The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-01-10
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manner breaking four of his ribs and fin
ished by biting off his nose.
HJ The latest intelligence from ex-
| President Pierce is from Naples, December
| I'd, where he remained o week, but was
then making preparation, in obedience to
medical advice, to 90 to the Island OF Capri,
for the benefit of Mrs. Pierce, the state of
whose health, her friends will be panied to
| learn, is far from encouraging. She has suf-
fered much from the damp cold air of Flor
ence and its surroundings
E6F A correspondent of the Baltimore
American asserts that the author of the
celebrated Hulsemann letter was neither Mr..
Everett nor Daniel Webster, but VIM. Hun
ter, for many years chief clerk of the State
Department.
HsA. A public dinner was rendered to ex-
Gov. King of New York, on his retirement
from Office on New Years, by large num-
ties, at the head of whom was Gen. Stephen
Van Rensselaer,. His Excellency declined
the honor in feeling letter.
BHe The climate of Central America is
said to have affected Sir Gore Ouseys's
health injuriously.
Be- On Christmas day, the Rev. Thomas
than, Mass, was presented with a valuable
gold watch from the American Watch Com
| pany of Waltham. His wife was also pre-
sented, by the ladies of the Society, with
| purse of S132.
R@ 1t is proposed to give grand sub
scription ball in Washington, in honor of
Lord and Lady Nspier, whose departure is
generally regretted.
TLn woI,,a e
| &C., consumed in New York City during the
| past year is wonderful. The value is esti-
mated at twelve millions Of dollars, and the
number of the various quadrupeds. that
have been eaten is: beeves, 1s1, 374; cows,
10, 1928; veals, 36,675; swine, 55l, 479. OF
the beeves, the greatest NUMBER thou
sand per week-came from Illinois, which
| is the greatest beef-producing State in the
| Union. It furnishes twice as many as the
State of New York. Neither Connecticut
nor New Jersey furnishes as many as Texas.
E6rThe prominent men elected on Thurs
day evening last as the Tammany Demo-
cratic committee for 1889, are D. E. Sickles,
George Fl. Purser, John Clancy, Isaiah Ryn-
ders, Daniel E. Delevan, E. F. Purdy, ]. v.
| Fowler, E. B. Hart, O. K. Graham, ]. w.
! Chandler, T. G. Fields, Edward Cooper, A.
| Herrick, Peter B. Sweeney, N. J. Waterbury,
and R. B. Connolly. These are the represen-
tstiye men. The balance of the members,
from each ward, "sound' and keep step to
the music of the ffers. Several of them
are avowed Douglas men others are known
to be so in private, and the whole commit
tee could be readily turned over with a
lever of much less power than the sort of
| thing mentioned in connection with Mr.
| Archimedes.
aA- The Washington papers and some
others have lately contained the following
strange news: By the late intelligence from
the South Seas, we learn that, on the 25th
of May last, the United States consul at
Tahiti visited Tahaa, one of the Society
Islands, when the natives, without his
knowledge, drew up paper, signed by the
Governor and the principal officers of the
| Island, making it a present to the United
States. The consul was very much sur
prised, and said he would consult the Presi-
dent of the United States; but this did not
satisfy the people, who wanted to have the
American flag hoisted at once. Soon after
the Island of Raatan followed the example,
and all the governors, with the exception of
| one-who was absent-signed a similar
paper to that of Tshaa. The French and
English consuls are opposed to the move
ment, and two ships of war were sent for
from the nearest station to overawe the ma
tives."
G~At Huntingdon, Pa, afew days since,
several tons of rock slid from quarry, and
buried a portion of the track of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad to the depth of six feet
Four cars loaded with COAL which stood
upon siding at this point, were crushed to
, atoms
RGrA party of drunken ruffians broke
into house in Philadelphia, Sunday
morning week ago, which was occupied
by two women. One of the women was SO
1 frightened that she jumped out of thesecond
story window in her night clothes. She
escaped unhurt. The other woman ran
down stairs and ozt of the front door. Up
on her road she was met by one of the
brutes, who struck her violent blow on the
mouth. The scoundrels, after shipping the
house of all the valuables they could lay
hands on, went away.
ESs- \ paper at Clinton, Mass, is res
ponsible for a statement that respectable
ghost has been visiting the neighborhood OF
East Village-at least in the opinion of the
Irish settlers there. A man named Nixon
died while ago, but his uneasy spirit is
bound to look after the world yet. Conse-
quently, said spirit has been cutting up all
sorts of shines around the house of his fam
lily, so much to their annoyance that they
cannot sleep of nights. The ghost, TOO ID
said to have chased girl from somewhere
to somewhere else. Very likely.
H@ A beggsr was arrested in Washing
ton, on Tuesday, for carrying concealed
| weapons. he was searched at the station
house, aud about 81 400 in notes and Amer
lean and other coin was found in his pack
along with old watches, avis, files, needles
soap, sc. He is Swiss, has been in thi;
country about fifteen years. and there is sc
much sickness in the country he is derter-
mined to go back TO Switzerland, and in
order TO obtain money that was not depre-
C ated in Europe, he had bought French coin
for American. The pistols were for self.
defence.
HSrHenry L. Ellsworth has bequeathed
all his immense property, except Sl02, 900
to Yale College. 1t is estimated that the
| college will receive about 100000.
seq Gilbert Hunt, the old negro who
saved SO many ladies at the burning of TIE
Richmond theatre in 1911 is still living in