The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-09-26
M. Two very adroit female thieves were


recently arrested by the Philadelphia police. |
A " detective" observed one of them leav- !
ing store in q great hurry, and, suspect
ing that she had been at mischief, he arrest |
ed her. The lady assumed great indigna-
ton, but the officer silenced her by drawing
aside the skirt of her dress and disclosing
piece of silk worth sixty dollars, slowed
away in n /" lift pocket" The silk had just
been stolen from the store. The skirt was
so arranged that about one-haif OF 1t FORM
ed Il single enormous pocket. The ladies
were both married, and supported their hus-
bands comfortably by larcenies. Now the
poor chaps must shift for themselves, as
two years imprisonment will cause illegal
separation" ..
sSAs AT Sacramento, Wis.,, on Tuesday
evening last little girl, aged about ten or
twelve years, was carried off by drunken
Indian. She had been left at home, with a
little babe in charge; stepping out Of doors,
the Indian, suddenly throwing blanket
over her head, carried her into the woods.
Her parents returned home, and missing her
started in search. The search was kept up
till near midnight, and abandonded. During
the night the girl returned. 1t appears that
the Indian carried her into the woods
short distance, but being too drunk to pro-
coed, lay down and went to sleep. Taking
advantage of his condition, she fled, and
found her way home, to the great JOY and
, relief of her parents.
B@g~ A machine has been patented in
England for copying the written MANN
scripts Of message, and though it has
worked successfully for distance of 800
miles, it is yet in a crude state. The CON-
munication is written on tin foil with warm
ish. The foil is placed in the machine. and
by the use of some ingenious devices,
which come alternately in contact with the
non-conducting varnish and conducting foil,
make and break the circuit in q manner
corresponding with the form of the letter,
which is duly registered at the other end of
the line on chemically prepared paper.
neaL- The Superintendent of the West
Philadelphia Railroad, says the North Amer
lean, exhibited to Us, the other day, horse
whose hoofs the rats knawed till their teeth
had reached the quick. When lying down
the rats had also knawed the warts upon the
inside of the horses legs. The rats are so
savage in those parts that every morning
some of the horses are taken out with feet
bleeding from wounds inflicted by the noe
turnal providers. 81.
BJ~ Many are the stories still related
about the late Lord Leymond, and his Prov
ress; among others, that he once put seven
policemen, who tried to interfere with his
amusements, into big tub, and set a green
grocer's stall, from the Marches des Inno-
cents, on top of it; and how, another time,
he floored whole regiment of commission
aires, who, attracted by his fame, had come
expressly to his residence to try" lie box"
BN Vesuvius is bursting out into patches
of fire in all directions. Prof Palmieri, de-
scribes the process as follows: "The fire
runs along in hidden and naturally formed
conduits the walls of which it bursts thro'
when in any great mass, and then overflows
Every spot of fire, therefore, docs not imply
that fresh mouth has been opened, but
that rupture has taken place." .-...
B3~ The Portsmouth, Ohio, Journal pub
fishes passport given by James Madison,
when a Minister to England, in 1906 to
Essex White, slave and body servant oil
John Randolph, of Roanoke, and negro
in which the said Essex White is called a
| ciuzeH OF the Cntted otdteS.
BG~ Mr.. Corcoran of Washington, i:
erecting on Pennsylvania Avenue an art
gallery, which is estimated to cost some two
hundred thousand dollars. The gallery
will be free, and will be managed by trus
tees appointed by Mr.. Corcoran.
HGAs The Sultan of Turkey had been or
the point of death from fever, but had re-
covered. He had since had a heightened
conference with the Grand Vizier, upon va
rious financial matters that in particular
concerning the customs tariff.
GGs~ The total number of hogs returned
by the assessors of Kntucky for the yea
1859, is 1891 1915. The returns for 1856
were ,o57, 72l, showing an increase of 334,
, l54. r-.-
. gSg~ A huckster in one Of the Cincin
cinnati markets was recently severely bitter
on the hand by horse, on account Of whicl
he was compelled to have his hand ampu
tated
GGA- A horned owl, supposed to be on
l hundred years old, has just died at Arund'
Castle, the seat of the Duke of Norfolk.
geA. The cranberry crop of Wisconsin
has been greatly injured by the early fros