The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-02

4 John Sawyer and a Mr. .Hazelton
were the first tailors in Dublin and
were followed by Thomas D. Asce,
Emanuel Albright and Harrison
Compton.
Jonathan P. Crager built the first
steam saw mill here on the lot north
Of the last site of the tannery Henry
Hester was killed here by the engine
pitman in 1886. The mill machinery
was removed soon after and the Witt
4 brothers, Caleb, James and Caswell
operated a stove foundry here until
they built the brick foundry on Maian
street. The Witt brothers fitted up a
room in the old frame foundry build
| ing and it was used several years as
place of worship by the United
Brethren church which was organ
lied in 1897.
The Methodist Episcopal church
was organized by Alfred Pierce and
his wife, Mrs. Mary Grove, Margaret
Faulkner, Abigail Misner and James
Bradshaw in 1894 Bradshaw was a
sojourner here a laborer on the Ma
tional road bridge foundation west
of town which was put in the year
before the bridge was built 1t requir-
ed six persons to make the church
| organization and they had only five
| till Bradshaw offered himself AS a
| member to help them get the organi-
| zation.
| Samuel Niscon was the first man
who died in Dublin and he was buried
in Milton by Jesse Pike in 1882. Jes
Sc Pike and Mariah Schoolfield are
the first couple married in Dublin.
Their marriage was solemniZed Octo-
| Der 5, 1882. The first justice of the
peace was Nathaniel Mahlon. The
second Levi Eastridge, the third ia
cob Chapel.
William b. Reed came to Dublin IN
number of years.
Joel Brewer taught the first school
in Dublin in one of the rooms of the
Orange Baird residence. Miss Mary
Schoolfield was an early teacher in
Dublin. The first school building in
Dublin was a portion of the house
now owned by Mrs. John Christman
on Harrison street.
| The Female Seminary was estab-
lished here in 1885 by Caleb w. Witt,
John Whippo and Jonathan P. Craig
er. Miss Sarah Dickinson was en-
ployed as teacher here for several
years.
The Dublin Academy was establish
ed in 1887 by a stock company. This
building stood where the present
school building stands.
Samuel Nisco, who died in 1882
hull in,
Grafton when he died The building
was made into a residence and is now
occupied by the Sicily family.
A market house was built in the
middle Of Dublin street in front of
what is now the Methodist parsonage
in 1884 or 80. This building was used
about fifteen years whe nit was aban-
doned. sold and torn down.
A tribe of Delaware Indians passed
through Dublin in 1882 on their way
from Ohio to Kansas. Owing to the
sickness of child they camped on
the south side of the creek at David
Ports. The child died and was bur-
led there and by their entreaty the
white men of the settlement agreed
to keep the grave sacred and thus the
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marks the Indian camping place.
We have taken the following items
from Jonathan Huddleston's day book
dated from August to November 1888
and beginning with the collection of
assessments for the Female Semi
nary.
Samuel Schoofield $3.50, Solomon
Swiggett $500. John Whippo $1,000,
Josiah Morris $500, John Henby So,
Nathan Jessup $500. Wiley Reagan
$2400.
To money paid out for work on the
school building and grounds.
Pleasant Johnson $46.6O John
Whippo $1,000. Caleb w. Witt. $3.50.
William Norris $3.50. Mr.. Springer
5000 Self 1920.
In the same book we find that he
collected corporation taxes amount
ing to $3.50 and he had the corpora
ton charged with the following::
To urging citizens to clean up side
walks and bitches and for work on
same 75c.
To digging and clearing away five
stumps between Buffers shop and
Dickinson's % cents.
To paying Eli Huddleston and Ezra |
Wall for ditching pond near Kenne-
dy's SLIP IL cents.
To work on gutter east of pond rs
cents.
To urging people to pay their taxes |
1925.
To Fork on street at the Market |
house % cents.
To postage on two letters asking |
for prices of fire hooks % cents.
To iron for fire hooks $6.05.
To hauling same from Cincinnati |
$1.0O.
To four trips to the woods for poles |
for fire hooks $3.50.
To Arson Butler for instruction
how to make hooks and ladders $500. |
To help at making hooks and lad
ders $500.
To escanning fire places soc.
To mending bridge near Vanus-
Gems 81 1-2c
To dunning people for more tax
81. 90.