The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-05-29

TIE cigar makers of New York city are
on strike, 1t is jOcularly remarked that
it will end in smoke.
The WIFE's HELPING HAND.-At no mo-
ment of difficulty does husband, knowing
his own utter helplessness, draw so closely
to his wife's side for comfort and assistance
when he wants button to he sewed on
his shirt collar Punch.
The Albany Statesman, a leading and
earnest Fillmore paper in 1856, comes
promptly and heartily to the support OF
" Honest Abe whom it speaks OF rs "a
firm friend, and yet not implacable 10 an
enemy, consistent politician "A good citj-
Zen and an honest patriot.
THE residence Of Robert \. J. Campbell,
mt Crowville, IN this county, was destroyed
10y hrs on Saturday night the 10Th inst. 1t
is supposed to have caught fire from IA can
die lett burning on the bureau, while the
inmates were at church. Mr.. CampbclrS
loss is about 5000 Wtrrick Democrat.
A FEARFUL WARNINa-The Ft. Madison
(Iowa) PIaindelLer says that \ poor mister
able wretch living near Pennington, in Van
Buren, county, while horribly disappearing
God on Sunday last, for withholding rain
from his suffering crops, was suddenly
struck with palsy and almost Immediately
died.
SIBERIAN ". Booru who has been tor IL
long time imprisoned at Milwaukee Tor re-
sistance to the Fugitive Slave law, the other
day locked his keeper up ia his cell, went
ont into the street, retreslict! himself with
= +eisurely walk and cooling drink, then
returned to his Jail and exchanged positions
with the iallor, resumin!, his old place.
Bssg- " g notice complaints in our tx
changes of the evil effects Of the long con
tInued drought throughout this region Of
country. II is thought the wheat crop will
be an alHaost entire failure, and tearJ are
entertained that the ott cIop ~ili confluence
blasting # rain does not come to ills Eellef.
The ia, meTs feel discouraged at the prospect
and complain bitterly Henderson Hdii
TGE Rochester Express SAY that the New
ork Central Railroad Company have pur-
chased steam fire eng ine, to use along the
line OF their road wherever occasion may
call Ior it The engine will be placed on a
truck SO that it can be transported from
place TO place BY merely attaching the car
10 locomotive.
An office of the Pony Express has been
established in New York
bs7E~ The disruption at Charleston ap-
pears to have produced no sensible change
ers and organs of the shivered party are
quite as Fenomous and denunc iatOry rs ev-
er. They cat right and left with character
istic severity. We are reminded in this
relation of the lament of an honest dame
who stood beside the body OF her de
ceased husband i" It's pity he's dead, for
has teeth good as they erer trcre.'
Lon. j0,n'.
Erzy~ The body of Mr. Henry Klusmar,
formerly of this county, who was drOw
at Evansville, on the 28th OF April, was
brought to this place yesterday Tor inter
ment. The corpse was accompanied by the
Odd Fellows and the Foundry men OF Ev-
ansville, who were joined by the Odd Eel
lows and a large portion of the citizens Of
thIs place at the Depot, from whence they
repaired to the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, where appropriate services were
performed before consigning the body to its
last resting place PRINCETON Clarion.