The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-06-19
INDIANA CORRESPONDENCE,
GannelfOn-HaH sYiiIe-TeIl City and
their Improvements and ,ManufaC-
turing lhteresGs-The Crop Pros
poet, sc.

TELL Cry, Ind. June 18th
Editors Journal itt
While waiting for 5 boat. allow ne
TO make a Few notes for your paper
Cannelton, the county seat Of Perry
County, is quite a f%ourishing place.
Several important improvements have
been made during the last twelve
months, and though all complain OF
dull timesj the town has quite a bust
ness air. Some excellent new build
ings have been erected, and among
them a fine residence by Judge Ma
son. one of tn most prominent citi-
zens in the oounty. The C%annelton
cotton mills. and the extensive coal
mines at Cannelton furnishes employ
ment for a greaAt many laborers. At
the cotton mill alone, about four hum
dred aud fifty hands are employed
constantly.
This county lis Republican by a
small majority. Up 10 the present
time not much has been done IN the
way of organizing, but on Saturday
next 1t Is propo sed TO set the ball IN
motion by hOldi ng a County COnven-
ton, at which candidates for the va
fious Offices to Zoe filed will be put IN
nomination. yEhe friends will then go
to work with vigor and earnestness.
] met Captain De La Hunt, Editor Of
the Reporter, s. courteous aud obliging
gentleman, no has for some time
held the posi- tion of County Auditor.
His paper Is the only one published
IN the place and is in quite a prosper
Gus coBdit IOn.
1t seer ms strange that so few of the
meTcha nts of C~annelton purchase
their goods in Evansville. Certainly
Evf ansville merchants can compete
W 4th New Albany or Louisville, and
with proper attention on their part, a
good trade ought to be secured TO
Evansville from Cannelton, and l
have no doubt it could be secured.
3 l visited Hawesville, on the Ken
lucky side of the river, just opposite
CanDeltOn. The principal improve
ment in bhat place duTlng the past
p year, is a new court house, built un-
der the direction of Mr.. Robert Boyd,
an architeet 9fyour city, and by Ev-
ansvllle mechanics. II Is an excel
lent building, of brick, and presents
quite an imposing appearance. The
work is fast approaching completion,
and when6dohe, Hancock County can
boast one of the finest county build
ings in the Western part Of the State
of Kentucky,
In 1858, under the direction Of the
Swiss Colonization Society, Tell City.
two miles below ,CanneltOn, 10 Perry
County, was laid out, and ih 1859 set
tiers began to come in. The first
house builded lnssthe place was erect
ed by Mr.. Fred. Steiner, being q small
frame dwelling house. This wis but
a little over ten years ag6 Now the
town has a population Of tUll 5000
souls, and Is Ia a prosperous coudi-
ton. There are 10 sit two good
Church buildings, two fine and }3rge
school houses, s~>U5atautmtl- buiit OF
brick, capable of accommodating at
least six hundred children two chair
and furniture factories one fac
tory 1T fwhichs agricultural I'M
plementss OF all sorts. are made. ex
clusively, one foundry. one WOODEN
mill, two planlpg and a00Eina mlIls,.
one wagon and plOW handle factory,
four breEeries, 1--WE saw mills, a bel
lows mandatory, and a toy factoiy.
The people are industrious ana en-
~terprising, aud at no distant day Tell
City must rank among the first man
u~facturing towns In Indiana. At the
last Presidential election there were.
hut two votes cast in the place against
Mr.. lincoln, which forcibly Indicates
the political status of Tell City. The
people are holding fast to their POI
litical integrity, and Tell City may be
set down as q unit for Grant and
.Colfax.
The corn and wheat 10 this county,
/ am told, looks very well, and, though
i is not the finest agricultural region,
an abundance of grain will be raised
this season. There is some tobacco
raised in Perry County, but not a
great deal, the principal products
being wheat and corn.