The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-06-07

! The whes1 crop is pomising i
Hardin equity. Y 3

n iNMANA TIES
. The whees crop is pomising iq
faftin cou1ty. q
8 Tho Indisn Springs, Of Martin
County, win be open for the season
on the Let Of June. r.,.s.6
Travel and freight are said to be
increasing on the Cairo and Vim
cannes ailwsy. 4
The Mt Vernon Republican
says the Wabash is threatening to
overflow the bottom lands. The Wa
bash ls failing fast at Mt Carmel.
y The prospects IN warfick County,
for fruit are still good in the way of
early apples, peaches, and cherries,
and all kinds of small fruit.
- The lawrence County farmers
are complaining of the army and
cut worms, as doing damage to an
alarming extent in that county.
meeting of the ssGran-
{ ges' throughout the State il pro
posed to- be held at the Battle
i Ground in Tppecanoe County, on
the 4th of July next. @ i
. If we can rely upon the yeracity
. of the Indianapolis Evening jour
nal, Terre Haute land owners ara.
getting up a demand for real es.l
tate BY laying out lots and calling
them additions to Indianapolis, )
The new dormitory of the Pur-
due University looms up grandly
in the distance. and from every
point of view on the east aide ofthe
river is the striking feature of the
landscape. The other buildings
will go forward without delay.
e Citizens Of Logansport are or.
ganizing . joint stock company,
with . capital of not less than 800,
900, and from that amount up to
$500, 900, to establish car works in
that city.
Gold in paying quantities is re-
ported to have been found in Nor
gan County. A company has been
formed and mining operations win
be commenced in few weeks.
: The eLittle Sisters of the Poor,
have erected and dedicated to char
: liable purposes ct Indianapolis .
two story and a half frame building
3 capable of accommodating fifty in
: mates. s -
A Seemingly reliable report
states that Squire Spaulding has
discovered vein of iron ore two
feet thick on his farm in Van Buren,
Township, Daviess County The
vein will yield forty>one per cent of
pure ore.
Madison has sweet potato just
exhumed from point four feetun-
der ground, where it has fourished
for an indefinite time. It measures
over foot in length and over nine
inches in thickness, and was broken
off at that, leaving a portion still in
the ground. 1t weighed twenty
two pounds.
Great preparations are making
for the June races at Cambridge
City. Among the celebrated hor-
SEES entered are Black Frank, Red
Cloud, Mohawk, jr., Chicago, Cop :
per Bottom, Fashion, Tom Hen
bricks, Jim Fisk, Bay Joe Bowers,
War Jig, Mia Caldwell, and many
others.
The Lafayette Courier. says that
Palmer, the aeronaut, having won
some local renown by efectually
tanning q Rocky Mountain bear OF
the female persuasion, received last
Monday q postal card from an
afflicted Benedict who wants him, Il
he has a week or ten days to spare,
to try his tanning process on the
writer's wife. G
The Premium List for the Indi-
ana State Fair and Exposition has
been delivered to the Secretary Of
the State Board and is now ready
for distribution. The amount. Of
premiums offered is $4,000. Be
sides this amount in money there
are a large number Of medals and
diplomas of superb design, which
are offered in addition to the above
The Exposition will begin on the
10th Of September and continue one
month. The list of premiums fills
a pamphlet Of twentysix pages, vel
arranged, though poorly printed. II
connection with the premiums are
published the rules and regulations
for the exhibition and much other
information of interest to those wht
wish to take part in it. About 16,
600 copies of the pamphlets will b,
distributed.-Ind. Sentinel.
The Vigo County Commissioner
| have rescinded the order for tn
erection of q new court house Tn
Journal says 30 much bitterness ha
been engendered by the strife owe
this question, that no paaty viii b
permitted for years to make an,
advance toward building . ne1
! court house, but that latter tn
, people now upon the stage of az
ton have passed away, our children
with better sense, more iberalit
and kindlier feeling, may put u
structure suitable to what th
city and county may be at tha
time" And in the meantime til
country people will continue to g
. behind the barns and haystack'