Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-12-25

forever from the world boy of IL,
whose only crime, 80 far as proven, was
that be was cognizant of a murder, and
through fear failed to reveal If.
PARDosED. -G Governor Baker has par
doned Lewis EIliston, boy who was
convicted at the March term, 1864, Of
the Upton Circuit Court, of being &C
cessory to the murder of one Eshelman,
and sentenced therefor to imprisonment
for life in the Northern Penitentiary.
The grounds upon which the pardon was
granted are, first, the insn6iciency Of
evidence, which went to show that one
Davis W. Whelchell committed the deed,
and that ElIiston, if at all guilty, was
only culpable on account of having con
cealed his knowledge of The crime
7 through fear of Welchell; second, the
tender years of the prisoner; third, the
petition asking for his pardon, which
was signed by nearly ell the jurors, the
county officers, and numerous iRfuen>
tiaI and wealthy citizens of Upton
county. ~ @y1 SIS
A scoundrei named eStonehouse, pre-
tending to be crippled and destitute,
called at the house Of Mr.. Henry Bowen,
near Michigan City, one day last week,
and begged for food. While Mrs. b
was preparing his dinner he knocked
her down with a club, and would have
murdered her if Mr.. Bowen had not IN
expectedly returnedin time to interfere.
The. villain was captured and lodged in
4 VALPARAISO Jail. &
SPIRITS From the Lafayette JournG,
we learn that spirits invaded the dwell
4 ing of Mr.. B F. Gregory, Representa-
tive from Warren county, on Friday
last, ringing bells and performing Lin
coins March il, excellent style onthi
piano, to the great uryrsif fati"n IF ih'
piano 3 A bellsl aE ya1S ot ~Lscn has
been broken for some months, was heart
to ring repeatedly, in measured and dis
tiHct taps, in manner peculiar to Mr.
G. The recurrence of these phenomenl
alarmed the family, who dispatched
messenger to this city, who found, mucl
to his relief, Mr.. Gregory in good healtl
andS faithfully discharging the duties 9
his Offices 81 10000
Acoi3EsT.-A little son of Mr. ].
ellison of New Paris, EIkhsrt county
was trying to draw load from an oil
gun barrel which he had picked u
somewhere, when the contents, or
portion of them,s were discharged int
his face, tearing one eye out, and Gu
ting terrible cash into his forehead.
, CoAL.-Dr. Kearne, en- enterprisiin
| citizen of Merom, Sullivan county, con
. menced prospecting for oil near th
, river edge, under bluff, short tim
ago, and not far from the surface Il
! drill passed through thick vein {
COAL He is now engaged in sinking
4 shaft in the vicinity for the purpose
. | getting out coal. IL successful it wi
prove of great advantage to Merom.
! DREDoED.-The Wabash and Err
: Canal has been thoroughly dredge
: during the past season, and the cham
y enlarged and deepened. f
n MYsrERrous DEArH.-Y yesterday IN or
= ing the INITIATED remains Of your
i man, name unknown, we're found in Il
cattle guard of the T. W. & W. r. T
ig az the road crossing, > quarter of
: mile east of West Poiit station. III
!, body was standing upright in the Gait
guard One arm and the head, Will
!. had apparently rested on the track, ht
j. been cut off by passing train. II
q remains we're decently clad, but no b
! or cap could be found. In the pock
: was a leather pocket book, but
Ie money. A part Of the case Of wat
r. was also found on his person, but
=. other valuables. Nothing was found
indicate the name of the person. The
are suspicious of foul piay.-LGfauei
Courier, Goth.
= CANCELLATION "A young gentleman
2 this city, who has been "rather swee
g. to fair rural dsmsel, living some mil
% in the interior, yesterday received,
20 express, a barrel of very palatable a
I pies, accompanied by the rather unpa
y liable intelligence that his charmer b
ID been married to q richer " Teller"
Or saw him, late in the afternoon, muncil
n q fine pippin with great zonchatGn
and muttering something about I
q quality of certain fish in the sea viii
y have not been caught yet We ha
a. heard of "apples Of discord," but the
i were of another kind fFsdiGnapo
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