The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-01-05
AN IMPORTANT NpU-TRIAL ENTER.
PRIZE.

VtN lNapb'N'd>c''a a-raif'sC INV VI idh'
adjoining The town oe Cann-Itcn. made
their FIST pavmen' on Saturday list. and q
er.-reri into s'- ricssess;ris az their new 4
territory. The scene that attended the 6
Of the negotiation between
the agents @of'the- purchasers and the q
vendnrs. "a represented to US as amusing
and exciting. The vendors were most.
ly ola settlers. who had been Ste pioneers
Of The district AMI had entered their
lands st G 'v-rnmant sr-iess MANY az
them Gill occupied 'he prih-ii'va log
cihin ani hv long lie 81 industry have
ns'e- secured more ihrn the simplest
: mforis nf lif: he largest sums ofmon
* that thew have -var beheid i'm pros
pertiye possession have l'een The prize Of
a 'ew COOL hogs, sold each winter to the
country merchsnt. The sum paid on !
SATURDAY. was the largest sum 81 con- |
. stint oral currency ever seen at ore
time in Perry county. II was poured
ont into one large shining heap. npon a
-L-nad table and the CT 'wd was called in
Cor each 70 receive ms diStributive share.
A silent sta-e Of as onishment and avarice
was the first effect of the sight. They
w're Mt first all ANXIOUS tn clutch the
gold. and for ia, s had haep anxious lest
by some 'ecciaen. the purchase might
fail and thew lose the coveted heap. But
when the sums were finally paid to some
oftheu. and they began 10 consider wha,
they should do with the troublesome
possession, they were willing to give Ii
back and leave the larger portion "f il in
the custody Of the PAYERS, for safe
keeping. Men whom they had mis'rust
ell few hours before. bad by the display
of The coin heap. secured at once their
en'ire confidence One sturdy old far.
mer wonld receive hut $500 out % his
share OF SLIGO. Another who insisted
upnn tsie full payment Of 5000 after
H. got twas snxous to return all hat
. S300: hut being refused the accnmmoda
ron. he placed il in a hay on his h,rst
and ,o,k il home where he stond gnart
over il through a sleepless night, and i
spending most Of his time IN anxiousl,
watching it finding the l''ng desirei golt
the mos, troublesome tn NJ lie ever pos
sesSed
The Association th,t has purchase
the ian'tS'.t canneltdn, are members {
general society nj Germans and Sw's
thar has its head quarters a, Cinema
with affiliated ass. Citations in all tn. citis
Of tive East AMI the Mort, West. tn
purchase uf land and The 1se,,lernent Of
q t'spnelton. was in M wise apart
the org nal Object of the association
the enterprise tegsn with fuss Of j
members, and ii stock holder are nearl
all ron, ecied vi h 1t. Their projects
land purchases are confined to the pre-
en- operation. The shares are hut s.
each, o. whirh 1900 ave heen sold a,
the money was paid up and deposit,
bss,re any examinations were made
purchases The idea was that with lar
amount Of ready cash. body Of lai
could he bought ut much less pri
than The same quaint, in INA separa
sIIcels. Ater the land is obtained
town rs to tie id off, and the main boz
o. it is divided into minute tracts a
each >har. holder draws p town lot o
rural parcel. The division of The Ia
d,ssolves the Land Association, and ca
stakeholder takes his parcel and d,
what he chooses with it. The larg
number W II pro ly sell out to 9th
wh, will settle TN the lard Ii is
pected that ont of the S,uU sifafeholi,l
300 4tRO will cate on the y
chase. either as citizens OF the town,
cull,va orr OF the s.il Among them
aItiz.nS and mechanics o. every desc
ton. and Persons OF Respectable me
anu u lev With large capital. Facto
AMI workshops OF various kinds will :
lie put IN OF Grafton. and thirty t.
by the side OF the prosperous village
C,nneIton will begin 10 EXHIBIT II
next spring. The survey ors are shcu
teg their lahors, and the iattering u
poets OF the Association have raised
prlcs of shares to three and Jour III
,heir or'ginal amour.
The benefits Of this movement are
confined 90 The ainnunt- o. apiss! ss.d
nu.n'er OF new inhabi' ants brought
the State; the attention that VIII Le
tracted to the district among large ind
tripus body Of men who are seeking |
homes, by the active exrrtIonS OF 8,
prprietors scattered through all the
SIa,es wal I've likely to cause other n
important subsequent transfers OF mo