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Tho Sutinel Couymuy, consisting of Messrs. Binghum, Doughty und D. V. t'nuheld, which took the establishment in 1857, retained il till July 81, [40], uheu John R. Ehler ami Juhin Ilurkness, of the Locomofire, joined uuh Mr. Hingham auf purchaseil it, removing it to the Locomofur othre, on south Merichhau street, fu Hubturil's block. In 1861, a new three-story brick builling urns ereeteil for it ou the other side of Meridinu street, irhere il remutined Till 1866. Theu Charles W. Ilall bought it aint took it back lo ils ull Capitol Ilonse loentiun, azf chunged its nonie to the Henuld, With llull A Ilutilson as proprietors, nudl Judge Samuel E. l'erkios os editor, it malinuml there till October, 1860, when it irus put into the linnily of o ri crirer, ondl hought in nonary, 18BT, by Info Dereliu, of t'umbridge fity. Ile uns bought out by Richard J. Bright, tu April, 180%, the Damo changed brick lo the Sentinel, mul J. J. Bjughiant installed ny rilitor. Mr Itright remored tho uffire, in December, Ialiu, to the ten bmnibling corner of Merilin mul tirele streets, which he luul rularged from Wesley & hinpel. It is wow une of the lutgesl aud best nenspinger establishments in the West. The prevent Sentinel Commuinny uns organized May IN, 1872. It is a joint stock chiupany, the curporalors being John fisbback, I .. G. Mutthen s, Thomas F. Ryun mil JJulin C. Shoetanker.
On the 4th of Soptember, 1650, Messrs, Killis & Spaun brgan tho publi- cntion of the Auhiand Suitesmau iu the ohil Sintust office, ou Illinois street, atul mile il both a hundlyonto alut good finper for tuo yrurs. It wus koll anıl mergel in the Sentinel in 1812.
Inring Thus Traceil the history of the first puprr through the olinuges of Studinet, no are prepared to follow tho fortunes of the second paper through an almost equnl period, and show its connection with the Journal of this cily.
Do the 7th of March, 1823, little over a year after the appearance of Ili Gazette, the Wl'esteru Censor uud Kinigrout's Guide was establishedl hy Unrrvy Gregg nud Douglass Maguire, in u builling ofjmsito lendersou's Turetu, tirar uhero the Seutuel uns after ivard Juented so lung. On the 11th "{ Jnimiary, 1825, ils umane was elinnged by the proprietor, Mr. John Doughess, In the Indian Jounvil, u namo it hus siner retniued through all changes of proprichutship. The Jouruut is now fifty -three years obl. Nouglass Muguiro rus editor till 1826, then Samuel Merrill filled tho editorial chnir till INst. Messrs. Deugloss & Moguiro renoueif their couucetion, in 1829, ntul cuiminu- el tugrther vill 1836, when Mfr. S. V. D. Noul purchaseof the interest uf Mr. Maguire, amil the firm of Dougtiss & Noch was formed, Insting lill February, 1812, Then Mr. Noel, who had been editor, retired, mid uns succeedleil hy Thmuitore ,1. Baruelt, niumunuf devidudl tuleuts nul remarkable uffainmiruts, nu eloquent speaker, ou well adapted hy teur und stes to his calling. fu 1×11 Mr. Noel purchaseil the paper, uml Mr. Houg liss relied from its wannge- tout. Mtr. Barnett is anececileil by Mr. Kent ns editor, for n shoul time hofore the jinpor passed out of the hnuda of Mr. Nool. John D. Hetrers, of St. Joseph, Then rerently n State Senator from Ihnt county, removed here, utnl berniue cilitat in Match, 1815, minl in February, 181, purch wyeif the concern nud telainel the sole coutivl of it tilf the fall of 1851, when he soll out 10 the Jourtutt Causpany, enmposeil of Joseph M. Tilford. Juures M. Mathes, Ovid Butler ninh Rou sou Vuile, the lust recently oditor of a Free- soil puupor
COUNTY HISTORIES .- CONTINUED.
It Wayne County. Mir Vaile beenmo eililor. Berry B3. Sulgrare became its cilitor in 1852, aud remained so up to 1864. Fur multifurious knowteilge, Inilomitalle industry, brilliant composition andl poner of condensation, he stnuds confessedly at the hendl of journalists of the past or present liny in Indiana, Siger MIr. Sulgrove's return from Europe, in 1807, he has been n fre- quent contrilintor to the oilitorial pages of the Journal, as well as its lemipornry editor during tivo seyyions of the Legislature. Mr. Bartun D Junes obtained nn interest in 1856, undl hecame lecal eilitor. The company soll to William B. Ilollou ay & Co., in the summer of 1864, Mr. Hullouny asgmining ciliturint Kontrol, with Mr. H. C. Nrircomh As politienl editor. Mr. Inmes G. Dung- luss and Mr. Alexander HI. Couner hecame assoeinteil with Mr. Hollunny in February, 18th, muler the name of Hollenny, Douglas. & Co. In the Ivinter of 1860, Mr. Samuel M. Donglass-he nil Jamey are sons of the olil proprietor, lolin Douglas4-joineil with his brother and Mr Couner und bought ont Mr. Holloway, and the firm of Douglass & Contier retained the establishment till .Inuv, 1810, when it was purchased hy lewis W. Hassel- nmn and William P. Fishback. Mr. Holloirny repurchaseil a sixth interest in 1867, and still hobils it. Some iverks ngo, Mr. Thothny It. Fitch purchased of Fishback a sixth interest, atul Mr. flasselinan gare his rhest son, Otto W. Hasselinun, a sixth of his interest, and theye five ani convhiinte the proprieturalup of the Journal establishment. In the sunimer nf 1814, Mr. Iloralio C. Nemcomh Tuchine editor of the Journal, and rontinned till Derember, 1818, innking, hy all ofils, the ablest out most encecssfal mililor the paper bod erer lind. As a writer he was lucid, coherent and logical, Utile git en tn brilliance of offert, hint never mistaken in Ine fuels, or unanfe in his couchisions. lle uus an eminently sufe party guule, and never set the " key note" of attack or delener from which he or his pinrty hod to nhale n jut of piteli ur force. His successor, Mr. Fishbick, though lers experienced in his ilties, git es mingle promise of needling little, if he needs anything, lo attain the same enruble posilion mil influence. The Journal office, at the aturt, IVIA on Washington street, nenr the Capitol House site, as hefore slulel ; subsequently it was on the sunth side of the Hatue street, in the frame Imilling west of Ilubharil's block ; then in the three alory brick bnibling, on the north sile, near Merulinn street ; then on l'ennsylvanin street, where it romaineil till the fall of 1900. Here the first sleasu press uns erected, and here, in the spring of 18-19, the office was seriously damaged by fire, nhicb inrolred the post office, then in the same Imililing, mint the " Mrt'arty corner." During the spring amil summer of ISto, the Journal Company erected the buildling on The corner of Circle aml Meridian streets expressly for it, and had the best office in the State. In 180G, Imrever, thie primprie- tors, Holloway, Douglass & Co., porehnsed the First I'resbyterian Church Innliling und lot, corner of Circle mint Market streets, and there erected n superb fire-story structure, which is now Ihr Journal building and likely to stay so. Semi-treekly editions of the paper nere published during the session of the Legiyinture for a long lime, the hrst appearing December Itith, 1828. A tri-u cekly uns first issueil December 12th, 18-18.
Vilaily elition was first publishedt ihring the session of the legislature iu 1843, beginning with the 12th of December, and repented at the same season theren fer lill the meeting of the Constitutional Convention, in 1-0. Then the publishing of daily verfiatim reports of The proceedings of that body made n grealer effort necessary, and n lurger sheet appeared on the Tth of Oetelier of that year, and, in one size or another, with sereral rarie- lies of headings and arrangements of nintier, finally settling into the quarto furni und filmin fetter liend, it has continued until now, isitli n probability of Insting ns long as duily papers are needed here.
The Senhuet bought nod absorbeil the Statesmau, The Journal bas bungbt om| absorbeil tuo or three evanescent dailies. The firm of these ney the .Itlas, starteil by John D. Defrees, in July, 1850. He inainisuned it lilf ofer the rlection of 1860, and sold, in March, 166], To the Journal Com- paty. lu INbf, follouny, Douglass & Co. bought the Daily Gazette, an- other wenkling that fell by the muy It was nt first the Jodiamt American, & weekly, moreil here from Brookville, by Rei. T. A. Goodlui, in 1817. He sold it to Downey & Co., nho changed it to a daily evening paper, audl sold to Jordan & llurneit, nho called it the Guzette, and ntule il n gooil paper. They sold it, in 1868, to Smith & Co. ; they lo Shurtleff, Macauley & Co., anil they to C. P. Wililer, who sold it to the Journal Compnuy Tb -Imtricou, ny n weekly issue, was resumed in Isin, by The former publisher, Vr T. V. Goodinn, unil continued livo years.
Beside the two eurbest and fest known papers, and those which they Inre nhsorlieil, there nie others, trithout some notice of wrlueb this sketch would be inedruplete. Sabieishere about 1>50, possibly befure, a little pa- per called the Daily Dupatch uns published, for some months, by W. Thompson Intel, n geullemno of considerable enterprise, but restrirtid in freuuinry oud intellectual resoutres. Its lending feature nus n series of sketches of members of the Legislature of the current session. There is no impression in the u riter's tuindl that an effort uns wade, both brfore atul after, to establish a neutral dlaily of n milk-und-ruter complexion, but ivill- oul succesy. On the 1 Ith of Muy, 1857, Messrs. Cameron & MeNeely sturted the Daily Cinzen, and mudr a very sprightly and valuable puper of il, Init a yeur's exprriruce proveif it unprofitable, and it uns dropped in Inne, 1898, In July, 1839, the Daily . thus uns starteil, br J. D. Hrfrees, us before uotril. The Evening Gacette, changed from the . Imerican, Iruns. ported from Brookville, lins been noled. The Telegraph, a German duily, nay establisheil by the Freie Presse Company, in 1816. fi is in existence.
tud doing nell. The Feetuny Commernat was established by Uyues & Co., in 1867, in the place uf the sold-out nud swallowed Guzette. HI was printeil, ut first, ut Downey & Brouso's place, in the Sentinel building, on Washinglou streof ; allerinrd, in the Journal huililing, on Meridian street. Theu it was sold to M. G. Lee, the preseul proprietor anil editor, who re- turned it, in 1868, to the corner uf Washington atul Illinois streets, opposite the l'uluier House, nnil, within the past year, hus taken it back to Cirvlo street. The Daily Ermning Mirror, in 1808, derelopeil from the Saturday Vieror, u weekly paper, established by George C llarding und Marshall Heury, December 12, Ishi. Although it was utol allouel the use of tele- graphic dispatches, ils locaf matter uns so piquautly written uud ity general funLo so ilillereut from thint of the purty orguus, that it attainedl n very good circulation. But the establishment of the Freutuy Veres, in December, 1869, with n full supply of afternoon dispatches nul tonrkel reports, und nith an tilitorul cunduet as imilepeudeut as the Mirror's, pro ed too much for the laller, nul, in February, 1St0, it uns sold to the proprietor of the Nries, and wus absorbed by il. Julgo Fabius M. Fiuch irus nssocintel with Harding min| Mortun during the greater purl of the life of the fully .Mirror, nnd during the lust four mouths it uns cilited by Mr. John Finch. The Doily Kreniny New, nos established by John 11. Holluluy, in Deceurher, 1800, and the first ummuber appeared on the Tth of that month. If uns the first orun- iug puper that anticipated any of the munterinl nons of the morning papers, ulul ils low price-two couts-speedlily introdured it into houses ulieren papier hod never been taken betore. Is circulation within the city Holy enunls that of its oller murning cotoutpuuraries, nud its position is as frtuly hart. It is published in the new Seahurt building. In Junio, ISTO, Messrs. Dynes & Cheney started the Daily Thues, a wruing paper in The Reform interest, which muyontred its " mission fulfilled" with the sale uf the Journal establishinteul lo Messis. Ilusselinan & Fishback, andl ilied, after a short enreer of n weck, selling ils tuntorinl to the Journal.
The Locomuhire, a small weekly, uns started in 1841 by John [I. Obr, Dm idt D. Culley, nud Darul R. Eller, three apprentices in The Journal oftice. The trat mitwybor uppeureil un the &i] of . April, 1817. It rap through one roluinte of three inouths, and ilimpprared for six months, It was rerived on lho Ist of Inuunry, 1518, by Dauglass & Ehler, and cularged about an inch alf und, from seren to eight in width, und from feu tu tu elvoorthirteen inches. It uny made up wholly af lural muntters, gossip, business uud howe improre-
ments, onil hemime & Mort of fotnily necessity. In March, 1800, John It. Eller unil John Harkness look il, and, without elinnging its local character, pul a nety force into its editorind matter and contributions, which male il a " power" in the city. Its circulation for some years was Ihr largest in the county, nud untitled it to the post office advertiseinenis. In July, 19il, its proprietors bought the Sentinel, as before stated, and amalgamated the Loco. moåre with it.
In 1846, or thereabouts, an anti-slavery paper, called the Indiana Free- laan, was sinetel by ss Mr. Depay, amil mnuintiinel with dreiled ability, but with lilile pojmlurity or profil, for a year or two. Dr. Ackley nssistel the eltor at times, hut " Abolitionian" bud bat fery friendy in Those days, und no amount of talent coull bavr maintained it. Thr owner's sign was stolen our night and placed upun an ont-house, and the office was besmeared with ilirt and tar. Threats of mobbing were made nt times, und more than once Mr. Depny watched all night for marauders, but the threaly ger er executed ibe infiction of puerile muliec.
In September, 1848, Julius Boetticher attempted the lizardous experi- ment of publishing a Germua paper bere, and the I'utkablatt innde ils appear- ance from one of the second-story rooms in Temperance Hall. Mr. E. aud hiv ilaughter did most, if not all, the type selting, onil be del all the writing un'I workcil ihr hinni-prevy upon which it was printed. Nothing but the Diost untiring industry und perseveranre couldl linve saved il. . \ nny other time it wouldl Imve ineritably diel, but the universal European revolution, with the succeeding wor in Hungary, gave an interest to the foreign, nnul especially lo Gerinan, ueus, which enlargel the circle of reuters anl pulver- tising patrounge at the same time. The Folkablutt is now n fixed fact, with " large and remuneratire business. It iony edited, after the first fierce Elruggle with wh ersily uny over, by Mr. Paul Geiser, a German of uousual attuinmenis ant decided talents, but of rather unsettled or uncertain prin- ciples. Later, it fell into the hands of Mr. Adolph Seidensticker, who was cililor for several years. It is not published in Mr. Beetticher's own build)- ing on East Washington street, uearly opposite the City Hall.
On the loth of August, 1851, the Hooner City, n nent little folio, was commeneed hy Samuel II. Mathers, Francis \ Thayer (since editor of the Ernusville Jowruot) nud Henry i'. Ferguson, unother triplet of Journal apprentices Ity leailing articles uere sprightly and well written, and attractel n guol ileal of oftention. I'wu of them, " \pology for Tobacco " IL| " A Short I'lea for Ugliness," were copied all over the country at the time, and the former was republished in England. Mr. Thayer was grupp- nlly supposed to be the author. The Hooger City was iliscontinueil at the eil of Three months.
In 1851, Iter. B. T. Karanough started a tempemnace weekly callinl the Family Vintor. It subsequently became the Temperance Chort, aud was edile by .J. W Gorton, Esq.
Ou the 3d of september, 1852, the Frete Preser was establishedl by nn nysorintion of Germans of Free-suil proelirities, to counteract Ibr influence of the VoltaAlott, which was given decidedly and effectually to the Demo- unils. The same company, or its successor, published the Daily Telegraph. The editur of The Frete Peeve, ubo beenine must widely known in connection with it, was Mr. Theodore lleilscher, u man of milieal vieiss, but of derided ubility and scholarship. Ir condueled the paper for some years.
In 1855, Mr. Charles lland begun a miscellaneous sort of wreckly, called the Railroad City, but it was short-liveit.
Somewhere about the same time, the Itsstern Cine-rabat was established here by Ror. E. Munford nail Dr. Jonlan, and mininlained for tun or three
The Wituras, s paper in the Baptist intere:l, conducted by Dr. M. t. Clark, belonged to the same period, and was published at the Journal office. On the 3d of January, 1857, the Bidwell brothers, Aodrew nud Solomon, hegan the publication of a remarkably well- printed, but ileerderlly mailical, ircekly called the Western Prisage. Il lasted three months.
The Sunday Mirror was started on the 22d of December, 18Gf, by George C. llording and Mr. Henry, in the building of the Franklin Priuling Com- pany, on West Marylaml street. Mr. llarding uns sole colivor for a time, hut rus subsequently joined by William B. Vickers. Jolin R. Morton supplanted Mr. Henry, nad the establishmeul way removed lo Merillian alreel, ils present location. Ils success, wirb the uriting, especially the local and miscellaneous, of the I wo welitors aud of several admirable contributors, wuh Iho soliciting skill of Mr. Morton, was soon made apparent, and encouraged the perilous effort of groiring a Jnily Eecuing .Vieror, with the resull alreuuly reluled. After the sale of the daily to the News, the weekly was abandoned, und Mr. Vickers began the publication of Town Tall in its place, with much of the old spirit of the Jfirror, and a good promise of success. But Vfr. ffording, after some weeks of silence, revived the .Ifirror, elfected a reunion wilb Mr. Vickery and au absorption of tho noir miper, and the old game uns filled up with the old paper in every important feature In the Tuller part of May, 1870. Mr furding soll out, and the Mirror lius since been ourned anil edited exclusively by Mr. Vickers. h is the ouly exclusively hierary weekly in the city, and stands at The hend of its class in The State. Shortly after the suspension of the .Mirror, Mr. ,John R. Morton established the Journal of Commerce, a wreckly devoted to the business interests of the cily abil State II ivas at first edited by Enos B. Read, Inte uf Cineinbari, but subsequently by Dr. Winslow S. Pierce, a gentleman well known in the business circles of the Stale. The office is noir on Washington street, oppu- site the Trade l'ulice. The People, started hy Enos B. Iletil, Inte editor of the Journal of L'ommerce, Mr. Schellmau and George J. Sebley, is a Sunday popier, the only one we have, giren lo illustrations, seustions and intellec- Iunl spice and pepper generally. Il is published on Circle street, Wilb theyo moy be mentioned the Little Soner anit Little Watchman, children's Sunday School papers, edited by Rer. W. W. Dowling. They are haud- somely printed, well cousineted and very widely circulated.
The first monthly publication uns the Indiana Farmer, established by Oshorn & Willells. I had not a very promising feld, and accomplished little. Il died somewhere about 1819 or '40, or came so near it That its revival, with frory Wuril Beecher as editor, uns hke minking u new affair. Mr. Beccher wns hardly so profound an ugriculturist as Mr. Grecler, for bis experience did nol extend herond his lot, on Ohio ond New Jersey sireels, rhere he rused mure tourers than fruit, but he could ring eudless changes mul pleasaot ones on the primary necessily of good plowing and sound seeil, and they were really taore needed than instructions in "drainage" or " Imutuie acids" or "' constituebl elements." Que of his "squibs" on Ilio unusual effect of u "well polished plou " in producing good erops, which explained in the conclusion that the polish would da no good nuless mitule by constant rubbing in the earth, was widely copied and banliy ever properly credited. In very recent times, the North- Western Furmer, by Dr. "". A. Binwuf, succeeded by Messrs. Caldwell & Kingsbury, has taken the place (or n higher one) of the old monthly. The Christian Record, n monthly organ of the ilenomination of Christinas, started at Bloomington, u As remuved lo this city by the proprietor, .Inmes M. Molhes, in 1834 nr '6.1, mul it has continued liere ever siure. Il is now in rhuirge of Rer. Elijnh Gooılırin. The following list of the publications nou published here explains ilself mul needs no comunient :
Daily : Journal Sentinel. Commercial, News, Telegraph | German.
Weekly : Imenedu, Journal of Commerce, Mirror, People, Independent (Temp. ), Little Sower, Volksblatt (German), Spottrogel (Germult), Zukunft (German Turner).
Monthly : Wusonic _Idvocate, Odd Fellowd' Tahsmay, Wi kern Journal of Medicine, North Western Firmer, School Journal, Braham's Juncal Review, Hithird'a Musical Visitor, Christian Reeves, Phone . Advocate, Lith Chef, Bee Journal, American Housewife, Lacher Ciru Maygane, Mormuy Watch.
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During the emily «Inges of progress in Inulinnajedis, fram 1821 19 1853, the velinde nere giornilly of in private character, and supported chilly by sub- criptinb. The free-school system began first In le agitated on the mowalotion of the edy chunter in the Legislainre, in the ninter of 1847. but auch nie the uppasitiou to it Ilun it uns delayed six years before it way rien partidly iutrofnerd. On the 26th of Ajail, IR3, The first free schun] mix uprued for u session of fun months, andl' throp years later they were Islendul to the full time. No sooner, however, had they nifined lo success. ful operation, and uere fully uml generously sustained by the puhhe, thun They were prostrated nt n single blev, by nilessinh of the Supreme Court, declaring The bevying and collecting of taxes fur tuition uneunslimtional. The river of Ilus decision weer lo duprity the free schools af the city of the principal junit of their revenge, unid remlen it Gnoneinlly imposible that Inn should be Justmined, notwithslunding the generous efforts of n portiun of the people to keep them me. The only ulternaine ing n 'refuru in cho old method of frivole selinals. The school hendes more, recordingly, rented In such legebers q. were milliog lo underinke 14 legeh on that pdan, unit for Iue yrets no other schols existed in the city.
During the periodt foron February, 1848 te Felnunry, ISG0, the school property uns ried fuit by the School Board, and they expreised a sort of supervision carr the private schauts.
Februar), 1860, the free schuals nore again opened, la continue turnly. muo wrecks; Inenty-nine truchers were employed, il simies ranging Irom
In June, 1881, the first Board of Trusters rlected by the je uplr uns chasen. one from roch uuril. The following spring, shude fees were jduutel in all the school grounds. In 181, the Trustees lerird the full lux of fifteen cents of Ihn $100, From this time forword, Tho rorehur arising from The special lax nud ilor apjaabinment of the State Tuition Fuml was anfficient In keep The schoule open thirty . mue weeks in the yrai.
In August, 1864, thy High School, which had dled cont in 1858, wor reor- ganized und jilucil in phorge of a l'rineigal, nt n sulur uff $900 a year.
In February, 180, the first Board of Visitors, uno finin each irard, my aquiinted hy the Trustees, mint instruction in weil wirsie wny mulreduced as « lepylar branch of eincaliun,
In January, 1867, the first evening sehouds nere mened, n hich hure been a ·onrer of green heoeft 1u n elastof perde ohn and na uther opportunities Sir nequiring useful knowledge. In the unter ef 1460- 70, the eltendunce
Tho que luring the closing years of the wur nas hol propufinns for henry' ond unuiantal taxation , yel the Tinstees itul not hesitate luise, to the ul must limits of the law, all the power in their hands, During this period, ditional pertuaneni room uud se ils urre prut filed, in new huihlings utal by rearrangements of the old, fer 3, Gon quifuls, ut un oxpenso of $1NO, UIRh.
During the year 1867, the Iny school builling. - one on the corner of Michigan umil Blockford streets uud the other on the corner of Vermont nuit Dorisou-were completed, ut n enst of $21,000, und with it ropneily for
Soplumber, Ists, the building on l'uion street, in the Sixth Wuril, was opened, The lot, July In fert, hud been purchaseil iu 1866 for $5,500. The Imibling, including inelosure, furniture nud out. buiblings, eust $44,000, The cost of The high school property, containing olliees for fbe Trustees pod Superintendent, reconstruelid from The Second Prestiylerian Church build- ing, on the earuer of Mmker und l'irele streets, was $IS, Dun,
February, 18GR, n training schon] wuy organized in The Fourth Distriel school house. The alyeel of this nas that The city mnight furuish its own teachors, Irniund in all tho seienre and art of vilurntion. 1u 1869, tho Su- prriuten leut reported " The gaml influences of uur training school have Fermented prery part of our school system. Nol a single one of the 5,000 pupils, frum shv senior elnas af the high school to the lowest prisonry grade, Uns futel lu rrecive, direrily or indirectly, some of the benefits of ils organ. ization. Tuche young Intira graduated the first yrar, fourteen the second, eleren the third nud fra the fourth-waking a lotal uf forty-seron, all of wbum, at once, became le ichers in the public schon]s
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