The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-09-11
STATE NEWS.

&c. Cooper has started new Dem
ocratic paper at Laporte, called IVA
tio1a0l Union.
Fifteen thousand people greeted
Gen. John A. Logan, at Laporte, on
the seventh inst.
Peaches sell in New Albany, at So
to 81 30 per bushel, and very poor and
scarce at this high price.
One of the features of the Laporte
County Fair will be fuse ball
tournament. .aa s.
A Obstructive fire occurred at Leba-
non, Boon County, on Thursday
night last, destroying property to the
value of $4,000.
CoNFERENCE.-The German M. E.
Central Conference meets in New Al
lbany, on Wednesday next, 18th inst,
Bishop james presiding. %
A correspondent of the Indianapo-
lis Journal, says Gen. Shanks, the
Union candidate for Congress, will be
elected by rousing majority.
The Indiana Conference meets at
Wincennes tomorrow. Rev Hiram
Gilmore breaches the Conference Ser
mon. on Tuesday evening. Bishop
Thompson will preside. &. -
Pleasant Wiley Randall, editor of
the Versailles Dispatch, says ." old
Ripley County is thoroughly aroused =
1t will go Union by handsome ma
jority. aAaa3 -"
The Petersburg! Messenger announces
that a, line bed of coal has been
struck near the western limits Of the
town. The drill has penetrated the
vein to the depth Of over nine feet,
with every prospect of being sunk
considerably lower before perforation
is completed - 3 - - A.
The Indianapolis Herald says a
Democratic meeting at Vevay, in this
State, was attacked by a party of sol
diers. 1t urges! Democrats to arm
themselves when they hold their mass
meetings.
A new White River packet arrived
at Petersburg on Monday last, on her
maiden trip, and was greeted with
several rounds of cannon. She is a
neat and substantial craft, of about
fifty tuns burthen, of good speed, and
possesses suitable passenger. accom-
modations. She is commanded, for
the present, by ; her owner, Captain
w. G. Davenport. AQI2 itLll36 "
The Vincennes Times says the COM
mitteeman thatwas sent to meet ohm
Logan at Attica has returned, and
informs that paper that he has the
assurance from him that he will posi-
lively be at Vincennes on the 18th.
w. G. DePauw of this city has given
to Ashbury Female College in New
Albany, as Centenary donation, two
thousand dollars. This is liberality
in keeping with the character of. Mr.
DePauw.-N. A. Ledger.
John, Tngle, Jr, of Evansville, not
half as wealthy as Mr.. DePauw, gave
81, 900 to Ashbury University, located
at Green Castle, a; town in which he
has no property or business interest
whatever. f,g 1.0
THE Copperheads of New Albany
have sent a Committee to Indianapo-
lis to wait on President johnson and
invite him to make some speeches in
the Second Congressional District.
Like the boys in the thunder storm,
the New Albany Cops think some
things " got to be done 1a5rs
On Saturday night last, at Aurora,
Indiana, John i. Bailey stabbed and
killed Marshall Cooper. Information
of his homicide was dispatched to
officer Carter Tiller, of the Louisville
police, and he arrested Bailey just as
he landed on the steamer Major An
derson on Monday. Bailey says that
he and Cooper were brothers-in- law,
and that he did the fatal stabbing un-
Intentionally, during drunken brawl.
He appears to be sincere in, the mar
ration of his story, The prisoner was
lodged in the First street station
house in Louisville, to await orders
from Indiana. Madison Free Press.
AFFRAY AT VEvAY, INDIANA. "A
gentleman from Vevay has kindly
given us few particulars of an-affray
that came off last night at that place.
The Democrats had meeting to hear
Jason Brown. There was no distur-