Mayor Goodman held his first court last Monday. His honor was so elated that he set up the apples, and Fred sleeps again. W.
THE PRESS.—The Maxwell Tribune commenced about January, 1883, and is Republican in politics—weekly, by hand press.
Maxwell was laid out as a town, December, 1881.
Among the first settlers I will name some of them:—Jeremiah Corey, Mr. J. Corey, Sr., T. C. Davis, W. K. Wood, Jesse R. Wood, Chris C. Wood, John G. Wood, Milton Arnold. Judiah Ray, Jacob Ray, Wm. Alderman, Hezekiah Alderman, Mark D. Sheldon, X. A. Welton, G. M. Maxwell, Daniel Maxwell, N. Webb, Thomas Hall, Thomas Dunlap, Henry Phillips, Wm. Brodie, Mr. — John, Hiram Vincent, Ephraim Bowen, W. Y. Smith, Joseph Brubaker, Henry Funk, Dr. Spring, — Grubb, D. F. Shope, John W. Dawson, Geo. N. Kirkman, Jas. Sellers, Z. Lamb, Alex. McCONNELL, Pearson, N. P. Hall, — Olinger, Peter Gordey, John S. Wood, Elisha Alderman, Mr. Neal and Adolphus Prouty.
The first post-office in the township, and probably second in the county, was at Goshen and was called "Goshen." Jeremiah Corey, Sr., was post-master. Goshen was on the west side of Indian Creek, and in the northeast quarter, of section 21, township 82, range 22. The office was moved to Iowa Center.
This township is one of the good ones as to soil. Its native timber belts along its streams were better divided over the township than most others. In many places the timber was of better quality than in many other parts of the county, excepting Franklin Township. Indian Creek Township is well supplied with creeks. The two Indians forming into one Indian, and some other small creeks. Ruffle Creek shows itself in section 2, then passes through section 10, (running through the south part of Iowa Center,) and enters Indian in the northwest quarter of section 16 at or near the junction of the two Indians. Rock Creek has its start in section 7, township 82, range 21, then runs southwesterly through sections 12, 13, 14, 23, 22 and 27, and empties into big Injin in the northwest quarter of section 34. In section 27 it passes near the town of Maxwell.
I now return to the Indians, though they are not for war, yet I must say something about their intrusions on the township. East Injin commences his assault by breaking over the north line of the northeast quarter of section 4, then marching through sections 4, 9 and 16 where the big Injin is met and a halt is called for a time. Then comes the West Injin from the northwest, commencing his out-break on the north line of the northwest quarter of section 6. then he passes southeast through sections 6 and 8 and meets 'tother Injin in the northwest quarter of section 16, and the two Injins there formed an alliance and made Big Injin. Then he commences