The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-12-09

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on Friday and Saturday evenings will be q
.. nice affair. The programme for the occasion
Isis operate" enough to suit the most fastid-
saious. Opera glasses win be in demand! The
~O9jeet of the concert Is worthy of our sympa-
Fshies and support. For years, the Evansville
Benevolent. Association, in its own quiet way
= has been doing good in our midst, bestowing
its charities upon objects worthy of relief and
doing all inits power to tighten the burdens
Of the suffering poor. The citizens Of Evans
vile have been blessed with plenty--whils
other cities, the past two years have been tax
e ed heavy per centage for fuel and the neces.
saries Of life, we have been furnished with coal
at our doors for ten cents bushel and edi-
bles proportionably cheap. While we are
thus favored, we should not forget that the
"Poor we have always among u.s."
Sundsy Evening",
we visited the Episcopal church, and listen
ed to q powerful discourse from the Bishop Of
thu Diocese. A large congregation were as
''semblod to witness the confirmation OF new
members of the church. The ceremony SO
beautiful in itself was rendered the more in
teresting by the manner and tone of the Rev.
erend Bishop. The music upon the occasion
was excellent. Our readers will bear us wit
ness that we do not often speak Of church
matters, and may be pardoned for once. But
the 49, - s-szs-si..sl 49,
aThe Weasher, s.rsls-s ~ 1.ssz.a
is . legitimate and worthy subject of COM
ment To say that it was cold yesterday,
does not smbrace the whole trurh-ponds in
'ths vicinity OF the city, were frozen solid, and
the steamers run decorated with long iciclss
their usual winter ornaments. The cold
weather has closed tho door Of our retail
stores. cut the hospitabls card open and
Walk In" assures you that the proprietors
ARE on hand. The @
'wM@IesaIe Business, -sslss
=, for the season has nearly closed. and our
merchants inform US that the sales this fall |
largely exceed those Of previous years. The !
delay Of goods on the Railroads has been Sc
rious drawback, and many country merchants
sought their supplies in st. Louis. Next
year the goods from the East can be received
via the 0. and N. and Straight Line Roads,
and tho Terre HAute g. Richmond road will
be able to forward ITS share Of the merchan-
dize The
Fire ComPmnscs, stv y 'tst eaa
viii in few days be supplied with new
hose, copper rivetted, from Philadelphia, and
hereafter they will not be troubled with the
"hose bursting" The companies did as well
as could havs been expected at the fire on
Saturday night. Although the number of
fire cisterns has been very much increased late
ly, yet the demand isvery great for additional
cisterns in the upper and lower parts of the |
city. Our firemen do signal service when
they are able to procure water. ~
Coml, -
and we write these items by the wartn glow
Of grateful Of "Bodiam," grateful ourselves
TO know that within ihile of our city, there
is an unexhaustibls supply of this necessary
article. The Company with all the miners it
can raise is not able to keep any coal on hand,
as the citizens and factories, in addition to the
steamboats, consume it as fast as it is landed
at the mouth of the Pit. It is selling now at
ten cents, delivered. ,.. s--s--4s. l...s.-ss
nr&y- The Frankfort COMMONWEALTH ca vH.