The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-11-13
EDITORIAL BREyITIES.


@- 1t is said that the annual income of
Henry Ward Beecher is about $4,000.
~ General Swanger, an old and respeO-
tsble citizen of Lebanon, Ohio, committed
suicide the other day. He was an "Old BACH
elor," and said he was tired of living.
~ Two men working on the lake shore
some miles from Oswego, N. Y, recently
discovered a small keg buried in the sand
On opening it they became the possessors of
sixteen hundred pieces of silver. They are
ancient French coins valued at 81 90 each.
w Governor willard recently gave his
views upon national politics, in speech at
the Court House in Baton Rouge. La.
E- The Postmaster General has offered
che Corporation of New York, $25o,ooo for
lot in the Park for q post Office site. The
ground required is two hundred and fifty
feet on Chambers street, by one hundred feet
in depth.
tB- The ladies of New Albany have held
. meeting to cons ider the best means of OBJ
tanning female help, and to furnish situa-
items to those seeking employment.
- The editor of the Bardstown Gazette
Estates that there has been no change in the
value of real estate in that town during the
last twenty years.
~ President Buchanan has lately pas
Sod considerable portion of his time at the
State Department, preparing, it is said, that
part of his Message concerning our foreign
relations.
sfg- The Canadian papers state that lum-
Der, the great staple Of Lower Canada, has
been falling in price since August, and that
the sale is very dull.
A"virginia land warrents, for two hun
.dred acres each, are now being bought by
some of the Shoemakers of New England, at
one dollar an acre, payable in Shoes.
~ A barge loaded with railroad iron, in
tow with the steamer Neptune from st. Louis
to Hannibal, was sunk Friday night by COM
ing in contact with log.
~ A London comedian proposes to pre-
,senta testimonial to the Rev. DIR. Bellows,
for his 50 liberal, just, and excellent defence
of the dramatic profession"
q Subscriptions are being solicited in
Illinois for the relief of the sufferers by the
sgrasshopper plague in Minnesota. Many
families are suffering from want, and are
lily prepared to stand the winter.
~ The schooner Esther Burr, of New
Orleans, from Havana to Ruatan, was caught
an a hurricane and capsized. None of the
crew were lost.
"a The Hon. Robert Toombs, Of Geor-
-gia, has oeen re nominated for the q. s. SEN
ate for the term of six years from March,
1888, when his present term expires.
~ Mr.. Allibone, President of the Bank
OF pennsylvania, who recently resigned for
the purpose of travelling for the benefit OF
his health, as he alleged, turns out to be de-
faulter to the amount Of s2o0 900.
W The friends of Carter, the Bank Pres
ident who was murdered in Philadelphia. al
lcge that the real cause of his death was his
refusal to pay large sum of money de-
manded by his murderer
g- The recent heavy rain storms des-
troyed considerable property in the vicinity O,
Nieholasville, Ky. The engine house of tho
Kentucky Central Railroad was blown down
and is perfect wreck. On farms, whea,
stacks have been destroyed, trees torn up by
the roots, and stables leveled with tn,
ground.
~ John Able, who some months sine,
murdered Everson at Memphis, Tsnr., ha
been acquitted. The grounds on which b,
was acquitted are not stated.
sB- A Medical student and church Sex
ton have been arrested In Chicago on charg
ofrobbing graves. The punishment for tn
offence is fine of $500.