Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-08-07
Indiana State Items.


the &c b ult says Capt W. 81. Watson,
Of Vineennes, has received the appoint
mens Of Assessor Of Internal Revenue
in the Fourth District Of Georgia. His
headquarters will be at Atlanta. y7ai 80
The Indianapolis papeEszsay that APP
pies, peaches, pears, and similar fruits
are very plentifaIaIn their market, and
that prices have become more reason.
able and sdlI have downward tend
ency, aes 80 iqsp aaaav s|
The Lafayette Courier says: The
proposed consolidation between the In
dianapolis and Chicago Air Line Rail-
road and the Cincinnati, Lafayette, and
Chicago Railroad has been oonsum-
mated" $3.50
sDEsTRUoTIYEa FIRE ~ The extensive
woolens factory Of L. W. Sinclair, at
Greeneastle, was destroyed BY FIRE on
the night of the. both ult. Loss SIS, 900;
insurance $4,000 Cause. spontaneous
combustion. la addition, the " Nam
moth Saloon and the blacksmith shop
Of James Houck met the same fate. .
The Eleventh Indiana regiment ar.
rived from Cincinnati yesterday morn
ing, and was marched TO the Soldiers
Home. The regiment numbers $3.50 men
and 80 officers, under the command of
Breyet Brigadier General Dan Macanley
AS the men marched down Washington
Street, hundreds Of people gathered on
| the sidewalks TO bid them silent vel.
come The e eventh Indiana has won
q national reputation, and the citizens
Of Indianapolis may well have a pride
in its home regiment. To day, together
with the Eighty ninth, the Eleventh will
have public eption.-S State Sentinel,
4th. a-'1 a7ss $500 -
We hear of a great deal of sickness
in the surrounding counties, as we'll a
in our own, in consequence of the pre-
vailing damp and hot weather of the
past three or four weeks Intermittent
and bilious fever, chills and fever, and
eresipelas are quite common, but readily
| yield TO medical treatnent-NesC Al
odny Ledger. 8f5ssl aas
DEATH OF ANDREW ISGRAM.-Another
| old citizen has gone. Judge Ingram
died yesterday at 2:45 r. NJ. he has
been sorely afflicted for several years
| Paralysis, which attacked him three
years ago, gradaally eneroaehed upon
/ his vital powers until bis system yielded.
He was born in Philadelphia, April Is,
1903. Since 1881 he has been a resi-.
dent Of Lafayette, Unidentified with its
interest. Many friends viii regret his
departure. - Lafayette Journal. p
A SHREwD Tack Another cute trick
has been added TO the long list Of means
whereby to extort money from unsus~
pecting people. A man, personating a
| soldier, dresses himself ia a worn out
suit Of blue, and hides one arm inside
his coat, He then stations himself at
some place much frequented, and be-
fore long small ragged child comes
and asks aims Of the soldier. he pulls
out his poeket-b book, but having only one
arm, cannot open it, SO he requests his
neighbor 10 do SO for him, thus attract
ing attention. Other people then see.
ing the "poor soldier" give aims, are
ashamei not 70 foilow his example, and
il is said thai the trick pays well-TeT9e
Hdnte Express tuaf bfu scs Sc
HUEG HIMsRLF--Mr James Young, a
well1o.do citizen Of Washinsto town.
ship, in this county, committed suicide
few days since, under peculiarly distress
ing circumstances lie was last seen
on Tuesday, the 25th ult, when he ate
dinner with his family, and suddenly
disappearing, twas feared By bis friends
thas be had been drowned Extensive
Inquiries failed 10 reveal the object OF
their search until Saturday last, when
bis body was found in q ravine not far
from bis residence. He had Suspended
himself to a saplin above a log spanning
the ravine, and jumping of, his neck
was broken BY the fail. When found,
bis body was on the ground Mr.. Young
was peaceable, inoffensiVe nan, but It
was thought was overcome by domestic
difficulties, which SO preyed upon his
mind. that be determined upon this
method of ending hrs existence he
was aged about forty Ave years Green
castle Press. = =
Darn OF AN AGED CoLoRED WOMAN.
-0n Tuesday morning last, LIST inst,
| old "Annt LaRose,' as she was famil
liarly called, died at the Poor Asylum in
this county, She was bora slave upon
| the estate of Solomon StrcfLsr, (grand-
father Of "Porte Crayon2( in Culpepper
county, Virginia. She was purchased of
Mr.. STROLLER by Francis Busseron--ss
We learn from the original bill of sale
now lying before us. and having date
| March lth, l7S4--for the sum S72 in
| Virginia currency, and broughs.to POST
| Vineennes, in the Northeastern Terri
| tory. She soon aflerward became the
property of Pierre Cornoysr, Esq !, and
rem aimed in that family until Indiana
was admitted As q State, when she
became free. She was at the time Of her
death, in her l05lh year HResaHes
SER, Al. sel sn rn..r-t5sz <sissals 1i.
D1scHARGEs-we notice that while
some of the soldiers wzd up their dis
charges aud stuff them away in their
pockets, carrying them until they are dir
/ ty and worn out, many OF them are has.
/ ing them neatly framed and covered
with glass, so az to preserve them clean.
/ A soldiers discharge is something to be
| proud of-something to be handed down
to the ehildren-and should be kept with
more than ordinary care Those who
are careless about them now, in after
years will begin to appreciate their full
value, when, perhaps, it will be too late.
Take care Of your "buzzards," boys.
Returns from the election in Tenues-
see, as far as4we have received them,
indicate the election of Campbell, (Cop-
perhead,) in the Nashville District;
Maynard, (Union,) in the Knoxville Dis
trict; Cooper, (Union. from the Shelby