The Evansville daily journal., 1861-03-18
Indiana Items.

Indiana Items.
The Lafayette Courier says new dis
ease-onen prevalent as an epidemic at the
South-called " Dengue,p has made its ap-
pearance in that city. 1t attacks old and
young indiscriminately, its leading charac-
teristics being somewhat similar to those Of
the scarlet fever.
The Journal of the same city, says the
town was greatly excited on Tuesday morn
ing about I O'Clock, by cries Of fire and
murder. They were found to proceed from
Geo. w. King, who had recently been dis
charged by the Benton Circuit Court on
charge of numbering DIR. Rowe. He had
put up at the Killenger House, and was en-
joying a quiet snooze, when the door of his
room was burst in and he found himself a
prisoner in the hands of the West Point
Horse Company, who arrested him on a
charge of stealing horses from Lafayette and
selling them to German in their neighbor-
hood. He was taken to West Point for a
preliminary examination.
The Greencastle Banner announces that
the prospect for an excellent wheat crop in
Putnam county are very fattering, and
that similar report comes up from all parts
of the country.
The same paper says young German OF
that place, in company with another young
man, went hurting on Sunday the 10th
inst. Seeing something at which he de-
sired to shoot he cooked his gun and hand
ed it to his companion, while he mounted a
fence to get better view. In getting pos
session of the gun again, it was brought in
contact with the fence in such manner as
to discharge its contents into his arm
shivering the bone and mangling the
flesh in such a manner as to render ampu-
tation necessary. His arm was taken of
by physician, and it, was thought he
would recover.
The Madison Courier says it understand;
that Victor King, Esq, has been appointed
by P. NJ. General Blair, Postmaster fol
Madison, Indiana, vice Rolla Doolittle.
was perpetrated on the citizens of that vii
Iage at the winding up of a course of home
lectures. For the first time during the
course an admittance fee was charged, which
the citizens cheerfully paid in consideration
of the benefits they had derived from the
previous lectures The understanding was,
that the committee had procured very dis
tinguished lecturer from abroad to deliver
the closing lecture The crowd assembled
After several tunes from the string band, q
grave and dignifed physician Of the place
was called on to preside, and on motion a
committee of five (ennbracing representa-
tives of the professions of divinity, law, me-
dicine, SCI was appointed to wait on the
lecturer, L. E. FAINT, Esq, and introduce
him to the audience. They retired and
shortly after returned with happy repre-
sentation of live elephant That was
sufficient
The Fort Wayne Times says the water
was to be drawn out of that division of the
Canal Immediately. 1t also mentions that
d HEO ueSlIOy6u the NOIln oLaE -n1OuEiug
Mills at Wabash, Indiana 1t says that a
member of the medical profession in that
city undertook to investigate the subject of
Spritualism, bat the spirits were so violent
in their demonstrations as to effectually
overcome the Investigator, and force him to
abandon the enterprise.
The Washington Democrat mentions that
the growing wheat crop in that section looks
unusually promising this spring. Also, that
meeting for the organization of a Teach
ers' Association was to be held on Friday
last, for the purpose of advancing educa-
tional interests.
The Madison Courier says an attempt was
made by some scoundrels, a few nights ago
to rob an old colored woman in that city.
They broke open the door and demanded
the old woman's money, but she made
fight, and called SO lustily for help, that the
scamps, becoming alarmed, caught up a
couple Of quilts aud put out The quilts
were picked up early next morning by a
policeman, but clue to the burglars had
been discovered.