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tist, one Methodist and one Presbyterian), a fine brick court house, and two school houses, with an average attendance of from thirty-five to forty pupils each. Population, 500.
Alphabetical List of Professions, Trades, Etc.
Bailey J. H., attorney at law.
Barnett Theodore Rev., Methodist. Brugh Jacob, general store. Brugh B. W., county commissioner. Campbell Wm. H., county treasurer. Campbell & Mercer, general store.
Cassell Abraham, county surveyor. Central House, J. Gooden, prop'r. Chafee Wm. Rev., Baptist. Chipman J. D., attorney at law.
Chipman J. D., editor newspaper. Clark D., grocer.
Clouser N. D., physician and surgeon. Cobott Philip M., watch maker and jew- eler.
Cool Wm., harness maker.
Dowell & Ayres, boot and shoe makers. Crumley A. M., county commissioner. Elie John, blacksmith.
Ervan James E. & Brother, tanner and currier.
Ervan J. E., carpenter and builder.
Frash George, dry goods dealer.
Frash Wm., general store.
Frash John, carpenter and builder.
Frash Levi, carpenter and builder.
Frederick John, blacksmith.
Gall Win. H., cabinet and furniture dealer. Gooden J., proprietor Central House.
Gooden Isaac, county sheriff.
Hackney S. B., farmer. Hammer P., county commissioner.
Hammer James, boot and shoe maker.
Hardy Mrs., dress maker.
Hardy P. H., cabinet and furniture dealer.
Howell G. S., attorney at law.
Huffman Henry, county coroner.
Huffman II., proprietor Union House.
Lyons James. bookseller and stationer. LYONS JAMES, POST MASTER.
Lyons James, druggist. Marley S. T., blacksmith.
Mercer D. M., proprietor saw mill.
Miller & Cooley, proprietors saw mill. Miller & Cooley, proprietors steam grist mill. Mills M., physician and surgeon. Moler J. E., painter. Moler J. E., druggist. Neff A. J., attorney at law.
Romine Win., boot and shoe maker.
Shick John, stove dealer and tin smith. Shrader Wm., general store. Stahl M., physician and surgeon. Staht Abraham, county auditor.
Taughinbaugh Wm., farmer.
Taughinbaugh Wm., county clerk. Taughinbaugh Wm., county recorder. Trupell Joshua, tailor and clothier. Union House, H. Huffman, proprietor. Willman & Dannals, carriage and wagon maker.
Willman P., grocer. Wortham Perry, boot and shoe dealer.
HARTSBORO,
A post office of Warrick - county, situated between Booneville and Linville, and 150 miles from Indianapolis.
J. H. MASSIE, POST MASTER.
HART'S MILLS,
A post village of Ripley county, situated on the east branch of Laughery Creek, 25 miles above its mouth, 10 miles from Versailles, the county seat, 50 miles south- west of Cincinnati, and 90 miles south- east of Indianapolis. It is the terminus of the Aurora and Laughery Turnpike, and contains one blacksmith, two boot and shoe makers, one wagon maker, one general store, one flouring mill, (water) and one saw mill, (water). Population 52.
Alphabetical List of Professions, Trades, Etc. COOPER JAMES H., POST MASTER. German John Paul, blacksmith.
Gray John C., wagon maker.
Hart Samuel & Robert, proprietors water grist mill.
Hart Samuel & Robert, proprietors water saw mill.
Johnson & Cooper, general store. Otto Franklin, boot and shoe manufac- turer.
Rast Lewis, boot and shoe manufacturer.
HARTSVILLE,
A post office of Bartholomew county.
HAUBSTADT,
A post office of Gibson county. HENRY HAUB, POSTMASTER AND GEN- ERAL STORE.
HAUSERTOWN, A post office of Owen county.
HAW PATCH, A post office of La Grange county.
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HAWTHORN'S MILLS, A post office of Pike county.
HAYSVILLE, A post office of Dubois county.
HAZLETON,
A post office of Gibson county, lying on the Railroad and White River, at the fer- ry, 10 miles north of Princeton, the coun- ty seat.
BARNES J., POST MASTER. Barnes J., general merchant. Depaw & Defrees, steam saw mill. McDaniel John P., general store.
HEADLEY'S MILLS, A post office of Fountain county.
HEBRON, A post office of Porter county.
HECLA, A post office of Noble county.
HECTOR, -
A post office of Jay county.
HELLER'S CORNERS, A post office of Allen county.
HELTONVILLE; A post office of Lawrence county.
HERMANN, A post office of Ripley county.
HICKORY POINT, A post office of Lake county.
HIGH BANK, A post office of Pike county.
HIGHLAND, & post office of Vermillion county.
HIGH ROCK, A post office of Daviess county.
HILLSBORO,
A post village of Henry county, situated 33 miles north-west of Newcastle, the county seat, and 65 miles north of east from Indianapolis. It contains one woolen factory, one blacksmith, one boot and shoe maker, one carpenter and builder, one cabinet maker, one carriage and wagon maker, one general store, one harness maker, one manufacturer of grain cradles, one physician, (eclectic) one steam saw mill, one church, (Disciples) one school house with an average attendance of 56 pupils. Population 114.
Alphabetical List of Professions, Trades, Etc. Allendar Joseph & Son, cabinet makers and furniture dealers.
CANADAY SAMUEL S., DEPUTY AS- SISTANT POSTMASTER.
Clapsaddle Daniel, grain cradle manufac- turer.
Darr Samuel, harness maker.
Emerson & Brown, carpenters and build- ers.
Fisher John, boot and shoe store, and shoe maker.
Fraizer & Jones, proprietor steam saw mill.
FRAIZER ABRAHAM, POST MASTER. Hazelton Joel, general store.
Martin Jacob & Son, carriage, coach and wagon makers.
Newcomer & Conwell, blacksmith shop. Shoup Daniel, physician and surgeon.
HILLSBOROUGH,
A post village of Fountain county, situ- ated on the Newcastle and Danville rail- road, 14 miles from Covington, the county seat, 60 miles north-west from Indiana- polis, and 150 miles from Chicago. It con- tains one blacksmith, one boot and shoe maker. one carpenter and builder, one general store, one dress maker, one pro- duce and grain dealer, one water flour- ing mill, one grocery, one hide and lea- ther store, two resident farmers, one ho- tel, one lawyer, one notary public, one lumber dealer, one justice of the peace, one physician, one water saw mill, one jeweler, one tauner and currier, one tailor, one church, (United Brethren, ) and one school of twenty-five pupils. Popula- I tion 100.
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Alphabetical List of Professions, Trades, Etc.
Bever Joseph & Son, tanners and curriers. Bever Joseph & Son, hides and leather.
Brant Christopher, justice of peace.
Crayton Thomas, carpenter and builder.
Crayton George, groceries.
Fry Benjamin, boot and shoe store and maker.
Groves J. L. & M. W., general store.
Groves J. L., farmer.
GROVES M. J., POST MASTER.
Hillsborough House, proprietor, Jacob Keller.
Keller Jacob, farmer.
Keller J., tailor.
May John H., attorney at law and notary public.
May William F., watch maker and jew- eler.
Plunket & Bell, blacksmiths.
Smalley Mary, dress maker.
Watson C. D., physician and surgeon.
Williams A. J., wheelwright.
Williams Pleasant, flour and grain dealer.
Williams P., proprietor water grist mill.
Williams P., proprietor water saw mill.
HOBART, A post office of Lake county.
HOBBIEVILLE, A post office of Greene sounty.
HOLLAND, A post office of Dubois county.
HOLLANDSBURG, A post office of Parke county.
HOLMESVILLE, A post office of La Porte county.
HOLTON, A post office of Ripley county.
HOME, A post office of Jefferson county.
HOMER, A post office of Rush county.
HONEY CREEK, A post office of Howard county.
HOPE,
A post office of Bartholomew county.
HOUSTON,
A post office of Jackson county.
HOWARD, A post office of Parke county.
HUBBARD, A post office of Clark county.
HUDSON, A post office of La porte county.
HUNTINGBURGH, A post office of Dubois county.
HUNTINGTON,
The county seat of Huntington county, is situated nearly in the center of the county, and is intersected by the Toledo, Wabash and Western Railroad, and the Wabash and Erie Canal, and Little River washes its southern boundary. It is distant from the city of Fort Wayne on the east 25 miles, and from the town of Wabash, the county seat of Wabash county, on the west, 19 miles. There are no towns of note either north or south of Huntington short of 25 to 33 miles, making it the commercial center of a rich and fertile country, whose radius is nearly 50 miles. Manufacturing is not carried on here to any very considerable extent; there are, however, a steam flour mill and a foundry doing a respectable business. The facili- ties for manufacturing are abundant, and the location offers an inviting field to the capitalist in almost any department of manufacture. There is abundant water power and numerous springs of excellent water in this place. Its educational advantages are not so good as might be desired, though three or four public and private schools are supported and pretty well attended. There are four church edifices, viz .: one Baptist, one Methodist, one Disciples and one Catholic. The
Presbyterian society is about erecting & church building this season. A new court house is now in progress, which, when completed, will compare favorably with such structures in any part of the State. There are two newspaper offices, having
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weekly issues, three excellent hotels, sev- eral stores, manufacturers of boots and shoes, wood and iron, &c. Population, 2,000.
Alphabetical List of Professions, Trades, Etc.
American House, John Ayer, proprietor. Beck Adam, wagon maker.
Bernhart G. & Co., barbers.
Bissell J. R. Rev., New School Presbyte- rian.
Blackburn Thomas, bakery and grocery. Black Wm., cooperage.
Bodo Henry, grocery.
Brandt Martin B., county auditor.
Brown Joseph A., saddle and harness maker.
Chamberlain S. B. Rev., Baptist.
COFFROTH J. R., attorney and counselor at law.
DAILY D. O., ATTORNEY AT LAW AND GENERAL COLLECTING AG'T FOR NORTHERN INDIANA.
Davis J., wholesale grocer and druggist. DELONG A. W., PUBLISHER OF THE INDIANA HERALD.
DELONG ISAAC, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC.
Dick Fred., dealer in clothing and gents' furnishing goods, &c.
DOUGHERTY SAMUEL, PROPRIETOR HUNTINGTON HOUSE.
Drover & Pipenbrink, boot and shoe dealers.
Drover Henry, lime manufacturer.
Eich J., stoves and tin ware.
Emley Sexton, county commissioner.
EXCHANGE, R. N. GODFREY, PROPRI- ETOR.
Fernandez J., grocer.
Fernandez Joachim, county coroner.
Fredericks Wm. Rev., Gerinan Lutheran.
GODFREY R. N., PROPRIETOR OF EX- CHANGE.
Griffith Jesse, druggist.
Haight William, proprietor of Bill Tell saloon.
Hitzfield L., justice of the peace. 4 Hunter, Lewis & Co., dealers in hardware, cutlery, &c.
Hubbell A. A. & Co., forwarding and com- mission merchants on canal.
HUNTINGTON HOUSE, SAM'L DOUGH- ERTY, PROPRIETOR.
HUNTINGTON DEMOCRAAT, A. C. THOMPSON, PUBLISHER.
Karihee J., physician and surgeon.
Kenower John, cabinet, chair and furni- ture manufacturer and dealer.
Kenower John, county commissioner.
KOCHER W.M. C., attorney and counselor at law, justice of the peace and insu- rance agent.
Kopp & Hoover, dealers in furniture' &c.
Landeman A., grocery.
Lewis A. M., school examiner.
Leyman D. S., dealer in ladies' fancy goods, &c.
Lyon W. B., physician and surgeon. McCaughey Samuel, county recorder. Miesch Augustine, grocery.
Mills & Graysten, physicians and sur- geons.
Mitten L., grocery and meat market.
Moehring & Falk, clothiers and dealers in gents' furnishing goods.
Moehring & Falk, clothing, hats and caps. Moore S. & Co., dealers in staple and fancy dry goods, groceries, &c.
Morgan S. T. & Co., founders.
Morgan John, school examiner.
Murray Byron E., dealer in drugs, medi- cines, &c.
NORTON W., POST MASTER.
OTIS J. E., AGENT TOLEDO, WABASH AND WESTERN RAILROAD.
Pomeroy L. C., physician and surgeon.
Preston E. S. Rev., Methodist Episcopal. PURVIANCE, CAIN & CO., FORWARD-
ING AND COMMISSION MER- CHANTS.
Purviance Samuel H., county clerk.
REAM & SMITH, BAKERY AND GRO- CERY.
Reim Francis, blacksmith.
Reinhart P., physician and surgeon.
Reinberger J. M., saddle and harness ma- ker. Rifenberrick Wm., watch maker and jew- eler.
Roche John, dealer in dry goods and gro- ceries.
Roche John, county surveyor.
Schippert A. Rev., Catholic. Sees Wm., gun smith.
Sepper Il., grocery.
Service A. M., physician and surgeon.
Shearer D. I .. , forwarding and commission merchant on canal.
Shearer Jacob, wagon maker and black- smith.
Skiles, Davies & Co., general store.
Slack J. R., attorney at law and notary public.
Spaulding A., school examiner.
Taylor James, county commissioner.
Taylor W. & C., boot and shoe dealers. THE INDIANA HERALD, A. W. DE- LONG, PUBLISHER.
THOMPSON A. C .. PUBLISHER HUNT- INGTON DEMOCRAT.
Warner Lewis N., wagon maker. WOOD O., telegraph operator. Young Jucob H., county sheriff. Zahn Peter, dealer in ready-made clothing. Zahn 1., boots, shoes and leather.
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HUNTSVILLE, A post office of Madison county.
HYMERIA,
A post office of Sullivan county, and 10 miles north-east of Sullivan, the county seat.
JOHN BADDERS, POST MASTER.
IBA, A post office of DeKalb county.
INDEPENDENCE,
A post village situated on the south line and in the south-west part of Grant county, 7 miles south-west of Fairmount. There is a good steam mill, store, and blacksmith shop in town. Population, 100.
Rigdon Prior, general merchant. Rigdon P., physician and surgeon.
INDEPENDENCE,
A village of Warren county, situated on the west bank of the Wabash, 9 miles north-east of Williamsport, and was laid out in 1828. Contains 50 or 60 inhabit- ants.
INDIANA FURNACE, . A post office of Vermillion county.
INDIANAPOLIS,
: The capital of the State of Indiana, and seat of justice of Marion county, is situ- ated on the west fork of White river. Its site is a beautiful, fertile, and extensive plain, nearly in the center of the county, and very nearly equi-distant from the several boundaries of the State, at the crossing of the National road, and imme- diately below the mouth of Fall creek, 110 miles north-west of Cincinnati, and 86 miles north-west of Madison. It was first settled in 1819, by John Pogne, and in 1820 was selected as the permanent seat of government. The public offices were removed from Corydon on the first of January, 1825.
Indianapolis was laid out early in 1821. and the first sale of lots took place the same year. It is beautifully laid off, the streets being from sixty to one hundred and twenty feet in width, crossing each other at right angles, except four diagonal streets, which converge to a circular arca,
and affords easy access to every section of the city. The streets are tastefully em- bellished with forest and ornamental shade trees. A Shade Tree Association has re- cently been formed for supplying vacant lots with trees.
With the romance of the early settle- ment of this city this volume has nothing to do. The hardships of our early pioneers are matters of history. Posterity respects them, and will hold them always in re- membrance. It is to present the impor- tance of the city to-day that the space allotted to the subject -is designed. In- dianapolis has superior facilities for be- coming a large manufacturing city. From her geographical position-being in the very center of the State, and accessible from all points of the compass by rail- road-the advantages Indianapolis affords for the profitable investment of capital and labor in every department of indus- try, and will bear favorable comparison with those of auy other city in the West. Frugality and industry are prominent characteristics of its inhabitants. Con- sequently a large amount of conservatism is observable in all their transactions.
The reputation abroad of her mer- chants and manufacturers for solven- cy, is the result not only of their in- dustry and their wealth, but of their enterprise and the conservative element in their business transactions, an ele- ment which has enabled them to with- stand general misfortunes in business with a firmness and ability which few communities can boast of. She has in her manufacturing career built up a foun- dation of remarkable solidity for the fu- ture increase of her commercial and man- ufacturing operations.
The Central Canal and Fall Creek afford abundant hydraulic power, sufficient for any kind of machinery. Wood is cheap, and the supply plentiful. Inexhaustible beds of coal, quarries of stone, and mines of iron ore, each of the very best quality, are opened within a convenient distance of the city. Coal can be furnished, deliv- ered at from ten to twelve cents per bushel.
The industry of her population is not surpassed by that of any other city; and there are for all the wealth of its popula- tion, fewer gentlemen of leisure, than in any city of the Union.
There are at the present time but few if any families in which the male mem !- here are not engaged in some necupation from day to day, of either a professional, mercantile or mechanical character. The wealth of the city is generally distributed, a result of the frugality and industry be- fore mentioned, as well as of the opportu-
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nities here for the accumulation of money. | When it is known that the chartered or incorporated banking capital of the city is only $150,000, it must be apparent to all that to carry on the heavy business transacted in the city in its mercantile and manufacturing departments, there must be not only large amounts of pri- vate capital, but a very general distribu- tion of it throughout the business commu- nity.
The population of Indianapolis in 1840, 2,692; in 1850, 8,091; in 1853, 12,000; in 1855, 16,000; in 1857, 24,000; and at the present time, 28.900, is estimated by the city assessor. There are many cities whose growth seems to be more rapid than Indianapolis, and probably for a short period has been so, yet viewing its in- crease for a series of years, it is found there has been in the swell of its popula- tion a progress which, from its quietness, has attracted but little attention, and is in its comparative ratio with the growth of other cities, undervalued by even her own citizens.
In manufacturing establishments the city contains one rolling mill, for the manufacture and renewal of railroad iron, built at a cost (including machinery) of $125,000. It has the capacity of turning
clothing, books and stationery, have day by day been added to its already large mercan- tile interests, and yet all are amply pa- tronized. The demands of the country merchant can be supplied upon terms equal to those offered in eastern cities. Mercantile men throughout the State are becoming aware of these facts, and are making Indianapolis the head quarters of their trade. Persons unacquainted with the extent of its business will be astonnded at the amount of exchange done by the banks and brokers of this city. The exchange each year will not fall short of fifteen millions of dollars. Knowing this to be a healthful and pros- perous condition of mercantile interest, men, who would consult their own gains, should look about for the reasons. The whole secret is embraced in the fact that the merchants of Indianopolis can at all times of the year supply themselves with every article of merchandise direct from the manufactories, and upon very short notice. Rents, clerk hire, and every ex- pense is much reduced comparatively with Eastern cities, so that prices can be brought to compete with any Eastern market. Freights, insurance and other incidentals are greatly decreased when large stocks are purchased, and therefore
out fourteen thousand tuns of new iron | its wholesale establishments can furnish annually, and of consuming about the the country merchant cheaper than he could purchase and forward his stocks from Eastern or Sonthern cities. These advantages will daily increase as the patronage of country merchants becomes more extended, both parties will be great- ly benefitted, country merchants can con- stantly keep a perfect supply, and make quick turns of their capital; and the wholesale establishments of Indianapolis will increase in number and importance. It is for the interest of every merchant in Indiana to make Indianapolis his place of purchase and sale. same amount of coal; one iron and car wheel factory, one general edge tool fac- tory, one boiler manufactory, and one saw factory. A large and very extensive business is carried on in the manufacture of wagons, carriages, agricultural imple- ments, plow making, bucket, tub, churn, and wooden ware, planing mills, doors, sash and window blinds, pump and block making, lath and general wood sawing establishments, broom manufactory and cabinet ware in all its varieties, for the home and western markets, together with other manufactories, of which wood and iron are the staples.
There are in the city three large pork decaling and packing houses. These houses employ a number of hands in the pork packing season and kill some 100,000 hogs. There is also a beef packing establishment doing a large business.
There are four firms who transact a real estate business, have several millions of dollars' worth of real estate for sale, but, from the peenliar nature of many of their
of wood and copper, one pottery and stone ware, three gun and pistol factories, three morocco and lining skin factories, several boot and shoe factories, and hides and leather. The wholesale business is car- ried on in this city extensively, and many large wholesale and retail establishments of dry goods, groceries, hardware, drugs,
It has two good woolen manufactories, manufacturing goods to the amount of $100,000 per annum, one paper mill do- ing a good business, flouring mills, inan- ufacturing from four hundred to five hun- dredbarrels of flour per day ; two soap and ! candle factories, three plumbing and gas fitting establishments, - one silver ware and plating manufactory, two engravers ; transactions in which they simply find a purchaser or a seller without carrying the whole transaction through, there is much of their business which does not appear upon their books beyond the simple entry of the fee for such portion of the business as they transact, consequently it is impossible to give the actual figures of their business. Many heavy transactions are commenced
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by them in which the parties to the pur- | shrubs, gravel walks and grass plats, re- chase or sale conclude all the particulars minding the passer-by that a thing of beauty is a joy forever. and the payments themselves.
Book and job printing is largely carried on by the following firms, viz. : Bingham & Doughty, proprietors of the Daily and Weekly State Sentinel, with whose establish- ment is connected a large and extensive book bindery and embossing machine. A heavy business is annually done by this firm. The Indianapolis Journal Company, proprietors of the Indianapolis Daily and Weekly State Journal, are doing a good business. Cameron & McNeely, proprie- tors of the Daily Citizen and Weekly Citi- zen-doing a fine business. Elder & Hark- ness, proprietors of the Weekly Locomotive.
There are also the following newspapers and publications, viz: The Commercial Telegram, (monthly,) published by C. C. Butler. The Free Press, (German) week- ly, Richard Henninger, proprietor. The
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Volksblatt, (German) weekly, Julius Boetticher, proprietor. The Herald and Era (theological paper,) Williamson & Lee, publishers. The Witness, (a religious paper ) weekly, published by M. G. Clark. The National Democrat, published by the National Democrat Company, (weekly,) The Indiana School Journal, (monthly ) pub- lished by State Teachers' Association. The American, (weekly) published by T. A, Goodwin. The Christian Record, (monthly) published by J. M. Matthews. The Indi- ana Farmer, (monthly) published by Ray & Wellhouse. The Public Advertiser, (monthly) published by Cameron & Mc- Neely, and the Repository of Religion and Literature, (.African) published quarterly, by Rev. Bishop Payne and others. One piano forte establishment doing a business of $30,000 per annum, and who sell annu- ually some fifty piano fortes.
Indianapolis has two Home Insurance Companies doing business in the city, and throughout the State of Indiana exclu- sively, together with several agencies of foreign companies, whose aggregate re- ceipts of premiums amounted to $50,000, covering risks to the value of $5,000,000.
Very few, if any, inland cities in the Western States can boast of as many monuments of architectural beauty as can the Railroad City. Her churches (twenty- six in number) are chiefly built of brick, vieing in beauty of design and finish with those of older cities.
Odd Fellows' Hall, which was built in 1854, at an expense of $43.000, is one of the finest and most prominent specimens of architectural skill in the State, and is a great ornament to the city. The State House, erected at a cost of $60,000, stands in the center of a beautifully arranged square, gorgeously diversified with trees, 056 38.
Masonic Hall is another building of much prominence, within whose walls the mantle of masonry has fallen upon many of the great and good men of the State.
Among the many fine edifices erected during the past year may be mentioned the Episcopalian ( Christ Church ), being built in the Gothic style, of rough ashlar dressed limestone. The Third Presbyte- rian Church, on the corner of Illinois and Market streets.
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