Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1847-09-14

~. The whole amount demanded for tho
relief Of the nee essi,ous for the year end
mo Isl Of June, lS45-'1G, was SIS co.
MARSHALL COUNTY JAIL, at Piymoaih.
does no: dilier materially from that at Ro-
chester. 1t isa two story block-house,
entered by flight of steps without; 1t has
two rooms, which can be warmed. if i, is
Judged necessary. Ventilation very de-
iec,iye. The building is wca,hcr-boarded.
isolated, urenclosed blu, little in use as
prison.
Tho population of Marshall county is
abou. $500 or 1000. There arc no poor
who are in any way chargabo upon tho
public treasury.
The sum Of % cents was paid i'll 1913
for the transportation Of a vagrani from
This 70 tho next county north.
Private charity would be cheorfully cxer-
cised hero if necessary.
LAroRTE COUNTY JAIL, at Lapor,e, in
clu des the prison and family-rooms of tho
keeper; these last were neatly arranged
and comfortable. August 10Th, five pris-
oncrs stood committed for trial: two charged
with arson, and three with larceny. They
occupied tho two coils or rather dungeons
Of the Jail. Those were furnished with
beds on beistcads, and sufficient bed. cloth-
ing. stove in the passage was designed
to warm the rooms when tho season re-
CURED fires. The doors measured two
feet, by five and half. An outer door
shut in the passage on which tho dungeon
doors opened. Tho plan Of this Jail is not
such to render it convenient. or easy
for tho keeper to take charge Of those who
arc shut up therein. Free communication
between tho prisoners, is hot Of course
here guarded against.
Tho PooR-HoUsE and farm Of L,porte
county, is situated rather moro than two
miles from town, and located worry unsuitn.
bly,, if Tho health and comfort of tho resi-
dents is to DO consulted. Tho land was
said to DO unproduc,ive; and lies on and
near large bodies of water, stagnant in
summer. and Of tho insalubrty Of this sit
uation, no better evidence was needed thar,
tho condition Of the inmates as saw them.
This farm embraces 300 acrcs, for which
| understood an extravagant price, viz:
$1,000, in 1886 had been paid; about 40
acres arc in cultivation; much of the tract,
is mere sand waste. The buildings
we're defective, and altogether insufficient,
there being but one lodging room, for mon,
women. and children, appropriated for tho
poor. The family who had care, of those
also limited for room. found the mis-
'rcss dangerously i'll; tho Superintendent
absent. attending TO farm he owned in
Tippecanoe, and three Of the adults feeble
and in bed, in room about IS feet square,
having one window only, and an outer
door. Every thing was dirty, comfortloss,
and as ill-arraDged as possible.
The County pays $3.50 per week for
the board of each individual, also physi-
clans bills, clothing, &C., &c. The cost
for tho poor, during the financial year end
ing tho frs, Of June 1916, was S6Os 80.
THE FIRST STRIKING CLocx.-In tho
tiiIc VI AIIItd INC STcut, Iuc IorSI0QS I'M
ported into Europe machine which pre-
sented the fret rudimen,s Of striking
clock. 1t was brought out as present to
Charlemagne from Addallah, king of Per-
STA, by two monks Of Jerusalem in tho
year 500. Among other presents, says
Enginhar, was herolage Of brass, won.
derfully constructed by some mechanical
ar,ifce, which in the course Of the twelve
hours up clepsydran vortepature, with as
many little brazen balls, which, at tho
close of each hour. dropped down on set
of bells underneath, and sounded the end
Of the hour. There were also twelve fig
ures of horsemen, who, when tho: twelve
hours were completed, turned out of twelve
windows, which till then stood open, and
returning again, shut the windows after
them. 1t is to be remembered that Egin-
har was an eyewitness of what is hero
described; and that he was an abbot, q
skilful architect, and every lea rned in tho
sciences. Scientific American.
II is said that the tolls on the Pennsyl-
vania Canals, tho present year, will pro-
baby exceed one million of dollars, an
a.