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OLD LANDMARKS.

" Can storied urn, or animated bust,

Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath?

Can honor's voice provoke the silent dust,

Or flatt'ry soothe the dull cold ear of death?"

One by one have the old landmarks of the county disappeared, until at length but a few remain. These landmarks were early planted in the genial soil of old Monroe, and some of them breasted the storms of three-score years. and ten before they were effaced and blotted out of existence. Their lives were such, however, that they left behind them pleasant memories -memories which will become more and more fragrant as time recedes.

MAJ. WILLIAM N. PENN.

The Paris Mercury in its issue of August, 19, 1873, in noticing the death of Major Penn, said:- He breathed his last at about one and a half o'clock last night, after an illness of only about twenty-seven hours. Was taken with a violent attack of cholera morbus, or cholera, about 11 o'clock Sunday night, which baffled every effort of our best medical skill to arrest. Thus suddenly has passed away one of our oldest, most worthy and useful citizens. At the time of his death he held two of the most important trusts in the county -that of county clerk and probate judge, the last of which was but a few weeks since bestowed upon him through the free suffrages of his fellow-citizens, and which fully attested the people's confidence in his honesty, integrity and faithfulness in office. No man in the county enjoyed a greater degree of the public esteem than did Maj .Penn. The greater portion of his time for the last 40 years he served the people in important public trusts - always faithful, honest and true to the trust imposed. He was one of the few men of our day, a long time in office, who died poor. But he is gone-- taken suddenly from among those who honored, who loved him and who will ever cherish his many virtues. He was a noble man - filling in a high degree the duties of husband, father, Christian citizen, public servant, neighbor and friend. But why attempt an eulogy? His honorable, useful life, is his best eulogy. We commingle our sorrows with those of our citizens generally, in the loss which society, the church and the coun.ty at large have sustained in his death. May God bless his heart-stricken family and sustain them in this the hour of their deep affliction. We can but offer them our heart-felt condolence.

FIELDING. COMBS.

[Paris Mercury, Sept., 1873.]

It becomes our painful duty to record the death of another of our old and valued citizens in the person of Mr. Fielding Combs, who departed this life at 9 o'clock, on Thursday last, in the eighty-third year of his age. A more honorable, upright citizen our county did not possess. His word was as good as his bond. He was a brother of the venerable Gen. Leslie Combs, of Kentucky, with whom he served with great gallantry in the War of 1812, and both were taken prisoners at Gen. Dudley's defeat at the battle of River Raisin. He moved to Missouri from Kentucky in 1819, and settled in Ralls county, when there was but a single inhabitant on the ground now occupied by the city of Hannibal, and that was the person who kept the ferry at that point. Thence he moved, to Monroe county in 1839, and settled upon the farm he occupied at the time of his death. He had been a member of the Presbyterian Church some forty years. He died after a very short illness. Was taken with cholera morbus on the Saturday previous to his death, from which he partially recovered. On Wednesday night he was attacked with paralysis of the throat; was unable to swallow anything, and never afterwards spoke. Thus has passed away one of the pioneer settlers of Missouri; one who shared largely in the trials and hardships incident to frontier life. He acted well his part in life, and died respected by all who knew him. He leaves a rich legacy to his devoted children - that of an exemplary life, strict integrity and a spotless character. " He rests from his labors and his works do follow him."

JAMES C. FOX.

James C. Fox died Thursday, August 15, 1878. He was a native of Fayette county, Ky., and was born in 1802. At the age of fifteen he emigrated to the Territory of Missouri, and located about three and a half miles east of Middle Grove, which, for many years afterwards, was known as the Fox settlement. In 1822 he was married to Miss Ann Smith. The first public road established in the county was known as the " Old London Trail." It began at the Fox settlement and followed along down the divide between Elk and South fork, crossing South fork near where the Louisiana road now crosses that stream, and from thence on to New London. Mr. Fox assisted in surveying and locating this road. About this time (1829) he was appointed deputy sheriff and collector of the county (then Rails), which position he held until the formation of Monroe county. When Monroe county was detached from Ralls, the commissioners selected to locate the county seat, stopped at Mr. Fox's home. In connection with Mr. Caldwell, he established the first store that was opened in Paris. The county court used to hold its sessions at Mr. Fox's residence. In fact, he was one of the noble persons who laid the foundation for the wealth and prosperity of the county, and whose history is so closely interwoven with the history of the county, that in giving the history of the one you must needs give the history of the other. In 1860 he lost his wife, who left two children, Joseph H. Fox, of Shelbina, and Mrs. T. L. Fox, of Quincy, Ills. In 1861 he was again married to Mrs. Mildred Caldwell, who, with her daughter, Miss Annie May, still survives him. He was one of the six members that organized the Christian Church at Paris in 1833, and from that time on was one of the pillars of that organization. By energy and economy he amassed a large fortune, and spent thousands of dollars for the good of others and for charitable purposes. He was a good man, in the full sense of those words. 

MAJ. JAMES M. BEAN.

Maj. James M. Bean died at his residence in Monroe county, January 26, 1874. The Paris Mercury in its issue of January 27th, the day after his death, in speaking of him, said:- The deceased was born in Frederick county, Virginia, November 21, 1819. In early life he moved to this State and settled in this town. Soon after he came here he became connected with this paper and continued with it until his death. He was married in this place in the year 1849, to Miss Fannie Runkle, whom he now leaves his widow. In the year 1854, Maj. Bean was elected as a Whig to represent Monroe county in the Lower House of the Missouri Legislature and re-elected in 1856. In 1872 he received from the Democratic party a nomination for, and was elected a State Senator from the seventh senatorial district by a majority more than double the number of votes his opponents received, which position he held at the time of his death. He had been a faithful, earnest member of the Christian Church and for a long time a teacher in the Sunday-school. He was a charter member of the Paris Lodge No. 29, I. 0. 0. F. In all the relations of life, he discharged his duty faithfully. As a citizen, officer, husband, father or brother, he has left an example worthy of imitation. It was no uncommon thing for him to spend in constant work in the (Mercury) office, 16 to 18 hours of the day,  and sometimes 24 hours. By overwork, he made himself prematurely old, for at 54 his body was literally worn out. Work on the Mercury had become a kind of second nature to him and he felt restless and dissatisfied when not at work. He loved his kind, had a genuine feeling of love for humanity, but loved the people of his county with a love nearly akin to enthusiasm. The paper over which he presided and gave his life to make, may be searched in vain for one single instance where the interest of Monroe county was sacrificed or held of second importance to the interest of any one, himself not excepted. It is not our purpose to enter into any eulogy upon our former associate, for long, pleasant and intimate associations with him, have given us an enthusiastic appreciation of his character and we do not deem this a proper occasion to give our estimate of the man, hut simply with a sorrowful heart, to call attention to his labors, the objects he had in view and the motives by which he was actuated, as we have learned them in our intimacy with him. So universally esteemed was Maj. Bean, that the business men of Paris closed their business houses until the funeral services were over. The St. Louis Republican, the St. Louis Times, and other papers throughout the State contained tributes of respect to his memory. Appropriate resolutions were offered in the State Senate, of which body he was a member at the time of his death, and eulogistic remarks were made thereon by Hon. Chas. H. Hardin, Senators Brockmeyer, Ladue, Brown, Williams, Child and others.

DEATH RATES.

From the death register of Monroe county, we having taken the following facts: Whole number of deaths from July 9, 1883, to April 9, 1884, - nine months, 144; males, 64; females, 80. The Most Prevalent Diseases.--Flux, 6 ; consumption, 13; typhoid fever, 10; pneumonia, 17. About one-third of the deaths occurred from the four diseases mentioned. From the number of deaths we give the names and ages of ten of the oldest persons: Elizabeth Swinney, 88 years; Nancy Rouse, 86; Elizabeth Carter, 86; Jacob Brown, 79: Malvina Young, 78; William Davis, 77; Mary Chadwick, 77; Rebecca Todd, 77; Ann Fowler, 75; Col. A. A. Anderson, 72. The death rate would reach 192 per annum, or 10 per cent of the population. 

BIRTHS.

During the same period there were 355 births. Two hundred of these were male children.

HURRICANE.

[Paris Mercury.]

On Monday the 13th day of April, 1874, a hurricane passed over a strip of country about 50 yards wide, near Florida. Mr. Samuel Heavenridge, who lives about two miles east of Clark's Mills, was working in his garden at the time. Hearing a keen whistling noise, he looked up and saw approaching a dark cloud in the shape of a funnel, the upper and smaller end of which extended as far up as the eye could see, while the lower and larger end was whirling around with the rapidity of lightning, carrying with it logs, grass, trees, etc. His boys were working in the field at the time, and one of them was taken up and thrown a distance of 50 yards, but sustained no injury as he fell on plowed ground. The other boy catching hold of a bush, held fast until the storm passed. Mr. H. and William Ore the latter being with him - took shelter in an outhouse to await the passage of the storm, but getting uneasy about the state of affairs stepped out, intending to get into the main building, when they were caught, Mr. H. being carried about three rods and lodged against a granary, from whence he was lifted about 10 feet into the air and let fall upon his shoulders, close beside a large rock to which he clung with a death grip. Mr. Ore was thrown in a different direction to that of Mr. H.; he was carried about two rods north, where a flying timber struck him on the arm and side of the head, knocking him senseless. He soon after recovered, sustaining no injuries beside a few bruises. Mr. H. was not hurt beyond being severely jolted. Fortunately no one was killed. Mr. Heavenridge said while the cloud was over him, it was impossible to breathe and the atmosphere smelt like burnt powder. March 10, 1876, a cyclone swept over a portion of Indian Creek township, doing great damage to houses, stock and human life. We take the following account of it fiom the Paris Mercury: - One of the most fearful and destructive wind-storms that ever occurred in the county visited the north-eastern part of it and adjoining counties last Friday evening. Its pathway was marked by desolation, suffering and death. The morning sun that lit up many happy and cheerful homes, set, leaving them shrouded in death and desolation - the work of the Storm King. The march of a hostile and ruthless army could not have been more destructive. From its first mad rush, from its own mad element to the most remote point reached by it, one common desolation was apparent; one continuous lane, in width less than half a mile, through farms, strewn with rails, building material, etc., while the leaves, grass and straw were drifted in piles, as though the country had been swept by a flood. Large forest trees were twisted off like reeds and carried away some distance. On last Friday night we had information of the terrible ravages of the storm, and at the earliest practicable hour were on the fields desolated by the maddened elements. Nothing we had heard gave an adequate idea of the extent of the destruction caused by the storm. From all we could learn the cyclone had its formation but a short distance west of Mr. William Priest's, about one and a half miles south of Clapper Station. Two clouds, one from the south-west and another from the north-west, appeared to collide immediately over this place. The collision was followed by a noise strongly resembling that made by a train of cars in running over a bridge. Simultaneously with the noise white puffs of vapor were seen to shoot up, as if to mark the place where heaven's engine of destruction began its fearful ruin. The resemblance was so striking, that some persons at Clapper Station mistook it for an extra train on the railroad. The illusion was so perfect that they did not observe their mistake until they saw the destroying angel pass over the prairie south of town, in an easterly direction. Fences at once yielded to the fury of the storm, and as it moved its way over the prairie, increasing in violence, houses began to totter under the weight of the wind. Mr. Utterback's house was the first to receive any damage. Next the house of Mrs. Statew, a widow lady, was completely demolished and leveled to the ground. She and her son were in the building at the time. Both received severe injuries. The latter had two ribs broken. Mrs. Statew has been extremelv-unfortunate. Less than one year ago her house was burned down. It was again rebuilt. To-day it is a wreck and she and her son injured. Mr. Smith's house a short distance to the north-east of Mrs. Statew's house was unroofed on one side. Then Philip McNelis' house, a log building, was swept to the ground and portions of it carried into valley beyond. At this point the storm seems to have taken new strength, making a mad rush for the village of Elizabethtown, on an eminence beyond the valley of Indian creek. Four small houses and the parsonage, as if overlooked by the destroying engine of heavens construction, are all that remains of the village. Save these the desolation of the place is complete. On every hand piled in every conceivable shape, mixed and intermingled, lie the debris of buildings, homes and business houses. ThomaLs Yates, Sr., had seven houses leveled to the ground. The house occupied by the Misses Higgins, that occupied by Elijah Durbin, Patrick Ryan's business house and dwelling, James Skey's house, Joseph Carrico and Samuel Christian's business house, Nicholas Bick's business house, the residence of Mrs. John Bick, and the house occupied by Mrs. Green, a widow lady with a large family, have all been swept away. Some of these families are in the most destitute circumstances, having lost all they had. Among those who need help, we are informed, are Elijah Durbin, the Misses Higgins, Patrick Ryan and James Skey. The injured are Treacy Hayden, a blind girl who lived with Elijah Durbin, slightly injured; Patrick Ryan and daughter, the latter said to be fatally injured; a little girl, aged five or six years, child of James Skey, fatally injured; the Misses Higgins slightly; Mrs. Green an arm broken in two places, and one of her children seriously injured. Viewing the wreck and ruins, it seems almost a miracle that so few were so seriously hurt. The church, a large brick building, walls 18 inches thick, well built, was swept to its foundation. The ground sacred to the dead did not escape the invading storm. The most costly monuments and slabs were torn from their basis and broken into pieces. Large timbers were carried into the fields beyond the village. Dry goods were caught up by the fierce blast -and pinned to the topmost branches of the trees, and left as the flags of the Storm King, raised in triumph of the almost complete desolation which he had wrought at this place in one brief instant. Still on to the north-east, with unabated fury drove the storm, plowing its way through the forests and leveling the fences. David W. Spalding's house was unroofed, and further on the house of W. Crane suffered the same fate. Fortunately no one was injured at either place. The house on the farm of A. B. Combs, deceased, occupied by Samuel A. Peirsol, was hurled to the ground. Several persons were visiting at the house at the time. Mrs. Peirsol, a daughter about ten years old, named Josephine, and Mrs. Gartin, a sister of Mrs. Peirsol, were crushed to death instantly. A son of Mrs. Gartin, Mrs. Patrick Mudd, Mr. Peirsol and other members of the family were more or less injured. The terrible tornado leaving its work of desolation, swept on in the direction of Hassard. It is reported that Jerome Kendrick, living near Hassard, lost a child; that in the vicinity of Hassard three women were killed, and a man and woman seriously if not fatally injured. At Hassard, the stationhouse was unroofed, the section-house entirely demolished and other buildings injured. Beyond Hassard, Peter Smith's house was blown down. Mr. Smith is said to have been instantly killed and his wife fatally injured. In the vicinity of West Ely, Mr. Turpin's house was blown down and members of the family seriously injured; also, the barn and residence of Capt. Rowe were badly wrecked. The storm crossed the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad at Wither's mill, about six and a half miles north-west of Hannibal. In this neighborhood, was a frame house occupied by a Swede, named Peterson, and his wife and child killed. It crossed the Mississippi river about five miles above Hannibal and is said to have been most terrific in that vicinity. The many sufferers have our sympathies. We never before witnessed such desolation; may we never again. While at Indian Creek, we met Fathers Milholland and Shea, Hon. P. H. McLeod and Drs. Norman and Mays. They were untiring in their efforts to relieve distress and suffering. (It was afterwards ascertained that 14 persons were killed and wounded in Monroe county by the storm.)

AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES.

The people of Monroe county, feeling the need of a county fair, effected an organization in 1837. The benefits of such an organization, when rightly conducted, are varied and manifold. The society placed right ideals before the people, and by various incentives, called them to a higher plane of thought and action. The best thoughts of the world, the results of much study, experiment and investigation, are transferred from all lands and brought into the homes of the people. The premium list covers the whole circle of human industries, and every family in the county feels the benefits incident to emulation. The gathering of people in masses and the annual display of the best products for examination, comparison and study, carries higher ideals and new thoughts to every home. Farmers discuss these matters around the fireside and their farms begin to show improvements in every way. Improved breeds of stock are introduced, better seed is sown, and new cereals tried, improved implements are bought, farmhouses are constructed on better plans, and the home is furnished with many comforts and luxuries which would never have been thought of, without the fair. It may be conceded that conductors of fairs have fallen below the true ideals, and have not used all the forces placed in their hands by these organizations for human improvement, but the Monroe county fairs have never fallen below the average. The first fair in the county was held in the fall of 1838, on a lot which lies immediately east of J. C. Fox's residence in the town of Paris. The grounds were inclosed by a rope drawn around them, and although the exhibition was small -confined chiefly to agricultural products - yet much interest in the success of the fair was manifested. This general interest was kept up for many years. On the 27th day of July, 1879, a number of citizens met at Paris to take the necessary steps to reorganize the fair association. Another meeting was held July 30, and the following named gentlemen associated themselves together for the purpose of holding a fair during the fall of 1879, and thereby became responsible for the success or failure of the fair: W. S. Conyers, E. T. Wetmore, Jeff. Bredford, T. T. Rodes, F. L. Pitts, T. B. Powers, R. M. Burgess, William Foster, T. W. Ragsdale, T. W. Hurd, J. H. Carr, John S. Crow, C. E. Holtzclaw, T. J. Barker, Thompson Holliday, James F. Woods, M. 0. Robertson, T. O. Collins, J. J. McGee, Mercury Printing Company, Gress. Glascock, C. F. Afflick, M. J. Clark, R. B. Worrell, M. A. Maupin, M. B. Leowenstine. This body of men, numbering 25, was called the Monroe County Fair Association. The directors were E. T. Wetmore, Jeff. Bridgford, J. J. McGee, James T. Woods, Thompson Holliday, R. M. Burgess, M. A. Robertson, T. P. Bashaw, T. J. Barker, T. W. Hurd and J. W. Ragsdale. The board of directors elected J. J. McGee, president; T. P. Bashaw, vice-president; T. T. Rodes, secretary, and F. L. Pitts, treasurer. In 1880 the Monroe County Fair Association was incorporated with the following stockholders, each of whom subscribed the sum of $50: M. A. Maupin, S. S. Bassett, Joseph West, G. P. Grimes, M. J. Clark, Holtzclaw & Batsell, J. J. McGee, Edwards & Smizer, R. B. Worrell, M. O. Robinson, T. J. Barker, Jeff. Bridgford, E. T. Wetmore, F. L. Pitts, Burgess & Son, Silas Threlkeld, Ragsdale & Rubey, J. H. Fox, W. W. Clapper, Crow & Goetz, Foster & Jackson, McCann & Son, M. B. Leowenstine, Aus. Curtright, Armstrongo & Long, T. Buerk & Bro., Mason, Bashaw & Burnett, Rose, Rose & Harlow, J. D. McCanne & Snell, Rodes & Blanton, C. M. Reid, W L. Burke & Bro., Charles Selby, Grimes & Barker, James Curtright  & Woodson, W. S. Conyers, J. D. Curtright, J. G. Harley & Bro., John S. Crow, James F. Woods, C. M. Shrader, John S. Conyers, James Worrell & Branham, G. M. Bower, H. P. Long,, R. T. Smith, Daniel Curtright & Glascock, Theron Powers, F. Lee Bros., D. H. Moss, George Greenwell. Fairs have been regularly held at Paris since the reorganization, and have been financially a success. Present officers: John D. McCann, president; Hugh E. McGee, secretary; J. J. Armstrong, treasurer. The next fair will be held in September, 1884.

MONROE COUNTY IMMIGRATION SOCIETY.

The Monroe County Immigration Society was organized March 14, 1874, at Paris. The directors for the first year were: Dr. E. Bailey, of Monroe; Jefferson Bridgford, of Jackson ; Henry Dooley, of Jefferson; Thomas Yates, of Indian Creek; M. D. Blakey, of Clay; John Brownfield, of Marion; James Bridgford, of South Fork; R. Porter, of Union; George F. Palmer, of Woodlawn, and F. B. Vaughn, of Washington township.

The first officers elected were: Dr. E. Bailey, president; R. M. Bodine, secretary, and William F. Buckner, treasurer. M. D. Blakey and Henry Dooley were appointed as an executive committee.

MONROE CITY IMMIGRATION SOCIETY

was organized on the 6th day of August, 1875, by electing Judge G. L. Hardy, chairman, and J. C. Peirsol, secretary. Present at the meeting were E. Bailey, G. L. Hardy, J. M. Proctor, S. E. Comings, R. H. Walker, Samuel Sparks, J. P. Myers, G. E. Blatchford, Bishop & Gerard, Moss & Carson, P. A. Pendleton, George M. Kinchloe, B. O. Wood, J. A. Peirsol, J. C. Peirsol, D. C. Comings, E. M. Galloway, S. H. Hallock, U. S. Pike, Sherman & Jackson, Samuel Snider, and R. C. Brown, all of whom became members of the society.

PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY.

In June, 1873, Col. A. A. Anderson organized the Granger movement in Monroe county. The following are the Granges; Union Church, at school-house near by; Dowell's School-House, Vaughn's School House, Middle Grove, Jefferson Grange, at Florida; Excelsior Grange, Greenwood Grange, Central Grange, San.ta Fe Grange, Elk Fork Grange, Long Branch Grange, Jackson Grange, Star Grange, Youngs Creek Grange, Granville, Madison, Oak Ridge School House, Cross Hollows School House, Austin School House.

CENSUS OF MONROE COUNTY IN 1848.

Number of free white males under 10 years of age, 1,332; free white females under 10 years of age, 1,310; white males between 10 and 18 years, 854; white females between 10 and 18 years, 796; white males between 18 and 21 years, 227; white females between 18 and 21 years, 236; white males between 21 and 45 years, 1,142; white females between 21 and 45 years, 1,049; white males 45 and upwards, 409; white females 45 and upwards, 336; deaf and dumb, 1; free persons of color, 40; slaves, 1,826; total, 9,558. Number of voters, 1,551. Population of Paris, 502. In 1860 Monroe county contained, white, 11,722; colored, 3,063. 1870-white, 15,144; colored, 2,005. 1880-white, 16,925; colored, 2,146.

POPULATION BY TOWNSHIPS IN 1880.

Clay township, 1,555; Indian Creek township, 567; Jackson township, including Paris, 4,898; Paris, 1,253; Jefferson township, 2,416 Marion township, 2,273; Monroe township, including Monroe City, 1,130; Monroe City, 640; South Fork township, 1,514; Union township, including Middle Grove, 1,963; Middle Grove, 169; Washington township, 1,436; Woodlawn township, 1,319; total, 19,071. Of this number 338 were foreign born. The population of the county in 1884 is estimated to be about 22,000. We take the following from the Paris Merccury of July, 1845:—

BEEF CATTLE.

We call the attention of our readers to the advertisement of Messrs. Samuel & Haines, in another column, on the subject of beef cattle. They shipped Monroe beef, packed at Hannibal, to England, which so much pleased the subjects of Queen Victoria that they have ordered more. This speaks well for the stock-raisers and feeders of Monroe, who, by their industry and enterprising spirit, have taken the front rank in the stock and produce trade. This must and will cause Monroe to prosper. She is now the brag county in Missouri on the subject of live stock and produce, and from her numerous natural advantages she is able, and no doubt will maintain her position. The people of Monroe owe a debt of gratitude to our enterprising and indefatigable fellow-citizen, Pleasant McCann, Esq., for his well aimed exertions in bringing about this advantageous state of things. One such citizen as McCann is worth more to a community than a thousand of your glove-handed ruffle-shirt gentry. Who would have thought a few years ago that Monroe county would now be raising beef to feed the citizens of Great Britain? This should encourage us to persevere, to make good roads, bridge our water courses, cultivate our rich and beautiful prairies, and enhance the value of our lands, and facilitate our transportation.

BRIDGES, THEIR LOCATION AND COST.

North fork, Salt river, three bridges--Elliott bridge, Paris and Hannibal road, 145 feet, $5,000.00; Pratt truss double intersection, iron, 156 feet span, one mile north of Florida, $7,000.00; Pratt truss combination, 140 feet span, at Clinton, $1,500.00; Clear Creek, on Paris and Shelbina Road, wooden, $150.00; Four bridges on Crooked Creek, 1 combination and 3 wood, $1,500.00; Otter Creek, 5 wooden bridges, $1,500.00; on Middle fork of Salt river, 5 bridges to wit: at Leesburg one Pratt truss combination, 110 feet span, $1,000.00; at Porter's Ford 1 National truss, 100 feet span, condemned; 1 on Holliday and Granville road, Pratt truss, iron single intersection, 100 feet span, $2,000.00; 1 at Paris, Elliott's bridge, 100 feet span, $5,000.00; 1 a mile south of Florida, National truss, 3 spans, 400 feet, $5,000.00; 7 bridges on Elk fork of Salt river, viz. : on Paris and Louisiana road, Pratt truss combination, 135 feet long, $1,500.00; 1 on Paris and Mexico road, Elliott make, $4,000.00; 1 on Paris and Columbia road, Pratt truss combination, 135 feet span, $1,500.00; 1 on Paris and Middle Grove road, Elliott make, $5,000.00; 1 on Madison & Sturgeon road, Pratt truss combination, 135 feet span, $2,000.00; 1 wooden bridge on road from Madison to Middle Grove, $200.00; 1 wooden bridge on road from Evansville to Middle Grove, $200.00; On Long Branch of Salt river, 4 bridges, viz.: 1 on Paris and Santa Fe road, Pratt truss combination, 130 feet span, $1,500.00; 1 on Paris and Mexico road, Pratt truss combination, 75 feet, $800.00; 1 wooden bridge on Paris and Centralia road, $200.00; 1 wooden bridge on Madison and Centralia road, $200.00; 1 bridge on South fork of Salt river, Elliott make, 100 feet span, $4,000.00; 1 bridge on Indian creek, wooden, $250.00; 1 wooden bridge on Mud creek, $200.00. Total, $51,200.00.