The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-10-19


RE-ANNExATIoN OF THE LONG
WORTH TRAcT.-BY reference to the
proceedings of the City Council last
night, it will be seen that an order
was passed re-annexing the territory
known as the Longworth Tract, which
has been plated and recorded as
Heidelbach & Elsas' Enlargement to
the city of Evansville 1t will be re-
membered that this territory was an
nexed to the city in 1867, and was
placed upon the tex duplicate OF the
city in 1868. The then owners,
through their attorney, Thomas r.
Garyin, took steps to undo the act OF
the City Council, and after the Circuit
Court had affirmed the order Of an
pexation an appeal was taken to the
Supreme Court whore the case is now
peading. The present owners taking a
more liberal view of the matter Folun-
tarily come forward and asked that the
property be re-snnexed, and agreeing
to dismiss the suit now pending to pay
the taxes. The following is the COM
munication Of Messrs. Heidelbach &
Elsas to the City Council:
To the Mayor and Common Council of The
City Of Evansville:
The undersigned respectfully repre-
sent that they have lately become the
owners by purchase from the estate of
n. Longworth, deceased, of the prem
Uses adjoining the City of Evansville,
heretofore known as the "Longworth
Tract" They have laid off and plat
ted said land into Lots and Blocks,
under the name of Heidelbach g.
Elsas' Enlargement of the City of EV-
ansville, and have placed the same on
record in the Office of the County Re-
corder. They further desire to say
that they have given notice OF their
| intention to sell, at an early day, a
portion of the territory so laid off.
And believing that their interests are
closely identified with the progress
and improvement of the city, they
wish the jurisdiction of the corporate
authorities of Evansville to be ex-
| tended over their entire plat; and to
this end ask that Heidelbach q Elsas'
Enlargement be annexed to the cor
porate limits Of the city. They ask
| that this be done prior to the day of
sale, in order that purchasers may un-
| derstand their exact status with refer
ence to the city. They further pro-
pose to procure an immediate dis
missal of the annexation suit now
pending in the Supreme Court.
JACOB ELsAs,
PHILIP HEIDELBACH.
In response to which tho following
order, which was drawn up by ex-
Mayor Baker with great care, with an
additional proviso By Judge Parrett,
was unanimously adopted by the City
Council:
! Councilman Orr offered the follow
resolution, viz:
ResolUed, That the boundaries OF
the city Of Evansville be, and the
same are hereby, extended so as to
include within the same, the follow
ing territory, contiguous to said city
wiz Heidelbach & Elsas's Enlarge
ment Of the city of Evansville, com.
prising the southwest quarter of Sec
ton number twenty (No. 20), in Town
ship number six (No. g., south OF
Range number ten mo. 10) west,
said territory having been laid off and
plated by Jacob EIsas and Philip
Heidelbach, and the plat thereof re-
corded In the Record of Town Plats of
Vanderburgh County, Indiana. in
Plat Book b, at pages ia and 115,
and that the territory hereby annexed
to and included within the boundaries
of the city of Evansville, shall form
part of the - Ward of said city
provided, that nothing herein con.
| tanned shall in anywise inyalidate the
levy made by the city upon the same
territory in the year 1868, or in any
wise invalidate or interfere with any
right which the city may have to col
lect the taxes upon said territory
heretofore levied or collected under
any former annexation or attempt ia
! annex said territory, or in any manner
affect or release said territory from
any rights which the city may now
- under any and all suits now
eleud Dg with reference to said terri
/ tory, and that said Elsas and Heidel-
| bach now here being present by their
Attorney, Thos. +. Garvin, assent to
the above conditions and proviso.
PERsoNAL.-We neglected to state
ia yesterdays issue that Mr.. II. J.
Schlaepfer, the distinguished druggist
corner Main and Second Streets. ar,
rived home on Saturday night from
New York.
Mr.. Geo. A. Bittrolff. of the we'll
known jewelry house of Bittrolff &
Delang, who has just arrived from the
East, has our thanks for files of New
York papers Of a late date. a
Mr.. j. G. Kennedy, Cashier of the
Evansville National Bank, and Mr.
Phil. G. Decker, cashier of W. j,
Lowry & Co.'s Banking House, left
for New Orleans, BY rail, last evening,
on business connected with their re-
spectiye banks.
Col. George T. Simonson and Hon.
Z. T. Sullivan, of Mt. Vernon, were
in the city yesterday.
Mr.. Eugene Nolan, the very efficient
operator in the telegraph Office at Mt.
Vernon, passed through the city yes.
terday, en- route to Terre Haute, to
attend the Grand Lodge of Good
Templars, to which he isa delegate.
D9F Faber's Everpointed Pencils
and Leads to suit, constantly on hand
at the Journal Office.
| CHILLY.-The operator In the tele-