The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-06-02
STATE ITEMS.

donated nfty-nVe rifles to the FenIan
company, raised in that city.
Brig. Gen. Morton G. Hunter, of
Bloomington, was nominated as can
didate to Congress, at the Union Con-
vention at Columbus on Wednesday.
The trial of Holmes, on charge of
completely in the murder of Lucas
near Terre Haute, about year ago, is
progressing at Greencastle.
Some of the Copperhead papers,
true to their propensity for lying; gave
currency to the statement that only
266 gold watches had been returned
for assessment in the whole State of
Indiana. The Indianapolis Journal
learns, from the books of Assessor
Bradshaw, that /, ia gold watches are
returned in the Sixth District alene.
That is illustrative of Democratic
Confederate honesty.
The Public Schools of New Albany
are being examined, preparatory to
chasing for the Seminaries. Quite
muss has been gotten up between the
Teachers and Trustees upon this ar
rangement, the Teachers complaining
that they are not only deprived ola
part of their expected ten months sal
airy, but have their reputation as
Teachers jeopardized by being com
PEELED to go into the examination with
out timely notice.
No more frequent mistakes are
made than those relating to proper
names, and few are more annoying
Some of our exchanges in noticing
the proceedings of the Grand Masonic
bodies, made ludicrous mistakes in
this particular. One paper said Col.
Smidt was elected Grand Chaplin in
the Grand Council of High Priests
Another had it Col. D. Scmidtoff, and
at length we obtain more light" on
the subject, and are pleased to learn
from the Madison Courier that it was
our most excellent old friend and
Brother Caleb Schmidlapp, of Madi-
son, on whom the honor was confer
red. He is worthy and well qualified
On Sunday last several persons liv-
ing near Braytown. in Switzerland
County, including the families of Ste
phen Boyer, Thor1itoWn Reed and
James Reed, were poisoned by the use
of arsenic in their bread, which they
had bought of a druggist in mistake
for cream of tartar. No deaths had
occurred up to Wednesday morning,
so far as knoyvn
RESIGNATION. 3 r. Dykes, State
Senator from the counties of La
grange and Elkhart, has resigned.
The Governor will order a special
election soon to fill the vacancy thus
created.
PROFITABLE RAT.-Day before yes
terday a dog chased out from under a
safe at the Union Depot a rat, which
was found to have made its bed Of
thirty two dollars in greenbacks and
currency. The money was badly
chewed up, but the fragments were
pasted together sufficiently for re-
demption at bank. No rediculus ma,
about that rat story.-I1,d. Journal.
DIR. Bowman, of Ashbury Universe
ty, has concluded to make an effort in
the M e. Sunday Schools of this
State to raise funds to endow a chair
4l0A TTv,1 - L. ao1Iol L, -
" Sunday School Centenary Chair. >
To every one contributing for this
purpose one dollar, or collecting FIVE
neat and durable Centenary medal
will be given. This will afford an op-
portunity to each scholar to get a
medal, and also, by giving a little, tC
present complimentary medal to a
friend. "A G
SINGULAR DIVORCE CAsE.-A sin
gular divorce case came off the pres.
ent week in the Perry Circuit Court
at Cannelton. A young lady in Perry
7 County was married, to all appear
ances happily; but ten days after the
celebration of the nuptials she filed g
petition in the Clerks office for di-
vorce, setting up as a plea that the
individual she had married 100S not &
man. The evidence. on the tria
was sufficient to. establish this fact
), and the divorce was granted. Ii
what particular the husband was de
fcient in manhood we did not learn
Neao Albany Ledger
There are two cases in Monro
Township, Jefferson County, which W
think worthy Of notice, as substa ntia
support to the Government in tn
war. The family of the late William
Baxter sent seven volunteers, who's
G aggregate time amounts to fourtee
= years and ten months. They serve,
from Virginia toTexas, from Colorad
To the Gulf of Mexico Cant Hiram