Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1867-02-08
fRor tho American.
SCRAPS OF HISTORY.
Sayings and Doings n the White Water
Valley Thirty-Hase Years Ago.

MELRosE FARM, Iowa, Jan. %, 1867.
When an individual writes for the edit
cation of the public, he should either be
able to communicate present incidents or
truths, or bring forth from musty records
ancient facts and figures. And there are
no circumstances which exceed in interest
those pertaining to our own early history
or that Of our ancestors. Not prcsuming
to exceed in interest the Sentimental jour
ney' of our old .timc friend A. w. S. in
his swinging round the circle by Knights
town and Shelbyville; nor assuming to ape
the Court etiquette style of our whilom
associate j. X. g., whose light has so oft
illumined your pages; nor need your
readers look here for the ''rinl" which al
ways characterizes the scintillaiions of
your occasional w. W. H. But simply
propose TO clip from cid documents and
records such odd extracts in the history of
the White Water Valley as occurred prior
20 the recollection OF the present genera
ton which now occupies your land
In order to impress the reader at once
that most Of those who were the repre-.
sentative men thirty-fvc or forty years ago,
"a strange a7d distant mould
Wraps the mortal relies cold"
and that nearly all have slipped their
moorings on this bank and shoal of time
and have foated of to other and nkno@n
shores, we here insert the ticket which was
before the people of Franklin County at
the August election, 1880, to wit:
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
REPRESENTATIVES,.
John Reid Daniel s.. John,
David Wallace, Ben SEQ. Noble
CLERK.
Robert John. Enoch MCariy.
John Roop, George W Kimble
RECORDER.
John Adair, Ru'us Raymond.
ASSOCIATE JUDGES
David Mount. job" Quick,
James Samuels. Elijah Barwick
PROBATE JUDGE.
John NJ. Johnston. john s. Powers.
COMMISSIONER.
Samuel Goodwin Samuel Shrk
CORONER.
Lewis Raymond, VIM. I. Beeks
There is enough Of the doings of time ex-
hibited in this little ticket to AWAKEN tho
mournful numbers Of Volney, or cause
the tears Of Weems to flow airesh. Six
teen out OF twenty have ceased from their
labors and have gone to their eternal ac-
couot But if the middle aged have thus
sank beneath the wave, Let us see where
the young men of that day now are.
In the First Congressional District of
Ohio, on the llth day Of March, 1892,
there was Young Mems National Repub
hean Convention held, TO appoint dele
gates to a National Republican tonven-
ton to be held ut Wa, hington City in
May. And who were the boys who com
posed this Young Mems Convention p
We can only judge by such Dames as fig
ure in the proceedings. James L. Con-
over was President, and the following were
appointed Delegates 10 60 to Washington,
to wit: G.. w. Burnet, j. W. Piatt. c. w
Jones Jr., J. 4. Matson, IL. L. Spencer.
r. G. Carey ID. w. Pairbank and =. p.
Chase. 1t will be seen this was before
John \. Matson removed to Brookvile
Here, too. is a sufficient text for n sermon
or book but our present object is to ar
ray facts and figures, and let our readers
do the moraIizing. But we would remind
the reader that tie Republican party was
in existence in 1880, the glorious old Wing
party not commencing its career till FIVE
years after that period.
We have brought the names of polili-
clans of that date before you; now we
turn your attention to the ministry. The
Illinois Methodist Conference in 1880 met
at Finccnnes, Ind, Sept. 30th. There
were Eve Presiding Elder Districts at that
time in the States of Indiana and Illinois.
The Madison District included all East Of
indianapolis, from the Ohio river to Mich
igan. The following were the appoint
ments OF the preachers in that District for
1880:
MADISON DISTRICT.
A WILEY, PRESIDING ELp.R
Madison Saiion--B G. Stevenson.
vevay Crcuii--J Harrington. G. Randall
Lawrrrceburgh--J w Mickey nolds, A. w.
Arlington
White Water--M Taylcr, j. Kiuble.
Wayne--A. Beck. Il s. Rnblu,on.
Connersvile-A. Beach. w Wood.
Rushville-A. Sparks, J. c. Smith.
Vernon John KeRrn.
Fort Wayne Mssion-N. B Griffith.
low many Of these heralds Of the cross
are yet blowing the trumpet on earth, we
are not permitted to know. Rev. II. s.
Robinson is now in the Iowa Conference,
vigorously pressing the battle to tho gate.
But while the church was few id num-
bers, yet strong 10 faith, let Us look to the
real strength Of that part of Indiana at
that period of history. In 1881 the Sd
Congressional included fourteen counties,
extending from the northern line Of the
State to Switzerland County; for believe
there were then no counties north Of Al.
len, that county including all the territory
north OF it, That year iona. MCarty,
John Test and D. H. Smith were candi
dates for Congress, with the following re
suit, which we give in this connection as
much to show the strength Of the counties
as any other object, to wit:
M'Carty. Test. smith.
Dearborn, 99i AIS 46T
Franklin, 42l 395 $40
DecA'ur. AL AL III