The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-12-23
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neck. The wound was considered danger
Gus one by physician. The name of the
teacher, and also of the boy stabbed, is John
Rhines.
By~Mr. Lowe of the Highfeld House OBJ
servatory, England, says that the thermom-
eter on the 23d of November was lower by
four and a half degrees than he had ever
previously recorded them; it was down to
thirteen degrees, which is lower than the
usual minimum of winter there.
BIThe Supreme Court of Massachusetts,
in a recent decision in a case of SANDER, said
it was no defense that the party sued had
only repeated a common rumor. If the
story is false and slanderCus, it is repeated
at the persons peril. Its power of mischief
is in the circulation, and the repetition of
the story gives it its currency, and, without
an expression Of disbelief, will confirm it.
gn, The Delinquent tax list of San
Francisco for the present year, fills nearly
eight pages of the newspapers of that city,
and comprises about one-half of this years
assessments. The manuscript copy consist
ed of two reams of closely written foolscap.
This indicates a,gfeat revulsion since the fast
timer Of the early gold discoveries.
HsA, In Philadelphia the grand jury have
keepers OF gambling houses, who had been
arrested while carrying on their illegal oc-
equations The gamblers thereupon petit
toned the court for the restoration of their
implements, and faro tables, dealing boxes,
dice, cards, &C., which were all returned to
them.
ReaL- The Madison wis., State Journal
says that on Thursday of last week the Their
mometer stood 10 degrees below zero at
o'clock that morning in that town, - de-
grees below at 8 o'clock, and 10 degrees
below at 9 o'clock. At the University it
| was 30 degrees below zero.
8sA. The Daily Wisconsin says that there
are fifty papers in that State which must
| die out before the expiration of the present
year, their condition at the present is very
sickly.
nsAz. Andrew Jackson Davis, the distin-
guished Spiritualist, delivered lecture in
Terre Haute on Tuesday evening.
esa. The price of hogs in Terre Haute
range from So so to S. IS, according to
weight. The Express says the market
may be considered closed for the season.
RsA, The Democracy Of the Sixth Con-
gressional District of Illinois, have called a
convention to meet to-day TO nominate a
|
ris, deceased.
BGya Across the face of Prussian bank
notes is printed some fifty times, in very
small type, the penalty for counterfeiting,
which is from FIVE to fifteen years imprison-
ment, so that convicted counterfeiters can
not plead ignorance of the law.
Hea. The Worcester (Mass.) Spy says
that the indications of a revival of manu-
featuring butiness in that city are very de-
cisive Several of the establishments To-
Gated there have found it necessary to in
crease the number of employees, in order to
accomplish the business on their hands.
Bg~ Archbishop Hughes delivered a ser
mon in New York, Sunday last, portion
of which had reference to the question OF
the Bible in the public schools. He said
regarding this matter, that the Catholics
"have ceased to war upon a system which
the great majority of our citizens seem to
approve"
na. One of the lodges of the thieving
gentry of Philadelphia is to tie the store
door-knobs together on the outside, break
in the glass of the show windows, and make
off with whatever valuables they can lay
their hands upon.
BY- A family of criminals are under
course of legal treatment at Ann Arbor
Michigan. Walker and his wife are in jail
for burglary, and their son James has beer
convicted of murder while a daughter i;
in Jail for larceny.
BEAx, 4 portion of the Pittsburg, For
Wayne and Chicago Railroad near the Kan.
kakee River, has sank into the marsh tC
such an extent as to prevent the passage O
trains. Workmen are busily engaged il
filling up the hole.
B6s~ The English papers report the recen
death of woman in London, ninety-tw
years of age, who was born in the room il
which she died, and never slept out Of it fo
night in her lifetime She was right,
called home body.
Dsa- The Galveston Nes7s announces tina
Col. Forbes Britton has been nominated as
candidate for Congress, TO represent tn
Western district of Texas. Col. Brittol
formerly belonged to the army, and is
brother of Mr.. Britton, formerly of Rock
| port
BEA. Sinners can now step up and be alb
solved Archbishop Hughes offers for sale
in lots to suit purchasers, a lot of Plenary
F Indulgsnces, proclaimed by the charity 0
Plus TX, "and to some extent without tn
usual formalities." The proceeds of tn
sales are to be devoted to the support of al
"American College for the education of &c
clesiastics in the city of Rome Thes
Plenary Indulgences may be obtained onl
I during the present month of December.
assa.. Recent statistics disclose the astound
ing fact that there are no less than 81.
, thousand public prostitutes in the city c
New York! The average life of these wo
men is four gears.
B6s- Sarah Jane Rose, charged with felo
niously placing rocks on the track Of tn,
! Baltimore Ohio Railroad, has been con
victed before the Circuit Court of Mario
| county, Va. and sentenced to the peniten
tiary FIR three years.
4 akA. In the Prussian standing army o
/ one hundred and twenty-six thousand men
' but two soldiers are unable TO read and o
. two million nine hundred thousand children
between the ages of seven and tourtee
: at the last census, two million three hun
: bred and twenty eight thousand were &C
i tually attending the schools.
d HEy- A special notice to the followin
effect is posted up near Crawford, Ala:
"To the hunters
u At Crawford
d alabama
Dec 1853
Gentlemen Surs Expeck to Do all til
6 huntin inside of my premises that waun
. dun and hereby warn all pursuns enteri