The Evansville daily journal., 1859-02-22
News sum m l0ry.

News Summary.
DG5H The Jews of the United States have
it in contemplation to establish a General
Assembly or Board of Representatives, to
take charge of the Jewish interests in this
country.
BsSy@ Miss Maria Moore of Southampton,
Mass was waylaid last week and severely
out not fatally stabbed by dirk, in the
hands-as is supposed-of discarded and
jealous lover.
asa, In Rochester recently, clergyman
was caught stealing quantity of straw
from neighbours barn. He attempted to
escape, but was caught. He ascribed his
thieving propensities to some unaccountable
alteration or weakness of mind.
sSz~ The typhoid fever is doing the work
| of death in several portions of Mary land.
Hsa "A descendant of Montezumas S brother
is professor of the native language and of
| law in the University of Mexico.
| ssa., There is much excitement at Har-
risburg, Pa, and vicinity, in consequence of
the prevalence of hydrophobia among the
canine race. One animal, supposed to be
rabid, on Sunday bit two young men,
Bas@ Two hundred and thirty years ago,
twenty-four dollars purchased the entire
city and county of New York.
nea, An old and often exposed game has
been recently attempted, to some extent,
with the bills of the State Bank of Illinois,
at Shawneetown. The notes are mutilated
by cutting nearly one-fourth of the bill
five bills out of four, the bank very prop
| erly refuses to redeem them.
Bslsn Mr.. Wood, of the New Orleans True
| TaIJ off ria5 nd
! before the expiration of the honeymoon,
drew quarter of the $4,000 prize in the
Havana lottery. @
Bss~ The county judge of Simpson coun-
ty, Kentucky, lately refused to grant license
for retailing liquor. The ladies of Frank
lin, to testify their appreciation of the
judges act, presented him with a new snit
| of clothes. Fr +
HgA. The Secretary of the Interior has
asked Congress for an appropriation of S20,-
900 for taking the census of Kansas, with a
view to its admission into the Union, in ac-
cordance with the recommendation of the
President in his annual message.
Rea, The New Albany Tribune learns
that the appraisers of real estate in several
adjoining counties find considerable difficult
| ty in understanding the appraisement law.
others just the reverse. In Washington
county some astute justice has declared the
whole law unconstitu Il ondGtF -z.-es g st.s (
Bas" Among the personal topics of Wash
ington society just now are three fashion
able weddings all to, take place within a
month, to-wit: .r
Mr.. Eustis, NJ. c. from Louisiana, to Miss
Corcoran. of Washington, daughter of the
banker. Mr. Riggs, ofWaslington, oMiss
Bright, daughter of the Senator from In
diana. Mr.. Baylor, of Alabama, to Miss
Gwin daughter of the Senator from Cali
fornia. ~'9 a''
ggs~ A correspondent Of the Wheeling
InteiLsgencer, writing FROM West Union, on
the North Western Virginia Railroad, says
that a wedding recently took place in a
, death chamber, at Spring Hill, near athat
place. Mr.. Barr and Miss Ripley were mar
ried while the father Of the lady was lying
a corpse. 1t appears that that day had been
set for the wedding to take place. Mr.. Rip
. ley was suffering with the consumption, and
expired on that morning at 6 o'clock The
groom proposed to put it off few weeks,
but the bride insisted on its taking place
Immediately. The wedding accordingly
took place at . o'clock, over the corpse OF
her father. ar5--
afgA., Another surprise party . is men
+ toned in a Worcester paper. A young law
yer of that city one evening last week call
f ed on young lady to take her to place OF
entertainment, when she went mp stairs to
q fix for the occasion. Soon hearing foot
steps on the stairs, he stepped into the dark
entry, and as coming feet reached the last
stairs he threw his arms around her waist
- r.. -.
to her cheeks. A push, slap, and a scream
| frightened him into one corner ofthe entry
, when the advent of the old folks with q
lamp enlightened him to the fact that he
had been kissing the the black but come
ly" Dinah, whose descending steps he had
mistaken for those of his loved. The law
yer should exchange cards with the Hart
! ford clergyman who hugged the black lady
on the Connecticut.
BsS@ Gen. Joe Lane, it is said will pocket
: $4,000 as the immediate result of the adj
mission of Oregon into the Union.
rcA A singular attempt was lately made
to poison a family in Milwaukee. A po-
) liceman residing in that place found bottle
of wine at his door, with an envelope at
tached containing a valentine, and address
J ed in a feminine handwriting. He tried a
little of the wine, and shortly after began TO
feel an uneasy sensation in his stomach
His suspicious becoming excited, he sent the
bottle to chemist and found that it con-
tanned enough arsenic to kill fifty persons -
Had he shared the wine with his family, a
dreadful catastrophe would probably have
resulted from the draught.
Btl5~ 1t is now stated that the lady of
Sir William Gore Ousley, procured the re-
call of Nord Napier, by. addressing to the
Queen aletter, Informing her of his Lordship's
:. little indiscretion with fashionable lady
of Washington. The Qneen is a wife and
mother, as well as sovereign, and intends
her court and ministers. shall preserve all
the commandments.