The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-03-25
INDIANA ITEMS.


Logansport is agitating the question
| of water works.
The Nashville Republican has been
enlarged to an eight column paper.
The Allen County Agricultural
Society has put itself in the shape of
stock company. v-rsT res
The members of the trades unions
of Terre Haute are going to form a
trades assembly.
The Young Mems Christian Asso-
ciatisn of New Albany claim A con-
versions as the fruits Of their meet
ings last week.
Judge Samples residence. at Mum
Gle, was destroyed by fire last week.
There was So 900 insurance on it; suffi-
cient to cover the loss.
The Cambridge City Tribune says:
The VanAmburg menagerie is pre-
pairing to leave its quarters here for
the Summer campaign
NoUie OOuuty.-A OeIermineQ
movement is on foot to remove the
county seat from Albion to Kendall
vile. a meeting will be held at
Ligonier. on the subject. March 24th.
A young Wayne County farmer,
last Monday, sold, 100 bushels of
wheat, and twelve head of cattle,
which brought him the snug sum of
5000.
The Brazil Minor says: McClelland
& Sons, Jackson, Smith & Co., Lewis
& Co., and probably one or two others
have stan ted up, at so and S. cent rates
for mining.
Mongo is the simplifed name of a
post office in LaGrange county, which
used to rejoice in the superfuous
cognomen of Monoquinong. The Post
master General cut it gracefully in
twain.
An ''old canaler" of Wabash county
calls on the people of the counties
through which the Wabash and Erie
canal passes, to take hold of the mat
ter and keep the canal from being
abandoned. /
A strong and exciting contest was
had before the commissioners court |
in Warsaw to obtain license to sell !
by one Huffman. About |
fifty ladies appeared as silent council, |
and the application was refused.
The Kokomo Democrat says: There
is great diversity of opinion as to the !
wheat crop in this county. I
Some of our best farmers maintain |
that much of the wheat has been win /
er-killed, while others think the
damage is only slight
The Washington Gazette says: !.
Some miles north of Clarksburg, MIR.
John Barsh has a water mill on what
is called First Creek. Last Tuesday /
he went to work as usual at the mill,
but by some means got caught in
wheel and SO badly bruised about the
breast and shoulders that he died in
ew minutes"
The religious revival at Covington
still continues, says the Republics: Up
% this TING 46 have united with the
church, 35 with the Pres
oyterian, number with the Christian
md last night, 6 were received into
he Baptist church. In all, nearly
100 have been converted, and fully as
many more have expressed desire to
become Christians
The Worthington Times says: Men
Who sit around and wait for something
o turn up, would learn something of
advantage by putting their hands to
he pillow as soon as the ground dries
If. This thing of waiting for some
freak of luck sunshine to break in
lpon our darkened pathway, while
Ee haven't energy or ambition enough
o overtake a snail, is simply ridicu- !
Gus, and no man Of sense will, or does
xpect it.
We see by our exchanges that sew /
raj bankers have been named as can
idates for Congress in this State.
his. would be an exceedingly good /
inc to reduce the large number of
rational Bankers in Congress. IF
here were not so many of them now
occupying seats in Congress, some
pcedy and satisfactory action would |
e taken to relieve the West of hel ;
ire distress.-Indianapolis Sun.
Montgomery County-One Mr..
EDWARD Wheat has bought horses in
his county for twenty eight years in
His purchases have
400 per year, total of H.
O6 horses, at an averaged cost Of
10, making total of 81 $4,000 that
e has paid for horses. Mr.. Wheat
as residence near Baltimore, has
efficient to keep him out of the poor
.ouse. but finds it difficult to give up
is business, and still makes his an
ual trips.
This same Wheat used to- make an
ual visits to Richmond, twenty years
go, for the purpose of buying horses.
lie is good as Wheat in the MILL
A womnn's movement in the tenn
erance cause took place at Metamora,
rankin county, last week, differing,
4 some of its features. from the popu-