The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-17

tduc0 VI CuFee OF TOUR mlloSs
WHIRLwIND NoRTH-A whirlwind
passed through DeKalb County last
Wednesday, tearing up trees ana
| fences, unroofng and throwing down
barns, and doing other damage.
The Ohio and Mississippi Railroad
is advertised for sale on the 29th day
of September next, under an order OF
| the United States Circuit Court for
the Southern District of Ohio.
D. Garland Rose has been appoint
ed Postmaster at Indianapolis in
place of A. H. Conner, present in
cumbent, and one of the proprietors
of the indianapolis Journal.
The telegraph conveys the intelli-
gence that Martin Igoe has been APP
pointed Assessor of the Internal Rev
enue for the Sixth Congressional
District, in place of ". A. Bradshaw,
Esq. #aait
One of the handsomest ladies in
Lafayette, learned last week, to her
horror, that trifing looking pimple
on her cheek was malignant cancer.
The Richmond 7sEegra,n says the
depot buildings in that city are
standing disgrace 10 the place and the
railroads they represent.
j. T. Hubbard, President of the
Board Of Health of Richmond, re-
ports two cases of cholera in that city
on Saturday Ylast-one dying after
nine hours Illness, and another lying
in a collapsed state, ~ I'D
There is man in Dublin, Wayne
County, who has taught school forty
nine years of his life. He is from
Massachusetts, of course. al i-1.s
The Cincinnati Enquirer says the
President has re-appointed General
Meredith to the Office of Assessor of
the Fifth District. The General is
now in Washington, but it it under
stood that he will take charge Of the
Office Immediately
Major D. A. Conover announces
that there will be reunion of the 9th
Indiana Cavalry (71st Regiment,) in
Terre Haute on Saturday next.
Gen. j. r. Slack was defeated for
the Congressional nomination in the
18th District by the Democracy, who
nominated one DIR. Snow. The Gen
eral was objected to because Of the
record he made in the Union army. +
The water melon trade at Terre
Haute was heavy on, Tuesday 1t is
estimated that 10000 melons, or one
to every adult citizen in the city, were
disposed of, the cholera to the con-
trary Notwithstanding.
The indianapolis Herald states that
Judge Perkins and Jas. E.. Mcdonald
are about to open Law School in
that place.
The indianapolis Base Ball Club
was badly beaten on Tuesday by the
Laporte Club, in a contest for the
championship of the State. The runs
stood 40 for Laporte to q for Indian
apolis.
The Teachers Institute at Prince
ton, on the Goth inst, promises to be
a large and interesting affair. Teach
ers will be in attendance from all the
adjoining counties, it is thought, and
the Institute will afford those who ex-
pect to become teachers rare oppor-
tunity TO qualify themselves for thai
business. vi aiaa s4saf a8@ SD
The contract for constructing the
Cincinnati, Richmond & Fort Wayne
Railroad, from Richmond to Win
chester, has been let Messrs. DeGoff
4 Co., for $4,000 1t is expected the
track will be ready for the iron by the
first of December, and that the cars
will be running between the two
points during the winter.
The Democracy Of Vigo County on
Saturday last nominated the follow. 4
excellent ticket: For Representatives,
Martin Hollinger and Ralph Wilson;
Auditor, Col r. R. Stewart; Sheriff,
Frederick Fisher; Treasurer, Pat
rick Shannon; Commissioner, w j.
Cusick: Coroner, John d. Murphy; \
Surveyor, Robert Allen. ii7ei 81
Colonel Norman Eddy, of South
Bend, has been appointed Collector
Of. Internal Revenue for the Ninth
Indiana District, Colonel Eddy, we
believe, was always Democrat and
was. for a time Colonel of the 4Sth