The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-07-27

LEAD MINEs.-By a private letter
we learn that lead has been dis
covered in the lower part of Green
County, this. State, about mile above
Newberry. It's said there are thir-
teen distinct veins, and that the ore is
very rich, yielding 80 per cent of pure
lead. Parties from Washington have
leased ], 1000 acres of land for term
of fortyyears, and propose to organ
ize stock company and commence
working the mines as early as practi-
cable. An exploration In that sec
ton of country has given rise to the
opinion. that the earth abounds in
minerals of varions kinds, which are
\ valuable. We are informed that a
thorough investigation is to- be made
shortly. The surface, indications are
very favorable The vein from which
we have a specimen, Is said tobe thir-
| teen inches thick. It's depth has not
as yet been ;ascertained. y
DIskpPo5ffNTED..0- these dull times
| 1T keeps .oneumoNing to collect sufs
feient amount of items to satisfy the
local sreaders5 Having this fact. in
view, we started out yesterday as usual,
hoping to pick up something that
would prove Of, interest. to the reader
this morning. Passing a new building
where there were a lot of mechanics
at work on .scaffofd, we saw one take
p false step and fall, fastening to
the spot, we were prepared to- write:
!" Distressing AccidehtHH7A Man Falls
from the Third STORY of Building,
and is Killed Instantly butnalasl we
were sadly disappointed. The man.
had caught to the scafoId. and was
still hanging. At last he was rescued
by Brother laborer, and We were dis
appointed. s,EsFrTx14 aEzGEH
Passing on, we heard great noise
in a liquor saloon, and high words
were passing. Two Feniansl were dis
cussing the probable cause Of failure
of the late Fenian war One declared
that it was on account of the interfer-
ence of Andy johnson, for which he
denounced the President in unmeas-
ured terms, while the other declared
that the whole thing was a grand
zswindle, and was intended to be from
the first; We expected the tug of
war to come at once, and the elaret
! to flow freely, Cbut a third party
stepped in and proposed drink, and
thus that local item ended with disap-
pointment No. 2. Feeling disguised
that couple of men should stand up
and abuse each other for quarter of
Jan hour and not fight, but wash down
such hard words as liar, with glass
of grog, we left in hopes of finding
] something better.
Having travelled about two squares,
a man started to run across the street,
where the laborers had been at work.
Just as he reached the new curb stone,
he stumbled and fell. Surely he had
broken his arm, dislocated a joint,
sprained an ankle, or received an in
| jury in some way, but it was not so.
He simply regarded his faur pas as a
i good joke, rose up and went on his
way rejoicing that it was no worse.
] This was disappointment, No. 3.
Having travelled about dozen
squares, while the thermometer indi-
Gated, at least, 9O0 in a cool place, and
Suffered three sad disappointments,
4 we retraced our steps, feeling -disa
greeable and out of hameE in genera.
.A22NN IS9,s
THE WHARF.-The work on the
wharf is progressing Slowly. We no
tice that preparations are,being made
to begin operations onanotheF square.
The work already completed is sub
stantial and makes a)deqidedImpro
ment.