Washington Telegraph in Washington, Indiana

Election and town improvements noted in Lawrence area

Journal recounts Pat Willard Carpenter's suspected election plans for Straight Line Railroad directors and confirms a September 5 election. It reports Brown Mattingly and Mather Jones laying out a two story storehouse, with 40 by 80 feet frontage, two 20 by 80 foot store rooms, and upper floors for other uses. It mentions Charles Berry praising the Bedford Independent, Methodist meetings near Woodlock, Wheatland sales excitement, and local Baptist church steps toward construction alongside festive pedestrian socializing.