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Grubbs John E., blacksmith.
Grubbs James, proprietor steam saw mill. Haddock Robert, carpenter and builder.
Hargitt R., farmer.
Hargitt Thomas, justice of the peace.
Hargitt. R. M., carpenter and builder. llargitt G. M., carpenter and builder. Hargitt Thomas Rev., Methodist.
Hargitt Robert Rev., Methodist.
Hargitt Thomas, general store.
Jnad James C., carpenter and builder. Lazenby R .. farmer.
Lazenby William, justice of the peace. Lidell James, farmer. Longdall R., farmer.
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McCracken M., farmer. McCraeken William, constable.
Morgan D. D., general store. Nowlan Silas, farmer.
Nowlan Silas, township trustee. Oglen John, cooper. Rogers R., farmer.
Shaw William C. Rev., Clergyman. Siosin Z. B., carriage and wagon maker. Sawders Frederick, township trustee.
Sutton Charles, constable.
SWALES GEORGE, POSTMASTER. Swales Frank, proprietor steam saw mill. Swales George, farmer. Whipple A. B., blacksmith.
BRIGHTON,
A post village, formerly called Lexington, in Greenfield township, Lagrange county, situated 9 miles from the Michigan South- ern and Northern Indiana R. R., 18 miles from the Air Line R. R., located between Pretty and English prairies, 160 miles from Indianapolis, 130 miles from Chicago, 11 miles from Lagrange, the county seat. The situation of the village is very pleas- ant, and is surrounded by as beautiful a farming country as any in the State. The township contains 1,000 inhabitants; the village, 100. It has one blacksmith shop, two boot and shoe shops, five carpenters, two cabinet makers, one carriage shop, three clergymen, two general stores, one water grist mill, one hotel, one lumber dealer, two magistrates, one physician and druggist, one saw mill, two painters, two churches, one tailor, one wheelwright, and one school, with an average attendance of fifty pupils.
Alphabetical List of Professions, Trades, Etc. Bradford S. P., carpenter and builder. Brown T. H., town officer.
Burnell S., farmer. Burnell Thomas, farmer.
Burnell Samuel, town officer. Celwell J. & H., blacksmiths. Crandell J., proprietor Brighton Hotel. CRANDELL H. R., POSTMASTER. Crandell H. R., general store.
Crandell J., carpenter and builder. Crandell H. R., town officer. Curtiss H., farmer.
Davis James, general store.
Davis Jumes, proprietor water grist mill. Davis J., proprietor saw mill. Elya David C., carpenter and builder. Gillborn A., farmer. Hall William, farmer. Hern William, lumber dealer. Hern William, farmer. Hopkins F2, fariner.
Howard L., painter.
Howard L. H., cabinet and furniture dealer.
Littlefield E., justice of the peace. Mininger A., boot and shoe dealer.
Patterson James C., carriage and wagon maker.
Porham T. H. S., town officer.
Rupert D. W., physician and apothecary. Scott L., carpenter and builder. Selby J., farmer.
Seoring J. W., cabinet and furniture dealer.
Seoring N., painter.
Seoring J. W., town officer.
Shattuck A. C., boot and shoe dealer. Smith F., carpenter and builder. Squire W. W., justice of the peace.
Stufordson O., farmer.
Vandevanter P., farmer.
BRISTOL,
A post village, in Bristol township, Elk- hart county, on the Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana R. R., 9 miles north of Goshen, the county seat, 160 miles north- east of Indianapolis, and 110 east of Chi- cago, situated on the beautiful river St. Josephs, which is navigable some 30 miles above this place for steamers. It is loca- ted high, and is very healthy. The inhabit- ants are mostly from the Eastern States, being an intelligent, moral and industri- ous people. The buildings are substantial and neatly designed. The most commodi- ous, tasteful and well built store in North- ern Indiana is at this place, built of brick and stone in 1857 by Samuel B. Romaine, Esq. It is improving rapidly in popula- tion and wealth; and, being so desirably situated, must in time become a large and flourishing town. There are sent from the depot at this place some 30,000 bushels of grain, 2,000 boxes apples, 200 boxes sweet potatoes, besides peaches, plums, &c. The surrounding country is unsur- passed for fertility of soil, and fruit comes to maturity early, and of the very choicest varicties. It contains three blacksmiths, three shoemakers, eight carpenters, one cabinet shop, two carriage makers, three ministers, one clothing house, three gen- eral stores, one United States express of- fice, four dress makers, one furniture dealer, four flour and grain dealers, one steam grist mill, two harness makers, two groceries, one hardware store, one hat and cap store, two hotels, two attorneys, two lumber dealers, two magistrates. three physicians, one stove and tin dealer, one painter, three churches, two clothiers, one watch maker, three coopers, two wheel- wrights, and three schools, with an attend-
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ance of three hundred pupils. Population of township, 1,300; of village, 500.
Alphabetical List of Professions, Trades, Etc.
Adams George, grocer.
Adams George, blacksmith.
Bickel Simon, blacksmith.
Bickel Simon, carriage and wagon maker. Clark F. F., stove dealer and tin smith.
Clark F. F., dealer in hardware and cut- lery.
Coffin Owen, general store.
Coffin C., town treasurer.
Coffin C., hats, caps and fur dealer.
Coffin Owen, flour and grain dealer.
Coleman Joseph L., town trustee.
Corydon James L., town trustee.
Corydon J. R., physician and surgeon.
Dombery Lewis, physician and surgeon.
Fowler Henry H., attorney at law.
Fowler J. W. & Co., proprietors steam grist mill.
Fowler Solomon, flour and grain dealer,
Guela Asher D., cabinet and furniture dealer.
Hall H. H., justice of peace.
Hall Horace HI., boot and shoe dealer.
Hew Robert R., cabinet and furniture dealer.
Hughs I. I., painter.
Lee George W., harness maker.
Luby George W., grocer.
Miller George, boot and shoe maker.
Pierson T. & S. Kinkle, proprietors Am- erican Exchange.
Probasco Wm., flour and grain dealer.
Probasco William, general store.
Probasco William, lumber dealer.
Probasco W., hat, cap and fur dealer.
Procter Wm., town treasurer.
ROMAINE SAMUEL B., POSTMASTER.
Romaine Samuel B., lumber dealer.
Romaine Samuel B., notary public.
Romaine Samuel B., hat, cap and fur dealer.
Romaine Samuel B., flour and grain dealer.
Romnine, Samuel B., general store.
Warren L. C., harness maker.
Warren George W., blacksmith.
Warren George W., carriage and wagon maker.
Weih R., hat, cap and fur dealer.
Weih Archibald, clothier.
Wilcox C. W., town clerk.
BROAD RIPPLE, A post office of Marion county.
BROOK, A post office of Jasper county. 3
BROOKLYN,
A post village of Morgan county, situated on the rail road leading from Gosport to In- dianapolis, now in process of construc- tion, 9 miles north of Martinsville, the county seat, and 21 miles south-west of Indianapolis. It is on the west bank of Whitelick creek, a beautiful stream flow- ing through a fertile district. It contains one confectionery, two blacksmith shops, one carpenter, one cabinet maker, one general store, one fine grist mill, run by water power, one saw mill run by water, and one school, with an attendance of twenty-five pupils. Population, 25.
Brady Edward, confectioner. COX MILTON.
Griggs & Clark, proprietors water grist mill.
Griggs & Clark, proprietors water saw mill.
Grinstead Thomas, blacksmith.
Hess Jacob, carpenter and builder.
Landers F. & Co., general store.
Landers Franklin, farmer.
LANDERS FRANKLIN, POSTMASTER.
Simms Paul, carriage and wagon maker. Smith Frederick, cabinet maker. Strader George, blacksmith.
BROOKSTON,
A post office of White county.
BROOKVILLE,
A post village, and the seat of justice of Franklin county, is beautifully situated at the confluence of Whitewater river, 41 miles north-west of Cincinnati, and 70 miles east south-east of Indianapolis. It is called after Jesse Brook Thomas, the original proprietor, and was first settled in 1804, by John Test, James Knight, Ro- bert Breckenridge, Lismond Bayse, and Amos Butler. The facilities for trade and the water power the river affords, render this a place of considerable importance, and has many advantages for manufactu- ing purposes. It contains a court-house, county offices, county seminary, a college where English literature, mathematics, the classics and music, are taught by able and competent professors; also a high school, under the charge Mr. R. B. Abbott as principal, and is in a Homishing con- dition ; paper mill, several flouring mills, printing offices, one cotton factory, seve- ral stores and manufactories of wood, iron, &c. It contains a population of 1,300.
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Alphabetical List of Professions, Ttades, Etc.
ABBOTT R. B. REV. A. M., PRINCIPAL OF THE BROOKVILLE HIGH SCHOOL.
Barton Thomas, druggist and patent med- icine agent.
Batzner & Fogel, general dealers in dry goods groceries, &c.
BENTLEY C. B., POSTMASTER.
BENTLEY C. B., EDITOR AND PRO- PRIETOR FRANKLIN WEEKLY DEMOCRAT.
Berry Fielding, county surveyer.
Berry H. jr., attorney at law.
Binkley C. C., attorney at law.
Brookville High School, Rev. R. B. Ab- bott, A. M., principal.
Brookville Bank, J. Whitt, cashier.
Brookville College, Rev. G. A. Chase, president. . Carmichael Noah, proprietor steam saw mill.
Chase G. A. Rev., president Brookville College.
Clark Joseph R., watches, clocks and jew- elry.
. Cooley John R., dealer in staple and fan- cy dry goods.
Crookshank N. Me., attorney at law.
Cullum M. H., attorney at law.
Dawson Wm., clocks, watches and jewelry. Elliott James H., county treasurer.
Forrer John.
FOSTER W. H., publisher of the Brook- ville American.
Forrer Daniel, flouring mill.
Frank Wm., furniture warehouse.
Fudge J. H., dealer in stoves and tin ware.
Gallaher John, dealer in stone, &c.
Gallion N D., general store.
Glidewell William A. G., county sheriff.
Goodwin R. J. M., A. B., professor of ma- thematies Brookville college.
Haymond Miss Ada, teacher of music. Heefles Dr., drugs, medicines, &c.
HOHMANN E. Mrs., millinery and fancy store.
Holland & Binkley, attorneys at law. Holland Geo., attorney at law.
Howland J. D., attorney at law.
Johnson John W., county clerk.
Johnston John M., clerk court common pleas.
Jones D. D., attorney -at law.
Keely Johr W. Dr., surgeon dentist.
Keely John W. Rev., treasurer board of trustees Brookville College. Keely John W., books and stationery. Kilgore Cyrus, attorney at law. King John, general store.
Lynch Mary Miss, assistant teacher Brookville high school.
McCleery A. R., real estate agent.
Martin John, proprietor steam saw mill. Maxwell Geo. F., proprietor Valley House. Meyer Edward, harness maker.
Moffitt John S., carriage manufactory.
Morrow W., attorney at law.
Morrow W. & Co., general store.
Osborn Redin, county recorder.
Quick John H., county auditor.
Quick W. G., attorney at law.
Quick W. P., attorney at law. 1 Reed Z. B., marble works.
Rodman S. F., fashionable tailor.
Rous John P., A. B., professor of languages. Brookville college.
Rous John P. Mrs., teacher of vocal and instrumental music, Brookville col- lege.
Schrichte H. H., marble works.
Shoemaker P. & Co., wholesale and retail grocers and produce dealers.
Tarkington Mary Miss, teacher of pre- paratory department, Brookville col- lege.
Tyner & Kimble, general dealers.
Valley House, Geo. F. Maxwell proprietor. Ward Boswell, assistant teacher, Brook- ville high school.
Whitt J., cashier Brookville bank.
BROWNSBURGH,
A post village of Hendricks county, is a flourishing place, situated 10 miles north- east of Danville, 14 miles north-west of Indianapolis. It is a place of considera- ble trade, and contains two churches, two blacksmith shops, three boot and shoe stores, one brick maker, four carpenters. two cabinet makers, one carriage and coach manufactory, one drug-store, four general stores, one dressmaker, one steam grist mill, two harness makers, one hotel, four physicians, one steam saw mill, one stove and tin dealer, three coopers, two tailors, and one school with an attendance of 40 rupils. Population 600.
Alphabetical List of Professions, Trades, Etc. Bader Jacob, cabinet maker and furniture dealer.
Baxter J. M., boot and shoe store.
Bray J. L. C., carpenter and builder.
Bray J. L. C., steam saw mill.
Brown G. W., cabinet maker and furni- ture dealer. Burns J. A., brick maker.
Burns P. T., town clerk.
Call Marquis, cooper. Davison Jas. T., druggist.
DAVISON J. T., POST MASTER.
Davison J. T., township trustee. Dinwiddie W. M., township trustee. Dogan & Wall, general store.
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Graham T. A., physician.
Green & Montgomery, general store. Harrison J. M., carpenter and builder. Hughes F. M., township trustee. Hunter L. S., Hughes & Parker. Kupp Wm. F., tailor and clothier. Lamott Joseph, stove and tin dealer. Long J. S., township trustee. Long J. S., general store.
Manifee G. G., township trustee.
Manes Elisha, carpenter and builder. Merton Green, notary public.
Moore H. H., physician. Nelson Wm. C., proprietor Fourteen Mile House.
Nelson Wm. C., justice of peace.
Orm Edward, cooper.
Patterson Thomas, cooper.
Peters O. P., carpenter and builder.
Pettrye Nicholas, blacksmith.
Quown Jas. H., harnessmaker.
Sellers T. P., physician.
Sennet M. P., steam gristmill. South B. F., blacksmith.
Wales Marsh, harnessmaker.
Walker Thomas, boot and shoe dealer.
Walker Miss R. J., dressmaker.
Welshans J. P., town marshal, town treas- urer and assessor. Weaver S. M., eclectic physician. White H. W., clothier.
BROWNSTOWN,
A post village in Brownstown township, and the county seat of Jackson county, about ยง of a mile south-east of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, and the east fork of Whitewater river. The public square is neatly laid out, being three hun- dred and twelve feet square. The Court House cost $3,000. This town was laid out in 1816 by John Milroy, agent, ap- pointed by the County Commissioners. The first settlers were John Milroy, John Ketcham, Wm. Congleton, Wm. Williams, and Win. Crenshaw. The main street is eighty feet wide; the rest are only sixty feet. There was an addition made on the north-west in 1857, by W. L. Dobbs. It has four churches: one Methodist, one Baptist, one Christian or Campbellite, and one Presbyterian; one good seminary building, four dry goods stores, four gro- ceries, one steam flouring mill, one saw mill, one hotel, one drug store, two liquor stores, four ministers, six attorneys at law, four physicians, and several good schools. Distant 70 miles south of Indi- anapolis, 55 miles north of Jeffersonville, 40 miles north-west of Madison, 40 miles south-east of Bloomington, and 28 miles east of Bedford. Population, COO.
Alphabetical List of Professions, Trades, Etc.
Applewhite Ralp, attorney at law. BAUGHMAN ENOCH, PROPRIETOR UNION HOUSE.
Baughman Enoch, county sheriff.
Benton Walter, dry goods and grocery, dealer.
Benton G. V., dry goods and grocery dealer.
Benton W., general store.
Benton George V., general store.
Boothe M. Rev., Presbyterian.
Braman R. L., grocery dealer.
Braman Rositer L., grocer.
Brow Jacob, county commissioner.
Crabb Stephen, general store.
Crabb Stephen, dry goods and grocery dealer.
Cummins John J., attorney at law.
Davis J. F., grocery dealer.
Dodds Andrew, county commissioner.
Dunham Cyrus L., attorney at law.
Emerson Frank, attorney at law.
EMERSON FRANK, judge court of com- mon pleas.
Farris Martin, attorney at law.
Gallespie Wm. Rev., Baptist.
Gossa Frederick, liquor dealer.
Hendricks Dr., physician and surgeon.
Hillis Dr., physician and surgeon.
Houston James, liquor dealer.
Ireland Wm., blacksmithi.
Kelley D. A., marshal.
Layton Safety Rev., Methodist.
Lewis J. M., county auditor.
Limbocker Wm. A., hardware dealer.
Long D. H., attorney at law.
Long D. H., county clerk.
Love HI. S., county commissioner.
Lowell O. F., hardware and notion dealer. Mc Afee Robert, prosecuting attorney.
Miller F., prop'r steam grist mill.
Mooney S. P., county treasurer. Owens J. L., county recorder.
Payne John H., physician and surgeon.
Reynolds G., county coroner.
SCOTT ROWLEY, POST MASTER.
Sowell Oscar F., grocer. Trowbridge J., blacksmith.
Trowbridge J., wagon maker.
Tuell & Chadwick, druggists.
Wayman Charles M. Rev., Christian.
Woodmanser Asa, general store.
Woodmanser A., dry goods and grocery dealer.
Wort Samuel, physician and surgeon.
BROWN'S VALLEY,
A post office of Montgomery county.
BROWNSVILLE,
A post office of Union county, situated on the east fork of Whitewater and the In-
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diana and Ohio Junction Railroad, 5 miles west of Liberty, the county seat, 60 miles east of Indianapolis, 50 miles north-west of Cincinnati. It contains three black- smith shops, three boot and shoe shops, one carpenter, two cabinet makers, two carriage makers, one minister, six gen- eral stores, two dress makers, one furni- ture dealer, one harness maker, two gro- cers, one hotel, two magistrates, one phy- sician, one steam saw mill, one stove dealer, one painter, one tailor, one den- tist, one plow maker, three churches, and one school, with an average attendance of eighty-five pupils.
Alphabetical List of Professions, Trades, Etc.
Baldinyer Havier, cabinet maker and fur- niture dealer.
Baldinger Havier, furniture dealer.
Baldinger Havier, prop'r hotel.
Brodrick & Swallow, general store.
Brown Sidney H., boot and shoe dealer. Burkit E., town officer.
Carlos Wmn., general store.
Cline George, town officer.
Doughty John, dentist.
Driggs Asal, carriage and wagon maker. Echard George Washington, blacksmith. Hall & Houshour, general store.
Jones James, carriage and wagon maker. Kaufman Elias, cabinet and furniture dealer.
Kaufman Elias, town officer.
Knowlton Mrs. Nancy, dress maker.
Lamb James, justice of peace.
Lamb & Burkit, stove dealers and tin- smiths.
Mason Reason, blacksmith.
Mason Reason, plow maker.
Norris L. M., general store. Otto Frederick, clothier. RIDER HENRY, POST MASTER.
Rider & Kershner, proprietors steam saw mill.
Rider Daniel M., physician and surgeon.
Rider Henry, justice of peace.
Rider ( H.) & Perry, general store.
Rider Daniel, town officer.
Sparks Reuben Rev., Methodist.
Stagg & Stevens, general store.
Swallow Lewis, painter.
Swallow George, town officer.
Swallow Lewis, town officer.
Whetsal Andrew, carpenter and builder.
Whetsal Andrew, town officer.
Williams Oswell S., boot and shoe dealer. Wolley George W., grocer. Wolverton Thomas, harness maker.
Wolverton Eliza, dress maker.
Wolverton Vincent, boot and shoe dealer. Yaryan Samuel, blacksmith. Youse Wm., grocer.
BRUCE'S LAKE, A post office of Fulton county.
BRUCEVILLE, A post office of Knox county.
BRUIN'S CROSS ROADS, A post office of Parke county. .
BRUNERSTOWN, A post office of Putnam county.
BRUSHY PRAIRIE, A post office of La Grange county.
BRYANT'S CREEK, A post office of Monroe county.
BRYANTSVILLE,
A post village in Spice Valley township, Lawrence county, 10 miles south-west of Bedford, the county seat, 85 miles from Indianapolis, and 135 miles due west of Cincinnati. It contains fifteen houses, two general stores, two blacksmiths, one phy- sician, one chair maker, one wheelwright, one cabinet maker. Population 45.
Alphabetical List of Professions, Trades, Etc. Adams Express Company, E. Hambleton, agent.
Armstrong N. II., attorney at law.
Cobb J. W., lumber dealer. Cobb J. W., proprietor saw mill.
Conner D. W. & Co., carpenters and build- ers.
Gearian Miss, dress maker.
Green C. H., physician and surgeon.
Hambleton E. & Co., general store.
Hambleton E., agent Adams' Express Company.
Lee John C., carriage and wagon maker. Lee Richard, cooper.
MeDonald J. W., physician and sargcon. Morris W. B., painter.
MORRIS JOHN, POST MASTER.
Morris J., proprietor Wedle House. Morris John, justice of peace.
Wagoner Samuel, blacksmith.
Wagoner H. & Co., general store. Ware S. & Co., lumber dealers. Warrington J., Wappaloo House.
BUCHANAN, A post office of Tippecanoe county.
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BUCK CREEK, A post office of Greene county.
BUCKSKIN,
A post office of Gibson county, 12 miles from Princeton, the county seat, situated in the south-east part of the county.
BUENA VISTA,
A post office of Jefferson county, and is only a settlement, there being no incorpo- rated village. It contains two stores, a large steam flouring mill, a steam paper mill, a saw mill which saws during the wet seasons by water-power, one church of the Christian Reformed denomination, two ministers, one magistrate, one black- smith, and one school with an average at- tendance of 40 pupils. Population of township 900.
Everhart A., proprietor water paper mill. Lanham James W. Rev., Christian. Lawson William, farmer.
Lockard J. H., justice of peace.
Lockard, J. H., general store.
Ryker Wm. C.& Son, proprietors steam and water mill.
Ryker Wm.C. & Son, proprietors water saw mill. McFatridge John, blacksmith. Manville Nicholas, general store.
MANVILLE NICHOLAS, POST MASTER. | Payton Abraham, carpenter and builder.
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BUFFALO,
A post office in Liberty township, White county, 10 miles from Monticello, the county seat, and 30 miles from Lafayette. Population of township 500.
Hughes John C., justice of the peace. Matheson Rev., Methodist.
Moore Thomas B., justice of the peace. SLUYTER T. W., POST MASTER. Tilman Elijah Rev., Christian. Wickam Thomas, constable.
BURLINGTON,
two blacksmiths, one shoe maker, three carpenters, three wagon makers, one min- ister, one general store, one dress maker, one harness maker, one grocer, one hotel, one lumber dealer, one magistrate, three doctors, one cooper, one tanner and cur- rier, one clothier, and two churches. Pop- ulation 300.
Alphabetical List of Frofessions, Trades, Etc.
Anderson Samuel, physician and surgeon- Arnold Eli, tanner and currier.
Barnard Obed M., farmer.
Barnes D. F. Rev., Methodist.
Boles & Stone, general store.
Bryant J. M., clothier. BRYANT J. M., POST MASTER. Bryant J. M., justice of peace.
Cook James, proprietor American Hotel. Craig John, carpenter and builder.
Darnal James M., physician and surgeon. Davis Jonathan, carriage and wagon ma- ker.
Fawette Mary, dress maker.
Haggard John A., farmer.
Jewett Josiah, blacksmith.
John Jolin, physician and surgeon.
Mahaffy John, grocer.
Moore Solomon, carriage and wagon ma- ker.
Moore Jonathan, carriage and wagon ma- ker.
Nutter Benjamin, harness maker.
Plank Israel, blacksmith.
Patterson Joseph, cooper.
Russell George W., boot and shoe dealer.
+ Stone Eaton P., lumber dealer.
Trace Michael, carpenter and builder. Watts Andrew, farmer.
BURNETT'S CREEK, A post office of White county.
BURNSVILLE, A post office of Bartholomew county.
BUSSERON,
A post office of Knox county, on the Evansville and Crawfordsville Railroad, 12 miles north of Vincennes, the county seat, 46 miles south of Terre Haute, and 90 miles from Indianapolis. It was laid off and recorded in 1854. It contains two blacksmiths, two general stores, one no-
A post office of Burlington township, Car- roll county, on the south branch of the north fork of Wild Cat Creek, where the Michigan road crosses the creek, situated | tary public, one physician ( eclectic), and on high, dry and rolling land, 19 miles has a population of 40. south-east of Delphi, the county seat, and 52 miles nearly north of Indianapolis, and CRAWFORD WM., GENERAL STORE AND POST MASTER. 19 miles from Logansport. It contains |
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Fullerston Andrew, general store. Hadden Elisha, blacksmith. MORGAN D. H., M. D., eclectic physician. Morgan D. H., notary public. Shy H. M., blacksmith.
BUTLER, A post office of DeKalb county.
BUTLERVILLE,
A post village of Campbell township, Jennings county, situated on the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, 66 miles from Cincinnati, 274 miles from St. Louis, 7 miles from Vernon. It contains two good general dry goods and grocery stores, one blacksmith shop, one wagon maker's shop, one cooperage, two physicians, a justice of the peace, two churches, Baptist and Methodist, a school house and Masonic Hall, one steam saw mill and corn mill attached. It was first laid out in 1853. John Morris, the present Post Master, was the first settler and built the first house. Distant from Indianapolis 75 miles. There is an average attendance of 25 pupils at the school at this place. Population, 100.
Davis J. M., gunsmith.
Davis J. M., blacksmith.
Johnson Levi, grocery keeper.
MORRIS JOHN, POST MASTER.
McFall James, wheelwright.
Patterson B. W., cabinet maker.
Withers Henry, general store.
BYRNEVILLE, A post office of Harrison county.
CADIZ,
A post office of Heury county, situated immediately on the Newcastle and Cadiz turnpike road, which is completed about 35 miles south-east of Indianapolis, and 4 miles south of the Cincinnati, Richmond and Logansport Railroad. It has three churches, Methodlist, Christian or Camp- bellite and Friends or Quaker, three gen- eral stores, three blacksmiths, three shoe makers, one brick maker, three carpenters, two cabinet makers, two carriage makers, four ministers, three dress makers, one flour and grain dealer, one harness maker, two grocers, one hide and leather store, one hotel, oue attorney at law, one limber dealer, two justices of the peace, three physicians, two saw mills, one cooper, one painter, one tanner and currier, and two schools, with an average attendance of from forty to fifty pupils. Population, 850.
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