Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-03-15
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Railroad company has issued directions to It's
officers to take no free bank money with two
or three exceptions atmore than seventy-fve
cents on the dollar
GA despatch from st. Louis, dated
March l, says that b. Y. Brown, Deputy
County Marshal, was shot yesterday by Rob
O. Bleuins, notorious desperate. No Fast
ern mails for seven days.
/ MISUNDERSTANDING the last month there
have been very general revivals of religion
in progress in the various Baptist Churches of
Baltimore. A large number Of &c 1verts has
been made in consequence.
OF Quite serious accident occurred on
the New Albany & Salem Railroad on Satur-
day last, occasioned by the breaking Of the
couplings of the cars. Two ears were thrown
off the track, and several persons injured.
/ o. Small Potatoes" real @wee chaps"
are selling in Evansville at $3.50 per busheI.
The man who has them for sale, SAYS the Jo'fr-
nal, keeps clerk employed to sit astride the
basket and watch them with slung- shot
OF The Michigan papers assert that the
prisoners in the State Prison at Jackson, have
actually been engaged in the manufacture of
bogus com, and By the aid of accomplices
outside the walls have put the same in circu-
lation
OF The Shelbyvile Banner learns that a
gentleman of Shelby county in Telling a tree
the other day, killed his little boy. The tree
fell the way contrary to the expectation OF
the father and crushed the boy to death I'M
stantly. -
or We were mistaken in the time set for
the complimentary supper to Hon. T. A.
HENpRIcKs, at Shelbyville. 1t is to come off
on Monday next. The friends of Mr.. II.
will have due notice the event, in another
shape
GTThe Louisville and Portland Railroad
Company are offering for rent the panels ON
the inside of their cars over the windows, for
the purpose of advertising mercantile cards.
This is a favorite mode of advertising in New
York.
6FThe Brownstown Democrat relates that
last week hunting party, four miles west of
that, place, discovered three catamonnts H.
gether, and killed two of them zone was FIVE
feet long the third was wounded, but es-
capped.
OF There are now three daily papers pub
lislied at Tene Haute-Erpress, american.
and Prairie City, They are all very brief in
dimensions, but big with ife-something like
the people of Indana--bg sole1 no matter
how small
OcTGovenor Powell of Kentucky, offers
a reward of $500 for the arrest Of LOGAN
HARRIS, whose escape from the Shelbyville
Jail we mentioned the other day. lie is
charged with the murder of GEo. GILL in
November 1858.
or The city council of New Albany, on
Tuesday evening by a vote of TO 4, ratified
the subscription of $4,000 heretofore made
TO the New Albany and Sandusky City June
ton Railroad. The best move the City
Council ever made.
A BASE CALUMNY-In n recent article Doe
sticks says: "City girls are such touch-me-
not creature that no one, understanding the
nature of the animal, would veature on kiss
unress he wanted to get his mouth full of mag
nesia and eamne'
SHoT.---JAs. RILEY, formerly treasurer of
Bates Theatre, st. Louis, shot Il man near
Illinostown, opposite st. Louis, last week.
An attempt was made to lynch him, it is sta
ted, but he was rescued by the authorities.
Riley is in the Belleville GILL; Jail.
IL THE RIGHT DIREcrIoN-The citizens
of Logansport, have two public libraries one
containing over one thousand volumes, and
the other between two and three hundred.
This speaks well for the citizens of that place,
and We hope other towns and villages will
follow their example
o. We have heretofore neglected to no.
tice that our young and talented friend, Ben.
+. SLocUM, had become associated with Mr.
THAcHER, in the editorial department of the
Shelbyville Tolmteer Mr. s. is a writer of
merit and has added materially to the inter
est of the Volunteer.
/ OF An exchange informs us that the Bos-
ton Board of Trade is endeavoring to increase
the circulation Of the Boston papers in the
west, in order to influence trade in favor of
that city. We think the business men Of Bos-
ton would sooner effect their object by adver-
Using in western papers.
OF. Cunysville is the name of a new town
ON the Evansville and Charlottesville Rail-
road, between Sullivan and Terre Haute
Lots are sold at $50 each; or, given to me-
chanics who will locate there. The town is
in one of the finest districts ofthe country So
says the Yincennes Gazette
OF The banks of Nashville gave notice
some lime since that, on and after the first
day of March, they would receive no notes
lass denomination than five dollars on deposit
or in payment of debts. The rule went into
! operation on Thursday, and is occasioning
some Inconvenience and clamor.
or The Calhoun (Miss) Democrat says
that desperate fight occurred at Beisla in
that county, on the 18th ult, in which four or
FIVE men cut with knives, or otherwise
hurt Two Of them, by the name of ARNOLD,
had been arrested and lodged ia Jail to await
their trial at the next circuit court.
~ OF While number of worISmen were en-
gagged last week in putting the cupola on a
new brick church in Martinsvile, Ind, the
} scafiolding gave way, and the timber, roof
&c, were preciptated to the cellar, burying
{ beneath them twelve of the workmen, four OF
whom were not expected to recover.