The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-07-23


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The number of white males, in
Warrfck County over the age of Fl
years, is 1854. Boon Township con-
tains the largest number of any town
ship,s to-Wit1 1888. i II : 4 f. w
The Democracy of Dubois County
recommend David T, Laird as the
man TO be beaten, for Congress, by
Gen. Harrow.
General Gresham opened the cam
paign in the Second Congressional
District by an able and ELOQUENT
speech to large audience in New
Albany on Thursday night
A fine horse, Worth $f75., Tie prop
erty of Horace Bucklin, of Gibson
County, dieda suddenly in Princeton
on Tuesday from accumulation of.
yftsB about q .thelEheart3 2 ,s3HimA1
O'Neil, who killed Thomas Burke
on the night of the Sd inst, in a sa-
loon at Indianapolis, was arrested at
Terre Haute on Wednesday. ..
The female swindler, who has been
:. doing for the National Banks
throughout the State, was arrested at
Indianapolis on Thursday evening;
She gave her name as Mrs, s Wake
man. By her adroit swindlesl she
seems to have Wake=d several men.
'ssAsUnion meeting was broken up at
Grawfordville the other day by gang
of drunken Copperhead r0wdies. The
same game has been tried in this city,
but Union meetings in Evansville
don T break up worth a darhh. ~ >
An attempt to mob man, recently
married, was made il. Rensselaer, the
other day by a party, of the family
connections who disapproved }, the
match. During the muss he was robs
bed Of gold watch. two revolvers, a
gold ring and s2Oin moneydAHs :.
The Indianapolis Joarnal. Eofs the
29th says that Judge Blair has de-
cided, in the case of J, George Steltz
Us.-J acob 7. Wright, that where the
capital stock and surplus funds of
National Banks are invested in u. s..
stocks, they are not taxable for State
and county purposes .xftTaJy (
We have heard of many cases of
cholera morbus In and near this place.
We would advise our readers to re-
ing themselves to the rays of the sum-
and eschew the too free use of green
fruit oonvilles Enquire, flh <e.,.
| The Sullivan County Oil and Mining
Company are steadily progressing with
their oilwell at the depot They have
reached a depth of four hundred feet
in roaming out the hole bored blythe
! railroad company some years ago for
WATER Atpresent the drill is passing
through a VEIN of coal - Sullivdn
Democrat. I9tg5 auhn ias 57 a'7
r.ataa,nt ssslaqo'} -naol tu0 hae isei.
The prospect for building new
school house this year is fading away.
/ We learn from one of the trustees
that they have become satisfied of
their inability to raise sufficient funds.
-SutliUon Democrat
Ofcourse they won't build school
house. To contribute money. for such
a purpose would be move toward
breaking up the party in galorious
old tSulligans and that must not be.
4 School houses and Democracy OF
modern date are .ineompatible.l yIsl
Recently a deputy Sheriff was
guilty of swindling his own father, if
we mistake not, out Of some $500.
4 On Thursday night the Sheriff, Stew
art Sanford, threw brick through
the windows of his. own wifels store
and threatened to break her up. The
local editor of the New Albany Com.
neercial went to the house of Mrs
Sanford to learn the facts in the case
and as he was leaving the house was
seized by the Sheriff and threatened
with imprisonment and all kinds Of
punishments, for being found in the
house of bis wife. He finally let the
man off after denouncing him as a
id. abolitionist A sweet scented
Sheriff they must have at New Albany
He must be conservative Democrat.
The editor of the Bonneville En-.
quirer is wonderfully enaihored Of the
proposed Philadelphia Convention,
and says the whole Democratic press
throughout the country indorses it,