Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1849-11-01

Perry county, organized in 1914, was named in
honor of the gallant G .nmnd re Oliver II. Perry. IL
contains about 400 square miles. and is bounded
the north by Dubois and CraWfnrd. by Crawford
II d the Ohio river, south by the Ohm and west by
s. encer and Dnbnis. The civil townships are Troy
d. er Creek. Anderson, Clark, Trbin. Union. Oil and
L. opold. The population in 1887 WIS 1878, in
lS4J 1855 and at this time aboul 500. With the
exception of ab'ut 20OOO ncres of bottom land, along
the Ohio and Anderson. and some tracts Of wet beech
lands at the heads Of the streams the balance of the
county is very billy On the bottoms. and portion
of the bill sides and tops, the soil IS rich, but mu:h
the largest part OF the county is what is usually de-
nominated poor land, though there is but small part
of il which may not, with careful farming, be made
productive The timber is generally uf an excellent
quality, and the best of oak and poplar found
The hills; and in the bottoms, sugar BEECH ash aud
walnut The surplus articles exported are corn hay
pork, and various kinds of marketing. supplied mostly
By the river bottoms, for yet very little surplus is
brought from the interior. The trade in wood and
coal for the steamboats, the Ohio is becoming
large. and employs great mnny hands.
There ia the county seventeen grist and
mills. twenty five stores groceries. fifteen
h, uses, FIVE lawyers. fourteen physicians, twenty
preachers, and two hundred and fifty mechanics.
There eleven churches, If which FIVE Baptist.
two Methodist, three Catholic and one Unitarian The
taxable land in the county amounts 70, 665 acres,
while the remaining 10000 has either been
too recently purchased to be taxed, has been
ected for canal lands or still belongs to the United
States, which is the with The most of it.
In the first settlement of Perry, the business of
hunting engaged the attention Of many Of the people,
to procure their necessary food and
sions the women we're not less fearless and efficient
than the other Among the incidents that &C.
CURED in the early history of the county is the fol-
lowing: John Archibald and his wife, having sue
ceeded in freeing bear. cut down the tree. which
unfortunately fell on the husband broke his leg, and
held him fast to the ground. In the hurry Of the mo-
merit the wife noticed the accident, but she and
the dogs pursued the bear for mile two when he
was brought to bay. and she up and killed him.
For the first time she then missed her husband and
hastily returning relieved him from his unpleasant
situation. Mr.. A. is still alive, though he OBJ
tanned The perfect use of his limbs again.
The abundant and easily accessible veins of coal
in Perry county, which. with other facilities. de-
scrbed under The head "Cannelton," rrly attracted
the attention of capitalists TO the expedency of
tablshing manufactures there a large scale, and
the Indiana Pottery, for making queensware,
built up near Troy, twelve years ago. at hea-
w expense. Workmen brought from England,
who became nageable here. and faithless in
competent agents rendered the efforts failure in a
great measure; but the company not yet discou-
ragged, and they still expect to prosecute the business
with success.
The American Camel Coal Company, with a capt.
tai of 5000, 900. was Incorporated in 1886 This