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Yountsville. [tisj an exceedingly difficult task to articularize the various improvements, both mechanical and industrial, that have sprung into existence in this town within the past few pleasant days. Geo. Mishop is at last the sole proprietor of the Yountsville wagon’ and carriage factory, and judging from the work on ‘and and that ordered he his’ made for his Shop a’ reputation second to none in this’ part of the West, “Swisher Q O'Neall at the “Stone front,” have just laid’ in an extra stock, and, we are pleased to see, are exten sively, patronized: —A. J. Snyder's mill is not running on ‘all time, as the farmers will not sell the wheat they have on hand! By the way, we estimate that there are at least 10,000 bushel’ of wheat within a radius of six miles westward of this place. —Happening down to Messrs. Yount Son’s store, I was told by one of the proprietors that they have on hand about 40,000 yards of cloths and flannels of their own make, all of which they, if the past be a criterion, expect to dispose of before the 1st day of July. Howard O'Neall seems to be very busy in making his’ new prairie home more attractive and—well who knows what way, happen? Alamo. The scarcity of teed is becoming dis tressing. Farmers are disemboweling: straw piles four and five years old in quest of something to satisfy the crav ings of their land and starving cattle. —MARRIED.—Sunday evening, April #6, at the residence of the bride’s mother, Mr. Zachary Gilkey and Miss Tuaura Sparks, both of Alamo, Rev. Mr. Symmes, of your city, tied the knot. —some Alamo boys captured seven foxes one day last week by, digging them out of their den. — James Gilkey shipped last week two cars of hogs to Indianapolis, for which he paid from 4 to 5 cents. —Frank Hammel, from 80 acres of find, has sold over $600 worth of hogs, and has left a lot of 60 cent corn to sell \Who can beat it? —Mumps and measles are still on the Tim page. —John Krout, an old citizen of Jack son township, died last Saturday. —A Mr. Sedenbender, of Welphi, has bought several thousand’ dollars’ worth of walnut timber in this vicinity. He paid’ Jack McCormack $1000 for 50 Tom TPATTLER, UrGes. Waveland. About 3 o'clock Tuesday morning a fire broke out in G. W. Boswell’s saw juill. ‘ When first discovered the roof over the engine was falling in. The machinery was all burned, the engine is not much injured. The boiler was sprung on the top and will have to go to the machine shop for repairs. “The origin of the fire is unknown. ‘There was a strong wind slowing’ from the northeast at the time, which carried the fire in dense volumes over the mill yard, but everything being thoroughly wet from the rain that night no lumber was burnt. Mr. B. estimates its loss at about $4,000. A subscription
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Crawfordsville Weekly Journal
Crawfordsville, Indiana, US
Sat, May 02, 1874
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