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pine, hemlock, maple, beech, chestnut and oak. They 

 are also building a plank road four miles in length, 

 from their mills to the river. They paid in cash fur 

 their land, over seventy thousand dollars, and are 

 paying cash for every thing they roquiro in building, 

 thereby doing great good to tho inhabitants of the 

 neighborhood — more than any other establishment 

 on the Allegany. They have also built a number of 

 dwelling-houses and barns. The steam mill is ex- 

 pected to saw about thirty-five thousand feet of lum- 

 ber per hour. They intend building this year a 

 railroad through their land, which, with buildings to 

 be erected, will furnish employment for a large 

 number of persons, The lands of theso gentlemen 

 Btill abound with bears and deer, furnishing fine 

 ground for the hunter. Corydon, at the mouth of 

 Willow Creek, is a flourishing village, chiefly owing 

 to the enterprise of the gentlemen above named. 



Dr. William Irwin, who resides at the mouth of the 

 Bnokenstraw creek, is considered the wealthiest man 

 in Warren county. Ho owns a very large tract of 

 fine land at the mouth of the creek, a valuable grist- 

 mill, a largo double sawmill, a woolen factory, an 

 iron foundry, the Cornplantor Hotel, a store and a 

 largo tract of pine timber land, up the Brokenstraw, 

 upon which are four or five stone dwellings. In 

 addition to tho above, he is the owner of more than 

 one hundred thousand acres of land in different 

 parts of the country, on which aro many mills, Btores 

 and houses. His wife was a most exemplary woman, 

 devoting her whole life to deeds of benevolence. 



