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PIONEER MUTUAL ASSOCIATION, UNION CITY.
The Pioneer Mutual Association was formed in the spring of 1881.
Its declared object is to furnish insurance upon lives of per- song between the ages of twenty and eighty years inclusive, at the cheapest possible rates.
Terms-Certificates given, $6 for $1,000, $10 for $2,000, $15 for $3,000, $25 for $5,000.
Yearly assessments, $1 per $1,000, during life.
Death assessments, $1.25 on $1,000 certificate; $2.30 on $2,- 000; $3.35 on $3,000; $5.50 on $5,000.
- Each policy calls for a sum equal to the aggregate net avails of the assessment made in the case in question, but not greater than the full sum named in the certificate, the odd cents in each death assessment, as also the yearly rate, being reserved for ex- penses.
The association seems at the present time to be flourishing, a large number, considering time elapsed, having obtained certifi- cates therein.
Many object to the feature in the association insuring persons at so great an age, and a large number think the principle un- sound of allowing persons to insure parties in whom they have no proper insurable interest; yet the association continnes to carry on its operations, and time, that tests all things, must de- termine what is truth as to these disputed points.
The opinion is common, moreover, that the insurance of par- ties of great age cannot prove, in the long run, a business suc- cess, since death must occur so frequently that such an avalanche of assessments must. ensue as to swamp the association and the policy-holders in one common ruin. And still again, that the policy of collection in small sums, and in having no permanent fund on which interest, may accrue, so greatly increases the ex- pense of management as eventually to make them be rejected as undesirable.
But this work is not a treatise on insurance, but simply a history, and the author must content himself with a bare state- ment of facts, and to leave the argument in the matter to other persons, and to other times and places.
FARMERS' MUTUAL AID AND LIFE ASSOCIATION, WINCHESTER, IND. Formed in 1880.
Officers-Andrew McConnell, President; C. O. Mikesell, Vice President; R. G. Mote, Treasurer; John Kunkel, Secretary; J. J. Mikesell, General Manager. The above officers are also the Directors of the association. G. W. Bruce, Medical Examiner; L. W. Study, Attorney; J. N. Shockney. General Agent.
The following is the plan of the association:
Four classes, A, B, C and D, each having four divisions.
Initiation fee, $8, $10, $12, $15.
Death assessment, $1.10, $2.20, $3.30, $5.50.
Annual dues, $1, $2, 83, $5.
Sums payable (when classes are full), $1,000, $2,000, $3,000, $5,000.
Ages, twenty to eighty-five years.
Expense fund: The initiation fees, the annual dues and 10 per cent of the death assessments.
No medical examinations required between sixty-five and eighty years. This is another association like the "Pioneer " of Union City which insures ages as high as eighty years -- an age which, upon
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principles heretofore supposed to be sound, would be a transac- tion unwarranted by the laws regulating safe and substantial business transactions.
HOME BENEVOLENT LIFE ASSOCIATION, WINCHESTER.
Formed in 1881.
Officers-J. M. Hodson, President; R. A. Leavell, Vice Pres- ident; W. P. Harris, Secretary; T. F. Moorman, Treasurer; J. T. Chenoweth, Medical Director; H. Ritenour, General Man- ager; W. W. Canada, Attorney.
Directors-J. M. Hodson, R. A. Leavell, W. P. Harris, T. F. Moorman, J. T. Chenoweth.
The association is without stockholders.
Insurable age. eighteen to eighty-two years.
Amount receivable, $2,000 to $5,000 ..
Beneficiaries classed in four divisions. according to age.
Dues semi annual.
Assessments made at the death of members.
Initiation in proportion to amount insured.
Amount receivable conditioned upon the number of paying members at the time.
The highest age on this association is eighty-two years.
MARRIAGE DOWRY ASSOCIATIONS.
The year 1881 witnessed the beginning, at Union City, Ind., of an association called by the above title.
There seems to be something bewitching in the matter, for, in a brief space, similar organizations have sprung up in great numbers. Eight or ten exist already in Union City, and they are organized at the rate of fifty in a week throughout the State of Indiana.
It is difficult to describe them, or to tell on what they are founded, or how they hope to live, as everybody who buys into them expects to make large profits on the money expended, which, of course, cannot be, since very large amounts go into the pockets of agents and to the officials who manage the affairs of the com- panies, besides, also, the legitimate expense for printing, rent. etc., etc.
To cover a risk in a convenient, non-burdensome manner, or to pay money to a few at the expense of the many, the method may be appropriate; but as a matter of speculation, to realize largely and on the whole, it cannot be otherwise than a delusion and a failure.
No provision is made for any growth by increased production in any way whatever, and much of the money paid in is absorbed, and, as many of the first certificate holders get more than they pay out, it necessarily follows that the later ones must lose enough to pay all the expenses, and all the overplus received by any in the early stages of the operation.
The movement now bids fair to have a run over extensive re- gions, perhaps over the whole land, and seems likely to rival the financial crazes of former times, and to take its place in history side by side with 'John Law's Mississippi Company,' and the 'Morus Multicaulis.'
Saturday, November 26, 1881, the National Marriage Dowry Association, the earliest of the batch, "broke," because the a's- sessments had become so heavy that the certificate-holders would not pay them, preferring to lose their stock rather than to carry the enormous and constantly increasing load any longer.
The last assessment was for twenty-six marriages in a bunch, occurring in one week, aggregating abont $156, in the whole, for each certificate-holder.
This " break " is the beginning of the end. So must they all do in a brief epace.
March, 1882, the failure of the National, just mentioned, was the signal, the alarm-bell, for the death of them all; and, in a very short time, after a little struggling and maneuvering, the whole mass of them, old and new, "gave up the ghost," leaving their disappointed and deluded certificate-holders to weep and wail over the sudden demise, and over the total loss of the funds invested so far as not received before the time of failure.
Marriage dowry is dead-dead-three times dead! And over its defunct remains may be chanted the quaint ditty, said to have
been the epitaph inscribed upou the tombstone of an infant which died at a few days old,
"If so soon my life is done for, What could it have been begun for?"
It is dne, perhaps, to the projectors of this unique mode of insurance to say that they were honest, upright gentlemen, who intended no fraud upon the public, but who were not aware to what their scheme would run, and who supposed a safe and legi- timate business might be done.
BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS.
Laws have been enacted in Indiana, and perhaps elsewhere, authorizing and regulating such associations. Four such com- panies have existed in Union City. Three of them have expired by limitation of time. One is still in operation, and a fifth is expected to be organized before many weeks.
The first aud the second were formed in the spring of 1871. Of the first, the record is not at hand.
The second was organized May 17, 1871, with fifty-two stock- holders and a capital of $100,000, the time being limited to eight years.
Each stockholder has one vote, and no one person can hold more than ten shares.
The Directors at the beginning were Messrs. Tansey, Bowen, Gullett, Lambert, J. D. Smith, Commons, Bowers, Watson and Frey.
The payment was required of 25 cents per week per share, and each stockholder might borrow the fuuds of the association by bidding the highest therefor, and by giving proper security, and on condition of forfeiture and foreclosure of mortgage in case of delinquency.
The third association was formed March 15, 1873, with a time of seven years, a capital of $100,000, and a membership of per- haps fifty.
The Directors were Hardy, Commons, Worthington, Williams, Downing, White, Hedrick, Hedgepeth and Woodbury.
This company ceased in 1880.
The fourth organization was created in November, 1879. Limit, eight years. Stockholders, ninety-nine. Stock, $100,. 000. Number of shares, 500. Amount of each share, $200.
Directors-Downing, Masslich, J. D. Smith, Fey, Frey, P. Gray, Norris, Lewis and G. W. Ross.
This last company is now in the second year of its existence. These companies seem to answer reasonably well the objecte for which they were organized, and to satisfy, on the whole, the wishes and expectations of their founders and their members.
Some think there is too much risk in them, yet it may be said, with truth, that there is risk in every business, and those who do not fancy the risk need not enter them.
It would seem that men are tempted to " bid " too high for the privileges of "borrowing the funds," not understanding fully how much larger a per cent they really pay in the operation than they seem to pay.
The Fifth B. & L. Association is now in progress. It con- tains au important improvement over its predecessors in the fact that .tockh lders may withdraw their funds with 6 per cent in- terest by giving ninety days' notice. The principle of "forfeit- ure " incorporated in so many associations of various kinds is an injurious, unjust and mischievous feature and should be avoided. The only case where it is admissible would seem to be where a "risk is covered."
In a "savings' bank" or a "bank of deposit," the principle of "forfeiture," upon ceasing to make payments, would be out- rageous and unendurable.
STATISTICS.
Below may be found some statistics relating to finance, popu- lation, ages, distances, etc., in connection with the county of Randolph.
TAXES.
It has already been seen that up to 1830, or for twelve years of its corporate existence, the "county taxes" fell short of $1,000.
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Of course, there were some state taxes, but probably the whole public impost at that time would not double that small amount. To show the immense increase of wealth and taxation as well, we give some statistics referring to various years, as fol -. lows:
Taxes for the separate townships --
White River-1845, $2,326; 1865, $31,000.
Washington-1845, $1,182; 1865, $15,000.
Greensfork-1845, $1,092; 1865, $13,000.
Stony Creek-1845, $754; 1865, $9,000.
Nettle Creek-1845, $645; 1865, $11,000.
West River-1845, $768; 1865, $13,000.
Green --- 1845, $848; 1865, $8,000.
Ward-1845, $1,088; 1865, $10,000.
Jackson-1845, $598; 1865, $7,000.
Wayne -- 1845, $721; 1865, $67,000.
Total-1845, $10,022; 1865, $153,000.
1876-Taxes, $183,383; assessments, $12,341,221.
1880-Taxes, $163,906; assessments, $11,370,528.
RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS.
1868-Receipts, $113,253; disbursements, $84,392; balance, $28,862.
1877-Receipts, $282,512; disbursements, $211,333; balance,
$71,179; receipts (county), $86,260; disbursements (county), $73,026.
1881-Receipts, $243,340; disbursements, $176,394; balance, $66,946; receipts (county), $44,177; disbursements (county), $29,833. .
SOME ITEMS OF EXPENSE.
1868-Jurors, $2,509; salaries. etc., $8,442; poor, 81,370; bridges, $6,936.
1877-Jurors, $2,407; salaries, etc., $5,539; poor, $4,416; bridges, $200; township, etc. (on hand during year), $148,747; Township Trustees received, $80,334.
1881-Jurors, $1,839; salaries, etc., $6,192; poor, $5,598; bridges, $7,339; township, etc. (on hand during year), $137,680; Township Trustees received, $99,826.
[The amount for bridges in 1877 is probably a mistake].
TOWNSHIP STATISTICS.
The following table shows the immense amounts handled by the Township Trustees for 1877:
White River (including Winchester), $16,886; Washington, $6,979; Greensfork, $7,177; Stony Creek, $3,662; Nettle Creek, $3,685; West River, $4,609; Green, $3,135; Ward, $5,760; Jackson, $4,909; Wayne (with Union), $13,293; Monroe (with Farmland), $6,227; Franklin, $4,012. Total, $80,334.
Of this immense sum handled by them, about $35,000, or a little less than half, is levied by the Trustees themselves.
A large portion of this sum is in their hands continuously, and on their power there is practically no check. Theoretically, they are limited to a certain rate, but as a matter of fact, by bor- rowing from one fund to another, as also by actual borrowing from private parties on the credit of the township, almost any amount desired can be commanded by these well-nigh omnipo- tent officials, which whole matter of "borrowing" is believed to ba without warrant of law, if not in direct violation thereof.
It may be clearly seen from these figures that no officer in the land has so much power in levying taxes and spending public money as these same Township Trustees, and yet it is a fact that no official has so little check upon his actions and so little atten- tion paid to his official course as does he. Verily, such a thing ought not so to be.
FINANCES, 1880.
Treasurer's report-On hand June 1, 1880, $74,621,71; re- ceived since, $169,652.39. Total, $244,274.10. Disbursed, $177,343.80; on hand June, 1881, $66,930.30.
County revenue-Handled, $45,047.87; paid out, $30,837 .- 16; on hand, $14,210.91.
Statement of funds in hands of Trustees, year ending March, 1881, as per reports to Auditor's office and on file therein:
Handled.
Expended.
On HIand.
White River.
$13,989 80
$8,938 37
$5,051 43
Washington ..
6,558 32
5,102 47
1,855 85
Greensfork
6.460 25
5,584 43
875 82
Stony Creek.
4,353 92
3,108 46
1,245 46
Nettle Creek.
4,987 88
3,261 19
1,726 69
West River.
4,781 74
8,201 03
1,586 71
Green.
4,682 40
2,945 13
1,737 27
Ward.
6,612 24
4.955 25
1,656 99
Morroe.
6,054 35
4,475 62
1,578 73
Jackson
5,754 83
3,255 91
3,498 92
Wayne .
10,971 19
3,761 30
7,209 89
Franklin.
3,986 71
2,027 27
1,939 44
Totals.
$79,598 63
$50,616 43
$28,977 20
Statement from Trustees' report October, 1881, for transac- tions during six months from April, 1881:
Townships.
Handlad.
Expended,
On Hand.
*Franklin
$1,983 85
$557 60
$1,453 25
Stony Creek
4,089 72
2,097 93
1,991 79
Wayne .
11,772 11
4,294 87
7,477 24
Nettle Creek.
4,449 92
2,892 18
2,057 74
Green ..
4.221 54
2,682 17
1,539 37
White River.
10,218 14
5,344 54
4,873 60
Washington.
6,626 34
3,394 24
3,232 10
Greensfork
5,001 85
2,265 24
2,736 61
Jackson
4.779 53
1,977 70
2,801 83
Ward
4,763 31
1,319 60
3,444 01
+Monroe.
9,251 93
6,588 66
2,663 27
West River (report not obtained.)
REPORTS OF TOWN SCHOOL TREASURERS, OCTOBER, 1881.
WINCHESTER.
Handled.
Expended.
Special
$9,865 31
$1,577 63
Balance, $8,287 69
Tuition. .
8,808 77
4,621 00
4,182 77
Totals
$18,669 08
$6,198 62
$12,470 46
UNION CITY.
Special.
$4,052 71
$2.642 10
$1,410 61
Tuition.
7,920 70
4,365 00
3,555 70
Totals.
$11,973 41
$7,007 10
$4,966 31
RIDOEVILLE.
Special
$757 76
$612 99
$144 77
Tuition.
2,083 17
1,017 50
1,065 67
Totals
$2,840 93
$1,630 49
$1,210 44
Special
$543 90
$410 83
$127 07
Tuition
1,298 36
960 00
338 36
Totals.
$1,842 26
$1,376 83
$465 43
Special.
$86 63
$48 18
$38 50
Tuition. .
470 84
265 00
295 84
Totals.
$557 47
$318 13
$234 34
HEAVY TAX-PAYERS.
The following list of assessments as published in 1881 for that year, possesses interest as showing who are large property holders of the county.
Of course the sums stated show the amount owned by each, only comparatively, for reasons that need not be enumerated. The list shows the persons and the firms whose assessments ex- ceed $10,000. the names being given in alphabetical order:
Willson Anderson, Greensfork.
$10,150
William Anderson, Union City ..
16,190
Edmund L. Anderson, Union City
10,445
Benjamin F. Bundy.
11,650
Thomas M. Browne, Winchester.
18,135
John Brooks ...
11,610
Ephraim L. Bowen, Greensfork
13,035
Simcon Branham, Union City ..
18,915
Bowers & Brother, Union City
14.075
Andrew Cortner ..
12,515
James J. Clayton.
13,900
John W. Clayton
17,950
James S. Cottom, Winchester
17,760
*$27.00 overdawn. +83,082.62 overdrawn.
FARMLAND.
HUNTSVILLE.
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HISTORY OF RANDOLPH COUNTY.
John J. Cheney, Winchester.
14,650
Edward Wright (heirs)
20,095
Samuel Caylor, Green Township.
31,695
Willis C. Wilmore, White River. 14,760
Nathan Cadwallader, Union City.
22,655
Lemuel Wiggins, Lesantville .. 17,970
Frederick Davis.
12,360
Israel F. Wirt (heirs), Green Township 15,585
Mark Diggs (heirs), Nettle Creek
14,455
James M. Warren, Ward Township 12,550
Susannah Diggs, Nettle Creek.
12,615
John R. Warren, Ward Township 16,990
Perry Fields, Ward Township
10,520
Dolph Warren, Jackson Township 20,920
James Woodbury, Wayne Township.
11,135
John Fisher, Sr. (heirs), Union City.
12,700
John B. Goodrich (heirs), Winchester.
16,320
William S. Green, Sr., Union City .
13,815
Jehu Hiatt, Winchester ...
16,955
Adam Hirsch, Winchester.
18,605
William M. Hunt . .
11,620
Peter Hoover, Wayne Township.
14.445
Elias F. Halliday, Farmland. .
10,730
John Jenkins, West River Township.
10,170
Joseph R. Jackson, Union City.
22,700
Joseph Keys ..
12,185
Thomas W. Kizer, Winchester.
20,660
Henry P. Kizer, Winchester.
18,045
Philip Kable, Sr ...
16,850
Dennis Kelley, Winchester.
10,960
John Koontz, Union City
30,185
Raphael Kirschbaum. Union City.
16,820
Kirschbaum & Co., Union City.
13.150
Moses Lasley, White River.
17,110
C. C. Monks, Winchester.
12,945
James Moorman, Winchester.
262,170
Elisha Martin, Sr., White River.
12,690
Zimri Moffitt, White River.
17,765
Jesse B. Mckinney, Fairview.
48,035
Joseph Meeks, Green Township.
14,200
Arthur McKew, Ridgeville.
32,620
David Mosier .
10,270
Nathan Reed, Winchester
18,620
John Richardson, Winchester.
11,855
Amos Rockhill (heirs)
15,710
Clark Reed .
10,960
Robert S Starbuck.
17,860
Asahiel Stone
51,610
Benjamin R. Shaw, Spartansburg.
11,450
Gideon Shaw, Winchester ..
15,495
Isaac Smith. .
14,270
Philip Shiveling, Sr. (heirs).
11,620
Samuel H. Sheckney, Wayne Township.
12,200
William K. Smith, Union City.
13,990
Turpen & HJarris, Union City
17,133
Thomas Ward, Winchester ..
72,695
Moorman Way, Winchester.
39,525
Harvey Wysong, White River.
10,885
However, one town should not set itself against another, but the citizens of each and of all ought to realize that the true ad. vantage of wealth lies in the fact that it confers power upon the possessor to add more largely to the'activity and the comfort of the community as a whole, and of each one as individual citizens; and that he is the greatest bencfactor who draws from his capi- tal, be it small or large, the greatest amount of productive labor, coupled with the largest and surest wages.
DISTANCES.
Arba.
Blooomingport ..
Bartonia.
Deerfield.
Fairview
Farmland.
Harrisville
Huntsville
Lynn ..
Losantville .
Morristown
Macksville.
New Middletown.
New Pittsburg ...
Randolph
Spartansburg ..
Union City
Windsor .
Winchester
Eminettsville .
New Lisbon
Saratoga .
Stone Station ..
Rural
Union City
15.1 20.8 7.3 10.6 22.8 19.0 4.6 10.8 16.528.222.6.17.5 5.0,10.6,13.8.11.011.2
28.3 20.020.7,20.1 10.5 5.819.2 13.321.8. 9.5 2.5 6.023.026.118.5.18.224.623.5
Winchester
15.7 10.5 8.0 7.4 19.2 9.1 6.5 9.0 9.217.4 13.2 6.7 9.5.15.1 8.9. 6.511.910.812.7
29.6.24.4 31.4 8.2| 4.5 8.018.2,18.023.122.5 12.1 8.5 13.512.7 4.7 8.625.3.18.8 14.513.4
Emmettsville New Lisbon Saratoga
18.6 24.310.3; 9.613.017.0 6.822 3 19.130.721.019.5. 3.5 8.512.8 9.514.7 3.526.513.019.3 .. 18.8 17.5 4.7 4.5 16.012.0 5.5 16.0 14.024.416.015.5 2.3 6.0 9.1 4.515.0 5.523.0 7.0,13.6 5.5 20.7 14.5 9.5 4.5 14.0 9.5 10.0 18.5 13.7 21.4 13.5 9.5 7.010.5 4.0 3.5.15.9,10.016.0 4.0 9.510.0 6.5;
Stone Station
Rural
10.5 0.010.0 12.4 24.214.1 9.5 6.0 4.2 14.4|18.2 11.9:14.210 714.1 11.5 9.0.14.1 17.7 5.0:18.916.312.0| 9.0,
Arba ...
Bloomingport .
8.0
Bartenia
7.818.5
Deerfield
23.417.9 15.4
Fairview
37.029.127.212.2
Farmland
26.018.1 17.1 14.010.8
Harrisville.
13.416.6 6.0 10.022.215.6
Huntsville
15.0 7.1 14.016.422.011.0.15.5 0.5 4.3 9.2 16.6 28.4 19.5 12.3 8.5
Morristown . ...
30.225.521.2 18.0 8.0 4.5.19 6 15.223.7 12.0.
Macksville ....
23.8 15.0 14.7 14.118.3 2.4 13.2 8.817.213.5 6.4
New Middletown
17.821.010.4 5.6 17.816.5 4.418.516.726.920.5 16.2
New Pittsburg.
23.426.6 10.0 6.016.622.1 10.024.1 22.3 32.5.24.220.0 5.6|
"Ridgeville Randolph
22.2 17.0 14.5 0.913.1 13.1 10.3 15.5.15.7 23.0 17.113.2 6.0. 5.1 4.1
3.9 10.2 3.9 19.331.1 21.0 9.912.4 5.9,19.0 27.6 18.6 14.3 19.920.818.4 ..
..
Windser
24.6 19.4 16.0 3.2 9.012.0 13.217.8 18.125.7 16.011.8 8.8 8.2
Spartansburg
18.5 10.522.4 24.8 20.013.628.9 8.4.14.0
Ridgeville
Lynn
Losantville
Witham & Anderson & Company, Union City. 23,780
William II. Wood.
14,635
Total $1,618,105
The assessments belonging to Union City in the above list amount to a total of $282,975.
The assessments belonging to residents of Winchester amount to $632,305.
It is a remarkable and suggestive fact that the comparatively small capital located at Union City sustains many times the vol- ume of business that the moneyed men of Winchester carry on. Indeed, nearly the entire business activity of the county seat is under the control of men whose names are not found in the abovo list.
Many of the active men of Union City fall below the grade of assessment stated above; still, most of the capital in Union City is actively employed.
It is probably the case in the small towns and cities of the country that active business talent is to a great extent united to a limited capital, which fact, although, like poverty, it increases the energy and sharpens the business shrewdness, yet is found to be sometimes greatly inconvenient and vexatious.
It may be remarked of Union City that the fortunes there have been acquired within a comparatively short time, and alınost wholly as the result of enlightened business activity.
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Robert S. Fisher (heirx), Union City.
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HISTORY OF RANDOLPH COUNTY.
POPULATION OF RANDOLPH COUNTY.
1840, 10,684; 1850, 14,725; 1860, 18,997; 1870, 22,862; 1880, 26,768.
POPULATION OF INDIANA.
1800-4,740. 1810 -- 23,582; increase, 18,842. 1820-146,- 988; increase, 125,406. 1830-343,028; increase, 196,040. 1840-685,866; increase, 342,838. 1850-988,416; increase, 302,550. 1860-1,350,428; increase, 362,012. 1870-1,680,637; increase, 330,209. 1880 -- 1,978,329; increase, 297,692.
POPULATION OF RANDOLPH COUNTY.
Franklin-1870, 1,537; 1880, 1,649; increase, 112. Green -- 1870, 1,034; 1880, 1,140; increase, 106.
Greensfork-1870, 2,043; 1880, 2,127; increase, 84. Jackson-1870, 1,349; 1880, 1,379; increase, 30. Monroe-1870, 1,662; 1880, 1,900; increase, 238. Nettle Creek-1870, 1,459; 1880, 1,469; increase, 10. Stony Creek-1870, 1,212; 1880, 1,338; increase, 126. Ward-1870, 1,614; 1880, 1,862; increase, 248. Washington-1870, 2,051; 1880, 2,339; increase, 288. Wayne-1870, 1,781; 1880, 1,716; decrease, 65. Union City-1870, 1,437; 1880, 2,478; increase, 1,041. West River-1870, 1,612; 1880, 1,747; increase, 185. White River-1870, 2,613; 1880, 3,288; increase, 675. Winchester-1870, 1,456; 1880, 1,965; increase, 509. Total-1870, 22,860; 1880, 26,758; increase, 3,898. Union City (Ohio side)-792.
AGES.
TOWNS.
Over 70.
Total Ages.
Average Age.
One to so many.
Green.
18
1,354
75.6
63.8
Franklin.
11
, 857
77.9
150
Greensfork.
44
3,308
75.2
48.8
Jackson.
20
1,531
76.5
69
Monroe.
21
1,587
75.5
95
Nettle Creek.
24
1,798
75.0
69
Stony Creek
28
3,188
76.4
47.8
Union City
Ward ..
38
2,835
74.6
49
Washington.
45
3,463
77
52
Wayne.
21
1,546
78.6
90
White River.
46
3,434
74.7
77
Winchester.
'18
1,375
74.16
109
West River.
24
1,785
74.4
79
Total
380
28,606
75.27
70.5
Below average of population, seven.
Above average of population, seven.
Highest average to population, Stony Creek.
Lowest average to population, Union City.
Below average age, seven.
Above average age, seven.
Highest average age, Franklin.
Lowest average age, Union City.
ANECDOTES.
O. P. MORTON- WAR.
In August, 1862, when the regiments must be sent forward. and yet there was no money to pay their bounty, Gov. Morton first thought of appealing to the soldiers to go. He tried it with one regiment. " Yes," said they, " because you ask it, but for no other reason."
He quit that, and went to the banks. The first said, sharply, "None to spare."
Next was Stoughton Fletcher:
" What do you want?"
" Money." .
"Get out; got none," growled Fletcher.
"But I must have it."
"How much ? "
"Fifty thousand dollars."
"What security ?"
"None but my individual name."
"Bah!" roared he; "what have you to put it in ?"
"Nothing."
Fletcher picked up an old basket and piled into it $50,000 in bank notes.
" There; give me a memorandum. Let me hear that the rebels are well licked."
Morton got $50,000 at Fletcher & Sharpe's, and $50,000 at Harrison's.
Next day was Sunday. Monday, he tried again, and with good success.
Alfred Harrison went to Cincinnati and got $250,000 of Mark E. Reeves, going on Monday and returning on Tuesday.
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