Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-07-31
STATE ITEMS

county. for 1865. are two dollars. twenty cents
md three mills on each 800. and 6re dollars
poll
The Democracy will hold primary elections
for the nomination Of oosniy candidates, in
N adison county, on tn. 26ih Of August, and in
On the 5sh OF came month.
A Democrats Judicial Convention for the |
Dis,ric, will he held in Rockville on the lOsh Of
Angus, Judge Logan is the only candidate &c
have heard named
1t ia proposed 10 extend the Junction Road
from ConDersvlle TO Rushville, IL the citizens Of
the latter place will donate handsomely. Gin
cinnati IL tapping Indiana in every direction.
= The survey Tor the Hydraulic Canal. at
Goshen. has been completed. and the project
pronounced practicable The Surveyor saws that
a fall Of eighteen feet may be had with but very
little difficulty, and a comparative small expense
The Vineennes Sun has been enlarged and
improyed-preseniiDg typographical appear.
ance unsurpassed by any paper in the State
Editorialiy the Sup is ably conducted and We
wish it abundant prosperity.
-Four men were stabbed by desperate OF
the name Of Keen. who lives at Harrison, on the
Harrison Accommodation. for simply being re
quested by the baggage master 10 remove his
seat against the door. as he wished to prop il
open for the purpose Of ventilation. IL is hoped
the wounds will not prove serious Keen vas
committed to Jail in default OF 81 500 bail.
wArERxxLoSs Says the Terrc Haute Jour
nal
I'VE are told that some farmers in the south
part OF the county have as much as twenty acres
planted in watermelons. The crop promises an
enormous yield"
"ILr."-Says the Cannel,ou Reporter:
1--WE hear favorable reports from the oil wells
of the neighborhood The Schmuck well. which
has already given five barrels in five hours, 10
giving daily greater assurances OF success. Mr
Dana, 10 the back part OF the county. is meeting
with the most asttering indications"
The Northern Indianian. published at War
saw, Kosciusko county. has the following
coil has been discovered in several places in
this county by gentleman from Pennsylvania,
who claims 10 have had considerable experience
in the business He intends 70 prospect few
DAYS moro and it indications sufficient to
warrant he will Immediately organize a com
PAW and bore for oil He states that he has
found a fine bed of iron ore and also, he thinks,
of stone coal.
I'VE visited the newly discovered oil region.
and to our surprise oil, or at least we believe
we did Ii looked like oil, smet like OIL felt
| like oil and We firmly believe il 10 be the pure
| genuine petroleum, and that too in abundance
| There are some fine indications OF it between
Leesburg aud Oswego, and several other places
in the county. One of the gentlemen Who has
! been prospecting has been connected for some
| time with the Premium Oil Company, in Greene
county Pa lie has been prospecting in various
| portions Of the county. and says that he thinks
| il is rich in mineral wealth. We have always
had the same belief and have argued the neces
sity of our citizens going TO work to try to de
veop its resources. There is no doubt from
what we have seen to day that we have both iron
| ore aud oil in abundance. He states that he ha.
found valuable spring Of copperas water, some
distance from town."
The artesian we'll at the Terre Haute House
has reached depth of three hundred aud forty
feet The drill for week past has been going
through hard rock, progressing only about two
inches ay-Terrc Haute Express.
All the regiments of tho Seventeenth aud all
those OF the Fourteenth Corps, except three
have been mustered out. We understand tha
Msor General JEFF. G. Davi5, who COMMANDED
the Fourteenth Corps, will report in few day.
at Indianapolis. whence no will be assigned tc
duty in Texas.-New Albany Ledger
FoRr WAYNE AND SOUTHERN RAILRoAp.-W,
are informed by John G. Parker, Esq President
of the Fort Wayne and Southern Railroad Com
pany, that he has now got the affairs of this roaS
in such shape as to warrant its early consruc
ton. Mr. Parker is pressing the matter urgently
and we have hopes that his efforts may not be il
van.-Jefersonville Ledger.
INDIANA SoLpIERs-We sec frequent notice
OF disgrsceful oulrsges committed by soldier
who are about to depart from Louisville anC
other places for home, or when passing through
towns on the route 1t is highly gratifying tha
in all these notices we have not seen a solitar,
Indiana regiment implicated in these scenes Of
misconduct 1t is matter Of State pride anC
congratulation that Indiana soldiers have prove
thems elves as orderly and gentemanly at 10 m,
or in peaceful sections as they were brave aud Ir
resistible in the face of the enemies OF their Gov
eminent Thus may it continue to be ever
Evansville Journal.
A DETECTIVE RoBsED.-The joke is on Detec
tive Bedford he was at Indianapolis yester
dsy in pursuit of a light fingered gentleman
and took room at the Spencer After tie.
he sailed out to see what he could see HI
was no sooner gone from the hotel, than we'll
dressed stranger, answering the description D
the man Zach. was after. stepped up to the offic
aud with refreshing GOODNESS, asked for the ke
Of No. 80. which was Bedford's room. Th
clerk. srspecting nothing, handed him the key
IL was returned in half an hour Captain Zach
returned to his lodgings at III O'clock to find hi
: carpet sack cut open, aud robbed of full set o
clothing and other valuables. Zach. ven. 70
wool and came home shOrn Lafayette Courier
GREAT FLoop If we had believed that il wa
decreed that the world should again be des,roye
by water. we should have imagined on las
Thursday morning that the final DAY had come
Never. within the past twenty years. has Their
been such food of water on the ground Th
} quiet little city of Franklin was surrounded oil
all sides with foaming oceans OF water. carrying
off quite a number of fences and bridges an,
entering quite a number of dwelling houses
and in some instances running two fee. dee
over the floors, and compelling the occu pant
to hunt other quarters The embark nent
of the city bridge over Youngs creek, just soutl
OF the Court House, were carried away. Thu
is the second time that the embankments OF thi
bridge have been washed away. Every it'll
bridge and culvert the city was washe,
away. What damage has been sustained in othe
sections we have not learned. but would Judge
has been immense. The growing corn slon,
the Sugar creek bottoms could not escape
watery grave. Several bridges on the Jeif an
Madison Road we're washed away or so damage,
that the trains could not pass until repaired
We have heard OF no accidents on the road