The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-07-12
The News.


tee met at Albany, Wednesday last and ap-
pointed the It'll of September next as the
time, and Syracuse as the place for holding
the State Nominating Convention. The
Convention is to be composed of two dele
gates from each Assembly district.
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1t is said that beyond question, the Cit
izen Guards, of Louisville, was the best mill
itary company present at the TiPpecanoe
celebration.
During the last six years, seventeen rail-
road disasters have occurred in the United
States, by which 400 persons met terrible
death, and over 600 others were more or
less MANNED This is indeed bloody record
to result from accident--to which it is gen.
orally attributed. .....
A bill is pending in one Of our Western
Legislatures 10 empower women to make
contracts. A witty editor remarks that
they should by all means be authorized to
contradictory have been expanding too
much.
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A club has been recently established in
Petersburg, Va, the impossible object of
which is "to' make ugly men respected =
The two chief officers are said to be the
ugliest men in that State.
j. I. Headly, it is stated, has been ap-
by the Associated Press their special cor
respondent at the seat of war in Italy.
SAKE, the poet, receives some left-handed
compliments since he was nominated by the
Democracy for Governor of Vermont. The
Louisville Journal says that +" in accepting
the Locofoco nomination for the Governor
ship of Vermont, he has done more conf
cal thing than he ever said - -s---
An Italian savant after six years trial, is
said to have surface for Photographic pic
tures, perfectly free from irregularities, ca
pablo Of distorting the most imperccptible
this surface a photograph Of the moon, on
which figures of naked animals are depict
cd, one species Of which bore great re-.
semblance to human beings.
An ingenious Scotchmsn has trained n
couple Of mice Ia Inrn a small reel for twist
ing Irvine. Tiie litborers run about ten miles
day, and reel lr1n, 100 &c 12o threads. A
halfpehpy wci =. - nat meal lasts mouse
iye weeks, aid ,l,c ,".i and annual profit
on each animal pa eat. u computed at six
shillings. This beats the industrious
heas." -
IL is a noticeable fact, that in the Maine
Democratic Convention, when the balloting
Tor Charleston delegates commenced, there
were not over FIVE hundred delegates pres
ent. The ballot-box, nevertheless was
found to contain, at the close, over eleven
hundred ballotsl Truly, harmonious De-
mocracy is 1.-THE same everywhere" from
D"heoii ia W oAiOiu anu hlCkupOtl,
in Kansas
A correspondent writes from the country
Since the rain there ia plenty of moisture
in the ground. The corn has spread out its
leaves, and is growing somewhat after the
manner of Jonah's gourd. The potatoes arc
heaving up the soil and calling for more
room. li
Ii is denied that the President has ex-
pressed preference for r. J. Walker as his
successor -s.-.. sf-r-.l .1
The farmers Of Floyd county have about
completed cutting their wheat 1t turns
ont universally well. Corn is grow ing fine
ly, and looks well So says the New Alba.
ny Tribune. OIL. H4a
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