Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-08-25
na State Items.


An attempt was made TO burn the
Gait House in Lafayette last Friday
night uA
Judge James Brown, for several years
a prominent Democratic politician Of
Winchester, Randolph connty, has 70.
moved with bis family, to Mankato, Min
neesota.
The South Bend Register, giving q lisl
of the iosses by tie receHt tornado a.
that place, states that the fret reports
were greatly exaggerated. The entire
losses in the city will not exceed Sa0,.
George Cox, wbilA in state of iutox-
ication, attempted to cross oyer the rail
road bridge st Attica, Fountain county.
De fell from the bridge aud was killed.
Ga Monday night, the lslh inst saw
the 0annslton Reporter, three ruffsans
sutersd . honss 10 one Of the ''bIocks''
on Washington street, and assaulted
several women. They we're finally driy.
90. away By criesof murder, but not nm.
I'll they adsznoek ID down the woman
and otherwise actsd the brnts.
MELAsonoLX--A Honey crssk farm
or, vho planted fifteen acres of Water
melons, from which be expected to
reslize not less than three thousand dol
liars, informs the Terre Haute Journal
that the yet v Gather has 30 injured the
crop thai the yield hardly reached two
thousand masketsbls melons.
RlcHNoxD IrRMa-In the case Of
Francis and. Granville HoIlsr, for the
murder Of Nathaniel Tibbets, = change
Of venue has been taken from Wayne To-
Henry county, and the trial set for the
S5lst of October.
In the case of Hannah L. Catsy against
joshua 7. Campbell, for breach of mar
risge contract conpromiss has been
effected By which The defendant paws
u, 600 and costs % snit
Five hundred and Eve indictments.
mostly for violations of the liquor Law,
have been returned BIZ the Wayne eoun.
~ grand jury.
n Jsremiah Howran wae accidentally
lehoe and killed By Timotky Sullivan. A
Plymouth, Marshall county, on Wednes-
day last
The fndi&napolis Sesfinsl says il il
reportsdfth change is to be made n
the proprieecrs Of the indianapolis Jour.
nGk- Lafayette Courier.
The above 10 untrue, and We have no
idsa that the Sentinel ever heard such .
Fspork-IRd Journai
+ Joseph. Walker, an old citizen of Hen.
bricks county, fell from . tree while
picking apples 9 few days since, and
broke his neck About six months
since Mr. walkers wife, While herdiu9
sheep fell dead in the field
FRAEKLU AND MARTTEsyTLLE RAM
-eeaDs-A New York correspondent of
the Chicago TFsbuas says that General
Burnside and gentleman living in that
city have purchased he Franklin and
MArtinsvlile railroad In Indiana Al
present the road 10 of little account
Ihe purchase wAa made for IS, 900 Tie
parties expect to make $500 900 bv tbs
oper alton They propose making an
extension 10 ShsIbysills on the east. and
@ Terrs Ha1ts on the west, thus forn-
ing Ink in the through line beswaan
81 Louis and New York
AREEsroF-THTKYKsa- Soms tine since
. eioshing store in Madison, lad. vas
sntsrsd AID robbed of large amount
ot-elothing. and at the time no cine
eonld De obt4ined 80 70 who were The
thieves: InfoEnstion was lodged With
the poles OF our city, and they kept q
sharp lockout for the parties. Yssser.
DAY etdcers Hipwell, sweeney and Book
@ arrested Iahn McCreighton, Charles
Melch aud Charles Phillips alias Price,
n whose possession was found 9 large
quantity of The stolen property. The
peFties win Be taken 20 Indiana for
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