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$21,681.00
Original plan,
2,115.06
Donation onlargement,
4.202,030 00 Lower =
Value of improremouts ou satue,
Totul tax ruluation by tho County Assessors, including tho city of Evansvillo, $23,062,680 00
Froin this time till the rear 1828, little, if any, advancement was mule : hut, in that year, business revived, and Eransville began to bo the mercan- tily latuling for the " country of the Wabash."
In 1831, Gon. Elish» Harrison and William Monroo established the first nen spapor, tho Erausville Gazette, which, nftor a precarious oxistence of three years, died : nail not till 1831 was another attempt made, when Will- iam Town established the Evansville Journal and Vanderburgh Werkly . Ideer laser, which, in 1839, iras purchasod by William 11. & John Jay Chandler, who changed tho name to tho Evansville Journal. The paper still continues, nud is in a prosperous condition.
= rye
= barley,
26,020
=
fruit,
7,509
3,989
2,145
6,815
Sheep.
8,544
14,81€
2,790
639,828
18,915
was settled in 1798, if not enrlier, for ive finil that this was quite u stirring Hluco when the sent of justiro iras located here, in 1801. This place was situated ouly about n mile from thero Charlestown was afterward luid out. David Drummond, Hey,, states that in 1801 Springvillo ivas n pretty little village. It had two taverns, one kept by John Ferguson and the other by Nich. Harrison, iwho also kept a store, and filled the office of Justice of the Peace ; n wnn nameil MeGummae lyng blacksmith ; 11. & John Neugent car- ried ou n wheelwright shop ; Jobu Carr (attorirard Juutgo) kept u hatter's shop; Geo. lluckleberry wmns a milliright ; Dr. Vale, the practicing physi- cinti of the village, anil Evan Shelby, the County Surreyer. To-duy therr is one log house reinnining to murk the spot.
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In the e- talilishment of the first Stute trink, in 14'1, Evansville uns des- ignated as the location fin une of its branches This greatly enlarged its financial nhihities, anil garo a healthy impetus to its business
In 1stk, the State juvenil the Internal Inprovement bill, and Beans- rille nyug made the -onthein Irriminns of the Centrul und Wabash & Krie Conals Freshi vigor and energy were unurteil tu all classes of irade, and, when the contract for the construction of these cunals was made, in June, 1s-in, immigration began to pour in, real estate aringced und the town began lo moske rapel -nides in improvement, Hut the great Gonncial revulsion come in 1417 8, and the work of internal imprurements wens stopped. The city suffered, in common nith all others, und many of her citizens left, and much of her prigetty uns tukon by Cistern creditors, in payment of mer- chinois' ond spoculturs' ilehtednesy
In 18Ji, the secondl culoatnde of pinperty uds mnde, The taxuble piap. erly uns $864,574 , und, m 18338, the census Inkon ins os Gallons
1,188
.10
1,298
In two years, this increased to 1, 191, showing ipnte a enlelantial gain. In the 1st of Novendier, 1814, the largest tiro in the history of Brans- ville occurredl Theluck an Main street, brtireen Firstund Seronil streets, then about one-fourth of the town, mus lotully destroyed.
Nol until the prus 1. lf 6 7 ilid Chungville begin to recorer from the com. merciul erisis, In the legislativy session of 1830-7, n grunt of land uns mode to retrod the Wulrish & ErieCanal to Terre Haute, und, subsequently, snother grant o'ny obluinel to extend this work to the thin Ricer, al Ecans- ville ; oud the anticipating of' the benefits tu he derived from its completion did much In strengthen contalence nud restore Immle.
On the Sith of Juniunry, 1817, A special churter was obtained from the Legislature for the incorporation of fennstille as a city. It then lol a formulation of 1,1KM1, nad Irsable property valued at $901,321. The first merhug of the fity Conneil under ilus elinter ous held on the 14th duy of April, 1817, oith Intres #: Jones a. Muyor, und six Councilmen.
In 1448, the city entered into n contraet with Jubn Mitchell, Marens Sherwood am Muses Ross, to grilr the river bank, mil comjdetr & lever læring a frontage of fice squats, a length of nearly two theusual feel.
During ISi0, the Leangrille A Cray fordsulle Bathwel wegs commemed hi received much oul from the city , aiut, by its connecting id Vincennes with a strong cast woul dest rand, 'Id much to aid the city in it: shipping interests. The canil, reaching from Beanscille to Toledo, Ohin, n distance at four hvadied and lilly miles, alen guace a good outlet to the Distern
In 1548, the taxalde property was $2,45, ha and the Mayor, Junies & Impre, whin bebl the office far ais years, was ; geceeded by Johns Hopkins in that your, the system of gothic selonde was established, under the super- inlendene) of 11 Q Whoelei, I've
In 1857, the town af Tuomsen, mikjong Keinetitle, ins taken into the Couratwu This urnagement ppeuusl of march ralur tu Venuscille ; und, from that tinu until Ist, the city muuntamed a healthy nud vigorous growth. The same year, The Hound of Trade published thur hest report, aleaving the amonut afinque sture that year The merchandise uhr4 required nmounted to $ 1, 118,993, the immunitnetured mtele- tn $1, 162, 48a , mil the exports to Ubiti, snek», $101,021 00 Wheat, bushels, 02,650 00
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lanil, kegs,
Flunr, hurels, Ines, hogylieuds, - 111,450 00
'Tolviçen, 11,781 (mt
A city of ueurly, or quite, 30,iHit prople, with good paved und grareled street4, Inir lorsque's boul dueling houses, numberel on the decimal sys- Ina ; n seurrage af urer eight miles in leugtb, costing over $3010,1100. font or fice parky (thesp will, honeyer, bear much imporementi, ibirty-two churches ; fourteen phildio mund eight pricatr schod; . elerru benevolent nsro- eintimis; ms dnily, urneekly, und weekly newsjmopere: four publir libra- rice, right locke, national and printy; the seat of the United States offees for the First District of huhnune. the southern permiuns of Ino rail- Funds, one mcomplete, vocelad steamship and packet lines, and n river frontage uil lever af nearh fico mule. surrounded In' a fine agricultural Chubby ; nhuduut cul heds hem , tuber plenty solcheup, transportation lo uny moiket chrap und mupid I only noite the chergy owl industry uf ber citizens to develop a still nome opulent nul unportuut city.
The city's tasulle property, fin the peer 1-74, amounted In $24, 758,-thù, nud the tux rised und > 10'i,anh, showing quite n howlsome increase since January 27, 1517
Munufactures of ull kuuly, n feige wholesale trade nad busy commerce Linee grunn nu, ns will he seere by the following notes of these " Substun. lenla" af a city. In the your IST4, there ivere bine ichulesale dry goods uwlugtuns dralers, who reported sules fur thut yrar omounting to $A, 100,000 bu the lud trade there are three Imuses doing an exclusive wholesale business, url three doing n u hulrsale nil reunl hu- mess rumbined. Their sales, ut tho close of the shine year, mounted In SIMULINKG.
In the hot wiol yhoe trade there are taur large hruis, wrbuse sales, ouding December 50, 1871 amounted In $1,4101, 000
There are seren ar eigld wchalrente drug firuns in the city, u hose sales. fur the same yrar, omomnitel to $1, Dont,1km
In the wholesite chinn and queen arte trole are tice, whose sales were
The trade in tran nud hardaure (wholesalel, for 1871, umconted to SHINI, CKMI, nud ocenydr Une attention of ax or right firnis.
Iu ngrieultural nupdrieuts and seeds, eight whalesuly firms ure emplayed, unul, ducing the Your time, their subs somminited to $504,000.
In the wholesnie grocery trade, ton firms ure engaged, and reported sales amounting to Sa,000,00 The retail fraile, for the same prar, was esti.
lu the whole ante liquor trade, there were, huring the year 1871, sixteen finius engagedl From returus tunde In the luternus Herenue Department. it appears that the business for tlundt year minounted in $3, 400,000
Frau returns unde In the same departinent, it is Gumnud Ord the whole- de lubieca aud cijen trade eugige, about aix firms, chiuse atle- aggregate Safaritent, or equal to the topior trale There are about sixty factories for thy making of cigars, in the county, which employ Hear 9000 humils.
The celudoanh. confectionery .und biking thule is climatud in br quith
At the close of the xathe year, it ans tamwol that the Huur, grane mol hay trade het reichel, in sole4, In $4 076,inkl, and ongriges the alleutien uf smur tuchre to fifteen a hulesile fourres
are engaged in this bustiers,
Is 19841 1,500 lings were packol in Brausville, supl in 1-74, 19,370 were reported, unk ades aggregating ne a & balt nullian Jedlars.
In the produce inule, the . des premigy : A0,001 socially, stul those of book., wursie stol jeuchy oil reich nonly : DAL,JUHI
There are about tluriy +Givr uncinfaetnies of itnt, including rolling-wills. foundnie. mol machine shaper, hon at lones and hrass materials, one le ul
builders ail contractors, au mimir of carpenters, sis laruiture factories :
COUNTY HISTORIES,-CONTINUED.
three chair making establishments. eleven stare und Irrel works; the pidho and orgun lanllers ; thier peking and cigar box junkers ; two whole- sale makers of agricultural implements ; six of carringes and wagons ; geven tonnu fficturers of paper, blank hunky, stationery, rte und the same number of cuttun and unohn gauds. lu all these midlumis of capital are used unil thousands of workinen employed
Mr John Jogle, Jr , of the Ingleside Mines, near the city, reypriest in 1914, thim there hat been med at braustille, nud recrired by brirges, 1,443,356 bushels Intop coil und 2008,714 bushels unt coal. Received by rail, 142, 000 kmshely, and of Pittsburgh call tincluding gus winks1, 160,00g Litthele, making a totul of receipts of 2.17 4,070 bushels. if this there was ruld in the city 1, 691,ditt bushels and IS2,1Kkt leshele le greantets.
In 1871, 2,10000) horse's opal tinley wvere gnld : 9, 162 head of beef cattle ; 5,200 lings , 3,928 sheep mel 3,301 calers, The amount realized from these sales was $867,054, mut inehiding the color ad those solid to huitchers.
There are over DUft relail houses ni tho vuruns hranrhrs af trady, whose business, basil no a low nrerage coleulation, will nggregate orer $2,000,000 annualir.
There are her diuly papers juhlished in the city, which employ, in nfl their departments, aluont Cott jorsans, The oldest piper is the Journal, Trhuich has n large circulation in Sonthirestein ladinun.
Aside from the bording louises, there are nhont inenty-five Ludels, of which four ur fice ein theist of great size und elegance. The largest amil most expensive is thir St. George, wluch cost thr ouher, Mr. David T. Mackey, about $20k4,000, Including the sifr.
About six ichil a linlf miles of street rauhenys ure Inid, custing $100,000, including rynipmrot. By the company's books, there were carried, from December, IST-1, to Dreember, 18fa, abant GEi, 000 persons, und nn income T'as derived therefrom umounting In near $25,000
There are sixty- fonr stenm vessels mid eighteen barges, with n tonnage of 14,214,01 tons, that are registered livre, sil ouned and controlled sut this part. There ace seren jucker lines in active operation. Several stenner på" between this and other ports, and steamers from Northern and Southern cities dule joss, while nearly fifty steuners, birges, Ings aud tou- boats are employed in the coil trude
There are fice Natiwind Binks, the oldest the bconseille National Bank, formerly { branch of the State Bank. Thr emubineil capitud of these is $4,070,000, sord5, 3471,000, md cirenItenn, $1,67,300
There are ten private banks, one strings laick, which apenas May be 1570, zu the first year had att dejmentors nul $15,find deposited, h now hans near 4,000 dejusitues alt ,bum > aktiont depuis the past year.
Que Building mid 1an ,A toemtion, with about $14,000 expitul, hus been in operation since Wc, 1514.
The insurance business is well represented, Cenustille having one life And Iwn fre insurance coaqoute's of her an.
'hree mailroot -- ihr Rennseille & Crawfordlucille, the Lake Enie, Eraus- edle A Suputhiresteru and the Ecabstille & St Louis-have their termini hele The peineigel business of these is itt entry freight, especially conl. Iser, hre stuck, fruit, tobicen und cattan. The first mentimed of these is the unhy' northern outlet for freel, und during the feir ending August 31, 1516, it carried over With time of caul, 37,000 head of live stock, 11,8Th quil received from its passenger trucel >172.502 14 The lust naund roud vully extends to Buqueville, Warrik County. It ships nunnally largr quan- litur's of oud.
For pinces of amusement, there are seren jihlie balls and no nuera house of no tueun diureusions. Thus Infter irus built hy n stock company in the years 1867-08, und cust, including the str, $101,000 Thero nre bro public nsylmius, the Lyunsrille orghans nyyhun nud the conuty paar fanio. Tbe lutter is just outside the city limits, nud was established twenty-hve years ugu It includes thirty neirs ed grund und cotufortalde brick bnihlings, and is worth nhout $50,000. In adiktion divre ure niue benevolent institu- lions under the ente of the Catholic ('binrh,
1n 1571, the present water noiks were built. There are sixteen nail &
The gas works were erected in le !! , under o charter from the State, There me uenr thirty unles of pipe hund, and thr gas is Iurnished to con- summers ni is cost of $31kl per thousand feel.
The juble buildnigs are the county court house, connty jnil, Criminal Court building, city mouthing nul comed chamber, tun muurket houses und the post office. The United States Government proposes building u custom house here at a cost of >200,000, thir gronml being atre idy purchased.
The present Postmaster is Me. T R Mehrranu, The delivery system is in use, emydoying secen clerks. The business for the yene ending Hecember 30, 1871, amounted to $14,012.i. Number of letters, pasta cards and news- pupera deheered by the carriers for the same time, was 1, 178, 032, Number ing the income for that year. F1 1, 12.13.
There are three public libraries in the eny, whose whoir number of vol- unis is 1,700. These are njien ut all thues, aud ubnut 6,(k) coluies are draun onu diy by their jutions.
The educutwout facilities of the city me unsurpassed. The public sebeol property is called ut tater $10,000, There ure, usule from the lugh school, | Inurtern district grad I schools, employing 102 tenchers and enrolling 4,00 scholars. Three colored schans, nudler the ente of the boird, are established, nud bare nu attewlance el 322 pupils. The present system of grailed sebuuls ans estaldished in the year 18's, hy Il Q. Wheeler, und is Dine noiler the soperiutendenry of John M. Muss, well known in educational circlea. The following table is furnished by hnu, which fully shows their condition ut presenel .
Number of school olubiren raumgerated, = 4,800
13,000
Acerage thuly uttendance, 3,800
Number of tenchers-quelund!ng high selned- employed,
102
Serrage daily compensation, nales, 60, 01, femmles, $2,00, Length of school year. pt day's The por cent if' attendume, i all gradca, for Nerember. 1872, ins 90.7
lu uldition in the public schuals, there we ercernl joieme schools, une innlical college, nue feumle seminary, tiro emmurreil colleges, oud three ilenomisatinunl schonts All the secret orders, with strang lodges, ure repre- srnteil here
The Presbyterian Church was the first In establish un organization in the eit) It is noir knoun ns the " Walnut Street l'resbyirrian Church," and was constituted in IM21, low years after the incorporation of the place as a loun. The Ree It (+ Buiks nas the first minister, but it was Het till the per Ibil, that u linuse of nhy size and creded, when une uns built by contribution of ourk mutemal uun pomey, casting $1,4MG. The first seals were plain pine benches, atthnut backs, n slight clerution, on n birh qus placet & dry gands trix covered with green luok ushin, or baize, was the " desk.' from which the minister preached, atul it was some tinte before these give any to bench's nuh hocks, mul the high pulpit of okien time In ISel, thus building, huring repentedly been culoged and repaired, was supplanteil by the prestot fine edince, costing forint, and r.qjuble of seating
The Gnice Presbyterian Church, organized in 1838, worshiped in the count house till 184 . when they crerted a landing on the corner of Vine and Secouil streets. Thus aus mnbl'in INjil, ntul n fine builling, costing $04,000
-including n $5,000 orgui, one of the finest m the Stute-uns built on the curuer of Upper Second uml Mulherry streets The membership is non a little orer 200.
The Second Avenue Church stanils neur the rorher of the ucenne and Mary streets, and has u membership uf 210.
The Cinuberlaml Presbyterian Church was organizedl on Junnary 31, 1841. with tu enty members. The church hnihling stuinls on the corner of Second and Chestnut streets. The membership is How 240, with a Sabbath school of 821 scholars. This elntreh hus tiro branches, one in Knight Township, and one on .Vilamis mienne.
The secund church organized in the vity any by the Methodist Episcopal denomination. The Rev. Robert Pirrt, af Kuglaml established a " class" here in 1821. The Ror. Peter Cartwright, n total divino in this denoming- lion, neleil as l'residing Eller orer this sertion, in 1514, Int nobe al' the ministers preached with any regularity till the years 1814, 1824 nml 185. In 1838, the church was constitutod n " sluting," nith fifty- three meishers For some time they preached in n raam ueur the rorner of Walnut nad First streets, then in the olit court honse, then in the old brirk school house, till finally, in 1829, they erected what was koord ns Lornsl Stret Methodist Church. This is now known os the " Trinity Methnhst Church," aml is the largest organization of this hoily in The city. Their present building ing creeteil in 1868-4. 11 is capable of sonting 1,000 persons, nud rost $50,000. This church has 150 members, and itsannual expenses, inchuling missionry collections, arm $1, 800.
There are five other organizations in The city, Including une German mid one African, the Intter boring 300 members.
The First Baptist Church was organized in 1850, with six members, mind the first church built in 1861. They now have 200 members, nud a house of worship cosling $25,000.
Thece are altogether hne churches of thus faith in the city ; horn culored. une with n membershijo of Hof,
The Catholic und Protestant Episenjoy Churches hur six organized bodies in the city. They live four houses of worship, undl flourishing congrega- tions. The first missing Smuduy schoul in the mity, of any kind, was calmly lished by the Church of the Holy Innocents
The Catholic population is nhout 8,001.
There are Two Jewish synagogues; une Church of the Disciples, Inn Lutheran Churches, and four German Reformed Asiile from there men- lionel, there are several mission stations nanstained in different parts of the city, and all can, ako will, hear the "glail Inlings of sthintion."
The government of the city is in the hands of the Mayor, John J. Klienci, the Colomion Council (twelve members), mint tuenty. three officers mul murn on the police force. The Fire Myprintmuent consists of three stemmers, our honk und laidiler company, muul sis hose rureinges; calme of equipment, SOU,000, The Board of Health mret once n perk, und good sanitmy reg. ulntions are enforced
There are no more foreny, other than post ofhees, in Vanderburgh County, ind a few slopping plures on the river und roilronds. The first settlenieul of the enunty, the first courls, the best schools and the first churches were nll in Eransville, and the history, for many years, of the cily was that of the county ; and it is not likely these stopping places will peer ultiun to more Iban the village blacksmith, the village storekeeper, who is generally Post- Diasler, und the village doctor.
EDUCATIONAL INThIESN.
There are in the county fifty school thstriets, carh vinploying ony teacher, whose wages metuge 82.47 per ilny. There soheels rural 2,00% pupils. The school rnumeratiun is 6,016. Sute uf the srhunt houses ure brick, but the majority ore gomil fram honors, lu Pigeon Yonuship, which the city ulmnost corers, hnl vue school, aside from those mintoined in thu rity, ix kend. The County Selmol Superintendent is Prof Stheel
WVINITIAL INTERESTS.
The first Conuty Commissioners irem Inuiel Hrauheld, Geurge Pinkle aud James Anthony. Their first meeting was held on March 4, 18IS, And on the following ilny they tuet noil nerepted the proposed donation by the founders oud awuers of Rennerille, aund lorateil the seat of pocerument for Vunderburgh County.
The present county court house iy Iicoming inndeyuinte lu the ineressing Jeminds of the county, nud groundl hus heen purchased, between Fourth and Filth, Dudl Vince oud Division Ireels, un culiie block, upon which will be built, As soon as the fnrucinl coalition of the county will permit, onr of the finest buildings in Ihn West, at n cost of n half unlliuu dollars.
The present county officers are as follows : Judge Fifteenth Judical Circuit, William F. Farridt ; C'lerk of Court, Soren Sorenson ; Proscenting Attorney, Janis B. Rucher; Judge of Criminal Court, William H. Huigrave, Sheriff, Christ Wunderlich , Recordmi, S H Snuson ; Auditor, Joseph J. Reuz: Treasurer, William hoch ; Surveyor, August I'futhin.
HELLOIOUS ISTLIENTS
fulside The city there are some trelee or filtren Methwhist Churches, onu ur two lutheran, three l'eeshytrrign und three Catholir These will neveruge from righty to one hmulred ju membership ench
KOSCIUSKO COUNTY.
This couply is near the center of the Slate, frum cust to irrat, and in the northern purt. It has un prin ol 567 square miles, and a population of 23,521, by the census of INIU. The county is trutered by the Tippe- canoe River, wbich ilrning the numerous lukes lo he found in the conily, mud hy Turkey Ciech. The farmer vises in the northeast, and loo's in & southwestern direction to the Wubush. Turkey Creek rises in Nine Mile Lake, nud leorey the county in the northern jurul. Erl River flows Through the county for n short distuary in the southenstern eururr. The principu! lakes in the condy are ny follows : Nine. Milr hake, in the northeast, which is the largest in the county, being five miles in length by over tien miles iu width of its broulyst porl. They come Tippeennue Luke, Eagle Luke, Little Eagle Laky, like Lake, Center buike, Barber's Luky, Hoffinnu's Lake, Beaver Dam Lake, Silver like, Boydstowu Lake, Riilinger's Inke, Palestine Lake, Yrllon Creek Lake, Wuldu Lake, Wuunssee Lake, beside numerous ulher spiller ques, Many of these me 'very henutiful, and, with the numerous sinull streams in all directions, give in nbundlunt enter supply to the county.
There is nu abundance of anter power, which is utilized mostly fnr flour- ing.mills, sinttered over the county. The atreumus upon which the mills are situated being feil by thr lakes, thy juover furuicheil is, in most instances. constant, and less influenced Ju duy sessous thun is usually the caso.
There nre n number of henttiful dry porannies in the northern part of the county, noted for their fertility. The mincipnl uf these are Little Turkey, Big Turkey nud Boue I'mniries, with mui nren, in all, of about 10,000 neres. There are nlsn a number of itet pruines, many of which have been re- elnimed, while the work of bringing the uthors under eulliretion is shill going on. These prairies lie muong the woodlumils, nud The first seillers engerly Inok possession of thent hernuse of the cusy nith which they were brought uuder cultivation. Torre was originally & heacy growth of walut, maple, hickory and nak, coming down to the eiges of the pruiries, and show- ing the uuturul produrtireurss nf thr soil. The southern jinrt of the county
WIntes-Mules, 687, Temobre, G21 Blacks-Miles, 94, Temules, 1
Total
283
COUNTY HISTORIES,-CONTINUED,
L'AS, As a rule, densely woodeil until cleared up for formning purposes Tho northern portion of the county is level und gently rolling, while in the east- era, contral nnil southern purty tho laumnie rise into rensinlerakhe hills nul riilgus.
ORGANIZATION ANU BETTLEMENT,
The lanils lying within the present limits of Kosciusko County were ceded la the Vuited Statey in October, 1832. Tho trenty with the Indians wig held nol far from Rochester, in Fulton l'ouility, ou the south bank of The Tippecanoe Tiver. This treaty wny ralifiedl by Congress in 18:13. The county bontuinry was established February 7, 1935, and the county organ- ized in 1846, Warsaw hving selected as The sent of justice the saunto ye.r.
The original Indiun inhabitants were inembers of the Pettountlomie tribe, tvillin few Siumis, In 1836, thoy lind four villoges iu what is only Kosciusko County, situnled ns follows: First, the village of Warvenssee, romnionly called Wubce, locateil neur the edge of Wuhce's Lake, nhout tuo itnl one, half miles southeast of the present town af Milford Next, Mungunirbuck's villugr, situated at the outlel of The Inke where Tipjeranee first takes The size amil nutne of river, and which is uoty the site of the present rilloge of Ostsego. Theu four miles down the river, southivest, ou the north hank of the sirenu, was The village of Monoquel, the site of the village which yet benny the same name. Still further down the river, nhnut fire miles south- west, ins the village of Mo. ta.
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