Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Indiana, Part 78

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Publication date: 1876
Publisher: Baskin, Forster & Co.
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'The first church editier-that of the Presbylerinus-iny erected ou Irmvyhnnin streyl, in 122:4, mul the mme year the first Sumlny sehoo !- 4 mhtoh schout-ny formed in Ihr cabinet shop of "'Sinire" Sonuilder, on Wudunglou streel

Thu Imyofer of the capital was offreteil from Coryilon to Indianapolis in November, 18"1. The Legislature inel here for the first himo, Innunry 10th. 1821. 'Tho llonke toel in the inurl room in the ground floor of the enurl honse, the Senate up stair ..

Du Thy With of Annuory, 1997, in appropriation of $1,000 ivas made In huildt n residence for the Garernur an the Circle. A contmiel way let, but the buildliag nus nører finished, ur rather, it was converted into publio offire4. being n lurge squuro minibling and suited for that purpose. The Circle was maitr i work by the city, bul irng neglected till V4hf, when il imng closely und elerinty friend, and is noir ns hemtiful n little pirk os can be findd in nuv rily, with its broad street circling aronnd il, on which the alately Umblings linve heen erected with frools in n corresponiling curro.

The Inchona Duanerot was canhlighed in the spring of INIO, boy A F Morrison, uml Inak the place of the Gazette

During the ange rent, the liliana Historien Society was organized. with Benjamin I'orke, P'resulent, nodl B. F. Morris, Secretary, Dauiel Websler, Henry Huy, Leiris U'hus, John C. P'ulhoun unil other political aotoriclies were elected Imnorory members.

In February, 1411. Ihr Legislature churtereil six milrouls In eenler al lo fiannpulis

In The early poort of 193, the Sinto Honse was hegun, ned finished m Dreember, BisIG, in time for the meeting of the Legislature. Thiel Town way nrelnteel, nil Inuk the eratmiet far $75,0001.

Iln Novb Noble, Murris Wurris nul Samnel Merrill werr commissioners In superintenil the construction of the hilding.

MUN1011511. GOTEINMENT FORMLI.

In the Bd of September, 18 32, ibo first steps were inken le form u munici- pril government fur The capital. The Inwn became incorporated under the general Inn uf the Slate, Sumnel Humlerson was tunde President of the Hused of Trustees, J l' Birifhth. I'lerk and Samnel .lennison, Marshnl mil l'ollvelor.

In l'ebrunry, 1836, n specind charter ef incorpomlinn was granted by tho Legislature, and im April n new llearl of Trustees was elected. The new government inheritel $121 foun its preceessor, aml jinxed some stringent orddiunnees ugninel ihsolerly and riolous comlnel, mmile mreexgary by the iutlux of reckless nml ilongerons churaelere brought In the cily hy works on Thr National Howl noil the coml.

In 18 17, the charter ef the " Indianapolis Franaly Institute . nas procured, und school openml lune 14th, following

Larly in 1848, the town government iny reorganized by nel uf the Legis- Ininre ; six ineds were formed, each wand electing u Trustee fur one year, mul a Freshlent ul' ilml boily hving elected by role of the wormiln'ys.

In 1NJ9, n reallyneo was prohasel for the Gurerhur-a large (no-story brick hoogr ercelul time three years before, on the northwest enrner af Mnekel and Hlingis streets, with spneions groumls, ocenpying three lois, nl Ihnl time The hminlsomist ilwelling in lowen. I was firal occupied by Guverner Wallace in I&J, andl successively by Governors Bigger, Whileourh, Duming, Wright, Willnrd, Wurton und Hemtricks.

PIRAT 11111 DOALL.

The first sailoral rearbed Indintuyohs in October, 1847-the Mudiaun & Inilinnnpilis Hvad, which hol becu completed lo Vernon, Inenly miley, iu 1884, hy The State, aul extended by the railront company hrst lo Scipio, then In Clifty Creek, thon to Polutals, Thru to Ellinburg, then lo Green- n vod, nuil funlly, ul Ibo nbore inte, lo ludinnopolis.

The present cily grade uns established in 1842, according lu n survey outhurizeil by the l'ily Conucil, ned inmle by .Inincs Wood, Surrefor.

CITY CHARTER.

The Legislature roledl n eily churter for liulimmopolis U'rbranty 130, 1817. The election fur nlherrs wns hell Aprll 2Th, with The follerring requill . Mayor, Sommitel lewlers, l'onneilmen, firel wrard, Urinh Gales ; Beenml, Henry Tuluwriter, third4, Cornelius King; furth, Sammel R. Rooker ; fifth, Charles W Culy ; sixth, Abram W. Intrisno; seventh, Willium I. Wingnly, The new Conneil organized May 1, by electing S. R. Itneker, l'resi- denl ; Immes G. Bintiton, Secretary ; Nothan Lister, Trengurer, Inmes Wood, Engineer, William Gimpbell, Collector nil Marshal ; A. 3]. Carnahan, Allor- ney ; Joshun Binck Ascensor: Benjamin Lobaugh, Sexton; nail Jacob R. Filler, Strecl Cunimissioner.

Tius year the lax duplicate showed n rerenne if only $1,230.

ERECTION OF MASHNIC IILI.

In the spring of 1810, the fine Masonic llull on the corner of Washington nol Tennessee afreely ins opened, H irus lmill by n joint stock company, romju4eil uf lenling Masony, and the Constitutional Convention of 1890 was held in it. Il Imis heen far muny yrara one of the principal hills of the city, hinving bren neen pivil by nearly ull tho distinguishnul leeinrers and musicnl und ilraminlio nefisla nf The country.

TELEGRAMIr roTHENIT.ITION.

The liral Telegraphi enmpany, muler the chiargo of llenvy O'Reilly, ins chinrirred February 14, 1818. A line to Daylon iros wpened on the 12th af Any, ond The first ihspalches sent Through to ltichnomil. On tho 21th of May, nenspaper dispatches irere first anhlishell by the Sentinel,

When Morse's Telegraph wny first suggested as a suitnlile subject for Con- gressionul encouragement, Gar Wallnee, of this Stale, iras a member of the House nud of the commillee In which the maller ir er referred. His umne, coming Inst in the alphabetical order of the committee, it was his Inek In ile- cubren lio rule in firar of the appropriation

The Umon Rnitroml Company, In which bolong the Union Depul und tho rily Imarks connecting the illfferent railroadla centering here, ins authorized by tho l'amieil on The 201b of December, 1818

Three linudred houses were binlt iluring tho year 184", amil the pupula- liun of The city irs 6,500.

During This year, the Central Medical College was established in This eity, n& the medical department of Axbury University.

In February, ISil, the first steps nere Inken lowand lighting lho city with gis, in the charlering by the Legislature, for thirty years, with a capilal of $20,000, of the "Imliannanlis Gns Light & Cake Company " On The 10th of January, 1852, gos was turned on for the first time. 'In 18GO, eight und n half miles nere lighted. In this year the nrks were rebnill uml enlarged. In 1848, n handsome three-story brick building was ercele for the office of The company In IsAf, the company nais re-chartered for brenty years.

The Immun Depol iras built in 1812. In this year oreurred the moel di4. ngirous fre which, up lo that time, hail afflicted the city. In the summer of 1852, Mclean Seminary was built by Dr. O G. WeLean, Il irng disennliqued in 1565.

The Yurthireslern Christian University way chartered in February, 1472 On the 14th of July, nudlirecluity of twenty-one members was formed, with Orid Butter, Ibe fonmler, manager and consInnl henethelor of the institution, no l'regiilent, The Iumlding-len wing-irny erected in 18Th, mil dedicilel Norenilier 1. It has heen n successful college, The location hns heen re- cenili changed lo u siluntion cast of the city, where nrmangements are being male iluel, when completed, will be more adequate lo the growing ilemamuls nf the institution.

Murph 41, 1814, the Young Meo's Christinn Association was organized. The charter of the eily iras amenileil in 1877, so as lo mike the terms of the city utheers Ino ymar insteil of one. In 1918, the increase of hniblings WAS Enhel al nhont $600,000 The luial of lawhile properly ins 810,- 175,000; The total juill al the Any elvelion, 3,319 rnles, This year The rol- unlary fire department ins nholished, nod one of paid workmin und sieam engines intro need

The reir ISi! was one nf unbroken progress, buildings going up, the rity sprenling io every direction, noul business ineresing, On the first uf March, Iln' City Council again elinngel the charter, hy mlupling the legisln- lire amendment making the terms of the city officers liva years unil of the Councilmen four.

In Nurember, INGi, n charler was granted R. B. Catherwood & Co, for cily water works. A company irus formed and a commencement mule at Inying pipes on North street. But the project failed In 1868, un effort was made by the canal company lo indlnee The Canneil In nlopl the lolly system in such a minner is In nlilize the canal, hut the Council rejected the propo- gnion. In The full of 1969, Wr Woodruff, of Rochester, organizela enni- pan, amil obtained n chiarier to Imply' the eily will water by the Holly sys- iem. The works were completed in 18id-71, and White River water, pure und limpidl, now flows in an nunndant supply in orery part of the cily.

INNIIN IPOLIS DURING TIL WAR.

From IStil to 18hh was the war period of the country, in which Imlian- apolis muyspil through na experience ne trying, us honomble to her phiriol- iam, mul n& polenlink in its PArets upon her fulare destiny, ny 1hnl which marked the history of aur uther eny in the Republic.

When the call was mobile by the President for 15,10 volunteers, not less Iban .: 0,100 men were Irodered liorernor Marlon for the G, 000 remplired from the Sinte. Six regiments of three-months inen nere nrganizel In n week. The city fornished the Gris, The Gnards, The Younve Gonrils innl the Inde- pendent Zonayes nju the very day of the Goveronr's proclamation in re- sponse le Ibal of the Presulent, and theer with the six regiments rendez- rnusedl nt the obl fmir ground. Erery dny, and almost every hour in theilis, fer week4, compnicy couhl be seen marching up from the Union Depot with ibe hle nil drum that hod nnl seon servico since the old militia musters. Recruiting Ongs couldl he seen along all the streets.

Seren companies were organized here, most of which were incorporaleil in the Elereuth (Zonave) Regunnl, Col. Lewis Wollaec, The six regiments were nuinhered, from the enachinling number of the firo reginelily raised during the Mexican war, the Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth anil Eler- enth. The oldl fair ground was enlled Camp Sullivan ; the new fair ground, rapiilly conserleil lo The same use, way calleil Camp Murton, Camp Born- aide nas localed sonth of Camp Morton, un Tinker street. Camp Carrington, subsequently exlablisbed, irns ninde tho Intgesl nnil best nrrangeif camp in The Smile.

Camp Morton arns uard exclusively as n prison camp after the organizn- Tion of The first regiment. The prisoners bronght frinn Forl Dntelson in Iho spring of 1862 were placed there, nud the exposure creating nn epidemic Among the prisoners, The citizens opened n hospital in the Athemnim room on Meridian streel. The morinhly among the prisoners ins grent, nnl with- standing every allenlinn iny bestowed upon the sick, hol only by physicinos, but by self-sacrifiring hylies, who ilidl the nursing as enrefully ampl lenderly as if the patients hnil been Their men relations,

The Arsenal nyil Sobliers' Heme nere the mod important institutions derelojel in connerhon with the city during the nar. Ger. Morton had ile- Termined thnl tho Inliuun troops should he beller supplied with good um my- bilion Ilmm the tieneral Government conhl nt that stage of the war furnish. Accordingly, Thu nesennl uns innngmaleil on the 27th of April, I&Gt. Mnte. rinla wir furnished by the Quarternmyler, and sohliurs ilid the work, monlling hulleta in Imod-meuble in n blneksmith's furunee and packing mirt. ridges in the m'a room. h wynflerunrd enlarged until il employed sereral hmulred men and furnished most of the moonmilion used irest of the mountains. In Het nher, 18/1, the Secretary of Wur, Mr. Cameron, andf tho Aulininnl Gen- eral, [ .. 'fimmins, risifel tho nrehinl, npprovedl of it aml pnil for ily work.

The Soldiers' Homo wAs prurined fur the benchil of sobliers linlling on reerniling service, passing Imek aml forwaril, cast or irrel, In mil from the front, ur thuse ihn enne from my cansy, hungry, ilirly nul bred, onil nanteil n plner nl which ou gel refreshments-o mint or n night's rest. A cmp wns first esmublisheil, with hospital lents, on the remont gronnils south of the lupul ; bnl, in 1872, the Gorprnor resulred to establish n prrinment howo, which was iluhr m July, hy Quartermaster Stone, Imillings being creeled in n grano on Wrsl elreel. They were offerwaril enlarged lo the cupneily of Indging 1,500 men and feeling 8,0011 Amly. Fruin Angast, IHR2, In .Inne, 1865, the llome furnished 3,777,591 menls. During 1804, h Mrnished an average of 4,408 meuls per ilny

The city innde its first appropriation for wnt purposes April 20, 1861 -- $10,000-for the support of the three-months rolunterrx. Subsequent ap- propriations were frequently made for wood, provisions and other necessaries For Hestiinte Trailies In Anguil, IStil, a purchase of two hundredl conts of Trond was made, nul in the ninter the sum of $3, 500 mas upproprinted, Cou- Iriluilions of fuel aml food were ncensionally made all arer the Stute by the farmers, nhu nppointed n dny an which to more in procession Through the ulreels of the chief lom'ns, with wagons Jomled with wrooil, flour, ments, pola- Ines, regelables nudl fruits, lo some point of deposit. Tens of thousands of dollars' worth were thits colleriedl mul distributed hy duly appointed agents. Very many farmers ried with much uther who shouhl giry most, uml make the most striking thisplay, and wagons worrying fre, and eren len, cords of nood, mid others with manntuins of food, were wo unfrequent sights. Several of these went witnessed in Indianapolis. Largesums, both for soldiers nul their families, were raised hy firs und prirgle contributiens. Thaso for the for- mer were umunged by the Study Sanitary Commission, directed by William Annnainan mit Alfred Inrrison. A Sinte sanitary fuir was behl in the ahl fuir ground, nl the limo of the Sinle ngricultural fit nf 1864, al which $40,000 were raised, During the continuance of the Sunilary Commission, There were mised und distributeil $106,670.74. Besinles tho sum of $10,049.60 contril> uled to the United Stutry Sanitary Commission from Inilinu, $1,604,808.00 ins paidl hy rounties unul townships for the like purpose, making the folnl contributions of This character in the State nhonl $6,200,000.

The hearied imfs on the city Treasury were conseil by bounties lu the full of 1862, The city npproprinted $5,000; in December, 18:13, $45,000, n'lulo mililitional sums were raised by comumillees in the different wards. By expending These nud similar sums, the quela nf the city was filled out niltun yrirented. The City Council subsequently ruled $5,855 lo The Sorentrentb Regiment ( Indiuna men, reënlisted fir three yenrs) ; and whon the hundred. ilnys Troopy rere maiseil, in 1941, The Council appropriated $4,000 for the funilies of those who left The city

Tho nur expenditures of th rity from May, 1864, to May, 1866, inold- ing the bulk of county appropriations, ummunteil to $718, 19. The entire mur expenditure uf the city was abint $1,000,000. At The clase of the nar ibe city ilelil wis $'1;4.1KH)

PROGIII.SS SINCE THE WAR.

The improvement of the city may be judged from lho report of humbling permils nul street work. In 18då -- the first full statement under the nrdi- nance of 1801-there were issuedl permits, in the city nnil ils nhlilinns, for 1,621 buildings, custing $2,060,000; 0 miles of streets nul 18 miles of sily- mrulks were graded mil grarelei, 1 wile of streets pinred, 4 miles of sidewalks pared nmil 3 miles of street lighteil. lu 1866, there irere ereeled 1,112 bouses, at n cosl nf $1,045,000; 84 miles of streets anil Ili of shewalks were grauiled amil gravelel, the third of a mile jured, 2 miles of sulewalk pareil nml 3 miles lighted. In 1867, the honses buill and repaired were 747, costing $002, 520; of alreels 41 miles and of sidewalks 9 miles werr gradeil nnil graveled, less than half a mile pored, 24 miles of sitewalk pared and 4] miles of streets lighleil. Since 18Gi, improvements haro inrewed in number aml value largely, ny will be sven by the Inble ap- pended lo this ehapler.

Besiles these imlispensalle improremonts, others have heen moile of the clintneler which will either to the beanty or ronvenience of the city, ond the possession of which is usually considered tho len of public spirit nnd gennine eily ilerelopment. First among these is Crown Hill Cemetery, After theold cemetery had been extended to the river on the west and the Terre Haute Railronil on The north, il uns foninl that before many years tho spaco would! he insufficient, nnil the pressure of business would probably disphee the ileml and cover their graves with shops, fuelorirs and mills. Ta provide ngniost this certain Thongh remote conlingeney, an nsencintion iny formel on tho 25th of September, 1869, will Inmes M. Rny nx I'risulent, Themlore P. Haughey ns Secreinry, and Stoughton A. Fletcher, Jr., ny Treasurer, with seven Direclors S A. Fletcher, Sr., proposeil lv adrunce the money neres- sory to purchase a ile ; and n cominillee seleelen the unrvery form of Martio Williams, qhunt three miles norllurest of the city, on the Michigan rond. Al one enil of il rises n very sleep hill, the highest anywhere near tho elty, nl The foot of which, at that time, Iny a wville stretch of elenreil land, horilered hy a henry forest, Two Imindre und hifly aeres, embrneing this hill and aci emf mljacent Ints, were bought for Shl,500, Mr. F. W. Chilell was made Superiniemlent ; and, early in 1864, he hegan laying on The gronmls. In 1864, the cemetery was deiliented, Hon, Albert & White, for- inerly United States Senator, feliveriog the oration. Loly were rapidly bought by leading citizens; and heanliful anil costly momments, sotc of marble, some of Aberdeen granite and others of ordinary ainne, have been Crecied. Il is now n heantiful place, aml n constant resort on fine days. The comelery pays no ilirilenils; every lol-owner is n slockholder. The profits on lols sohil are expenled in beautifying the ground".

In .Innnary, 1863, the Citizeny' Street Raihrny Company was given a per- petunt charler, with an exelnyne right lo the streets nml nlleys for thirty yenre, with R. B Culherwood, Presilent ; E. C. Calherwood, Secretary, and I. 17 Calhierrooil, Superiniemleat. The first Track was Inid on Illinois street, from The union dlepel, andl was opened in June, 1864, by the Mayor ilriring n enr on il conlaiing the Common Council und oily officers. 4 double Irnek nas next Inid on Washington street, from Pennsylvania lo Ili- nois, running north on the latter to the fair ground, and iras largely used Inring the fair. Tho smno fall, n Irnok wny lahl on Virginin arehne ; an- other on Massnehugelis prenne, in the spring of 1865; nmil That en Wasle iugton street extemled lo tho river. In 1886, the Istier wus extenddeil east irord lo Pogne's Creek, uml the Illinois street Irack lo Tinker street onil lo Cron u lill Cemetery. In 1808, a line arne run almin Kentucky arenue anil Tenues- see sireel and connections formel, enabling passengers lo rile 'round the whole railway system withont changing cars. Shortly after The commence- Inent of the Itneke, the company began ereeling stahles, enr-honses nnd shocing-shops, on tho northeast corner of Tennessee uml Louisinha streets, And the establishment now covers half a square in length, and a hundred feel or more in hrenilth, with hamilsome nmil lorable brirk Imildings.

In 1846, Ihreo engineers, James W. Brawo, Freileriok Stein anil Lazarus B. Wilson, were appointed by the Council lo derise a general system of newernge amf make Ihr necessary surveys, In 1868, n Ins of fifteen cents uras leriel for sewerage purposes, amil a amall senor consirneled on Iny Elreel, from Delaware aireel to the ereck, into which it emplies a square casl of West alreel. 11 rast $10,600. A year after, Ab allempl wna made to con- slruel n arrer on South street, bnl the plan of il wny nhjecteil lo, injnno- lions obininedl ngajust il, uml il was abamluned. During the winter of 1869- 10, Mr. Moses Lane, ah eminent engineer, who lins mailo sewerage u specialty, was ioviled by the Committee mu Public Improromonly le examine The city with refereneo te ile ilrainagr, and after a surrey of a frir ilnys, he furnishedl yilan (charging the trifling sum of $1,800 therefor), which was mlopled, and contrnels let in the summer for n Irmik sower from WashingIna alreel lo the river on Kentucky nvenn, on South street from Kenlucky avenne lo Noble streel, down Noble to Fletcher nrenne, nt the city houmlnry, anil on Illinois street from Washington lo Sunth. Tho Irunk Hower in eight feet in ilimneler, feed al thy river with ilresseil alone, proriileil with " man holes" for cich square, nhuif "ealch basing" al nll alreel croysiugs lo collert the gulter unler nnul elean it of sriliment hoforo allo ning il lo enter The sewer n is maile of briek, Ihreo wilthis of n hrink (n foot) thick, lail in hydraulic cemoni, uml plastered henvily with cemont in the onlyile as it Is finished. Tho work has heen milmirnhly iluno The comrarlors wore Wirth & Co., of Cincinnati. The contracla minomileil lo nbom $180,000.

In the winter nf 1971, large " uklitions" nf seme of The best bnill parla of Iln' city wero mindlo hy the Council, against the string protesty of the residents, who wanteil lo enjny city nulvaninges nithunt paying city Inxes.

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Something like livo thonanud inlinbilints were added hy this orcession. I etubrucel a large sectiun nf subirbun villas on the north, sonth, test uml cast. An attempt to do this in 186h wus defratrd.

We bove ulrenily mentioned the Indianapolis Gazette, the first paper alurled in toun. It nuute its first appearance „January 28, 1822, under tho proprietorship of Grorge Smith und Sammel Bolton. The partnership ivas ilissolreit 1 1823, aml rineivel in 1821. In 1920, they finally ilissolred, und Vr Bollon maintained the paper alone till 1830. In that year, the Razett W'ux consolidoteil with the Luchana Democrat, which had been started in the spring hy Mexamder F. Murrison, who was long the most prominent and able ulitor in the Stute, lir cemilneteil the Democrat aloue for several ! cars, when he was jomed by Mr. Bolton, undl, uftor a perinil of joint man- ngement, retired and IYay sneeccileil by John Livingstun, who finally pur- clinsed Mr. Ilollon's interest, and look entiro control of the paper. Il wns publishedl, the greater port of the line these elinnges were going on, in n small hiriek builling ererted for it on the site of Temperance Ilall. This Imilling iras converted into a thenler in 1811. In July, 1841, George A. Chapmon and Incoh l'age Chapinnn, who hinil previously publisheil n Demo- entic juper in Terre Haute, Might uut Mr. Livingston, removed the office tu it ont-story frame, ou thy site of Blukr's tilork. rnat of Masonic Iloll, andl changed the naine to the finhan Sentinel. Thu Seutmich, under the vigorous mangement of the Cliuguns, speedily berame The leailing paper of the Siate, and ila strong, mey edituriuls, mainly the work of I'nge Chapman, exerciseil an influence in the party it representel never before attnineil hy uny sheel, and probably not surpassed by nuy siure. It iros one of the munin suduences in rerersing the political condition of the State. Only weekly mivel semi- weekly editions were published at first, bul on the sith of Derrui- ber, 1841, n duily sheet nus ismeil, and maintained through The session of the Legislature, The following year, the daily ins reanuel und continued through the session oy before, mm in 1813 the experhurut wus repeatul, but it wu- hot until April 28, 1811, tint this fentifre irns mmle permiment. During this tine the proprietary mitnagement rringined with the Chapmans, thunghi Mr. John S. Spaun became a partner in Niemher, 1816. & neu tun-story brick builling uns rreeted purposely for the paper in 1841, on Illinois street (nou ocenpied hy n suloon ), and the publiention, with on exten- mne job oulublishincul, continued there lill about duur, 1850, ichen, Chop- mans & Spaun dissolring their connection, Mr. Willinin J. Brown lices me the owner of the paper, and remove it to a lunbling on West Washington bircet, near Meridian. The job office was, at the same Time, sold to K. W. 11. Ellis mul John S. Apoun, and retained in the old Imiltling. lu April, 1852, Mr. Brown passed the paper over to luy sou, Mr. Austin II. Brou'u, reoinining uy lending editor, houerer, and it uns remar eil to the Tomlinson hoibling, on fast Washington street, opposite The Glenu Block, then the Wright House. On The 2il of Morch, 1865, John f. Walker and Charles W. Cotloin bought out Mr. Brou n, Int retained the old loentiun. Messrs. Walker And Holcombe were the eihlors. Jolin S. Norunn, of the New Albany Ledyer, with Mr. Jolin S. Spann, bought oul Walker , Coltom, Deceniher 4, 1815, Mr. Norminh assuming the editorial control. But he did not like the position nif " porly organ." nil returned to New Allany in about six ivecks, the paper passing into the himils of Willing C. Larmbee nul v'. W Collam, with A T. Morrisen nudl Mr. Larrabee us Jeniling cilitors, Junuory 14, 1836. Seren months afterunril, Mr. Joseph J. Binglum, then of Infayette, pur- clinsed no interest, and the firm of Larrabee, Bingham & Co. held the con- cern till Jununry 13, 1867, when it was taken by Mr. Ihughmin and John G. Anuglity atul moreil to the old Cmqutal House building, which had been fitted op in first-rate style, making the most commodious ottiro then in Iho Sinte. But here, juul ns it was sturling oll with erery promise of success, il uns overloken hy un appalling catastrophe. Auen boiler for the engine of the press room, pluced ut the rear enil, osploded n little after dark on the eren- ing of the Tih of April, INhf, fearing tho eastern room of the building 10 ibe offire ilown upon the press room; breaking the presses, setting lire to tha nooitwork, nod creating n secue of horror never befure or since u itnesserl Lu this city. tine of tho press hunds, by the name of Homer, irus killed instundty, nnil sereral others injured. Puhliention iny suspomhyl, and appeoly for assistance, though by no means so literally responiled to ns the utilily nul value of the paper demouded, brought out coutributions which the euergy of the proprietors uuuule sufficient lo nllow n resumption of work on the "INI. But ibo ciubarrussment causeil by tho calamity hung upon the moprietora Tor n long time.

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Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Indiana, Part 78

Author: Publication date: 1876 Publisher: Baskin, Forster & Co. Number of Pages: 472

Author:
Publication date: 1876
Publisher: Baskin, Forster & Co.
Number of Pages: 472