The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-05-12
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@ Barry Chrystal, the great billiards
player, died in New York few days since.
BeH. The hod-carriers of Portland, Me-,
have struck for higher wages.
Bay The presses of the Petersburgh,
Virginia, Express are run by water power.
D1- The expenses of Congress being
5,083, 523, each member costs Sl6,954 05.
D4 II. W. Preston, a well known actor,
committed suicide by drowning ut Albany,
few days ago.
A6- Our exchanges from all parts of the
State are complaining that the weather is
uneomfortably hot
43r The quantity of gold now in exist
eHce in the world is estimated ut three thou
sand millions of dollars.
HI- The last run made by Seereiter, at
his great game of billiards with Phelan, was
to run his hand in his pocket for the " tin.
nkA. On Saturday, a drayman in Louis
vile fell under the wheel Of his dray, and
was killed.
H0- Whenever You buy mans friend
ship, watch him, lest your enemy purchases
him also.
BEa, 1t is stated that Teresa Bagioli Mrs.
Sickles) is preparing herself for the stage,
and will appear on the boards next autumn.
peA. Socrates, seeing scolding wife who
had hanged herself on an olive tree, exclaim-
ed 1Oh, that all trees would bear such
Fruit"
t6S- The latest intelligence received from
the Kansas gold mines informs us that whiS-
ky was in great demand, and groceries
scarce.
~ Bonner of the New York Ledger,
has learned one important secret, that man,
makes very little out of this world unless
he lets the people know that he is in it.
BeA- According to the Detroit Adpertiser
| the population Of chat city now num-
bers $4,000. The population of Cincinnati
| is estimated by the Gazette at 200, 900
SG A letter from Camp Floyd states that
quite number of United States soldiers
have joined the Mormon church, for the sake
OF Mormon crinoline. ..,...
GJA few days ago gentleman and la
dy were out walking in Cincinnati, when he
became entangled in her hoops and fell TO
the sidewalk, breaking his arm near the ell
| bow. a
DT A young girl named Bridget Free
man was killed in New York on Thursday
by her lover John Joyce. The reasons as
signed for the deed are that the young lady
refused to listen to his suit. #f.t.
nA. Mr.. James A. McCorkle, the ab-
sconding Richmond Ind. cashier, has given
bail in the sum of $500 for his appearance
at the next term of the Wayne Circuit
Court.
BE- The average fall of the Mississippi,
for the whole distance from the Gulf of Mex
/ x<x he a. a. - 81 o, Il
ring low water, is very nearly three inches
to the mile.
b6~ Within six months past, seven hun
dred thousand oysters have been opened and
"put up" in Fairhaven, Conn, all of which
will doubtless be "put down" somewhere
else.
H A wine merchant, i'm an eastern city,
in extolling an excellent article of port says
Tin his ADVERTISEMENT :" 1t is as pure as the
tears which bereaved affection drops upon a
new-made grave"
Bag. The Baltimore Patriot says about
one hundred and fifty emancipated Negro
servants will sail thence for Liberia on the
10th, in accordance with the wishes Of for
mes masters.
p6 A convention OF shareholders Of
Maryland, is TO be held i'm Baltimore, on the
9Th of June. The object Is TO devise plans
for the better regulation and government Of
the free colored population of the State.
co. Gen. Jackson, when an occupant Of
the White House, disclosed his scholarship
by replying TO the interrogation of n visitor
/ whether he was fond of horticulture, ayes
very, l always loved horses
HEA. Dull tiEaes are the very best for adj
: vertisers What little is going on they get
and while others are grumbling, they pay
I. their way, and with their newspapers for a
. life pressryer, swim on the top of the water
while others are sinking all around.
n1 On Sunday last, says the Portland
Transcript, we listened TO n sermon from a
preacher lightweight years old, and his
quaint words of wisdom seemed to have ad.
ditional weight coming down to us, as they
did, from the summit of so many years
: n@ Haskell, the "Fakir of Siya," q
D slight-of-hand performer, has juggled him
: | self into aCongregarionahst pulpit out West
. to which is attached salary of $1,000 8
e year. His coarseness of speech has caused
{ such commotion that it is not unlikely ht
g will have to turn to his trade before long.
DG The Philadelphia Journal says T:
{ number Of Southern merchants who wer,
( there during the trial of the alleged fngitiv,
: slave before Commissioner Longworth lief
8 for Baltimore in rage, saying that they
a would never buy another cents worth in
1 Philadelphia.
: D6T A correspondent of the New Yorl
Tribune, writing from Asancion, Paraguay
disposes of the female population of that city
in the following summary style: "Th'
women are virtuous, and dress very shah
q billy What is virtue in bare legs and il
: draggled petticoat2 AH
f H@. The Greensburg Republican, says
# child of Irish parents in that place died, ap
|, parently, few nights ago, and a coffin wa
: ordered; but, by some accident or other, tn
a coffin was delayed few hours, during whic
!. time the child recovered and is now entire
y ly we'll. This accident probably saved tn
child from being buried awe. o.
nGSn A large German Association, desir
IS ing to eolonize in Mexico, have sent m agen
,e to Washington, 10 consult with Senior Mats
l. in reference to the matter. The Assoca
"A ton is reported 10 possess large means
- Senior Mata took the matter under consider
n l.