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

~Mr. VIM. Strother, a farmer of Clarke
county, Ind, committed suicide last Thurs
day by throwing himself into well. 1t is
supposed that misconduct on the part Of his
daughter was the cause of the rash act.
- Two men have been arrested in Peo-
ria, Illinois, for robbing the mail of four hun
dred and forty dollars.
ts In the Western part of North Caro-
lima, snow has fallen to the depth of five
feet. There has also been slight fall ut
Cheraw, South Carolina.
sE- 1t has been discovered that George A.
Clark, assistant cashier of the Grocers' Bank,
N. Y, is defaulterto the amount of Sos 900.
"A shocking murder occurred in Green
up county, KY, on Friday last. A son
was quarreling with his father, when q
younger brother interfered. The elder broth
er stabbed the latter several times with q
knife, killing him almost instantly. The
murderer has been arrested.
~ The man Ross, who has been arrested
lately in Cincinnati for robbing the mail on
the cars between Toronto and Montreal, has
been found guilty.
s0 The steamship Baltic left New Or
leans on Saturday for Liverpool, with $22s,
900 in specie. -
sN Warlike preparations were being
made at Oman, Honduras, to repel an appre-
hended attack from Walkers fillbusters, and
British man-of-war was daily expected to
arrive to aid in the defence of the town.
@- The hardware dealers of New Yorx
| held meeting on Friday, and resolved that
on and after the first OF January their line
| of credits will be reduced to four months.
.sy- Recent dispatches confirm the reports
| that the Mormons were determined to resist
the troops.
"a 1t is said the subject of acquiring Gu
ba is likely to be discussed in the forthcom-
lug Message of the President, who, it ap-
pears, has not given up the idea OF annexa-
ton.
az The New York Despatch speaks OF
Henry Ward Beccher as a cross between the
Apostle Paul and Jack Sheppard!
| 80 IL Is statcQ Thai tDc OF the
''hard times" upon the poor of Canada will
be awful.
81 Tho Toronto Colonist states that En-
gland has, in about Gig hteen years, advanced
more money to the United States than would
buy out both Canadas at their present asses
sed value. The enormous sum of 41S0, 000,-
600 has been expended by England on Amer
lean railways and other improvements.
sY-Thirteen citizens Of Washington, Ind,
have been held to bail in the sum Of fifty
dollars each to appear and answer to charge
of riot at the next Common Pleas Court.
~ a physician asserts that the syrup of
the Chinese sugar cane is valuable as pre-
ventive of typhoid fever.
.y- The steamer David White, Capt. Nc
Gill. was advertised to leave Louisville yes
terday evening for New Orleans.
sfs- 1t is stated that the steamship compa-
mics have refused to bring from England the
remains of Crawford, the sculptor.
i A man committed suicide in st. Lou
is, the other day, on account of his wife's in
fidelity.
| -" A young German woman was vi
olated in New York Friday night by
three rufians who added murder to their
/ crime.
sg The Recorder of St. LOUIS recently
fined bewitching young lady $40 for adopt
ing the costume OF a I" nice young man.
That Recorder ought to be ridden on rail.
w The sugar cane in Louisiana never
looked finer, but the planters say it is unu-
sually dry of sap, and yields not more than
half its ordinary yield Of sugar and molas-
ses.