The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-09-08
City Omecrs.
CITY NEWS.

Saturday next, the Horticultural
Society meet at Sampson Beone's.
COMMISSIONERS and Circuit Courts
commenced their sessions Monday.
GEN. .AzEL STONE. of Winchester.
was in the city day or two ago.
GEO. HI. KNoLLENBERa has re-
turned from his White Mountain
trip.
JAMES s. STARR has gone to Oma-
ha. Pleasant season to visit the
West.
JAMES M'NEIL is building two
substantial brick dwellings on South
Ninth street.
THE Richmond Rifle Gallery is the
centre of attraction for the shootists,
and the gentlemanly proprietor takes
in the nickles.
The tall Sycamore of the Wabash
d. w. .Voorhees-was waving and
bending in the breezes" of Richmond
on Monday.
REV. A. T. HALL. takes the place
of Rev. J. NJ. Townsend, as pastor of
the A. NJ. E. Church Of this city.
Mr.. T. goes to Terre Haute.
ALEX. HENRY is sojourning. in
franklin ccanty. He went there one
day last week, and will remain, he
says, the Lord only knows how long.
OUR old friend, James Mitchell, of
Camden, Ohio, is back to Richmond
again. He looks we'll. but time has
'.intermingled his locks" with gray.
AT the fuaeral of John Rost. yes
terday, it looked natural, and remind
ed the older citizens Of other days, to
see James Mitchell take his old place
in the cornet band.
THE Free Press fears police court
. may be established in Richmond, and
iabors with it's usual astuteness to
prevent its consum nation. Ho 1t
Bill. You're brick.
REV. w. s. LANGFORD, who has
been making Ricamoud his home for
some time past, was appointed by the
Detroit Conference, pastor of col
ored church in that city.
LEEDS HoTEL-for this is its name
lis rapidly approaching completion.
Three stories of the main building
are up, and the builders are ready for
the fourth, which will be in its place
and ready for the roof in less than
week from to-day.
WE have received the first number
of the Advance Guard, published at
Indianapolis by J. J. Talbot. 1t is
an eight page paper, neatly printed on
good, white paper. The printing is
done in this city. Price, single copy,
$500 per annum-
At the special election, held in the
Fourth Ward, on Saturday last, to
supply the vacancy occasioned by the
resignation of DR.. Mcintyre, DIR. T.
II. Davis. Republican, was chosen
councilman by fifty-six Of a majority.
The vote being Davis, 334; Ahaus,
278.
The Independent in its Dan Voor-
hees'' article, got things little mixed.
as it generally does. 1t says that
General Kimball on his charge on the
evening works al fredericksburg, y
was wounded, etc. Try it again.
neighbor.
We find the following item in the
Advance Guard: ITO the disgrace
of Indiana it is noted that the Circuit
Judge OF one of the Judicial Districts
of this State is whisky seller, and
when off the bench mixes and sells
drinks in his own saloon
Who is he?
THE Robinson (Ill.) Argus, comes
to us greatly increased in size. 1t is
an excellent newspaper, neatly print
ed and edited with considerable abil-
ity. The proprietor. Geo. W. Harper
Esq, is one Of the old time printers
of the Palladium Office. He went out
West, grew up with the country, and
is now Postmaster, Justice of the
Peace.f anu editor and proprietor Of
this fourishing journal.
On Saturday evening Charles Sea-
man was placed at the door of Phil
lips Hall. we suppose, to keep order
among the boys. In his efforts to do
SO was the cause Of more ''iioise and
confusion" than the boys were ere
ating. He chased crowd of urchins
from the door, who. in their efforts to
escape ran against a little child and
knocked it over, and it's cries set the
mother to scolding. Between the
Jealous policeman, noisy boys, crying
child, fretting woman. and the de.
lightful strains of music which were
rolling forth from the .cornet band
that was stationed on the balcony OF
theshall. made the scene quite lively
It.swas as if the spirits of pandi.
monium had been let loose and were
holding carnival in our streets.