The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-12-08

/ "A
apparent to our mind than that 1t Is to the
interests OF the city TO the interests Of
Eiustice-that there should be builttiYag city
lookup" or calaboose. Asst now is, the
city is put to an unnecessary expense BY
the officers being compelled, uwhen they
make arrests under the city ordinances,
often to thrust their prisoner into jstll.
1 The sheriff is entitled to his fee for letting
him in, his fee for letting him out, and
board bill. This is often unjust 70 the
prisoner who, guilty Of some trivial OF
tense, has to be subjected to the disgrace
OF being locked up In jail, and then COM
PEELED to pay two or three dollars addi-
tional In 5all fees, when the City Recorder
has to stretch his conscience to inflict even
the smallest fne liked by law. Thus IL Is.
that we have often 10 report six or eight
dollars costs when the fine Ia but o. dollar.
But it is often the case that the person SO
arrested has no money to pay either fine
/ or costs, and the system of working out
! fines by work on the streets has thus far
| proved miserable failure; and then the
Jail fees come Off the city. niiis 1la ~ ii BE-
IA station house or calaboose, sufficient
| for the wants OF the city for years, would
cost bat trifie and the advantages to all
copcefnea would be incalculable The
| City Recorder Is warm in his advocacy OF
such measure, and we think that econc-
my and common justice demand IL a "a
| A FRkRrB1E AccTDENT.-By a private
note received by lady of this city yes
| terday, which we were kindly permitted
| to read, we learn that a terrible accident
occurred In Henderson Uountys Kentucky,
on Thursday afternoon, about12 miles be-
| low Hebderson and 4 miles back of Dia-
mond Island. The boiler of, Mr.. Jesse
Lame blew up att o'clock that after
| noon,, killing Mr. Lame and two others,
+ and severely woundiug several persons
ifneIudfng young man NAMED Wagner
Whose mother and friends reside in this
city. Mr.. Lame was wealthy and high
ly esteemed citizen of Henderson County,
and was formerly of Jefferson County,
Indiana, where he has for some years held
the Office of County Commissioner He
leaves a wife, but no children, to mourn
| his untimely death. We did not learn the
| names of the Others, killed and wounded,
| The affair has cast a terrible gloom over
that vicinity. t1n1 p-i aoss
FINISHED The Locust Street sewer was
finished on Thursday, and the well known
character ofdhe contractors Messrs. Bella
my & Allen, assures as that it is a good
| job. This Is a, stupendous work, extending
from the river, at low water, beneath Lo-
scust Street at a depth of from five to TWEEN
| u, feet to Eighth Street, thence up Eighth
to Walnut, and out Walnut to short dis
lance beyond Tenth Street, making the
whole length of the sewer about four thou
sand two.hundred feet. 1t is built of brick
carefully cemented, and has bore some
VIVA oval in form, four and a half feet in
| diameter one way by i've feet the other,
| fully ample to carry off all the water that
may ever accumulate in it. At the vari-
| Gus street crossings there are inlets from
the cross streets. When the Sycamore
Street sewer is finished we shall have i've
of our principal streets thus severed.
A MORE ACCURATE ACCOUNT. = Our
young. flisud. Dick Hebh called on us yes
terday morning to correct noistatement
in our report of his experience on We'd
nesday night. He was sthe only. man at
tackled and robbed. The watchman was
not assanlted atrah.s ahe night was, very
dark, and Hebb hearing some one speak,
turned his head quickly, and at the same
moment received stunning blow on the
temple, which caused him to sink down
helpless One bf the mHn seizeda him by
the throat aud commenced choking him.
The other slipped his hand into his pocket,
extracted his pocket book, and Immediate
ly dartedp 81. The other continued to choke
him for minute or more-Hebb says il
seemed about fifteen minutes-when he
I gave him push, and fed in the direction
his accomplish had gone. Hebb quickly
recovered and gayeithe alarms but in the
darlznsss tiwa$dmpossibleit to follow them.
The man who took the money was, maiii-
/ testify an intimate acquaintance or had,
closely watched his victim, as he knew
right where to go for the MONEY
,IAHDHIa y
| IT'S NEVER DANGEROUS TO BE SAFE.-In
| viewsef the, fact that one of pur most emf
! terprising and steady citizens fell into a
| cellar-wa a few mig hts. ageeand another
came l. Ugh following his example, we
would kindly suggest to the Opera House
7 Company that the opening in the sidewalk
by the side of that building, on Locust
street, be closed up. A mis-step there might
cause some one broken limb or a broken
ilhead, and somebody else law suit. IL
1 wont cost much to close it.
aaR AEAM HON sNE%E
Y AN EXCELLENT IDEA.-In order to render
the crossing of Firsg and Sycamore streets
/ passable, the CITY authorities. are. havihg
/ the crossing p1anked. Two tier of thick.
] heavy oak plank have been laid across
1iSycamore, and on eaebIside of This, plank
win be laid across First street, connecting
with the bowldering. f'iIfs is a. good move
ment and the same improvement should,
and no doubt will be made at the crossing
of Second and Sycamore streets. .....4 !, IN
Z AT Evansxille, the other evening, at q
wedding party, while everything, was gay
and joyous, ,the bride suddenly fell to the
twenty-four hours She laced rather tight
Iiy.--WobosIt Express.ar-a lss.a iasxlaod4ue aa
1 sIhat last sentence is mistake, and If 1t
We're not galiantry would have suppressed
| it. 1aa 49, M. X. slf s. 49,