The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-02-19


at Il e same time give them articles of
tclothing at cheaper rates, as well asto
-keep-the cash usually sent abroad for
such articles, at home for circulation.
While the good people of that pros.
pereog9ss city are watching and carefully
guarding the interests Of the place in
t.aIpeouaiary way they are not forget
| full ofthe Importance ola high stands
4 ard of literary culture, and of reading
j. in general In view of the fact that
/ the young men and all business
men require a place of resort, to spend
the evenings when business hours are
over, it is proposed at once to estab-
.lish a reading room fol for the " pleasure
and informationeof all who choose to
avail themselves of its advantages,
and at the same time to afford a pleas
ling resort for such as may sojourn
there. .syss4tala. ~. 9e4fiJ .bnoTl1
~ The First National Bank, of which
the courteous County Clerk, Mr.. J.
b. GARDNER, is President, has a cap
ital stock of 500, 900. Its net earn
lings last year were 17t per cent? and
a dividend Of 10 per cent. was paid,
leaving surplus of n per cent. We
IjveryImGch doubt if there is a bank
in the State that has at anylq time, of
late, been able to declare so large a
dividend as the First National Bank
at Mt. Vernon. 49, .f;f faaIa
Mr.. j. M. LOCKWOOD, substantial
citizen, and a we'll preserved elderly
gentleman, to whom we are greatly
obliged for kindness and much polite
attention, while in that city, intro
duced us to Mr.. J.Bs DIVERSION, who
has recently secured a patent for a
grain drier, Of his own inyentionoand
which will doubtless come into gen.
yeral use. It. is used for the purpose
of drying or curing corn meal at the
present, but will prove valuable to
dry grain ofany description. Mr.oEg
has it attached to his corn meal mill,
at which he supplies a. large trade
with that article. !. It is constructed Of
isheet-iron. made in the shapeiof a box,
about eighteen inches wide, and ten
feet long. This box is in two parts,
the upper having an oscilating mo-
tion SO as to, keep the meal moving
which iscarried nabove, and emptied
into one end of the drier by means
of an elevator. Thence, by the os-
citation of the upper part Of the box,
which forms an inclined plane tits
carried the length Of the apparatus,
which is heated by means of fur
mace to such temperature as is ne |
cessaryoto thoroughly dry the meal.
Thence it passes into a bolt, where it,
is quickly. prepared for barreling. The
invention is successful, and useful, |
practical one, as the ordinary cost of
preparing meal for long and safe
keeping in any climate, is but one
half cent,per barrel. E-9iGibi
1.-The large and well arranged distil- |
lery of Messrs. GEO. WoLFLIN & Go. |
is now manufacturing. on an average,
ten barrels of pure, whisky per day. |
This firm pays a revenue tax of 5000
per day, on an average, and one month |
she last year, we were told by Mr.. /
WoLFLIN, the tax had reached the
amount of $4,000; The whole tax,
paidb BY this firm last year exceeded |
that paid BY seoeh distilleries in Brook /
Ign. which is not a bad showing for
businessain the Hoosier State. 2niiis1
9 fWe1had the pleasure of an intro
duction to- the county officers. who are
all polite. and, courteous gentlemen.
and quite willing toimpart information
in ! regard to- their city and county,
The Clerk is a well preserved, Sill |
yerrhaired gentleman Of aldermanic
proportions, tgand a1ogood-humored |
iphiz, which phiz indicates1th he has 4
attained his present ponderosity byd
only a temperate indulgence in theiE
good things Of this life. NJ 20
From Mr.. J. B. GARDNER we
learned that since the year 1912, the
County 1exchequer"r has never been
SO low that qH orders, however large,z
have not been promptly paid on pre-
sentation to the Treasurer. Since
that year not single one has had |
the endorsements, ''not paid for want ant |
of funds splaeed, omit. This county.