The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-09-14
indiana Items.

| There are 0,ol9 SCHOOL cuiiUTeu III
Richmond, of whom 137 are colored.
A few days ago, in Jeffersonville,
Mrs. Edward j. Wilson, attempting to
light fire with coal oil, was seriously,
if not fatally burned.
There was a mistake in our announce.
ment of the Dearborn County Fair, at
Lawrenceburg. 1t begins Sept. IA, and
ends on the 18th.
Jeremiah Cox, aged eighty-two, son
of one Of the founders of Richmond,
took his fifth wife recently at Whitewa-
ter Friends Meeting, in the person of q
female Friend Of sixty.
The Lexington Enterprise says -
Married, on Wednesday last, after a
vast amount of trials and tribulations,
by Squire Duffield, Col.~Robt. M. Fos-
ter and Mrs. Sarah Hughes, all of this
place.
The Charlottesville Journal says -
The frequent rains which we have had
during the past week, combined with
the warm weather, are having very
desirable effect on the corn crop. Far
mers predict good yield
The Evansville saloon keepers have
organized q society for their protection
against prosecution for violating the
Sunday law. They say, 'The prosecu-
tion Of the liquor dealers for selling oa
Sunday was sham eful and mean
A few days ago robbers broke into
the Marion Postoffice, and took some
two hundred letters. The letters were
found scattered around, everything Of
value to the thieves being taken out
AS far as known, they only got 25 cents
in money.
The Kokomo Tribune says: "A gen.
| tleman Of truth, who came here on Tues
day, from Peru, stated to US that wo-
man, at that city, had recently given
birth to six children, that the woman
died, also one child, and that five chil>
dren were still living. Our informant
believed the story, but we do not
| The New Albany Comm ercial says
The rains of the latter part Of last week
and on Sunday Of this week, have been
all that was needed to insure a good
corn crop. The corn is now most prom
| ising in this section of the State, and
the yield will be as large as last year
Late potatoes, cabbages and turnips will
also be greatly improved, and will turn
ont fair crop.
| List Of U. S. Patents issued to citizens
31st, 1869:
| Button or Stud-J ohm B Carter, Harts-
Vile.
Marker for Corn Ground-Oliver H.
Catey, Williamsburg.
Process Of Preparing Wood Fibre for
Paper Stock, George E. Marshall, Lau-
rel.
Rack for Sugar. Cream, Salt, &C.
Mary Ann S. Mullin, Osgood.
Extension Table Slide--Otis E. San
ford, Laporte.
| Crout Cutter-John G. Schwarz, 1n>
dianapolis.
Evaporator--Adam W. Schidler, s.
Bend.
Clod Fender-Danl Applegase, No
blesville.
Tank Regulator--James NJ. Crosse.
Lebanon.
| Axe-Alden II. Jumper, Sunman.
Evaporator for Sugar and other Liq-
uids-Thomas and James NJ ScantIin,
Evansville.
Planter and Cultivator--Nicholas
Whitehall, Newtown.
| Plow-James G.. Bell, Lebanon
Corn Planter-J. A. johnson, Pen
dleton.
Cultivator-Elsha Walker and Jo-
seph j. Platt, LaPorte.
Wheat Drill, James F. Harcourt, Mos
COW.
Tippecanoe county has voted for q
subscription of stock to the Lafayette,
Muncie and Bloomington Railroad to
the amount Of 1878, 900. The vote stands
for the subscription 3,163 against g.
527; majority for the subscription, COG
The heaviest vote against the subscrip-
ton was in districts outside Lafayette.
TH1srLEs.-A law of the State makes
it imperative on farmers to cut down
and destroy thistles, nettles and noxious
weeds in front Of their farms This law
is disregarded by many, and this fall
and winter these hurtful plants will
scatter their millions of seeds in every
direction. Cut them down by all means
Rev. p. J. R. Murphy, well known
Catholic priest, late of Iowa, but form
erly Of Illinois, while attempting to get
on train of cars at the crossing of the
o. & NJ. and E. & c. Railroad, near Vim
cennes, on the 31st ult., fell between the
cars and was run over and killed. He
was on his way to Washington, Ind