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rersion n thatmoretat the)mehow!ideas, I ts sys-1 es the ch theBy MISS KATE HERON-HISTORIAN FAYETTE COUNTY CENTENNIAL.JNT. ,Jon of to dean im-bank-fly the0%retheperbelli at eau-5 both Id de-tple ofAm eri-lls of jfusing week Inter-lished, as so is are3 such*brcw-r andstantlygiven n thisonIstheasble of they ned toncl de-n withr any-ss for-niakes(Continued From Yesterday.)The old Tavern is a two story frame building and stands on the edge of the sidewalk. It is on the east side of the street on Eastern avenue, between 3rd and 4th streets.The first mass service in Conners-ville was held in this old Tavern, now owned by Simon Doenges.The first German family of the town lived in a log cabin which was built on an acre of ground near Sixth street. The women wore turbans and wooden shoes, short dress skirts and blue calico aprons. Everything they carried they placed on their heads. Children were afraid and would run from them.. They had iron bound chests which were used for their clothes and to eat upon, instead of a table. They used at the improvised table, wooden forks and pocket knives.At one time there was a linseed oil mill on the now Frank Ross farm. Flax was grown in abundance throughout the small county.The first hammock was owned by a family by the name of Stradly, whose home was on the site of my own home. Everyone went to see the curious swing. The first one in it was a child that immediately fell out and broke an arm.The first marriage license recorded after the organization of the County was that of Stephen TMiilpott to Rebecca Hawkins, on February9, 1819, ceremony performed byRev. Adam Banks.The first deed recorded was that of Paul Davis and wife, Margaret, of Connersville township, Franklin County, Indiana, January 31, IS 19, to Janies Davis, consideration $8 0 for the south half of the north-east quarter, section 21, township 14, range 12, east.The first will recorded was that of George Kirschman, August 2b, 1819.1 am indebted to Mr. John Payne,while auditor, for assistance in obtaining my information from the old records of Fayette county.All north of the C. H. D. railroad, now known as the C. 1. \Y\, Mrs. Merrill and her brothers gathered many hunches of wild flowers and bushels of hickory nuts and walnuts.I am not as old as our Centennial but never the less I have gathered many bouquets of wild flowers andpockets full of beaehnuts in the Fry-bargev woods on the fop of the bill,now with nth street through its center and dotted all over with homes.In the winter I have skated in McFarlanfown and in summer the pond or swamp disappeared a riel the i ',|” same ground produced corn.lc Dr. Frank Chitwood tells the firstpiano in town belonged to Mrs. Samuel Heron brought to Oonners-ville from her home in Kentucky. The Doctor (ells me how lie and other music loving boys would go to hour Mrs. Heron play what was to them,“wonderful music.”From an old paper of 1835, I found the following advertisement: “Temperance Meeting” to the members and all others concerned there will be a meeting of the TemperanceSociety held in Connersville, on the 22nd day of February next, at the Methodist church.(1 nested to attendVWhen the brides arid grooms andthe bridal party left Cbnnersviile on their wedding journey for their Indianapolis home, they created as much excitement as a circus coming to town. People came - from all about the village to catch a glimpse of the wedding party. The twin brides rode two milk white horses and the grooms, raven black horses.Each of these twins’ mothers raised a family of seven sons arid five daughters.A marriage license could not be obtained at Indianapolis and as Connersville was the nearest point in which a license could be procured, the marriage took place as statedabove.(To Be Continued.)Ashci’svllle General Store Proprietor Is Highly Pleased With Tanlac.FINAL SERVICES FORFRANCES PIERCE HELDAt Home of Mrs. Hollingsworth yesterday Afternoon.t dis-he is lies to who include or vice so dis-cise of ic’ ‘nphati-The funeral services for Fiances Pierce were held yesterday afternoon at two-thirtv o’clock at the home of Mrs. Catherine Hollingsworth, on Western avenue. The Rev. W. D. Lewis was in charge of the rites. Many friends and relatives of the parents and the child attended. Interment was made in the Dale cemetery.♦BURGLARS SHATTERA SAFE AT ORLEANSliloodhouimls Follow Train fto theRailroad Yards.Lafayette, Ind., June 14.—“This new medicine, Tanlac, speaks for itself,” B, F. Hendricks, 60 years old, proprietor of a general store at Ashersville, Ind., near here, said a few days ago:“I had rheumatism in my arms and legs for seven years,5’ he continued. “The pains were so severe that sometimes I couldn’t straighten out in bed. My wife had kidney trouble. Severe pains across her back bothered her. She didn’t sleep well.“I can hardly tell how Tanlac has made me feel and bow glad I am I tried it. The pains have left my arms and legs. My wife says she feels like new since taking Tanlac. Her kidneys do not bother her nowand she sleeps soundly at night.”Tanlac, the Master Medicine, is especially beneficial for stomach, liver and kidney trouble, catarrhal complaints, rheumatism, nervousness, sleeplessness, loss of appetite and the like and is a fine strengthener for weak, run-down men and women. Tanlac is now sold exclusively in Connersville at The Alligator Drug Store.161.2071.60162.454.00?I?T.50r..00ut warruth in ussians or.v, it thou accoiu-Italy.Orleans, Ind., June 11.—Burglars early this morning wrecked the safe in the office of T. J. Shepherd Son, hardware and automobile dealers, obtaining only $13.85 in money, but demolishing the safe. ’ Some valuable records and about $75 worth of automobile robes and blankets, which had been wrapped around the safe, were destroyed. Shepherd wasknown to have closed several large, orders, the robbers evidently expecting to find a large amount of money in the safe. Bloodhounds followed a trail to the railroad yards.COMMISSIONERS’ ALLOWANCES. Following are the allowancesmade by the Board of Commissioners at their June session:*A. E, Boyce Company, books and stationeryRoyal Typewriter Co.,County Clerk’s Office: .13. W, Cole, Treasurers feesR. JH. Elliott/ Board ofHealth .............Alligator Drug Store,Board of Health . . . . . .W. R. Philips, Board ofH ea ] th ...... »v .Dale Gordin, Board ofHealth .............Elmer L. Scholl, Commissioner ...........Lewis Scholl, Commissioner ...........Cyrus Jeffrey, Truancy...Lyman Cooley, Assessing.Sarah A. Cooley, Assessing ................John S. Mud del. Assess-Leon Martin, Assessing. .Jos. J. Jessop, Assessing.Cleve Lyons, Assessing. .Earl W. Berninger, As-lt;lt; P Q Cl \ Y\ O*\ i * i I A 2 ^ »*•»«•«•**•••Chas. W, Selby, Assessing Chas. E. Holland, Assess-13.90?Str6.0046.00 .00otji02,00I!\130.00130.00130.00 12 0.00 162.50162.50162.50shscarce ived in . Theneverf fCOLUMBIA.Noah Hood spent Monday night with Hazel Hood and wife.Mis. Kred Perkins is very sick.Mrs. Fred Cameron and children, of Connersville, spent the week with her mother, west of Columbia.Miss Ethel Stevens was a guest of friends in Connersville Monday.Miss Margaret Brown celebratedmg«**• *A. Simpkins, Assessing.. 0. E. Norton, Assessing. . E. R. Taylor, Assessing. . Win. H. Thompson, Assessing ........Anna E. Thompson, As-162.50162.5050.0024.00162.50smtrOhms. H. Keller, Assessing DeWitt Sherwood, Asscss-4 0.0 0 15 5.0 0mg* *162.50. Mombors are- re- ]fr ,:5.lh ,,irthtUl-v anniversary, Mon-, as they will bo ad-niternoon,by entertaining aJohn number 0l* *ier friends.Miss Elsie Morgan is aJanitorguest ofillod. hasa wee leach.sons,arrivemovvo\vi spend*'cs.e Clyde Shisslcr nes in it withdressed by Abraham Conwell.rp£i pr0Sj lt;J QJft tIn the same paper I found a card ^r*s- kred Perkins, or advertisement, which reads: The social, . atm day nig \., was a“Dr. D. D. Hall very respectfully, success. About $4u weie taken m.informs his friends and patrons that Clarahe will, as heretofore, continue thepractice of medicine in its variousrposethosa:eom-lowerouse-jrsee,lents,14.40.rtion.otheryoupri-licity. »u getfor treat-mient a and ►u.0.branches, at his old stand, Main St., opposite Clay pool Old Tavern, where he may generally he found. Connersville, Ind., September -17. 1842.The Main street Dr. Hall refers to is now Eastern avenue.Monroe, Central avenue. Tanner street so named from the old Tan Yard, is now Western a,venue. The cross streets were short, beginning at the lower end of town. High street was named from the Third street bill. Madison, Harrison, Head, Maple and Mill was the end of the village, now Eighth street.The names of the old naming 1 have taken from a map of Connersville that was made in 1356, by Daniel Morrison, who was two years in making the map. Mr. Morrison named Baltimore street for his boyhood home.John McCormick, the fourth of a family of fourteen children, was a revolutionary soldier, enlisting from Bedford, Pa. On March 24th, 1785;a*he was married to Catherine Dren-nen. The bodies of this husband land wife are buried in our city cemetery.John McCormick and wife were among the early settlers of Conners-villa. Some time ago, a sister of John McCormick. Mrs. Catherine Kirkwood, of Muncie, who had reached the age of 3 0 years at the time of this interview, made the following statement: “On February26. 1820, John McCormick Jr.. and wife left Connersville for the present site of Indianapolis, . of which place they were the first white settlers.”Mrs. Kirkwood is the authority for the statement that Harriet Beecher Stowe took her illustration of“Uncle Tom’s Cabin” from the log.cabin erected in Indianapolis, which was built by her brother.An interesting story in connection with this McCormick family, is of a double wedding that took place at Connersville, November 2 7, 1834.The contracting parties were Tabitha and Lavina McCormick, the twin daughters of John McCormick Jr., to Moses and Isaac Mart, also twins.Hill, of Connersville, has come to make her home with Mrs. Carrie Kingery.Misses Hdon Thomas and Mildred Damn, of Connersville, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Bryson.'Hazel Hood and wife spent Saturday night and Sunday with Noah Hood and wife.Mrs. Jane Dregs, of Cambridge City, spent several days this week with Charley Selby and family.Mrs. John Reed was a guest oiMrs. Shephard, Tuesday. •Earl Brecce and wife, of Connersville, spent Tuesday with Fred Perkins and wife.Several from here attended church on the Creek, Sunday.Mrs. John Shephard spent a few days this week with Mrs. Thomas Jones.Fred Ball and family spent Sunday with James Handley and family.Mrs. Effio Hughes and daughterwere guests of Charley Selby and wife, Monday.FarmMrs. Will TateMonday.John Me El fresh several days this Thomas and wife.was in Columbia,and family spentweek with HarryW. J. Smith and daughter, Miss Helen, who have been spending the past two weeks with Shelbvville relatives, returned home, this afternoon.They were accompanied by the former’s father, Jahue Smith, who will remain their guest for several weeks.MANY WOMEN NEE!) HELP.Women are as much inclined to kidney trouble as are men, but too often make the mistake of thinking that a certain amount of pain and torture is their lot. and cannot he avoided. You cannot feel young and energetic nor can you have health when your kidneys are not in sound condition and eliminating theS. H. Rcisinger,Court. House ........Glen Zell, Court House. . A. J. Roth, Court House. United States ChemicalCo., Court House.....Fayette House FurnishingCoi, • 1 (i.11McCombs Son, Jail. . . .1. B. Young, Jail.......Neal Stoll, Court House and Jail ..............People's Service Co., Court House and Jail.. C o n n e r s v i 11 e Telephone Co., Court House, Jailand Poor Farm.......Wm. J. Lockhart, PoorFarm, Jail and Court FIouseHydro Electric Light andPower Co.,Court House, Bridge and Poor Farm Geo. Disborougb, W. B. atPoor Farm ........A. E. Barrows Co., PoorFarm Insurance.....Wm. Frank, Poor insurance .....James A. Clifton,Farm InsuranceS. O. McKennan,Farm insurance ......Clifford Mathowson Co., Poor Farm Insur-n cc • * * « • ***#**•••% C, H. Carver,Insurance . .A, G. 'Truster, Poor Farm Insurance ....J. H. Fearis, Poor Insurance ... .Grover C. Tate,Farm insuranceHarry and ClaraPoor Farm ...Nellie Smith, Poof Farm. Frank Stevens, Poor Farm Maliel Stephen, Poor Farm Harry Byron, Poor Farm. Philip Reeder, Poor Farm J. A. Worster Son, PoorFarm ..............Strauss Mercantile Co., Poor Farm ....Floyd Caldwell,Farm . . ...... Loper,50.lt;106.132.005.0022.604.0016.2436.5014.0o44.04170.67** 7 7 ^ol.lo238.508.2744.22Poor« •6.72Poor;6.7061.8;Poor Farm• •104.Of■ •56.7 2Farm2.9CPoor44.1-1Smith,oo• *.Of5.0«.0(15.51 15.0( 32.717.817S.7 (Poor25.01Poor* ♦Kehl, PoorBakery,FarmPoorgoodKennedyFarm Braun Gansert FarmHackman Heeb Co., PoorarmIndian Reformatory, Poor13 arm .%••••15.ll6.714 •2S.9i458.5poisons from your system that causebackache, pains in sides, sore, swol-len, stiff and aching* joints and mus- RRey Clark, Poor Faim. . cles. Folev Kidney Pills will help W. P. Lewis, Poor Farm, vou. They give quick relief from A. J. Oliger, Poor Farm., kidney trouble and bladder ailments. Geo. Reisert, Poor Farm. Sold everywhere. j McCann Milling Co., Pooi68.511.24.08.0 66.7
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Connersville Evening News
Connersville, Indiana, US
Thu, Jun 15, 1916
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