Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Progress, January 31, 1872, p. 3. GEORGE BOLLENBACHER- "A lawyer hung out his shingle, in Gowanus, L. I., for two years, and then left, as he had only one case in all that time, and it was inflammatory rheumatism, and nearly killed him." This is poor encouragement for the 8,888 young men who are at present studying law, but there is not reason in their acceptance of a case of rheumatism, so long as Bolenbacher keeps a stock of Boots and Rubbers surpassed by none in the town. The Cincinnati Shoe Store is one door south of the Post Office. Ladies Shoes and Rubbers, very cheap for cash. Examine those Home Made French Calf Boots. Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM) CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluations by the Board and the board name is a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Progress, January 24, 1872, p. 3. Note: The book Monroe County Indiana Marriages 1818-1881, published by the Monroe County Historical Society, 1995, gives his name as Edward Gregory and her name as Margarett P. H. Sluss (page 52, groom; page 248, bride). The marriage date is listed as 23 January 1872, and as recorded in Marriage Book 5, page 339. On Tuesday, January 23d, E. Gregory and Miss Maggie Sluss were married, at the residence of the bride's father, Capt. John N. Sluss. We congratulate Mr. Gregory and his bride upon the result of their acquaintance, and feel confident that neither party will regret this step. Gregory has long been one of the most valued employes of the L. N. A. & C. Railroad Company, and his numerous friends along the entire line of the road will join us in wishing the happy couple "a safe run" on the time-track of life. Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM) CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluations by the Board and the board name is a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Progress, January 24, 1872, p. 3. Real Estate Transfers. Reported by W. H. Jones, Conveyancer and Notary Public-Offices in the Court House, with County Recorder L. C. Stinson to Isaac W. Walker and Christopher Walker, a part of In-Lot No. 162 in the Town of Bloomington, 930 00.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Progress, January 24, 1872, p. 3. Real Estate Transfers. Reported by W. H. Jones, Conveyancer and Notary Public—Offices in the Court House, with County Recorder Wm. Weimer to Sarah Crea, 16 ½ acres or more of land, in Van Buren township, $25.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Progress, January 24, 1872, p. 3. Real Estate Transfers. Reported by W. H. Jones, Conveyancer and Notary Public-Offices in the Court House, with County Recorder Alice J. Dunning to M. B. Dillon, an undivided interest in the undivided 2-3ds of Out-Lot No. 1 and part of Out-Lot No. 2, west of and adjoining the Town of Bloomington, making in all six acres, 500.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Progress, January 24, 1872, p. 3. Real Estate Transfers. Reported by W. H. Jones, Conveyancer and Notary Public-Offices in the Court House, with County Recorder Rufus Coffey to R. T. Stimson, 60 acres of land in Richland township 1,700.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Progress, January 24, 1872, p. 3. Real Estate Transfers. Reported by W. H. Jones, Conveyancer and Notary Public-Offices in the Court House, with County Recorder. John C. Kriner to John Phipps, Lots Nos. 81 and 82, in Ellettsville, 120.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Progress, January 24, 1872, p. 3. Real Estate Transfers. Reported by W. H. Jones, Conveyancer and Notary Public-Office in the Court House, with County Recorder. M. J. Smith to Alexander Sutherland 80 acres of land in Perry township, $5000.00

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Progress, January 24, 1872, p. 3. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.-I have purchased the interest of Oscar Souder, in the Transportation Business, and will be pleased to have a share of your patronage. LEM. WHITSELL. Bloomington, January 24, 1872. ----- Everybody knows Lem. Whitsell, and everybody will be glad to learn that he is now proprietor of the Transportation line recently run by Souders. Read his "Notice." Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM) CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluations by the Board and the board name is a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Progress, January 24, 1872, p. 2. Note: The remainder of this item, listing delinquents in the other townships of Monroe County, was cut off in copying as indicated by ellipsis. Information from the item has been abstracted to include only the number assigned to the entry, the name of tax payer and the amount of tax owed and unpaid. A LIST OF LANDS AND LOTS Returned Delinquent for the Year 1870, in Monroe County, Indiana, by I. Milt Rogers, Treasurer. No. 1-Bean Blossom Township. 16-Beaumont, Isaiah, $34 30 28-Burton, James E., $12 40 31-Baker, Elizabeth, $36 45 52-Cornelius, Ann E., $2 80 68-Copper, Miers & Runnells, $20 40 131-Gable, Catharine, $36 30 153-Hight, Felix G. estate, $20 25 190-Langwell, Thomas, $14 40 196-Lewis & Bro, $6 00 213-Watson, Geo. W., $10 50 285-Shirley, Geo. W., $18 90 298-Swaffer, Peter E., $37 55 350-John Williams, $5 15 No. 2-Washington Township. 392-Alexander, Jack, $2 75 394-Alexander, W. A., $27 00 426-Bales, Hawkins heirs, $10 40 427-Ball, Alvin, $11 90 429-Baugh, Henry, $11 20 451-Clark, John, $ 3 20 456-Clark, David estate, $53 95 462-Clark, Andrew and others, $34 30 486-Eubank, J. W. and others, $41 10 507-Goble, John, $10 25 511-Graham, Henry, $93 80 518-Gillson, Sarah A., .. Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM) CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluations by the Board and the board name is a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Progress, January 24, 1872, p. 2. THE CENTRE OF GRAVITY OF THE UNITED STATES.-Prof. Hilgard of the coast survey, has made some interesting calculations from the last and previous censuses, which show the steady westward movement of the population of the United States. Prof. Hilgard uses the phrase "center of gravity of the population," which, imagining the country to be a plane loaded with inhabitants, distributed over it in the manner shown by the census, would be the point on which the plane would balance. In 1840 this point was near the foot of the Cumberland mountains, in Virginia, upon the 30th parallel of latitude. In 1850 the census showed that the point had moved 57 miles, to a point south of Parkersburg, Va. In 1860, it was 82 miles further west at a place south of Chillicothe, Ohio, not far from the line between Virginia and Kentucky. In 1870 the point was found to have moved 45 miles further west, and it is now at Wilmington, Clinton county, Ohio. He estimates that in the year 1900 the centre will be found to be near Bloomington, Ind. Now who wouldn't live in Bloomington after this explanation. Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM) CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluations by the Board and the board name is a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Progress, January 17, 1872, p. 3. NOTICE of Application for the Extension of Corporate Limits, Notice is hereby given that the Board of Trustees of the Town of Bloomington, Indiana, will make application to the Commissioners of the County of Monroe and State of Indiana aforesaid, at their March Term, A. D. 1872, for the extension of the Corporation lines of said Town to the lines of metes and bounds herein given, a more definite description of which will be found in the hands of the Auditors of said County. Said metes and bounds are as follows, viz: Commencing south of the present lines at the southeast corner of Out-Lot No. 38, owned by Edwin Ballard; thence running due west to the intersection of an imaginary line running south from the west line of the Public Cemetery thence due north to intersection of an imaginary line running west from the north line of the woodland, north of his residence, owned by Morton C. Hunter, purchased by him from Asher Labertow; thence due east to intersection of an imaginary line running south, between Out-Lots Nos. 82 and 83, owned by Mrs. M. A. Dunn and James W. Cookerly respectively; thence due south to intersection of the section line running west between Out-Lots No. 96 and 97, owned respectively by John M. Sluss and Mrs. Eliza Allen; thence due west to the place of beginning. All persons interested are hereby notified, and will govern themselves accordingly. By order of the Board of Trustees. JOHN WALDRON, Pres't of Board. [Attest:] JAMES F. FEE, Clerk of T. B. Bloomington, Ind., Jan. 17th, 1871. Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM) CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluations by the Board and the board name is a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Progress, January 17, 1872, p. 3. MARRIED. On Thursday evening, January 11, 1872, at the residence of the bride's father, by Eld. W. B. F. Treat, Mr. A. S. Oliphant, of Kansas, to Miss Lizzie Mullikin, of Bloomington.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Progress, January 17, 1872, p. 3. DIED. On Sunday, January 7th, 1872, of Heart Disease, after six weeks of intense suffering, Mrs. Mary M. Misener, aged 39 years.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Progress, January 17, 1872, p. 3. BANKRUPT SALE of goods at McCalla & Co's. Pay them what you owe, and get some goods cheap-they are closing out.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Progress, January 17, 1872, p. 3. This is to certify how the Home Insurance Company of New York, treated John M. Saddler, of Solsberry, Ind. On the 4th day of Nov. 1871, M. L. Snodgrass, Agent of the above Company, insured my dwelling house for $2,000, for three years. On the 7th day of Dec., 1871, while I was in Ohio, my house caught fire and was burned down. On the 16th of December. Mr. Moody, Special Agent of the Company, and M. L. Snodgrass, Local Agent, adjusted my loss and reported it to the Company, and on the 27th of December, M. L. Snodgrass had the draft for the full amount of the loss; and here is my receipt: Received of the Home Insurance Company, of New York, by the hand of M. L. Snodgrass, Agent, the sum of two thousand dollars, being in full of all claims and demands for loss and damage by fire, on the 7th day of Dec., 1871, to the property insured by Policy No. 84. Insured at the Bloomington Agency of said Company. JOHN M. SADDLER. Snodgrass & Dobbs are Agents for the above old and reliable Company, with capital and assets of Four Million Dollars. Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM) CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluations by the Board and the board name is a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Progress, January 17, 1872, p. 3. "Mike" Gabbert was, on last Friday night, appointed Town Marshal, by the Board of Trustees. We believe that Gabbert will make a good officer------

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Progress, January 17, 1872, p. 3. The old Officers of the First National Bank of Bloomington, were re-elected, at a Meeting of the Stockholders, on Tuesday, Jan. 9th. They are: Directors-G. A. Buskirk, Jno. Waldron, W. J. Allen, Felix C. Dunn and John McCalla. G. A. Buskirk President, Robt C. Foster, Cashier-----

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Progress, January 17, 1872, p. 3. The bridge over White River, at Gosport, is completed. It was built by the Smith Bridge Co. of Toledo, Ohio. Bean Blossom township and Owen county can now strike hands. This is the bridge for which the Monroe County Commissioners subscribed $4,000-------

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Progress, January 17, 1872, p. 3. In Memoriam. HIRAM WORLEY AND MRS. MARGARET WORLEY. Hiram Worley was born in Highland county, Ohio, on the 30th of Sept. 1807. His father died when he was but three years old; and his mother married Mr. Knighton, a widower with several children, and three of four children were the result of this union. So there were three sets of children belonging to this family; the Worley section, the Knight section, and the children born after the second marriage of both parents. The Worley-Knighton family moved from Ohio to Bloomington, Indiana, about the year 1817. It at that time consisted of the parents and ten children, three brothers of the Worley section, viz: Zimri, Hiram and Eli; and two sisters who became Mrs. John Ketcham and Mrs. Woods; and five of the Knighton and Knighton-Worley branches. Not many years after their removal to Monroe county, Mr. Knighton died, leaving the widow and ten children without means to grapple with this hard world and make their living. The eldest of these children was not then over fifteen years of age; yet, by the energy and skill of the mother, and the efficient co-operation of the Worley boys and girls, the family were kept together and comfortably maintained. A piece of land, the most of which was still covered with forest, was rented a little north of Bloomington, which was cleared and cultivated by the Worley brothers. And the family was thus supported until sufficient means was obtained by their industry and economy to purchase the fee simple of a tract of land lying three miles northwest of Bloomington. On this land the three brothers settled, and by their energy and good management they soon had comfortable homes of their own. Of these three brothers, Hiram, the subject of this memoir, was the second, Zimri the oldest, and Eli the youngest. All three became men of wealth and influence in the community. Hiram Worley, on the 6th of Sept. 1832, married Miss Margaret Legg, who proved in every respect a suitable companion for life’s journey, and who preceded him to the grave a little more than seven months. In 1843 he moved from the town of Bloomington, where two years before he had purchased a lot and erected a comfortable house, to Ellettsville, having purchased a farm adjoining that village, on which he continued to reside until his decease. About the middle of December he was afflicted with a severe cold. On the 26th he became seriously indisposed with the Pleurisy; and despite the remedies of his skillful physicians, and the most tender care bestowed by his only son, and kind neighbors, he continued to sink until he ceased to breath [sic] at a little before 5 o’clock P. M. Jan. 5th, in the sixty-fifth year of his age. Mr. Worley was adorned with many excellent traits of character, and gained a station of great influence in his neighborhood, and through the county. These qualities which constitute a successful business man he possessed in an eminent degree. He had a brain that could plan in industrial transactions, and a will and energy promptly to execute those plans. Without capital with which to begin, but simply by his knowledge, industry and skill, he acquired a fortune. Under his superior management the farm became exceedingly profitable, and from a poor young man, without other resources than those he possessed in himself—his intellect and his physical energies—he became one of the wealthy men of the county. He was a good citizen, public spirited, enterprising, always taking an active interest in all schemes and organizations for the development of the resources of the country. He was an efficient member of the Monroe County Agricultural Society, after its re-organization, and did much to improve the stock, and to introduce among the farmers the best and most profitable modes of culture. He will be greatly missed not only by his son, the sole survivor of this family, and other kindred, but by the whole community. Notwithstanding the inclement weather and severe snow-storm which was then raging, a vast crowd of the citizens of Ellettsville and vicinity attended his funeral, filling all available space in the M. E. Church, where the funeral sermon was preached by Rev. C. Nutt, D. D., President of the State University, at 10 ½ o’clock A. M., Sunday, Jan. 7th. After the discourse, a very large concourse also followed his remains to the beautiful cemetery a little north of the town, where they sadly consigned them to their last resting place. Mrs. Margaret (Legg) Worley, consort of the above, and whose funeral was preached also in connection with that of her husband, was the daughter of the late Jonathan Legg, for a long time a citizen of this county, but more recently of Kankakee City, Illinois. She was born in Blount county, Tennessee, the 10th of February 1805. She moved, with her father, first to Shelby county, Ky., and thence to this county about the year 1823. She was united in marriage with Hiram Worley, on the 6th of September, 1832. She embraced religion and joined the M. E. Church in Kentucky while she was yet a child, and lived a faithful christian more than fifty years. She did her part nobly in life’s struggle, and was truly “a help meet” for her husband. She made home happy by her sweet christian spirit, sound judgment and good taste. The traveling minister ever found a hearty welcome to her house and at her hospitable table, She was a good wife, mother and neighbor, and the kind remembrance of her is entwined around many hearts. Her last illness was brief, but severe; and death came unexpectedly to her friends. But she was ready. She was taken sick on the 19th of May last, and fell asleep in Jesus on the 24th of the same month. She left unmistakable evidence that she had gone to share the joys of a glorious immortality. Hiram Worley and his companion have passed away to the spirit land. The bodies rest side by side, in the cemetery, and a beautiful shaft of white marble marks the spot where they repose. Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM) CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluations by the Board and the board name is a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office.