Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-05-25
Sfafe items.

'a@lls'l State Items.
\ ARRRsT OF CoUSrEaFelrERs "A short
time age two codnterseiters named
Crane were esarrsstednAearB Bluffton, for
| passing ycqnnterfeit gree enbaeks in that
place, One of then. bought wooden
skirt for 50, for which he offered TWEEN.
ffy dollar greenbacko ~ Receiving his
changey he went TO distant parto the
/ town, where bis confederate was await
ing him 10 buggy. The counterfeit
/ having been discovered, Eve citizens of
the town started In pursuit on horseback
/ The Cranes were oyertaken, when q des-
perate q encounter took place, during
which Isaiah j. Coyault, highly re-
/ spectacle citizen aud one Of the pRrsuing
! party, received a dangerous and painful
1-woundb and William GRANGE, IN attempt
1 ing to- escape through q field, Was also
Il badly wounded. He,+ With his hrot her,
was, however, arrested and lodged ia
! jaikr. 7 he d last BluHton Banner gives
bshe following sequel Of the affairssa
On Friday YIlast, Deputy u s. Marshal
1 hoekhart was here aud took Albert
4 Cranerto Indianapolis 10 stand his trial
4 before the United States Court for pass
ing coanterfeit graeRhaRks. a a1 -a1
William GRANGE wasdalsO arrested by
/ Marshal Loekhart, bat not being sufh-
! clently recovered from, his woIfnd to be
rl6ved,s was put IN charge iof. iMessrs.
] Aiberif Banta and Samuel PoHenbarger,
under instructions to take him to Iu-
diapapqli4 as sonn as they should deem
him abIe to stand the journey, Out Of
PHYS sake, and en- account Of his wife
who atfeBded on him, the prisoner was
not t8alsen to Jail, bat vas permitted 70
4 occupy his room az the Exchange. On
] Monday night be and bis wife deeamped
II being doubtless helped away by lurk.
ffug 'confederates. The escape of this
william is a most humiliating eircum-
stance, and il is difficult to say where
the blame restssd Oar opinion is that
that Crance ousgeneTalled those having
him in charge-pretending to be much
worse of from his Wepnd than be really
was--thps 5 throwing thRm off their guard
There is evidentlyran organized band
of thieves and copnterfeiters operating
in this seclon of the country, and it be
hoovsP our citizens to be on the alert fol
laem saunsh ysi9sA
A ganEg6f Ripsies, fifteen or eighteer
in number, pitched their tents near For
WayHe last week. Their conduct whil'
there was shocking bad.
The Brownsville UnSon says
! Bald Knob, as measured by Professo
Christy, is 355 feet sbove Hough
, Creek This would make the range o
knobs east Of this place at least 400 fee
,HPbPve White river. nisE 5000
'ifE- The wheat around Newport bids fai
10 yield an averages dcrop, but the pros
pect for corn is rather idiseouraging
r Bat little sis planted yeeo The we
Weathsr has held the farmers in check
.t--NSsePOrl HO0sis7o State 'a .as7
II ao sAALE eoutrx.-Ttfisi loathsome diseas
siz ragingahf PORTIONS of yette county
4 / some twenty-five cases having occnrre
E in Fairview, none of which, however, rt
: suited BrookriHe AEiericaH.
- NORTHERE PENITESrfGRY 1.-The cor
/ tract 10 buildssehe acslly houses, guar
4gi hoase, and oeices foFo1he new peniter
: tiary at Michigan City, and eompletio
! 7 of the outer walls, enclosing eight acre
! amounting in all to about $50, 900, We
fl = =.
i let out to our enterprising citizen, d. ,
r Silvers, ESQ, who viii commence wor
at once This il. a big job, but it ha
i fallen into good, hands, and win be faitl
s fully exeeaied. Wayne Sentinel.
!, PEgEOLEua The Wabash Pesroleul
: aAd Coal Mining Company have jns
p RECEIVED their new engine and boile
They intend to Locate it on the PhebU
4 farm, and wilt commence operation
II instaateE. There is every indication
, oil, .hsstdss-tha-.Aast coal bank in Il
q State. .efg9HzssH
= The Wabash Coal Oil Company has
Is an excellent vein Of salt water on th
- n Jared farm, six or seven miles 5elo
ipdtownL CoesHgtoH Friend. -9a.ss
" "A soldier. on his way from sColOn
Warmers headquarters to the sSoldiei
Home, fell down dead in the street ne
the latter place, op Saturday. from d
ease of the heart We did not learn /
- - name, but understand his father lives
- Chicago. where the deceased former
= resided STATE ,SeaGisstsa ssa
b. We noticed large nna5era Of rel
re prisoners Saturday evening that b
., been discharged from Camp Morton,
their way 70 the depot They we're
er sorrY sight, N dilapid dated garments 8
of teotssless visages These men certain