The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-07-26

Hon. Daniel Mace took possession
of the Lafayette Post Office on Mon
day.
The Grand Temple of Honor Of
the State of Indiana meets in New
Albany on Wednesday, July %.
A person might suppose the milk
sickness was raging at our State Capt.
toll from the number of cases of sup
posed poisoning that have occurred.
A large number of mechanics are
about removing from Richmond,
Wayne County, to Logansport to en-
gage in the railroad machine shops
there.
A grand picnic is to be held at
Knightstown Springs, by the friends
Of the Soldiers Home" on the 18th
of August. @s4 EzEe gu
General August Which was given
pub bile reception by his friends and
admirers at Indianapolis on Tuesday
evening. No officer in the Union
army more worthily deserves public
receptions.
The Democracy of Rush County
have called a County Convention to
meet at Rushville, ON the 9Th of Sep
TENDER, for the purpose of nominating
a county ticket. A superfuous ar
rangement -iA9~
Mr.. Henry johnson, an old resi-
dent and one of the County Commits
sionersof Knox County, died at his
residence in Decker Township on the
I'D. He was native Of Georgia, and
Twas 81 years old
The Corn CRoP.-We have had
heavy. penetrating rains within the
past week, which have been of in
valuable benefit to the growing crops.
The corn is now considered safe, and
the pros Ject for heavy yield was
never better Tncennes San.
The farmers who have threshed
their wheat, in Wayne County, say it
is yielding from eight to twenty bush
els per acre, of the very best quality
of grain. e4i.5l/
MURDER AND RoBBERY.-We learn
that a drover, resident of Cincinnati,
named Mcdonald, was murdered for
his money near Lewisville, Henry
] County, last week. We were unable
to procure the full particulars from a
reliable source.-Richnlond Telegram.
ELECTION. D. Herkimer, form
erlya Assistant General Superintend-
ent of the Illinois Central Railroad,
has been elected Superintendent of
the Terre Haute Railroad, vice R. E.
Kicker, resigned. Mr.. Herkimer ac-
cepts, and his appointment dates from
the 10th inst. olfif
Frank Williams, cashier of the
Second National Bank at Terre
Haute, died suddenly at New York
on Wednesday, He was very feshy,
weighing about three hundred pounds,
and died of the extreme heat. He
was thirty-two years of age.
MAD DoG.-A rabid dog made his
appearance in the village of New
WestviIle, one morning last week,
/ and before he was noticed had bitten
several boys and a dog belonging to
/ William Sands, It was supposed that
horse of Rev. Mr.. Robinson was also
bitteR.-Richmond Telegram.
LARGE YIELD Josiah J. Fulgum,
of Arba, Randolph County, raised,
the present season, pint of nice
clean e>ts from a single seed, planted
4 last 'sp ing. The grain produced
thirty-tss stalks. 9sggEsl
The V ,ennes SIN says: The
political qartment of the Indian
apolis Hers@H will be under the charge
of Hon. James NJ. Hanna, until the
October election. Mr.. H. was for
many years Judge of. the Supreme
ICourt
Louis Kimmel, a well-known Ger
man real estate agent, was out driving
with his family when the horse com.
smenced kicking. The whole family,
consisting of himself, wife and two
children, were thrown out, and sever
, al OF them seriously injured. Mr.. Kim
mel had three ribs broken, his little
son had one of his hands smashed.
while his wife and the other child were
badly bruised.
DRUNKENNESS. = The number of
persons observed upon our streets on
Friday and Saturday. under the infIu.
enoe OF whisky, was the subject of
general remar k, On Saturday after
noon we saw four persons dead drunk
LAID out on q. vacant lot near the foot
of Main Street, one of them in plain