The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-11-14
EDITORIAL BREVITIES.

~ Real Estate IN Indianapolis COM
mands fair prices Notwithstanding the strin-
gency of the money market. The prospects
for building next spring are said to be very
promising.
- No less than fifty-six pearls, of the
most perfect kind, are said to have been
found on the shores of the Concsta creek in
Pennsylvania. They are I'D at from enc
to ten dollars each, according to their size.
20 y gentleman who passed through a
portion of Western New York, few days
since, says that many Touring mills had been
put in motion. A cotton mill had also COM
menced operations.
20 Last week, firm in New York re-
ceived eight thousand packages of butter
from the West.
~ Thirty ships were loading in New
York, last week, with grain and -four for
Liverpool and Glasgow. They will average
about 900 bushels for each ship.
.B- On Monday the sidewalk opposite the
Office of Adams Express Company in Gin
cinnati was blocked up with packages con-
tanning fifteen tcns of pure silver.
~ On Thursday last three stage drivers
were arrested in Illinois, for robbing the
United States mail. They plead guilty of
the robbery, and also of the crime of perjury.
~ Last week eleven runaway slaves
passed through Syracu4, N. Y. on their
way to Canada.
q" \ SPLENDID carriage, costing $4,000
has just boon constructed in Philadelphia for
the Postmaster General.
eay-The citizens of st. Paul, Minnesota,
owe 81 900 900, of which 81 500 900 is due To
the east. Other towns in the Territory are
similarly involved.
.sy-GoT. Willard has appointed James
Tho.ne, swamp land commissioner fol
Knox county, vice Berry deceased.
.Sy"On Thursday, the Wabash at Terrc
Haute had risen eleven feet.
- The Collector Of Customs in New
York expresses the opinion that the receipts
of the customs will be run up three or foul
weeks hence to the rate of s1oO 900 per day
and that the receipts in other places will pro-
portionately increase.
~ Last week a man was run over and
I'D by train at Washington, Davie.
Coun, :. Ind. Another train going west wa:
thrown Nom the track near Scottsville, Ind.
and the IA ain running east was thrown from
the track near Brownstown. The traiI
which left Saint Louis Saturday afternoon
L. IL L.
s9y@Ten mercantile houses in Vienna
Austria, suspended on the l4th, ult. Fiv
suicides were committed within few days b,
merchants who had failed.
~ Gardiner Furniss, the paramount o
Mrs. Woodman, has commenced actions 70
libels against the propretors Of the New
York Herald, New York Times, and tn
Evening Post.
~ Letters from Hayti state that tn
weather was highly favorable for the collec
rsi0n of the Coffee crop, which would be i'm
mense, averaging 60 900 900 pounds, an ex
cess of 90, 900, 900 pounds over that of las
year.
~ Mr.. W. G.. Spring, planter Twin
near Natchez was murdered by one of hi
slaves the week before lost.
"a On Friday last, woman in Corydor
Indiana, was struck by lightning and in
stantly killed. Her sister, who was sick i
bed, expired ut the same moment.
Ia The cotton factory connected with til
penitentiary at Jackson, Miss, was latel
destroyed by fire. The loss to the State
estimated at from 500. 900, to $4,000.
~ An extensive fire occurred in Hamil
ton, Canada, last Friday, and destroyed
among other buildings, two hotels and
large livery stable.
~ Fares have been reduced on the Gin
,cinnati and Parkersbprg Railroad.