Daviess County, Indiana - Chapter 6, 1886 (part 2 of 2)

U. S. Grant Post, No. 72, O. A. E., was organized May 25, 1882, as Garber Post, after Col. Garber, of Madison, Ind., who was colonel of the Twenty-fourth Indiana Eegiment during the war of the Rebellion. After the death of Gen. Grant the name was changed to U. S. Grant Post. The charter members were William P. Ellis, S. F. Horrall, H. H. Hyatt, B. McCafferty, P. B. Kellenberger, Joseph Bogner, John A. Scudder, J. L. Moore, T. C. Meredith, Joseph Kendall, R. E. Hawley and William Cox. The first officers were William P. Ellis, Com. ; J. H. Akers, Sr. Com.; P. B. Kellenberger, Jr. Com.; James Ramsey. Adj. ; George W. Moran, Quar. ; Joseph Bozner, Officer of the Day; George W. McBride, Officer of the Guard, and R. E. Hawley, Chaplain. The present officers are James Ramsey, Com. ; William P. Ellis, Sr. Com. ; Willis Dunbar, Jr. Com. ; Edward Kennedy, Adj. ; George W. Moran, Quar. ; James A. Barr, Chaplain ; J. H. Akers, Officer of the Guard, and F. M. Haynes, Officer of the Day. The post has 133 members, is in a flourishing condition, and meets on the first and third Thursdays of each month in Redmen's Hall.

Knights and Ladies of Honor were organized May 20, 1884, by D. W. Bennett, of Brazil, Ind., Deputy Grand Protector. There were thirteen original members, as follows: J. H. and Mrs. Sallie Akers, George W. and Mrs. Mary E. McBride, William and Syrena Ingram, Mrs. Mary E. Conlin, Mrs. Mary Tommy, Mrs. Amanda Yager, Richard Yager, Richard Summers, John Kellems and Mrs. Carrie E. Smith. The first officers were as follows: Mrs. Carrie E. Smith, P. P.; George McBride, P.; Syrena Ingram, V. P.; Bent McCafferty, Guide; J. C. Robertson, Chap. ; Miss Dora Henry, Sec. ; J. H. Akers, Finan. Sec. ; Mrs. Mary Tommy, Treas. ; Richard Yager, Sentinel. The present officers are J. C. Robertson, P. P. ; George McBride, P. ; Syrena Ingram, V. P. ; Mrs. Sallie Akers, Chaplain ; Edward Kennedy, Sec. and Finan. Sec. ; Mrs. Mary E. McBride, Treas. The meetings of this society take place on the second and fourth Saturday nights of each month, in Redmen's Hall. The benefits are of two classes, A and B. Members in Class A are permitted to carry

The first newspaper published in Washington was the Philanthropist, by William C. Berry & Son. It was established in 1836. The Chronicle was the second paper, succeeding the Philanthropist, and was published by William C. Berry <fe Son until 1840. The Harrisonian was the third, published by Terry & Smith. This was, as its name implies, devoted to the principles of the Whig party. The Jacksonian Democrat was published also during the Harrison campaign by Jeremiah Young. The Hoosier was published during the year 1842 by James J. Marts. The Pilot was established in 1843 by Charles G. Berry. This paper was succeeded during the same yearby The Saturday Morning Expositor, which was published by Jones & Trowbridge, which was also succeeded in 1843 by the Literary Journal, published by John Brayfield & Co. This paper was continued until 1853, when upon the death of Mr. Brayfield, it was sold and the name changed to the Washington Telegraph, J. M. Mason, editor. In 1855 the Telegraph was sold to James Stell, who published it in support of the principles of the Know-nothing or American party until 1858, when he sold it to S. F. Horrall. Mr. Horrall published it until 1861, when it passed into the hands of Lewis & Gardiner. It is now necessary to trace another line of newspapers down to this time.

The Sun was started in Washington as a Democratic paper by the Rev. Hamilton Robb, a Baptist minister. Soon after its establishment James Wilkins obtained possession of it and changed its name to The Bee, and in 1856 sold it to Upton & Schaffer, who shortly afterward left the office in charge of Oliver F. Baird, who changed the name to the Washington Democrat and in 1858 sold it to T. T. Scribner, who published it until 1801 when he sold it to Lewis & Gardiner. Lewis & Gardiner consolidated the Democrat and Telegraph on an independent basis and called the new paper The Washington Conservator. The first number of this paper was issued October 11, 1861, and the last number March 7. 1862. In the last number of the paper the editor promised to fill out the unexpired term of the five or six who had paid for the paper either with the numbers of a new political paper he expected would be started in a few weeks, or refund them their money.

The Washington Telegraph was revived soon afterward by Dr. W. A. Horrall and William Chapman, the former retiring March 28, 1863, Jake Covert taking his place. Mr. Chapman retired September 9, 1863, and Mr. Covert ran it alone until September 28, 1864, when E. A. Lewis became the editor, and in 1865 J. M. Griffin became the proprietor. Mr. Griffin moved the paper and material to Mitchell, Ind., when it ceased to be a Washington institution.

The True Union Spirit, published by J. H. Keys & Co., had an existence of ten weeks during 1865. The Age was published during 1872 and a portion of 1873 by Samuel Sawyer. The Enterprise was published during 1873 and 1874 by John Geeting. The National Ventilator was published during a portion of 1878, by Parks & Sanford. It was in favor of the Greenback party. The Washington Commercial was published a few months in 1881 by S. F. Horrall. The Washington Republican was published a short time during the fall of 1883, and the following winter by Dr. W. A. Horrall.

The Daviess County Democrat was established December 2, 1862, by T. E. Palmer and Stephen Belding, as a six-column folio, with the subscription price at $2 per year, and with the motto, " The Union, the Constitution, and the Enforcement of the Laws." On June 4, 1868, the paper was enlarged to a sevencolumn quarto, a patent inside being adopted, and the motto dropped. October 17, 1868, Col. Palmer sold out to Mr. Belding who was the sole proprietor until October 23, 1869, when Elias F. Widner was admitted to partnership, and the name of the firm became S. Belding & Co. The office of publication, which had up to this time been on Van Trees Street in the rear of the postoffice, was removed, June 10, 1870, to the Gallagher Block, opposite the postoffice. At this time Mr. Widner sold out to Mr. Belding, who has since been the sole proprietor of the paper. The patent inside feature was discarded November 13, 1869, and on April 8, the subscription price was reduced to $1.50 per year. July 1, 1876, the paper was enlarged to an eight-column folio, its present size. In 1873 a power press was set up, and afterward a mailing machine. February 20, 1881, the establishment was moved to its present convenient and pleasant quarters on Third Street a short distance from Main. The paper has always been Democratic in politics and has ably devoted a proper amount of attention to local interests.

The Washington Gazette was established in February, 1865, by Jacob Covert and George W. Colbert, the office at first being in a small building on Fourth Street belonging to Col. John Van Trees. The paper was a six-column folio. In 1868 Mr. Covert sold his interest to John A. Rodarmel, from which time to 1870 the firm name being Colbert <fe Rodarmel. They were known as the " juvenile publishers "' of the State. During their management the editorial work was done by John Evans, an attorney, now deceased ; "William Thompson, also deceased, and by Dr. W. A. Horrall. S. F. Horrall purchased the paper in 1870, and published it until 1876, when he sold it to Malachi Krebs.

Mr. Krebs conducted it about eighteen months, doing good work in the campaign, but making many enemies. The office then fell into the hands of his sureties, H. C. Brown, O. H. Braun, Henry Hyatt, M. L. B. Sefrit, N. H. Jepson and William Armstrong. This company continued its publication until 1880, with John A. Kodarmel as editor and manager, and Thomas Meredith, now deceased, as local editor. In this year the paper was purchased by John A. Rodarniel, William Martin and H. C. Brown. In February, 1881, Frank A. Myers purchased the interest of William Martin, and in 1884 Mr. Brown's interest was assigned to Elisha Hyatt, who in December following made a general assignment, and his interest was purchased in February, 1885, by Heber H. Allen. The proprietors, therefore, at present are Frank A. Myers, John A. Rodarmel and Heber H. Allen. The Gazette is an eight-column folio, entire home print, Republican in politics, and is devoted to the interests of Washington and Daviess Counties.

The Washington Advertiser was established October 14, 1884, by Alexander Chomel. It is a neatly-printed seven-column Democratic paper, and devoted to home interests, like all the papers of the city. The Washington\Daily Enterprise was started also by Alexander Chomel, October 13, 1884, as the Daily Jacksonian. The name was changed June 1, 1885, to The Washingtan Daily Enterprise. It is a five-column patent-inside daily, and is Democratic in politics.

Present Business Interests

stores - John M. Smith, John Thompson, Mensel <fe Co., J. N. Jones, H. H. Burrell and W. L. Jackson. Agricultural implements - Hatfield & Palmer, James R. Feagans, Volmer & Klee and Nicholas Hartig. Sewing machines - Hatfield & Palmer and the Singer Manufacturing Company. Blacksmiths - Haley & Keiff, Riley Woods, Stewart Ballow, Samuel Ragsdale, G. Maynard, Volmer & Klee and Hartig Bros. Wagon-makers - William C. Fitz and David Solomon. Tailors - Robert Aikman, Frank Gillick and Terrence Gillick. Confectioners - Zack Jones, Seth Berry, J. H. Akers, Henry Klohr and Jacob Sum. Boots and shoes - John Reinsel and Shirley Bros. Books, stationery, etc. - Horrall Bros, and Mensel & Bro. Photographers - J. W, Berghotzer and Henry Popp. Jewelers - R. E. Geeting & Bro., N. H. Jepson and T. D. Cloud. Grain dealers - L. W. Beddell, James Beeler and Henry C. Brown. Furniture dealers - S. H. Mulholland, Bonham & Gill and William Foster. Harnessmakers - John T. Backus, E. R. Eskridge and Waller & Prentiss. Bakeries - August Kauffman, Charles Clapper and Henry Klohr. Livery stables - William R. Meredith, Eli Thomas, H. L. Lochridge and Thomas Meredith. Real estate - Alexander Leslie and John E. Williams. Brick yard - Joseph Kratz. Wholesale liquors - S. Eckhouse. Twenty-one saloons, each paying an annual license of $25. Insurance agents - Thomas & Signor, A. C. Barber, B. T. Meredith, John Williams, J. H. Mc- Cracken, H. Backus and John H. Slater. Hotels - Meredith House, Hyatt House and McCafferty House. Physicians - John A. Scudder, Charles E. Scudder, Henry Gers, F. M. Harned, A. L. Sabin, John Fitzgibbon, Dagley <fe White, J. L. Moore and W. H. H. Strouse. Dentists - E. M. Redman and J. A. Dale. In addition to the above there are five painters, four meat markets and four millinery establishments.

Leading Business Enterprises

The Eclipse Mills were erected in 1835 by Richard Bruner, William Wilkins and George Ballow. The building is a threestory frame, and worth, including the machinery, about $15,000. In 1861 they were sold to Joseph Pollock, who in 1866 sold to H. C. Brown one-half interest, and later in the same year the other half to Albert Bruner. In 1868 Mr. Bruner sold his half to Mr. Brown, who ran the mills until June, 1885, when they were purchased by George F. Signor and Dr. F. M. Harned, who now manage them under the firm name of George F. Signor & Co. They have five run of buhrs, and two sets of rollers, thus being run on the combination plan. Their capacity is 125 barrels of flour in twenty-four hours.-

TheWashington Mills were built by J. C. Spink and Stephen D. Wright in 1857. In 1860 they sold a third interest to J. C. Veal, and in 1861 Spink and Veal bought Mr. Wright's interest. In 1863 they built a woolen factory, running it in connection with their flouring. Both these enterprises were carried on by Messrs. Spink & Veal until 1875, when in consequence of heavy losses caused by a flood in the White River, Mr. Spink made a compromise with his creditors, and John Hyatt took his place in connection with Mr. Veal, and they ran the business for some time, when George Hyatt purchased the entire property and conducted it until 1885, when it was destroyed by fire, the loss being in the aggregate about $12,000, upon which there was an insurance of $7,000.

Lee's Mill is located on Walnut Street and a branch of Hawkins' Creek. It is a three-story frame building upon a brick basement. It was built by Clement Lee and Stephen D. Wright in 1866, and cost about $20,000. It contains five run of buhrs, propelled by a sixty horse-power steam engine, and has a capacity of fifty barrels of wheat per day and seventy bushels of corn. The flour manufactured is known as Lee's Straight Grade flour. Mr. Wright finally retired from the firm, since which Mr. Lee has been sole proprietor.

The City Mill was erected in 1880 by A. E. Spink & Co. It is a two-story and basement brick building, and is very strongly built, standing on the corner of South and Second Streets. It cost, including the machinery, $10,000. It has four run of buhrs and one set of rollers, and manufactures a patent roller brand of flour. Besides these it has one run of corn buhrs, all propelled by a sixty horse-power engine. The capacity of the mill is fifty barrels of flour per day, and it is managed by J. C. Spink.

<fe Veal, who erected a frame building for the works. In 1871, this frame building having burned down, they erected the present brick building, a oile-story brick 240x40, with an L 40x60 feet. In 1875, when Mr. Spink made a compromise with his creditors, the engine works passed into other hands, and after three or four changes in proprietorship, became the property of George Hyatt & Co. In 1884 C. H. Eoberts, formerly of Evansville, purchased the property, and in May, 1885, took into partnership Albert Ratcliff, and the firm name became C. H. Eoberts & Co. They manufacture steam fan engines, and a full line of frogs, switches, crossings; etc., for mines; coal mine bottoms; castings and wheels for coal cars, and winding, portable and traction engines, and automatic cut-off side-valve engines, the latter being a specialty with the firm. They also make all kinds of castings, and do general repair work.

City Foundry and Machine Works, were erected in 1880 by Adam Greenfield. The building is of brick, two stories high, with a one-story brick foundry. There is also a blacksmith and general repair shop in connection. Mr. Greenfield ran the works until he was killed by the cars in 1883, and some time afterward William E. Cole, the present proprietor, purchased the property, which is worth about $7,000, and has since conducted the business. At these works are made coal-car wheels and various kinds of small castings, steam engines up to twenty-five horse-power, and a general line of engineers' supplies.

The Washington Furniture Manufacturing Company was started in 1879, by S. H. Mulholland, using a building known as Hogshead's Mill, south of the Ohio & Mississippi Eailroad, between Second and Third Streets. In 1883 he erected a building on the corner of the railroad and Mill Street. This is a large two-story frame building, which, together with the machinery and planing-mill in connection, is worth about $10,000. In March, 1884, Mr. Mulholland organized a stock company, with the above name, and with a capital of $7,000. The officers of the company were at first, and are still, S. M. Smith, president ; William E. Thompson, secretary, and John C. McCafferty, treasurer Since the incorporation of the company their works have manufactured about $10,000 worth of furniture, their specialties being common bedsteads and extension tables.

McKernarCs Planing-Mill was established in 1875, by Samuel and Hugh Eogers, under the name of Rogers & Bro. They sold it to Hugh McKernan in September, 1884, who still owns it. It is located in a brick building belonging to the Elisha Hyatt estate, on Third Street. The machinery consists of a planingmill and machinery for the mamifacture of sash and doors, and is propelled by a thirty horse-power engine. The entire establishment is worth about $6,000.

The Washington Gas Works was incorporated as a stock company in the summer of 1877, by John M. Woodson and George W. Updyke, of St. Louis, Mo., with a capital of $35,000. In the fall of that year buildings were erected, consisting of a two-story brick building for the manufacture, purifying and measuring of the gas ; gas office and private dwelling, and also a reservoir with a capacity of 22,000 cubic feet. About Christmas, of that year, the company commenced operations with 175 customers, which number has since been increased to 255. C. E. Gray, as contractor, erected the works. Joseph C. Lord had charge of the gas-fitting and plumbing departments, and was soon after the erection of the works placed in charge as superintendent, which position he still retains. The city of Washington was lighted during the years 1878, 1879, 1880 and 1881, at first with fifty lamps and later with seventy-five. In the latter year, on the ground of economy, the council decided to dispense with gas upon the streets, and the company took \ip most of its posts. There is a fair prospect at present of an arrangement being made by which the streets will again be lighted with gas, a consummation which will be hailed with delight.

Hyatt, Leirings & Co., Bankers. - This banking firm was started June 1, 1868, by William Sanford, Frank Overton and C. W. Levings, under the name of Sanford & Co. & Levings. Mr. Sanford was president of the firm, and C. W. Abell, cashier, in the interest of Mr. Overton. The capital stock of the firm was $10,- 000. June 1, 1869, J. W. Levings bought out his brother, taking a half interest, Sanford & Co. retaining a half interest. In 1870 Mr. Sanford sold out to Mr. Overton, when the firm became F. Overton & Co. In 1870 Mr. Overton sold his interest to Elisha Hyatt, and the name became Washington Exchange Bank. At the expiration of aboiit one year two partners were taken in, Dr. A. M. Whitten and Elliott McCullough, each of whom contributed $5,- 000 to the capital increasing it to $20,000. After about two years Mr. McCullough died and his interest was withdrawn, and one year more Dr. Whitten withdrew, by which the capital of the bank was reduced to $10,000. In 1874 Hiram Hyatt, who had been book-keeper in the bank since 1870, invested $1,000 in the business, thus raising the capital to $11,000, the name of the firm remaining Hyatt, Levings & Co., to which it had been changed in

1871. This firm continued to conduct business until November 17, 1884, when the doors of the bank were closed on account of the impossibility of making collection of the money it had out at interest. The failure of the bank involved Elisha Hyatt's personal estate, and in order to make a settlement he submitted to his and the bank's creditors the proposition to pay his own creditors in full, and 70 cents on the dollar to those of the bank, an extremely liberal and altogether unusual proposition.

1872, the original stockholders being F. W. Viehe, Joseph Campbell, M. L. Brett, W. M. Tyler, W. J. Williams, C. Lee and S. H. Taylor. The first board of directors were F. W. Viehe, W. M. Tyler, S. H. Taylor and M. L. Brett. F. W. Viehe was the first president and M. L. Brett the first cashier. The capital stock was $50,000. The presidents of the bank subsequent to Mr. Viehe have been M. L. Brett, John N. Breese and E. W. Thompson, and the cashiers, subsequent to Mr. Brett, have been S. H. Taylor and K. N. Read. There has been no increase of the capital stock, but at the present time the surplus amounts to $10,000, and the undivided profits to $2,315.92.

The Peabody Rifles were organized February 19, 1883, with thirty-eight members, and was mustered into service by Adtj.-Gen. Carnahan, on the 27th of the same month. The captain of the company was Hale Clark; first lieutenant, C. H. Jones; second lieutenant, John Downey ; orderly sergeant, C. P. Scudder ; clerk, A. C. Barber ; treasurer, P. A. Palmer. The Rifles were mustered as Company I, Second Regiment of the Indiana Legion, and were armed with the breech -loading Springfield rifle furnished by the State, each member furnishing his own (regulation) uni- form. The company held meetings and drilled about two years, attending in the meantime, in the summer of 1883, the annual encampment at Indianapolis, and in the fall of that year the fair at Loogootee. They disbanded in February, 1885, because of the failure of the Legislature to pass the militia bill to pay room rent and other current expenses of such organizations; and shipped their arms to the auditor of State. At the time of their organization they were presented with a very handsome silk banner, which cost nearly $200, by President W. W. Peabody, of the Ohio & Mississippi Railway Company, and were in consequence named the Peabody Rifles.

The Washington Literary Society was organized on Saturday evening, January 12, 1884. Dr. A. L. Sabin, Rev. T. C. Danks and J. W. Ogden were the principal movers in bringing about the organization of the society, which now has about forty members. The first officers of the society were Dr. A. L. Sabin, president; John Spencer, secretary, and J. W. Ogden, treasurer. The first meeting was held in Redmen's Hall. St. Simon's Church was used as a society room for some months, and finally the county commissioners' room in the court house was secured, and is now used. The exercises consist of declamations, essays, orations and debates, and occasional criticisms and reviews of standard literature.

Cabel, Wilson & Co. - This firm originated in 1867, and was then known as Spink, Cabel & Co. It was organized for the purpose of mining and selling coal. Previous to that time there had been some mining done by several parties - by a Mr. Sawyer, two or three Germans named Kellar, and by a Mr. Wilson, familiarly known as "Mack" Wilson. These three parties were bought out by Spink, Cabel & Co., in order to start their business. The main difficulty experienced by this firm was to find a market for their coal. At that time the Ohio <fe Mississippi Railway Company was burning wood in their locomotives, and Mr. Spink went to see the president of the road, W. D. Griswold, for the purpose of inducing him to burn coal instead of wood. Mr. Griswold at first objected that it would be necessary to change all the locomotives, entailing a heavy expense, but was at length prevailed upon to change one locomotive. Thus was begun the burning of coal on the locomotives of the Ohio & Mississippi Railway. The experiment with the one locomotive was so satisfactory that gradually locomotive after locomotive was changed, until all on the road were burning coal, with the saving of 50 per cent on the cost of fuel, as President Griswold said. In five years after the experiment was made the Ohio & Mississippi Road was taking from Spink, Cabel & Co. from thirty to forty car-loads per day. In 1873 Mr. Spink sold out his interest in the firm, 'and Thomas Wilson was taken in his place, since which time the firm name has been Cabel, Wilson & Co. On the 19th of November this company was dissolved by mutual consent, Mr. Wilson retiring, and the company at present is Cabel, Kauffmau & Co. They operate the following mines in this county: Dutch Bank, Sulphur Springs, Eureka No. 4, Eureka No. 5, and Maple Valley, and employ nearly 500 men. The amount of coal shipped by this firm in 1874 was 115,334 tons; in 1879,132,272 tons, and in 1884, 119,184 tons, or an average of 122,263 tons per year. This amount is about nine-tenths of the coal shipped from Washington, and does not take into account the quantity consumed in Washington and the rest of the county.

The Washington Board of Trade was organized mainly through the instrumentality of O. H. Brann. The first meeting was held over the store of Mr. Brann, and its subsequent meetings were held in the City Hall. Alexander Leslie was elected president, Alexander Chomel, secretary, and O. H. Brann, treasurer, and they yet remain in their respective positions. The membership of the board increased rapidly from the first, and a great deal of interest was manifested in its operations. Public matters were discussed, such as the improvement of the public highways, the building of bridges, manufactories, etc., and its objects were to encourage trade, commerce, and agriculture, and thus foster and build up the material interests of the entire community. After a time, however, meetings ceased to be held, and it became affected by the prevailing lethargy. Its organization, however, has been maintained intact, and the prospect is that with the revival of business energy, which is apparent in connection with the completion of the Evansville, Washington & Brazil Railway, and the prospect of securing the Ohio & Mississippi Rail-

The Ohio & Mississippi Machine Shops. - At least as early as 1867 there existed hope of securing the machine shops of this railroad to this city, but not until November 17, 1885, was there received a definite proposition from the railway company upon which the citizens could take action. On that day a communication was received by Mayor Ellis from W. W. Peabody, president of the Ohio & Mississippi Railway Company, proposing to concentrate their machine shops at Washington, provided this city would donate sixty acres of land for a site, and $75,000 in cash. On November 19 a meeting was held, at which a committee was appointed to confer with President Peabody with reference to the terms of the donation, this committee consisting of Judge W. R. Gardiner, Dr. F. M. Harned, Mayor W. P. Ellis, Joseph Cabel, and J. H. O'Neall.

An Early Temperance Society

The first temperance society in Daviess County was organized in 1832, by Rev. Ransom Hawley, at Washington. It was named the "Washington Temperance Society." Following is the substance of the society's constitution: Article 1 merely determined the name of the society as given above, and Article 2 the conditions of membership.

"Art. 3. The members of this society, believing that the use of intoxicating liquors, is, for persons in health, not only unnecessary, but hurtful, and that the practice is the cause of forming intemperate appetites and habits ; and that while it is continued the evils of intemperance can never be prevented, do therefore agree that we will abstain from the use of distilled spirits, except as a medicine in case of bodily infirmity ; that we will not allow the use of them in our families, nor provide them for the entertainment of our friends, or for persons in our employment, and that in all suitable ways we will discountenance the use of them in the community."

ble source, informed that any member has violated Article 3, of this constitution, it shall be their duty affectionately to admonish him, and use all suitable means for his reformation ; but if all such means fail to restore him, he shall be expelled by said committee or society, at the option of the accused, at a regular meeting of the society."

Article 7, provided for quarterly meetings of the society, and Article 8, prohibited alterations in the constitution, except at annual meetings, by a two-thirds vote of the members present. Following are the names of the first officers of the society: President, D. P. Barton; vice-president, Abraham Wise; secretary. Ransom Hawley; managers, William Bratton, Col. John Flint, James Carnahan, Stephen Martin and W. G. Cole. The names of those who subscribed to the constitution at the time of the organization of the society were as follows: Hiram A. Hunter, William Bratton, Theodore Granger, Friend Spears, John Bratton, Wyley R. Jones, Harvey Jones, Richard Graham, Samuel Rodarmel, Stephen Masten, James Calhoun, Jacob Freeland, Anthony Johnson, Henry Brennan, Harrison Mulholland, Robert Raper, Robert Ewing, Preston Ewing, Betsy Ewing, Samuel Kelso, Benjamin Peachy, Philip Barton, Thomas Donaldson, S. R. Chase, Solomon Frank, Mary Johnson, Jeremiah Allen, John Flint, George Lashley, Thomas Meredith, Samuel Smith, James Buzan, John Melieus, Jefferson Berry, Toliver Colbert, Betsy Kelso, Rachael Granger, Betsy Ball, Eliza Graham, Margaret Frank, Betsy Logan, William Graham, Dolly Flint, Michael Porter, Margaret Heinman, James Ball, Amy Colbert, John Stringer, Lewis Fitzgerald, David Baker (colored man), Thomas Case, Rhine Davis, John Pry, Abraham Wise, Henry Edwards, Mary A. S. McJunker, Alexander Bruce, James Mulholland, Elizabeth Mulholland, Julian Mulholland, John Mulholland, John Tichenor, Rawley Scott, Edmund Thomas, Miss Sarah Ball, James Spears, John Wykoff, Jr., Henry Chase, Allen Buzan, E. H. McJunkin, David McDonald, R. W. McCormick, Thomas Brown, W. C. Elliott, R. W. Bratton, Joseph Bratton, William McFee, Julia Rodick, W. D. Merchant, James Grant, William Kelly, Mary Ball, Matilda Goodwin, Sally Berry. Jacob B. Wykoff, James Dant, William Gilly, A. Cosby, W. Williams, L. D. Stringer, Mary Bratton, A.

Tke town of Montgomery is located in Barr Townskip, on tke line of tke Okio & Mississippi Railway, seven miles east of tke county seat of Daviess County. It was laid out by Valentine B. Montgomery, on land owned by bim, in 1865. Tke town dates its rise and progress from 1854, at tke time wken the Okio <fe Mississippi Railway was being surveyed tkrougk Daviess County. Tke first kouse in tke place was built by James C. Montgomery, a brotker of Valentine, wko used it for a dwelling and store. This building is still standing, and is occupied by tke man wko built it. Wken tke railroad was completed tkrougk the town, in 1857, there was then a population of about twenty, occupying four houses. The "toun" was then literally "in tke woods," a heavy growth of timber surrounding it on all sides. Valentine Montgomery then bought grain at tke station, and shipped it to Louisville and Cincinnati, doing an immense business for that time. After tke advent of tke railroad, considerable business impetus was given to tke place ; kouses sprang up on every side ; tke meckanic, tke merckant, tke dealer in country products found Montgomery a safe place in wkick to carry on tkeir various vocations, and at once, as it were, tke little town commenced forming its part of tke kistory of tke county named after one of tke martyrs of Tippecanoe. Among tke first marriages to take place in tke town was tkat of Patrick McCarty and Elizabetk Morgan, daugkter of Col. James S. Morgan, one of tke most prominent citizens of tke county. Mr. McCarty, tke groom on tkis important occasion, afterward represented tke county in tke Legislature. Tke first ckild born in Montgomery was James McCarty, son of James and Elizabetk McCarty, wkose marriage is referred to above. His birtb occurred in 1857. He did not remain long in his native town, but moved with kis parents to tke West, wkere be still is. In 1869, while Lloyd Clark was trustee, tke first public schools of Montgomery were founded, and they are a credit to any of the schools in the county. The Catholic Church of Montgomery, St. Peter's, was built sixteen years ago. It is a large brick structure, and has a parsonage and schoolhouse in connection with it. From its infancy to tbe present time the congregation has been presided over by Rev. Father Piers. In March, 1870, the town was incorporated, the record in the commissioners' court showing its location to be in Section 26, Town 3 north, of Range 6 west. The first officers of the town failed to leave any record of their advent to office, consequently we cannot give their names, though careful search was made for some memorandum that would shed some light on the matter. The town at present has a population of over 500, the number having been largely increased within the past six months, or since the Wilson Coal Company opened their extensive mines on land adjoining the town. The mining industry is in its infancy yet at this place, but it promises to become one of the most important coal mining towns on the line of the Ohio & Mississippi. Montgomery is situated in the center of an excellent farming region. Its agricultural resources are great, and almost as much grain and stock are shipped from this point as from any other place in the county. This is due to the fact that the place is located in the geographical center of the county. It is also exactly midway between Cincinnati and St. Louis, the .termini of the main line of the Ohio and Mississippi Railway. The business men of the present day are J. C Harris, miller; Crane & Grannan, James Farrell, James H. Fanning, general merchandise; Samuel J. Scott and O. B. Hixon, druggists; J. W. Perkins, hotel; Elias Hill and John Bradley, restaurants; Henry Budolph, saddler; Matthews & Perkins, agricultural implements; W. C. Willeford and A. W. Bigham, physicians. The postmaster is James Farrell, and the town officers are: Clerk, O. B. Hixon; treasurer, Elias Hill ; marshal, William Mitchell ; trustees, John D. Montgomery, Joseph Cheever, Edward Matthews.

1846, by John Hastings, on the land formerly owned by Dr. J. Townsend, and was called Clarksburg. Dr. Townsend was the first settler. It contained thirty-six lots, according to the original plat, and was surveyed by P. S. Agan. The following additions to the original plat have been made: Kohr's, in 1866, by Henry B. Kohr, nineteen lots; Crook's, by Howard Crook, in 1867, sixteen lots; Oily Crook's, by Oily Crook, 1868, eleven lots; Garten's by Z. V. Garten, 1877, eight lots; McCoy's, by Hugh McCoy, 1875, forty-two lots. The postoffice was called Clark's Prairie until 1880, when the name of the place was changed to Odon, the postoffice name being changed at the same time. In 1885 the place was incorporated. Odon is a thriving little town, situated in the center of a splendid agricultural country, and only needs a railroad to develop it wonderfully. It has three churches, an excellent graded school, and a population of 500 souls. There is an old Odd Fellows' lodge in active existence. Following are its officers: J. W. Burrell, D. D. ; Henry Correll, N. G. ; William H Waggy, V. G. ; J. W. Neall, P. S. ; J. W. Burrell, K. S. The lodge was organized in 1872. A Masonic lodge was organized at this place, but it was short-lived. The first town officers of Odon, elected in 1885, were: Town board - Dr. John Dearmin, Samuel Dunlap, John Simley; clerk, W. L. Stoy; treasurer, C. L. Pearson ; marshal, Wiley Edmundson. The town was incorporated in September, 1885. The people of Odon are religiously inclined, go to church regularly, and are very much opposed to saloons. Attempts to establish a saloon in the place are met with the bitterest opposition, and none have yet proven successful.

The first merchants of Odon were Howard Crook and Z. V. Garten, who were merchandising there in 1855. A business directory of the town at this writing would be as follows ; John Haig & Son, J. M. Crooke & Son and C. L. Pearson, dry goods ; W. L. Stoy and William Burdette, drugs ; H. Smiley & Son, tilemakers ; Sam Dougherty, tanner ; B. J. Smiley, livery and hotel ; J. C. Potts, cabinet-maker; Hugh McCoy, groceries; Edmundson & Callahan, blacksmiths; Alonzo Caughy, carriage-maker; William Odell, barber; Crooke & Burrell, furniture; G. D. Abraham, hardware; N. F. Dougherty, billiards; Joseph Seneff, Leigh ton Love, boots and shoes; H. C. Correll, tinner; E. Redman, J. H.

Redman, William Dearmin, carpenters; D. J. Smith, A. K. Lane, John Dearmin, S. O. Culmer, M. C. Kent, B. Sears, physicians; Rev. G. F. Culmer, Rev. John Breden, ministers; Mrs. H. C. Correll, Mrs. John Burrell, Mrs. J. M. Crooke, millinery and dress-making ; H. Crooke, J. D. Laughlin, attorneys ; James Watson, bricklayer; Sam Dunlap, lumber. There is a weekly newspaper published, at Oden, by John V. Smith. It was established in 1885, and is called the Prairie Scorcher.

Cannelburg, one of the three incorporated towns of the county, was laid out by the Buckeye Cannel Coal Company - A. J. Shotwell, L. C. Harris, and Anthony Moots. September 26, 1872, ten blocks were platted, divided into 102 lots. An addition of forty-four lots was made to the place in 1884. The town of Cannelburg sprang into existence on account of the extensive operations of the Buckeye Cannel Coal Company. It has a population of 350, a good school, and is steadily growing. There are two mines near Cannelburg, one being worked on the co-operative plan by the order of Knights of Labor. The cannel coal mined here has no superior in the State, and immense quantities of it are taken out each year. Both cannel coal and bituminous coal are worked from the same vein, the cannel overlying the other. The vein is from two and a half to five feet thick. The Buckeye Cannel Coal Company's mine was opened in 1870 by A. J. Shotwell and Clapp & Bailey. It was purchased by the present owners - Washington and Cincinnati capitalists - in 1881. One hundred and twenty-five men are worked, and from seventy to ninety cars of coal are mined weekly, each car averaging about fifteen tons of coal. Austin F. Cabel, of Washington, is the company's secretary. Most of the property in the town is owned by the company, and the only store is kept by them, W. F. O'Brien being its manager, and also the postmaster. George Rudolph keeps a hotel and boarding house. In the winter of 1881-82 the small-pox was epidemic in this place, and a large number of deaths occurred. Cannelburg was incorporated in 1884, and its town officers are: Clerk, W. F. O'Brien; treasurer, Mark Cavanaugh; marshal, Enoch Davis; trustees, James Foote, Edward Tolson, Daniel Davis.

Ragle8Ville

A pretty village of perhaps 200 inhabitants, called Ragleeville, is situated near the center of Van Buren Township. It has a church, schoolhouse, several stores, a flouring-mill and a brass band. It was laid out under the name of Stanford, June 21, 1837, by Ozias Crooke, and consists of forty-eight lots. The first settler in the vicinity was Asbury Sims, in 1832. Ozias Crooke was the first school teacher, and also the first merchant. He kept a general store there in 1840. Among the Raglesville business men of the present day are T. W. Casey, dry goods; Logan Allen, drugs, also postmaster ; Thomas McCord, flouringmill.

This village, in Elmore Township, sprang into existence with the completion, in 1885, of the Evansville & Indianapolis Railroad, though a postoffice and two or three stores had been on the site of the new town for several decades of years. The name of the postoffice was Owl Prairie, but the hamlet was called Owltown. Elnora was laid out September 25, 1885, by William C. Griffith and A. R. Stalcup, with nine blocks and fifty-three lots. It promises to become an important point for the buying and shipping of corn and wheat, and other farm products, A number of new buildings have recently been erected at this place. The postoffice name on the 1st of January, 1886, was changed to Elnora. The business men of Elnora are A. R. Stalcup, general store and livery ; Taylor & Williams, druggists ; George D. Abraham, dry goods; John Edmundson, blacksmith. David H. Taylor is the postmaster.

This post village of Bogard Township was laid out by John F. Myers and Samuel Cornett in 1875, and has a population of 100, a schoolhouse. postoffice, several stores and a blacksmith shop. Two or three churches are in the immediate neighborhood. The place is nine miles northeast from Washington. It has thirty-seven lots, and is very pleasantly located in an excellent farming section. Among the business men of the place are William R. Baker, general store and postoffice; John N. Killion, blacksmith, and Dr. J. M. Achor. The handsomest public school

South Washington

This village is situated on the Petersburg road, one mile south of Washington, and has 150 inhabitants. Its population is nearly altogether made up of the employes of Cabel & Kaufman's coal mines. It draws its supplies from Washington, and has no postoffice nor church building, but one of the township school buildings is located here. Thirty-two lots were laid off at the site of the town by Levi D. Colbert, in 1874. Ministers of the Christian, Methodist and Presbyterian Churches sometimes preach here. The place is commonly known by the euphonious title of Lickskillet, given it in days gone by, before it was dignified by the name of South Washington.

Lettsville is another hamlet of Daviess County that is much oftener designated by a vulgar cognomen bestowed upon it in bygone years, than by its proper name. Years ago at Lettsville a low-down saloon was kept in the basement or cellar of a dwelling. There was no outside door to the cellar, and the proprietor of the doggery, to remedy the defect, knocked out enough bricks from the wall to make a passage large enough to admit a man. On account of this circumstances the place took the name of "Hole-in-the-Wall," which clings to it to this day. A postoffice is maintained here, but there is no business house and but two or three dwellings. One of the township school buildings is hard by.

Epsom

Two miles from Cornettsville, and in the same township, is Epsom, which consists of a half-dozen dwellings, three stores, a postoffice and a schoolhouse. The vulgar name of the place is " Tophet." The present name was given it because the water from a well in the hamlet that was dug by a Mr. Page was thought to resemble in taste the famous Epsom salts. The first settlement was made away back in 1815, or 1816, by Peter Yount. Considerable business is done here during the winter season, when the bad roads make it difficult to get to and from

Washington. Among the early merchants were Joseph Browu, John Kendall, John Hyatt, Dr. David Carter, William J. Wilson, Hiram Myers, David Young and others. Among the physicians who have practiced and are now practicing here are Drs. David Carter, T. G. Ray, T. V. Norvell and David R. Carter. An organization of I. O. O. F. once existed here, but it was abandoned several years ago. There are now three small stores carrying lines of general merchandise.

The completion of the new railroad, the Evansville & Indianapolis, through Daviess County has given the village of Plainville, in Steele Township, ten miles as the crow flies north of Washington, quite a business boom, and a number of new buildings were erected in the fall of 1885. Plainville is on the line of the old Wabash & Erie Canal, and was quite an important business point twenty-eight years ago, with a number of stores and a good flouring-mill. It went down, however, like hundreds of other towns, with the ill-fated canal that cost so many millions of dollars and hundreds of lives to build, only to be abandoned very shortly after its completion. Plainville continued to be a trading point, with one or two stores and a postoffice. The new road has made it of considerable importance, and it has doubled iu population, while the price of town lots has very visibly increased. The place was laid out by W. D. McCleskey and Stephen D. Wright December 19, 1855. Its present population is about 300. Of the business men of the place William F. Killion is a grain buyer ; Frank Killion, hotel ; William Hildreth, general store; Thompson Cox and Carr & Gillin, blacksmiths; David Carter, O. H. McKittrick, E. D. Millis and Harry Faith, physicians. The Evansville & Indiana Railroad has a neat little depot at the place, and considerable shipping is done.

In 1857 David H. Kennedy, William S. Turner and Seth H. Cruse laid off, in a very elaborate manner, a town at the intersection of the Wabash & Erie Canal and the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad and called it Eldon. The plat showed eighteen streets and fifty-six blocks of lots, but the owners were disappointed in their arrangements, for the canal went down, and the scheme for making a metropolis of Eldon was a flat failure. A single dilapidated shanty marks the spot where the bright hopes of Eldon's founders, in that particular direction, melted into thin air.

Chelsea And Corbytown

Another magnificent enterprise that "died a bornin' " was the effort to build up a city at the conjunction of the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad and the proposed " Straightline." A town of fifteen streets and sixty-four blocks, divided into lots, was laid out by the projector of the Straightline, Willard Carpenter, in 1857, and called Chelsea. The Straighline proved a failure; so did Chelsea. Corbytown was another town laid out on the proposed route of the Straightline, in Veal Township, six miles south of Washington. Like Chelsea its prospects faded with the failure of Willard Carpenter's railroad enterprise.

tom's hill and hudsonville. These villages are a collection of dwelling houses, a saw-mill and stave factory located near the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad on the west branch of White River. The place and all its surroundings belong to Elisha Hyatt's estate. The inhabitants of Tom's Hill are all tenants, and were employes of Mr. Hyatt. Hudsonville, a hamlet of Harrison Township, was laid out in 1856 by Nelson and Daniel Jackson. It never amounted to anything, however, and has no business.

Smiley And Farlen

Smiley is a postoffice in Van Buren Township, and Farlen, a postoffice in Madison Township, that are of very recent date. Farlen has two or three dwellings and a Baptist Church. W. N. McFarlen has a general store there, and Paris Keck is a blacksmith. Cumback, another postoffice, is located in Veal Township.

Maysville And Glendale

its situation being on the Wabash & Erie Canal, four miles southwest of Washington. During the days when the great canal flourished Maysville was the most important business place in the county, but it went down with the canal, and to-day nothing remains but a few tumble-down houses, relics of a once thriving town's departed greatness. Glendale is in Harrison Township, and is a little hamlet eight miles southeast of Washington. There are half-a-dozen dwellings, a schoolhouse, a church, and three stores. The merchants are A. M. Eagsdale, A. T. Conley, and Dr. George W. Willeford. There is a Masonic lodge at this place. . There are two secret societies at Glendale, both of which are in fair working condition. Glendale Lodge, No. 461, F. & A. M., was organized in 1878. There is a present membership, and the society owns a two-story frame lodge room and business house valued at $1,200. This building was put up in 1879. The officers of this lodge are as follows: J. W. Clark, W. M. ; James McGeehee, S. W. ; James Porter, J. W. ; Stewart Harrod, Sec. ; William Clark, Treas. Star Lodge, No. 236, I. O. O. F., has been in existence since 1862, at which time it was organized at the house of A. T. Conley. In 1865 the society built a twostory frame building, the upper story of which is used for a lodge room, and the lower story is leased by the Methodist Episcopal Church. The principal present officers are: James Arthur, N. G. : Alfred Meads, V. G. ; John Arthur, Sec. and District Deputy.

Alfordsville, in Reece Township, is the principal village in the southeastern portion of the county. It was laid off on June 3, 1845, by Isaac Harris. An attempt was made to incorporate it a few years ago, but failed for some reason. The original plat of the place shows sixty-four lots, but to these an addition of eight lots was made by Joseph A. McCord in 1867. The first settlers of the vicinity were James Alford, James P. Gilly and James Allen. These families came from North Carolina about the year 1828. Fifty years ago James Alford built the first house that stood on the ground now occupied by Alfordsville. The house is still in existence. The first resident school teachers of Alfordsville were Tol Bartl and Barton Alford. The first merchants were

Florian Bartl, T. H. Kyle and Joseph McCord. The latter is still in business at Alfordsville. At present the place has a population of about 175, two churches, a schoolhouse and a number -of business houses, among which are those of Joseph A. McCord, H. P. Summers, Joseph Allen, Charles Allen and T. J. Alford, general merchants; Baker Bros., blacksmiths and wagon-makers, .and P. A. Horrall, flouring-mill. The village of Alfordsville is near the Martin County line and is sixteen miles southeast of Washington.