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IEGTORY,OER6 ClerkAuditor ... .Treasurer Sheri it. ....Recorder School Sup’t, Coroner Surveyor1UIT.Mai Cl), June d Monday ui., ..Judge lecuting Att’v TSIONERS. March, Junem-WtW' **,’67 EES. Jei minesWhiskey Run ... .. Liberty St ei'li n«... Pit Ink.......I ■ dmsi 11 Union........Boom.........OhmPEACE....... Pal ka, Boom* Obi-.......Union, Wliiskv Run Li her! \ lohiiNnn... Jenmng:* SterlingLeav nworth .... Marengo English......AltonI FOR A 710 A nies, H, H. .’reas: J, Atlahau; MarVeduesday ofugs of Posey Leavenworth, over Temple’s it and third each month lern are cor*W. M.I, Secretary M. No. 470, i Saturdays in u, W. M.; C., M. No. 47*'. rengo, on the, each mouth, ih, W, M.; Vmeets on the each month. rt, Matron. Secretary, idge, No. 142 i p. m. Peter Lee Carter,odge, No. 447 ght. J. Moser,Is Os Se lire.Capt, Feiiz Hawkinsi Who Begac on a FiatboatA ;d is Kgw a Popular Ccmmcndsr of The Louisville and Evansville Fleet.L niitville Time* of the 9th.In Hie earlr part f1850 a h.oel'ootoil. redheaded hoy ■ veh*.- \fir* • fige as*is!e i li4 'a'lur. V lt;* eiwaged in flaihnHtiii'-’ mi llit* Oil' • Mis-issippi ri v-rs. It was tin* Itrgist-uing Of a long = iilt;l successful carver in river lire, and to day that boy is one of the best ste-iinboatmen and nuM popu-i;.r coininandi-r on th«-Ohio riv-r. Ilis %'tme is Cap*. Felix Hawkins, a lious-ui Id word along both shirs «f theriv.w between Ihiscily nod Evaiisviil-«'apt. Hawkins was born on a f irm i • n G tilipoiis, O.. Fi-briary G, 1841 Mis career on ihe river from the ♦lays f bis boyhood up to the lime of'he war was a varied and eventful one. Recoining tired of the river, he joined he Forty-i).nth Indiana R’ giniv tit of tiifa'.nry at Caijip Jo Holt, on the fulls oere, and set veil wiilt bravery forlhr e vears. Ai tin; close o! the war Eist. port, on the Tennessee river, was a post for forage and transportation, and Capt. •law kins was sent to become super in-tendunt of tne barge fleet at tbat place. He remained in this position until the post was removed, and went watcb-imn on ihe tenvboat transport steamer N.J. Bigley. owned by the late Capt. **ii.k Varble, of this city, and commanded by bis brother, Capt. Dilt; k Varble, now living a’ Oldham’*landing, above this city.Afier being on this boat three* month he shipped as watchman on the illfated VV. R. Carter, at this place, and then second mate. She ran in the Cincinnati and New Orleans trade, and ho remained on Iter until she went to St, Louis. On the very next trip she exploded her boiler, with terrible loss of lite, while on her way to New Orleans. Ke returned here and went watchman on the Rose Hite in the Louisville, Evausville and Henderson trade. He remained on her until the Louisiana came out in the Cincinnati and New Orleans trade as watchman, hut, after one season, bis health c-'mpelled him ‘ to quit. In 1868 he weut watchman ou tlt;lt;* famous Tantscon in the Louisviiie and Evausville trade and be has been Cinstantly employed as Mate and Capt tin ou the boats of this line ever since.About nine years he took command of the Mattie Hays, H#| was afterward given charge of Use Rainbow, then the Tell City, then the famous Junes Guthrie, and a few days ago took charge of one of the finest and fastest sidewheel boats ou the Ohio river, the Citv of Owensboro, leaving here every Tuesday and Friday tor Evansville. Capt. Hawkins is a widower with two children, a sort and daughter. He is careful, skillful boat-m'in, modest in manner, popular and polite, and he bids fair to wear out a few more boats and add much to the treasury of the eompauy in wlnse service he is eugaged before he makes his last landing and goea ashore.TheCome, sing tin The Christu With solemn Let earth litAnd she fu dreams; That Hebre From Bethh streams That makesA gold future To all benet A time when cease And heavenBut this our ti With no we And be in all Newborn, tl’Tis Chri
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Leavenworth Crawford County Democrat
Leavenworth, Indiana, US
Thu, Dec 22, 1892
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