The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-11-01

survey u HIS 0820tlc IaDOr OF cOmpl-
lation, advises all the little boys and
girls in the city to invest their FIVE
cents-es in purchasing a copy of the
Telegram; :and, as an inducement
prophecies that City years from last
week, the investment will be worth
each, in dollars and cents, the com.
Portable sum Of s'forty- mine dollars and
ninety-five cents" He supposed, Of
course, that the history had been com.
pleted, but the perturbed spirits Of
Centerville and "nubbin ridge" have,
since our neighbor's last weeks issue,
written more history, and another
number of the Telegram, containing
the "fnis, will have to be purchased,
and both together will be worth 1890
in fifty years and one weeks lapse of
time. We shall, of course, let our
enterprising neighbor enjoy the pos
luminous fame and just reward of his
labors in giving the balance of the
county-seat removal history in detail
whilst we merely content ourself
with an unembellished statement of
occurrences, since our neighbor closed
sthe history" as he so confidently
believed last week, forever"
Judge William Peeile, being the
attorney for the people Of Centerville,
again set the bali of commotion in mo,
tion, by officially announcing in the
State Sentinel that there was no truth
in the report made that he had with
drawn his application for q new trial.
Thereupon the ''nubbin ridgers"
again took courage, and those
who had unlimited confidence in
Judge Peelle's legal knowledge, and
as they had been twice successful by
following his advice, they again com.
menced their usual threatening oper-
atoms and demonstrations, by OBJ
structing the tearing down of the Jail,
and injuring the contractors appsrs-
tus. They sawed down the derrick,
cutting the large hosting rope into
small pieces, &c. -
To protect the property some half
dozen of our citizens were sworn in as
deputy sherifs, went to Centerville,
and took their stations on the inside
of the sheriff s house, situated in front
Of the Jail, where, on Tuesday night,
they were set upon by mob of from
forty to fifty masked men, who kept
up constant ere on the inmates with
revolvers, shooting at the windows and
front door, where they supposed the
guards might be. Finally the mobo-
Gratis loaded cannon, in their posses
sion, with very heavy charge of pow
der, crammed it to the muzzle with
pieces of old horse shoes, railroad
spikes, buckles, nails, &C., aimed it at
the hall door Of the sheriffs dwelling
and fred it. Many of the pieces of
scrap iron passed through the door,
shiyering it to pieces, and scattering
in every conceivable direction ON the
inside. Had the guards been in the
front, where they had been a few mo-
ments before, they might have been
killed or dreadfully mangled. A ra-
treat had been made by the guards in
to the Jail, and they were followed
there by the mob, who had again load.
ed up the cannon, with which they
threatened, if surrender was not
made in five minutes. to blow open
the door. Making a virtue of neces-
sity, they surrendered, and were es-
corted out of town by the mob.
Prior to the surrender, three of the
guards escaped from the Jail building.
and arrived at Richmond about three
o'clock in the morning. The Court
House and the fire bells were rung,
and the Sheriff assembled a posse of
about fifty or sixty men, and taking a
train at $3.50, arrived at CenteryiTle,
where they found that all was quiet on
"Paddy's Run" The mob had dis
persed. Strange to say, not one of the
citizens of Centeryille, notwithstand-
ing the popping of revolvers, the yell
ing OF the mob, and the discharge of
heard any noise! The ssseven
sleepers' had found:their rivals in the
entire .population!! After looking
around, the cannon was captured and
brought to Richmond.
BY the advice of those who desired
that every peaceable means should Be
drst exhausted before the last resort
Of powder and bah was tried, the
Sheriff ordered the guard not to fire:
but this last demonstration with can
non was sufficient to alter almost any
pacific resolution. So, on Wednesday
. company to the number
II about seventy, armed with Spencer
'Ifies, under command of Major Mes-
sick, went to Centerville, and took IN
heir quarters in the jail-{the Gov
'rnor having sent to the Sheriff about
100 rounds Of ball cartridgesHI
where they were prepared to repel any
lttack that might be made; but NO
demonstration took place. All quiet
N "Paddy's RUM was the report
hat reached our city next morning.
The discrimination now is, to keep |
IN armed guard there until all the ma
erial of the jail is removed. Teams
md the railroad will accomplish the |
work of removal within the next thirty |
lays, and soon order and peace will |
elgn in our neighboring town. when |
re hope, within the newt five vo.-. -