The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-08-30
DAILY JOURNAL:
Local and River Brevities.


= The market yesterday morning was
almost flooded with peaches, varying from
the very good to the extremely Indifferent.
We think our lady friends will be able to
secure an abundance of good preserving
peaches.
"A very handsome specimen of room
papering may be seen at the old pos,ofice
rooms, soon to be occupied by banking es-
Enlistment. This papering was done by J..
Z. Devereux, Jr., and shows what he can do
in the way of beautiful papering. He keeps
an elegant stock of papers always on hand
Farrell g. Co.'s soda and mineral wa
tiers are very popular these hot days. They
are refreshing and healthy, and dom, burn
internally.
Our markets are now very we'll at.
tended. Vegetables are a shade lower than
they were last week, but not SO low as they
were last year. Potatoes bring good price,
and will probably continue up as the crop is
short.
- Mrs. Kollenberg still keeps her ice
cream saloon open. As her rooms are large
and airy, and her ice cream of the very best
quality, it will be found very agreeable to
the comfort to drop in there these hot eve-
nings.
THE ice men have ceased SUI plying
families with ice, greatly to the detriment of
their efforts to "keep COOL" Our ice houses
were so well filled, that at the beginning of
the season everybody felt secure for the sum.
mer. But nothing can be relied on such
summer as this but prolonged sweat.
Geo. Foster g. Co. have ice for sale at
their warehouse, to those who will send there
for it.
- Messrs. NJ. g. E III. Degarmo have
introduced splendid new twelve seated ON
nibus into their city business. Through the
enterprise of just such men, Evansville is
fast cecoming great city. Messrs. d. have
an extensive livery stable on Locust street,
near the market, which they keep well sup.
piled with the best Of stock ready for use at
"Ohcut
We thank our old friend p. G. o.
Riley, wharf-boat king, for papers he has
been sending Us the last five years, ALWAYS
the latest dates, and always sent without
solicitation or the expectation of public
thanks. We are not the less obliged to him
because we do Mt say so every day. We
return him thanks once every five years.
- Mr.. Daniel Roster advertises to-day
that he has commenced portrait painting in
this city. Specimens of his work can be
seen at Mr.. Listers store. He is also pre-
pared to execute church and altar paintings.
He is from the city of art, Rome.
We acknowledge the receipt of a
number of new subscribers to the Daily
Journal at Vincennes and Princeton since
the Petersburgh mass meeting. This proves
the nomination is popular. We want every
body TO read the Journal till the election
anyhow. We intend to do some good and
some strong talking in that time, and make
lots of fun generally.
- No cessation to the hot weather.
Yesterday was arcf aiIer than its predecessor,
and its predecessor was too hot for shirt
sleeve comfort. What we are coming to is
fearful to contemplate.
- The cisterns have nearly all become
exhausted, and numberless drays are busly
engaged from morning till night in hauling
water from the river to supply families. A
glass of ice-waier is harder to get than
glass Of whisky. The supply of the latter
is abundant, but has experienced consider.
able advance, owing to the prospects, Of a
short crop Of corn.
The steamer Shylock arrived here
yesterday morning from above. She left
Portland on the 9th, and that day met Jas.
Jackson at Fredonia. On the 2Sth passed
Belle Quigley at Flint Island, aground; met
ID. A. Given at Troy; Luella at Puppy Creek;
A. L. Davis at Hawesville; 29th, passed At
talanta at French Island, aground; met Wa
bash Valley a, same place, and H. NJ. Sum.
mers at Scuffietown. We thank the clerk
for memorandum. He brought no pspers.