale of Oleoraargerine. This 80 that when they obtain a signature they stolC, which is palmed off on the unsus- c » n sixty or seventy copies of it, peeling people as butter, has been micro an ^ ^ave themselves the trouble of talk-
to so many unsus-
scopieally examined by a Boston physician, who announces that among other things whurh ho found in it were tho tggs of the tapeworm, which are in the animal fat of which tho compound is made. A celebrated English scientist says the stuff is nothing but raw fat, and they who ent it take the risk of trichinosis and all such
diseases.
Fbom Washington City the word is that the session of Congress has run along far
ing up the business
pecting people.
Thebe is no question aoomthe matter. The work ofa member of the legislature must be fatigueing In this State on last Saturday, the House of Representatives, feeling very tired after the arduous exertions of the week, voted to have but one session a day, beginning at 9 o’clock in the morning and ending at 1 in the afternoon. They failed to voteareduc-
enough to anticipate its work. i t " wi „ ]''o' 1 ^ wa K'‘ 8 n‘o w ‘“^. ^ not be profitable for doctrine, or instruc- thcir Sorter hours of labor. .ion in righteousness, but it may be for Thebe is but little business o' interest icproof. 1 here will be no Icgin'siibn ol, l0 ( j, e p UO pj e pp nRra u v being transacted h public nature etlected. A F unding Bill (j, 0 c;t atG legislature. There are hunwill probably pass—that is, there is a j ro d s 0 f bills introduced, but none sentiment that it ought lo be passed, and j^ecin to meet final favorable action. Tbe a disposition lo pass it if the diflerences ' House, this wt ek, passed the bill lowcrbetwpen the Si nate nml House can be j j„g jpgji r „te of interest from 3 to 0 harmonized, which is probable. All thei p er cen (, ant j jj, c j I10#surp now goes to regular appropriation bills will be pat jhe Senate for action. It is predicted through without fierious antagonism, and j t h a t it will not be pav-ed by the last
; Mr. Andrew l.ockridge, were injured so , seriously by a train on the I. & St, L. R. 11., last Friday night, that they had to bo
killed to put them out of their misery. a ( noarlv yolll‘ own prices.
I The appraisers valued tho lot at a little
m 0 ... over $3(X>. and a claim for the amount Tuesday last Justice Swayne, of tho , * , . .. t. n . , , has been Bent in to tho railroad company. U. b Supreme Lourt, resigned, and the * ! vacancy will he filled by the appoint- Fooling With Firearm*, ment of Hon. Stanley Matthews, of (>hio. People will foe. with and handle fire-
arms carelessly, and as a result serious accidents and sometimes death follows.' bast Tuesday Tom Morrison wasexamining Will Skelton's revolver, at the [
railtond pump-house, near the rolling ■gan • ■ «• m ■■ ■■■ I I Jfe • < mm, this city, and the thing went off yhe (Jmcmnati Qollar Weekly Qommercal. . . , sending a bullet through his hand, and —
share oU.t’enboTnow bXe ‘ thVi.X i ,henf0 thro,, K h ,,lp lU ’ sh >’ part of the ssc-A Largo, EighfPage, Fifty-Six Colomn Family Newspaper!
thigh. Happily, both tho large artery ^ Ij A , { G K ,> vV I\ 1) I D It O V F3 I>.
The trial of Parnall and others, the Irish l.and League agitators, closed at Dublin, Ireland, on Tuesday last, by disagreement of the jury, and consequent
discharge.
If you need anything in this lint*, come at once and liny Stoves
H.S .RENICK HO.
IM**!.
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necessary
up
repairs
made.
lature, is Senator Kahlo’s bill to recu- ... late the charges of sleeping ear rompan- I" 11 ,7U ‘ th ‘ ?h ,,0n i < ; l0 ^’ ,h °' ... .. , , ,, the voun • man will be laid up for some
ics, which provides that they shall not, :
. , xir . , , ..'weeks ero the
charge more than $1 lor a berth and $- for a section for any distance less than 200 miles. Over this distance they shall be entitled to charge one-halt cent per mile for berths and one cent for sections. Senator Kahlo has also introduc-
A Foiuririnirr. A prominent Republican ol this city, a lawyer by profession, recites the follow-
Priutv-d From l.uiw, Tl«*ar !>«• \\ T)|tr. PUBLISHES MORE REALING MATTER FOR THE MONEY THAN ANY OTHER NEWSPAPER IN THE COUNTRY. And i* Mot Siii'|»u*s<*d -Mow*. Uiisiii«-*s l<«‘|>oi't*. l.i|prar> and Select Kcndinic. A 1‘If 1-11', ItooK to lOuoli M'g-jicl.a J^uI*>*«-i*II»«'b*.
Though raimlful of tbo extraordinary low rates at whirh tho Dollar Weekly Commercia* \a furnished, and tho increasing ooBt o! the production of lir.“t-clas.s newspapers, we are so
? * ^
ortn rati o tiro* cents per mile. i rTnnoo tn i-iaii it.o T nml ceo i send us a dollar » year each in advance tor our Weekly insue. inetuding, ot course and par
] * ou ^ - ' tieulariy, the renewal of all Rubscriptiona. no matter when expiring, for the additional period
how things wore running. On arriving ] of one year as follows:
appreciative of he pleasing t videnceof popular upprotation that we offer to all per.M.ris whu
each in sdvance tor our Weekly iesue, including, of course and
VI hut W (’ ItlliSiCd. Built. Ruuulll i ° Kach person sending us one dollar will receive the Dollar Weeklyt'ommei cialoncyca" .... . ia • am/ at tho door of the Senate Chamber lie • and the expressed choice among the following tainoua books—postage paid amt free of all UIKI *ulu, Illltl flow W ♦* -p tin hi' ird ti the lirutrnant Gov cost—the buuks Ijt-iug Harper’s Editions, unabridged, beautifally printed on good paper, it.
Prospered. New York Sun.
ernor. and was politely invited to come 'in. After chatting awhile with tbe pre-;
Last yea, a business' was greater in its sidins o( n cer . tho vsi,or, in a confidential extent than that of any previous year. anJ insiliuntin(? w(l/t i nquir0(] , “How is, bet us look at some of tho figures: Ri(lpath g et , ipg R | onB i n the House?” In the first place tho production o The r op,r was pointed andaboutasfolwheat was about 481,000,000 bushels in |ows . ,. Ho jBn . t getling alongat.il1880, against 449,000,000 in 1879. Our makinga niost consutun , at c ass of him exports ol merchandise for tho year end- | sc , lf „ The seafrher a f t er truth tarried a
piiper oovers:
1. 'Mane Kyro,” the eelebruted novel which made Charlotte Bronte*j fame. 2. "The Last Days of Pompeii,** Bulwer's historical romanee of universal popularity,
ing November 3o, 1880, |871,C66,34t», against $751,761 2<>4 for the yeat ending November 30,1879. Our imports for the same period amounted to $709,028,302 in 1K6U, against $485,516,160 in ls79.
without riders. The chances of tho passage of a Reappoitionment Bill are about equal with its failure. The Inter-St,te Commerce Bill, if taken up can be got through the House, hut it will halt hi the Senate. Tho whole situation, comprehended in a nutshell, is that Congress will do nothing, keep itself aloof from heated political bickerin, a, and will dual peace with itself and the rest of man
kind.
The National Banks and the question of re-chartering them is already canvassed by the people, and great opposition is developed to continuing the system. A -pecial from Washington says: The National Banks seem to be fertile in resources. C'uitc a number of their charters I
mentioned body.
Thebe is great activity in proposed railroad building in the [Slate at th» present time. No less than seventeen surveying parties are now engaged indifferent parts of the State making surveys for new roads, surveys of old lines and sur1 veys which are to extend roads already built. In tbe eastern part of til's State a few days ago, two surveying corps were at woik on ono farm, and had some difficulty in keeping tho owner of the farm from arresting them for trespass. Strange as it may sc< in, it is altogether probable that a majority of the proposed roads will he built in tho near future.
a while longer, and then hied away to the Hall of Representatives, and after sending his card to the speaker, was ;n- 1 vited to enter. The visitor, after con- . versing on general subjects, in a confi-
1 he crop of cotton for the year 1179- detuial way ho inquircd> “How is Hanna 83 was 5,761.252 bates, against 0,074 000 niaking jt in , ll0 Sl , nite y.. The answer for the year just previous. Our produc- . camp out uko a we ||_ sp , ing of j 0V _”Oh, non of iron was 3,300.000 tons in 1880, b!ttik k he , 10 good . h() ig continually
against 2,741,853 in 1879.
Wo constructed 7.207 miles of new railroads, against 4 721 in 1879.
the most fat-cinatinK of hi* production*.
"John Halifax* Hentleman,*’Miss Muloek’* masterpiece; a story <*f tho sorrow* anti triumphs associated with low birth and iron fortune. A. "The PosthumouH Papers of the Pick wick Clnbthe work that Rave Charles Dickon his celebrity; tho most humorous and always the moat popular • i his works. "The History ot a Crime.'* By Victor Hugo. The terrible narrative by tho great French poet, novelist and historian ol the Crime of Louis Napoleon in Mraiigling the liber
ties of his country.
T. "Henry Esmond.*' A novel. By Win. M. Thackeray-the most artistic, popular and
oharaoteristic of the works of the wisest novelists of this time.
7. "Kothen." By Alexander VVilli.im Kinglako. One of the most charming narrativ ever written: full of pen-pictures oflifc in the East, including admirable account
of personal experiences in Kay pi and the Holy Land.
S. ''Journal ot the Plague in Lon Ion.*’ By Daniel Defoe, author of 'Hobinson Crusoe.*' The true history, by one of the most di^tinRuisbed writers in our language, of thf
mysterious aiid awful visitation «»t the Plague! to Engl an i
V. "Poems of Wordsworth.** Cho»cn and edited by Matthew Arnold. The most pojmU.and select edition of the worksofune of Bnglaad's urea test poets, vhoao irrftings owe their celebrit largely to the excellent undeistanding they display of the aemi
ment and scenery of country life.
10. Three volumes of ** English Mon of L iters tin one). 1. Robert Burns. 2. Oliv#' Ooldsmith. S John Bunyan. 01 these volumes the iirst is by Prin^ pal Shairp. th«-second by NVilliam Black, the brilliant noyeles . and the third
•lames A. Kroude, tho distinguished histori i
;t ! , i
•>uuiva t\. a tuuuc, ».oat: uiabmKumuou uibi.ui i in. Nomore charming book than th three marvelous biographies make up has been issued in modern times . II. "Endymion.’* By Lord Beaconstield -the latest literary sensation in England America—a novel for which it is said a larger sum was paid than wu> ever known, the late Premier netting 175,000 for the M»S. It is sparkling aad picturesque— a ver
itable historic romance.
It will be seen that th* se books comprise a wide range and striking diversity of the mrs*
making a bl.nke.y blank fool of hi.mmlf.” briUinnt.ad
I’he above is giv£ j n us as fact, but ttie | rassed only by the riches of the variety in selecting his favorite book for a FRKE PRIZE. ^ ^ IC | coincidence in opinion ia remarkable. TO AOEINTS.
varnings of forty-four con,panics opera.- ' ‘ w
ing about one-third of tbe railwAj mile- i ** liOUls physician says mat inf i u | W ays give in lull the Name, Post-otfice, County and Slate ol the subscriber, and tostat •8» OUb. Unilod S,.,., -realiT poisoning of guests *t a Washing,od hn- "bl-h P*llKb7i*s'A'FRKK HOOK To A CbSH CMM.KION. than tiiose of 1879 bv $41^,9^,119, an in- time <•. Luchanan s inauguia | lurt y t for each yearly subscriptio.i sent us. select one free book from tin'above li>t for him
If all th,> romla '-ion wag by quail, which, owing to th® in addit.on *.. to tliv tree book .eleciB.l by tho “Ibsoribcr. w an ine roaus j j i * Without rclercmo to the choie.e ot the Club Agent, each yearly subscriber who p n y - § I n
crease of 26 per cent.
farotl as wi ll tho .oirrpo.to Lruin wan heavy snow, bad been rompelled to Cat' entitled to a free book. . . . ,
ui i a. w u iu( aig.e^ai m uin . Iho nrirabook^ iDiixt in nil ra,c« he «i-|ppt,d at tie-time the subscription t>< Mint.
...— — poisonous b> rncs. Ho adds that the con- Term - 1 - - * - ' ■
tnoro than 100 millions.
These figures indicate the extraordi-
In a late issue wo noted tho introduction ofa bill lo prevent the issue of nrir-
ditions aro the same this winter, and |
nary magnitude of last year’s operations. warnspoopItMiotpf^a^qu^d^^^^^^^ , The statistics of trade, commerce aid Ol'Fltt IIOFSE. manufactures o( the past show no aggro- 1 QRKF.NCAHTLF., IND.
gates which approach theta in size.
The remarkable prosperity of tho year Three Nights and Saturday Matineej is also shown in the comparatively small —commencin'i; —
Thursilav, Feb. Bnl.
■Ca.^h in advanro. SpcciiiK'U copies tree.
M.li
Ind
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v i> vV c *o.. Proprietors Cincinnati CommerciJit.
Langdon is agent tor the Cincinnati Dnily ami Weekly Commercial at Grcen<*a8tb\
Snli-rrinMons le t with lum will n cet w ith prompt attention.
expire next year. Pending tbe question.
r . . . r , . ... riage licences to babtiual drunkirds, ini of the extension of such charters which i n . , , . beetles: etc, and the irneossibHitv of enwill require legislative action, some ol. t . , .. . “ . ... . r i I forcing such a law if enacted. On 1 uesthe banks have k dev* r wav o; evading >
the law. The plan consists ,n firs, going i J ay , “ st ‘ h,S f 001 '^ meM ” r0 Ca "‘ e be - Uignificant hecauso of tho la.ge addition
f'To the legislaiuro for action, and it w a* j which was made last year to the num
I'd haps they
number of failures and in the decrease of the liabilities of the shipwreck firms. There wore in 18SO oniy I 735 la’lures, | against 6 658 in 1879, and 10,478 in 1878. ( The total liabilities were only $65,752, ^ OtH>, against $98 119,053 in ls79, and
$234 383,132 in 1878.
This decrease in failures is the more
Tlic 44 re u I it ml On la
into liquidation os a National Bank, rcor , „ . , , . . .. „ , . . , , , uidefitiitely postponed,
gant/.ing as a State Bank, and Id n forth- ^ . f lhis r(imarkable hu: Das _
wuh applying to bo converted again into , , , ,,, , , , . , . sect, tbe clerks would have to disobey its a National Bank, with a new charter for ’ ...... f I ^ ti tt 11 till' l ,rov,s,c>ns in self-defense, or etery one ' f 1 ' 1 1 ' of them would bo killed m two weeks
by enraged and disappoiated applicants
for marriage licences.
her of firms engaged fn business. There , were 45,000 more firms in 1*80 than in
1979.
AH these facts and figures are indiea- , live of a prosperity which is sound and ; ought to be enduring. I ut even the low aggregates of failures and liabilities for last year would have been much less if speculators bad not undertaken to inter-
twenty years more,
This scheme has been successful in several cases, In one case a batik in a single wefk figured as a National Bank, a State
Bank and a new National Bank. The j Tun divorce laws of this State ate re-
new bark has the sumo title, the same C( .i v ing attention at the hands of the leg-. , ... , , ■ i i. .... ^ , , fere with the natural progress of trade ofliccr, notes printed from the same lsdR ture. A special says: One would j ., . , _ . .. ,
plates, ami presumably the same banking ■ suppose that the divorce laws of Indiana hours, books and customers as the bank I «-ern already sufficiently tiexible for all which went into liquidation. The two j purposes, as it is little more difficult for batiks differ only in their organization j husband and wife to separate than to number, which is printed in large red fig- br^ak a twine stung. But Mr. Robinson ores across the face of the note. Never- representative from Decatur, thinks the tbclcss, they are technically two distinct matrimonial reins should be relaxed stiil banks. The notes of ,Le tdd bank, like! more, sr id introduced a bill as to divorc-j those of all other liquidating batiks, are os. It provides that six months’failure j
These Hitter* are not an intoxicating heireratfe, but a ^Icdicine of real merit, and pleanant to the tnnte. For Sale by all l>ruggist!*. Price, $1.00 per Hoffh\
.s«»'a ,4 f.
Almost without exception, the heavy failures were due to wild attempts to co ntrol the inntke, when supply whs too
great for such manipulation.
This tendency to adopt speculative methods in business has iiad severe ro bukus, but it has not been checked. •
There is the promise of evil in it.
Mr. Grady, of St. Louis, on fiis w»y
redeemable by the United Stales, while ]uf a husband to provide for his wifo shall I to busines.-. early one intensely cold the notes of the new bank are re Joe ma- bp sufficient ground fora sovernnee of j morning, met a naked negro, who bran-, ble by the bantt itself, thiongh the Re- the galling nuptial joke, instead of r< dished a hatchet and advanced at him. ueniptiiin Bureau of tho Treasury lb- quit ing two \ ears, as by the present law. j Grady said coolly, '‘\ou must be cold, partment. If the banks generally adopt |jy and by aomo other enteipris'ng leg-! and hastily pulling off his overcoat.ofltbis course, the twenty year limitation on is’ator will bop up and propose that ei- ered it to the shivering maniac. The their charter* will amount to nothing, ther woman or man may "cuss and quit * j gift was accepted, and while tho gar-
aml confusion will be introduced into the whenever (hey choose, without
Anti 4ir:i«i«t 4'otnhiuulion. PKOF. FAKKF.K. And his Wonderful Dog Circa*. al. imafa.v, Ventriloquial Lomcdian. rilAMi LA \\ TO At The Inimitable Favorite. C'AKKIT* IIAKTX,
Vocalist.
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Clairvoyant*
ritiWK VH liKKAs The WorlJ’s Lrciitc-t Bianift.
nPOTHE cit /enp <>1 Greencn**tlo town in I Butnaui i ounty. in tin Stale ol I tliana, | the underfflsned, lbotnu> M urj l y, ^iven no 'ice that he intends t" ipi ly at the en-uini; 1 meeting of the Boar I olCorniiiissh no 8 ot Put* aam County, Imliana, to wit At the Maivh . terra thereof. 1KM, L»r u Pu <*1.00 to ‘ell kj iritu ous. vinous ami malt linuors, in a less quanti* ! ty than a quart at a time, to lieJraiik on the j nreraiseH where sold, tc»-wif; In the two-story frame buildinn owned by him, situate on a purl of the northwest quarter of ? he soi t : w»".t quarter <f xeetion sixteen (l'»i, in tewi«hii> l.iur teem MT north of ran ire four (I) \v .> t. describi ed as followa, to wit: Cointnencin? at a noint ' i ;i: i thirti -two feet north of the • niter of the 1 main tra^k ot the Louisville, !^»w Albany A jChicnRO Kail Road, at and on the fust side of j the Crawfords ville State r'ad.at n 8taKC running thence north alomr said State r« ud. one ■ hundred and thirty (1W> l o t t«» n -Take, tliei.t-e east two hun • »ed and forty 1240» foot to a stahe
j at said Rail Road
IOO l'.l«‘^;Qi4t hihI 4 Ototly
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. , , en^t thr* full depth of .said lot 121, f lienee north
TannlT - TmiM’lsvf'ltl’in til in "riv'.nu! !-h. ..f th- t.,wn. no. •titmtuv. ,t. 1SS| I lit) M A - I 1.1 Hi ■ * '' ,‘i t v. ,,t I.r.-, n-:,Ilf, fndiana. in tlinlir-'
VVard of said eit v, and in the lower room of
II N 1 - i 1* .w 4 i said brlek building Bl’RNKL M. LAVTON 1 resents(xiven Aw ,i\ agentswANTEDrrJ?«K\:;;' : ,KM -
tit.'l will I.1HI . I
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1 ting Miwhlu
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bankirg system.
boil cring the Courts for a divorce.
ut all i ment was being put on Grady secured Notice the' hvati iiri.c* 1 or * i Hn(! j r-jQ M»al>
the hatchet.
extra eharffe at Brattin’n.
’ nr... withe,it ’
Machine t’a., Y'V W*»>h ugnm
’li 1 ii4* ever invented. Will t nu a pm/ of ' \XT A N’! ' I>. wlih HF.K1. aid 1 OK romplc:r. u VV ,
. U will also knit a great vai i<;y off.sii-y
vai ie;y »I fait' ydv market Sen 1 ibiy* KnittlDq;
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For the Cheapest HAMBURGH
!\OTI€E.
'POTMK eiti/en w of the First Ward of the cit. L «*| t;iHen<a tie, in I'utnam <’ounly, in tho State ol Indianti. the m tl<*r«i>rni*d, BurnelM. Layton, pice* notice that he intend.* to apply at the ensu’n (r meeiinir of the Board oft’oiu mixMionet- of I’utimm • ounty. Indiana, to-wil: At the Mar b term 'licreof, IHhl. for a Iicen.o to -ell spirituous. \ inousand malt liquors, in a less ou-ntity tlian a quart at n time. t«» he dronK on the premise* wh-resold h f hi- plac« of tiu.-ineio*. *o wit : !n the nev? brick bn i Id if.--owned by biot, vituate on the south half ofthe t llowinr d eitbed n il i-tste. in Butnau (’ounty. in the State of |udianH. to*wit: Part of lot nunil»er (121 j tme hun/lred and twenl> one, beginning tliirty-eiaht feet and four ami one quarter irrhe.. outh i f tiio north-wext cor ner «*f aid lot, nmp’ejf them e m uth to th* center of the north w: H di\iding aaldlotfroQ) the lot owned by Frank Hayn et nL, and deeded to them by <• II. V fs- and v ife. run oink then
Jterila to serd for our NKW
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