“ The soil in the southern and level part of the county is productive; the northern part is hilly, and its wealth consists chiefly in forests and mines of coal and iron. The Evansville, Henderson, and Nashville railroad passes through the county. The chief productions in 1870 were 242,980 bushels of wheat, 778,533 of Indian corn, 65,577 of oats, 2,353 tons of hay, 155,725 lbs. of butter, 28,727 of wool, and 5,384,137 of tobacco. There were 3,923 horses, 2,777 mules and asses, 3,325 milch cows, 5,004 other cattle, 11,942 sheep, and 26,561 swine. ”

“ It has a generally level surface, diversified by timber lands and fertile prairies. It is traversed by the Illinois Central, the Indianapolis and St. Louis, and the Springfield and Illinois Southeastern railroads, and the St. ”