The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-11-10
EDITORIAL BREyITIES.

@ A lady in Cincinnati, recently pre-
sented her husband with three bouncing
boys.
~ The hard times in Wisconsin are ope-
rating fearfully spon the laboring classes.-
Thousands have been thrown out Of employ
ment, provisions are scarce, and it is said
there are not twenty five dollars in the whole
town Of Oconto, where the greatest destitu-
ton prevails.
H A Galveston paper says the silver
mine in which Judge Waltrous is concernedis J
no longer doubtful. The ore is plenty, and
obtained without machinery. That millions
will be taken out, is said to be beyond q
question of doubt.
~ About six miles east of Goliad, in
Texas, there is huge stone, weighing ten or
fifteen tons, which is so nicely balanced that
it may be rocked like cradle by the touch
of the hand. A similar curiosity exists in
Nova Scotia.
~ A printer, residing in one of tie Bri-
fish provinces, has had fortune of $780,
600 bequeathed to him by wealthy relative.
~ The present debt of the State of New
York amounts to the nice little sum of $685.
| $50, 654.
~A Yankee genius exhibited at the
Fair in this State patent knitting machine.
Its construction is very simple, occupies only
foot or two of space, and may be operated
by child.
to Vinegar is now made from the Chi
nese Sugar Cane. After it has been pressed
preparatory to making molasses it is soaked
in good cistcrn water, the product of which
is an excellent article of vinegar.
~ The citizens of Greencastle threaten
to tar and feather the next running broke,
that makes his appearance in that town.
| H A shoemaker in New Albany, who i.
earning his ten dollars per week, lost hi,
child few weeks ago. He was well able &c
purchase coffin and bury it decently, but
being Gerry economical man, he went to
store and, for quarter, bought shoe DO,
in which he buried his child. During tn,
child's illness he doctored it Aimsslf, and now
boasts that his economy has saved him sevs
raj dollars.
~ The David White will leave PORTLAND
to- morrow for New Orleans.
u The lcvee ut New Orleans, it is stated
looks more like the month Of August thar
the last Of October, from the large numbe
of boats lying idle ut the wharf, and At AL
giers.
~ It is predicted that we are to have
very mild winter, from the fact that the corr
husks are remarkably thin. Nous rerrons.
~ The talk of organizing . vigilanc
committee ct Fort Wayne, with view o
Kidding that town of its gamblers and row
: dies.
~ In Toronto, Canada, last week, a
infant perished from stary alton. The fathe
was unable to procure work, and the mothe
, was SO weak from want of food that sh
1 could not afford nourishment to her poo
child.
Al ~ 1t isrumored that the son of Q mer
, chant in Westield, Ind, while in drunke
/, it shot man in the breast, and also attemt
c ed to shoot his father.
u Mr.. Uriah Trut, the blacksmith VIII
'drove the first bolt on the frigate Constitu
' ton, in 1917" recently died Mt Charleston
q Mass, at the good old age of ninety.
~ Professor Henry D. Rodgers, Gcolc
gist Of the State of Pennsylvania, has beo
' elected to the Chair of Natural Sciences i
|. the University of Glasgow. The Dublin Uni
: versity has also conferred upon him Il
highest honorary degree.
~ The City Council Of St. Louis ha,
passed an ordinance prohibiting the carryin
:, Of concealed weapons, under the penalty
$50.
70 ~ A daily newspaper will DO publishc
/. on board the mammoth steamship Great Eas
: ern, for the benefit Of the ''traveling public
~ The trial of Jones, alias "Ncbrasl
y Bill for the murder of officer Beebe, hi
't commenced ut Columbus. The prison.
y is heavily ironed, having made several de-
% perate attempts to escape.
:, ~ There is prospect Of duel betwec
General Pillow, and another Mexican Her
!, arising out Of . newspaper article write
" by the latter.
~ The wheat crop of Wisconsin, for Il
year 1857, is estimated at is, 900, 900 bushe
2 an increase Of about SIX millions over 1856
&c ~ A lady in Holmes County, Miss, n
"' Gently hung herself from modification, {
:. account of her husband having been caug
playing cards with negro.
" 1t is said that President Buchanan
=, very bashful in the company Of ladies, ar
=. that he has two stereotyped phrases wi
~ which he entertains his hosts Of femini
!; visitors. They are these: "Madam is tn
!, your first visit to wsshingtoni' "Madar
. l would advise you to visit the Smithsoni,
Institute" The latter is broad hint for &
:, ladies to vamosc.
j. ~ The printers of Buffalo are on q stri
%, in consequence of resolution to reduce &
u price Of setting type twenty per cent.
% w An extensive and important seces-i,
from the Church Of England to the Chur
Of Rome, has just taken place in Englan
in Most of the distinguished converts are men
m bers ofthe University ofOxford, and arc u,
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