The Indianapolis daily herald., 1865-11-11
STATE ITEMS.


The dwelling of Mr.. PARTRIDGE, near South
Bend. was destroyed by Ere lAsi week.
Hancock county contributed in bounties
and relief fund. 1919 $50 GO. during the war.
"A new daily paper. to be called The Ma
iiOnal Union" Is to be started at Richmond on
the 18th int.
--Valparaiso il q city The citizens by q
large majority so decided at election held on
last Monday
"A horse thie. named John Clark escaped
from the Bedford Jail last week. A reward Of
fifty dollars is offered for his arrest.
The residence of Mr.. Metcalfe. at Union
town, was completely destroyed by FIRE on Sun
day morning last
graded school at Connersyile, was fined last
week for severely whipping one of her female
pupils.-Liberty Herald.
"A fatal disease known as chicken cholera is
prevailing among the poultry around New AL
bany. One gentleman lost sixty-eight chickens
within three days.
The Henry County Times will hereafter be
published at Knigh'stown, instead of Newcastle,
the citizens of the former place having sub
scribed a bonus of 81 900 to effect the transfer.
ID. W. Minshall, Eco, returned from the oil
regions w Wednesday night, looking sleek, happy
and oily. Messrs Tuell, McKeen and himself
have two wells flowing three hundred barrels
each per day.-Terre Hadte Express.
Horse thieves are perambulating the whole
State. We can scarcely pick up a paper that
does not contain an account of horse stealing.
The last case we notice is that of three valuable
horses being stolell from Mr.. Benjamin Burton,
of Sullivan county.
A lad living with Mr.. Samuel Lakin, Jas
per county. met with a serious acciden, last
Monday. He was feeding sorghum mill, when
his sleeve caught in the cOgs. which drew his
arm in crushing it to the elbow. The arm was
amputated.
The Evansville Courier of Thursday comes
to considerably enlarged. The great press of
advertisements has rendered the enlargement
necessary. We are glad to notice this proof of
our contemporary success, for notwithstanding
its Black Republicanism, it is a very readable
paper
SUSPECTED Foul PLAY.-It il reported that
horse and saddle was found lsst W ednesday, be-
low Bloomlngsport near the turnpike leading TO
Williamsburg, under circumstances which lead
to suspicion of foul play. The horse had been
shot and killed, aud the saddle cut into frap-
ments. so as to prevent recognition. Randolph
j Journal.
he 9Th says:
Mrs Colonel Wickliffe Cooper. while walk
ng on Winchester street, Lexington, several
lays ago, and just in front of three negro soldi-
Tiers, was fired at with pistol by one of the
who was drunk, the ball Just passing
BY her head. As soon as the shot was fred the
hree negroes ran off
A STRANGE Story Some time last week A
nan residing three miles north of WILLIAMSBURG
let out TO hunt one of his hogs which was mis-
'ng. In secluded spot in the midst of a paw
paw thlcSet, he found the dead body OF a horse,
partially covered with leaves. The animal had
gun shot wound in his head, and his throat cut |
A new saddle WAS found hidden near by. cut in |
pieces. The horse appeared to have been sweat |
ng, as IT ridden iast-the sweat was not yet dry |
IN hin. Some terrible mystery seems to be in |
'olved in the affair.
NEw DEMOCRATIC PAPER.--We have received
he prospectus of The Western Mirror" Dem
'cratic paper 10 be issued at Cambridge City, on |
nd after January 4th 1866 1t will battle man. |
ully in the good cause of Democracy, and we
lope that the true and noble hearted of the Fifth
Congressional District will extend to II a liberal
'atronage. The Mirror will be issued weekly,
t 81, ia advance. The publishers, Messrs.
4afe Develin l. Co, may be addressep at Cam
ridge City, Wayne county.
GoSE Ur The Common Pleas Court, Judge
est's which was TO have commenced last
Monday. is defunct for this term at least The
ime provided by law for it, commencement was
week ago Monday, but this happened to be the
econd week of the Circuit Court There has
een provision for such an occurrence. putting
II the Court interfering with one already ia
esson until the latter was completed The
supreme Court, it appears, however, was decided
h case reported in the 10th Indiana, that the
aw thus providing has been repealed by another
CT passed subsequently,, and conflicting with it,
he Common Pleas Court might have been or
anized at the proper time and adjourned over
ne week, but as this was not done with three
avs of that time. we have court until March
Chronicle.
The Rensselaer, Telegraph gives the follow
az account of pursuit for oil in Jasper county:
The Jasper Oil Company, organized in this
ounty last spring, commenced work about the
rst of June, west OF town, with machinery pro-
elled by horse power, on land owned by the
Kisses Monnet. At the depth of y feet they
truck disntegrsted strata of lime stone, six
eet in thickness Here the drill entered a ledge
# firm. coarse grained crystalzed marble, which
vas about six feet thick. AT this point LAYER
# fine grey marble was reached-the drilling
lternating in darker and lighter coored to the
epth OF 81 feet At this point the drill en-
cred a stratum of apparently coDglomerated
and and gravel "a feet in thickness, contain
az a vein OF water that rose 10 the surface, but
sunk away out of sight, but after
Yards became stronger and rose again to within
light feet OF the top, Here, at the depth of 55
eet, they entered layer of hard blue limestone
D which the drill has continued to the depth OF
bout 40 feet, making the whole shaft STINK 100
eet. The work is still going on Oil has been
Manifested at nearly every foot Of progress,
ONE days more than others, probably seeping in
rom crevices in the strata At the depth Of go
eet the amount OF oil was so great that the
company procured pump with the intention of
Torking, but it proved TO be only the product of
separate seam or spring. but not sufficient to
uspend the working of the shaft at present.
rhe Clerical Force i'm w ash ing ton To