Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-01-16

the vicinity or Richmond. Oil on the brain
prevails all over the state.
The Hancock Republican paper says the
Legislature cannot be very highly commended
for its intelligent looks but that it j.. however,
+" fully an average" Hon. d. s. Cooling, can
didate for Chill, is not member this year, hence
the lack of intelligence
The commissioners OF Putnam county have
voted bounty of $500 to each volunteer credited
to that county Gnder the presidents last call.
There are signs Of oil in CLAY county. at
depth of FIVE 10 six hundred feet. So say scien
tiic Investigators.
-Mush and milk suppers, for the benefit of
the poor just now the 90. One given at
Worihington, Green county few DAYS ago,
Melted Sl44
The commissioners OF Knox county have
agreed to allow a bounty of 5000 to fill its quota
provided the City Council of vincennes rescinds
their resolution TO appropriate $500. The object
is to make the bounty equal in each township Of
the county
The assessors Of Dearborn county have en-
cluded to assess all personal property on green
back basis. and value all property at what it is
worth, that is, what il would bring il pui mp at
auction. They also discussed the propriety OF
enforcing the law in regard to compelling tax
payers to give in all their property liable to taxa
ton This should most certainly be done MANY
who Gre large owners of property are small tax
payers, from the fact that they fail 10 give in all
they own The law gives assessors power to
bring them before justices of the peace, and an
swer any question under oath touching any prop
erty they possess. Let the law be enforced
The temperance cause is revivng in Frank
lin, but the editor Of The Jeffersonian thinks thai
legislation is necessary to make men temperate
The fair of the St. Marys (Cathoc)
Church, at Richmond netted SlO360O
Hoes Under the excise law of the United
States duty is assessed on all swine siaug Uttered
of ten cents per head. In Terre Haute the fol-
lowing returns have been made Total returns
by packers 20, l25, on which tax has been paid
of S2,Ol2 80. Says The Express: ut is sup
posed that farmers have sold hogs slaughtered
by themselves about 7 900 II is their duty to
make return of the same and pay the duty. In
case of neglect Or failure to DO 50. they are liza
bic 10 be assessed with the addition Of fifty per
cent, And in case OF fraud or evasion. the par
ty offending may forfeit and pay penalty $40
per head"
"A substitute club has been formed in Suli-
van county. Says The Democrat:
Several individuals of this town, who are SO
unfortunate as 10 be within the limits of twenty
and forty five years, have formed a club or asso
citation to avoid the baneful effects Of the draft
The conditions are, that all who enter the club
pay TO the managers one hundred dollars and
agree to pay fifty dollars additional in case they
are drafted, in consideration of which the man
ayers agree TO furnish substitute for each mem
Der drafted
Dubois county Is getting rather fast Last
week Mr.. Robert Foster eloped with Miss Mar
garet J. Green. Her cnraged "parient" followed
the guilty couple, caught them. and compelled
the administration of the marriage ceremony
Worse still, James E. Foster, married man,
left his wife ard four childrtn. and slid off with
a Mrs Mouser, whose husband is in the army.
The Executive Committee of the New AL
bany Bounty Fund, advertise that they will paw
bounty OF $3.50 to all persons volunteering in
the United States service for the term of one
year. and who r1ay be credited upon the qnota
of New Albany township under the pending call
for 300 900 men. A government bounty, in ad
dtion to the above, of 800 is paid to volun-
teers They are also allowed by the govern
ment s4s per gear Cor clothing. and their pay is
1892 per year; making a total. with the boun
ties, of $500.
SMALL BUSINESS Ono OF the smallest acts
we have heard of lately is the refusal of the
House OF Representatives at Indianapolis to Or
der the printing of the Governors message be-
cause the State Printer didn't belong to the dom
inant party. The majority STAYED off the print
ing I'LL a printer of their own sort was elected
The leader in this petty act Of spite was Mr.
Kilgore, a member from one of the Burnt Dis
trict counties, where niger stock commands
hundred per cent. premium over white trash "
We suppose this is of the WAYS our repub
lican friends have of conciiiating their opponents
and OF securing unanimity in support of the
administration N. A. Ledger.
The quotas oftwo townships in Washington
county have been filled with volunteers at
bounty of $3.50 to each man
The publishers convention OF this state will
be held in this city on Thursday next.
"A petroleum company has been organized
in Lafayette for e purpose of boring for oil in
Jasper county.
The Putnam county delinquent tax list
embraces ius, 81 nprs9ns
-INDIANAPOLIs MD NINoENSEs The pros
pect Of a railroad between Martinsyile aud
Franklin grows Simmer and dimmer-and We
are glad of it A railroad should be built from
indianapolis 20 Martnsville; and we much mis-
take the people between Martinsville and Vim
cennes if. that much done, they don't have a road
down the White River VALLEY 10 the latter place
The importance of such 4 road to Indianapolis,
TO Nincennes. 10 the country between those cities.
and 10 the travelling public, cannot be over est
mated. Mines of wealth lay sleeping almost
undsturbed al along the Valley; sleeping and
useless now, because Enterprise and Capital have
not ioinef hands and laid down the iron bands
which should be a connecting link betseen these
valuable ores and the manufactures which should
melt and mould and shape them into usefulness
IL i a matter of surprise TO IA that some en-
terprising company. already foFmed-like the
BellefOntaine Railway Company, for instance
has not appreciated the importance OF direct
road direct from Indiana polls 10 Nincennes, a. a
connecting link between the east and west, and
prohted thereby There would be no question
as the pecunisry success OF such a road or of it,
inheritance 10 the cities Al lis termini And