Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-09-06
Indiana Items.
Ne. whsat IS selling in Terrs Hsuse
i 81 per bushel

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New whsat IS selling in Terrs Hause
at 81 so per bushel
General z. A. Cameron has taken
charge of the, Valparaiso Republic.
H0ns thousand dollars foot IA the
asking price for property in desirable
locations on Washington Street, Indi-
d dlanapolis with poor improvements
The tax assessor had better make note
of this. saa te a
SHooTIyG.-A saloon keeper named
Bergman, was shot in LoEansport, on
Wednesday last, the ball taking effect
in the bowels, and inHicting painful
wound. s-- ~
4 ATTENPrkD SUIcIDE.-A young lady,
OF education and refinement, attempted
saicide on Friday evening. in the south
western part of the city, By taking two
ounces of lsudAnum. Disappointment
in lcve affairs is said 10 be the cause.
Through the aid Of Dr. Carter she win
probably reesses.-Stats Sentia<I,
On Wednesday night, sboat twelve
o'clock, negro vas shot, whilst in bed,
By two white men. The parties who
are supposed TO have committed the act,
were two men who were arrested some
time ago on charge OF burglary; the
negro teing an accompliee, turned
States evidence, aud the whites, 70 sup
press his testimony, took the above
@sthod 70 suppress him.-cOlEmbus
Ds"see'a% in s5 and o. ID oi 1
: son-The we'll of Butsch l. Dickson
in Perry county, has been sunk 10 the
depth Of $50 fset. There are only slight
Indications. of oil, and the prospect of
finding oil deposits there in com pensa-
ting quantities is not very encouraging.
Pike county is aaid, BY the Washing
ton telegraph, 70 be in very disorder
ly condition Riots, 6ss6ghts and rows
are the order Of the day. a week ago
Mr.. Hammond was shot while standing
in his own door, and on Thursday, Mr..
Rotan was shot and wounded 10 the arm,
while riding along the road. This is
bad Condition Of Affairs Yiaeennes
Sta % ~. 3 .''' q - -
: GoLD FoUsp ON TIE WABAsH.-An old
California gold miner came up on the
propeller Sam Groendyke, and on
landing at Jones (now Johnson % Fer
ry, commenced digging for gold, aud
after dsggiug and washing several pan
fulls Of dirt from the bank, succeeded in
hnding gold in small Quantities. He
did the same things We are informed, at
Clinton This may excite the cnpiditg
of somsbody, and who knows bu. that
old gFermillion may jet boast Of q gold
mine2 No tellin' - Hoosisr State. gore
: TIE C, P. & C. RGILRoAD.-The com,
pleted portion Of this road, from La
Ports to Plymouth, was sold at public
sale a few weeks since for SOS, 900. The
purchasers were q New York firm, who
intend building the road through to
Peru, and the Rochester Standard says
that work has already commenced, and
is progressing rapidly at that point.
shanties have been built along the line,
and the Standard predicts the compile
ton, in very short time, Of that por-
tiop of the road between Rochester and
PIymouth.-Sfark County Times.
PRAYER MEEr1xe.-Last night was
Thursday highs, the regular evening for
the weekly prayer meeting. Iu a circnit
OF the churches in the neighborhood Of
the Office, We found seventysix persons
present in the aggregate, distributed in
unequal ratio between lne different
churches embraced in the rounds of our
observation. The " Portable Academy
Of Music, good deal farther away.
VISA f Had IN raulasf1n srk - .sSsH.t.i =
inch OF room was vacant There we're
q number Of very available inches In
the ohurches.-EHd journal, Lat PEE 4
Last Thursday morning Horatio vii.
coxen was killed at his saw mill, short
distance from town. He vas talking to
q gentleman about some lumber, when,
as be stepped back, his foot slipped and
he-was rAnght by the betting running
the machinery, whirled in sgainst the
hy wheel and bis brains knocked out,
causing death instantly. s-, es
A party of New York g rouehs," on
the road between Fort Wayne and
Huntington, " went through 81 the pas.
sengers on the train, taking carpet
sacks and such articles as pleased their
fancy, and knocking dovnnor drawing
revolyerson all who interfered or pro-
tested against their operations In some
cases they even robbed the passengers
Of their money, and thus left sshem dee.
titute aud penniless at the end OF their
.journeyao At Huntington they left the
train, struck into the woode and escaped
arrestosldo' e51 ba4 si1oa esd - eol
Joseph b. Jarn, carpenter on the
New Albany road, attempted suicide at
the Dsll House, ip Lafayette, last Tues
day, by hanging and cutting bis throat.
He was sewed up and saved Why .
man With eight hundred dollars and
gold watch 10 his pocket should vast to
shuttle of this mortal coil, is beyond our
comprehensioD, unless there was q wo.
man in the case 1HoJ1J asssuaJE
JAM DEEfvERY. Joseph C. Grammar
apd Charles D Williams, charged with
robbing the safe Of the Adams Express
Company, near Kokomo, in May last.
and George Williams, James Baltimore,
and Henry Matthews, charged with
grand larceny, sawed out Of izil ID Peru
last Sunday, aud got away. A man
named Bliss, confined on q charge Of
.peEiats, refused TO 60 With the Others. {
IA sHELLEsH PLor TO MuaDER axD
Ron last night 8 plot was partly car.
ried intu execution, which, had il been
entirely successful, might have resulted
IN the death of maay innocent persons
One of the rails on the track bst~een
here and Millersburg, was loosened at
18th ends, and as the ten o'clock freight
from the West, was the FIRST to pass ever
IL, the locomotive andthree or four cars
we're throrn of. ard badly damaged, se-
ssrely ipjuripg tha enginssr. Mr.. Henry
Tyler aHa Tightening the fireman con-
fiderablY, who however, sseapedaa .
scratch- - ~ ~ ~ net ss !
= There is no doubt but what il was the
design OF the eat-throats to throw the 1
o'clock. passenger train of the track
and in the eonfasion asa excitement rob
i OF whatever money or ether valugbles
Il aauld ha nhfafraI - :