The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-11-27
STATE ITEMS .

ALARM IELEGRAPH.-A Committees
of Eastern gentlemen have arrived at
indianapolis for the purpose OF con-
ferring with the civil authorities in re- |
gard to the feasibility of erecting a
f;re-alarm telegraph throughout the
oitv. Full particulars of the plan
will be laid before the Council at its
next meeting.
The enumeration of voters author
lied at the last session of the Legisla-
ture for superintendent purposes has
been completed, every county having
reported. The returns show three
hundred thousand two hundred and
forty voters in the State. AT the Oc-
tober election three hundred and
twenty-five thousand votes were cast.
The Legislative halls are being newly
furnished, and will be made comforta-
BILE as possible. Already large num-
Der of members have secured their
seats. 1t is reported that the contract
for grading and bridging the 1ndi-
annapolis, Charlottesville and Danville
Railroad has been let to one party.
TERRIBLE DEATH.-A young son
of Nathan Thornburg accidently shot
himself at his fathers residence, near
Bloom1ngsport, on last Saturday. de
was attempting to clean his gun, and
had placed his foot on the hammer OF
it. While blowing in the muzzle, his
| foot slipping off the hammer, the gun
was discharged, driving It's contents
upward through his brain, and carry
ing away the upper part of his head
Randolph County journal, I'D.
THE HERALD CeMPANY.-The fol-.
lowing officers have been elected by
the stockholders of the Indianapolis
Herald Establishment, for the first
term:
President, Aquilla JoHes, Esq;
Secretary. r. H. Hall; Editor and
Manager, LATE Develin.
Mr.. Develin will have sole control
of the entire establishment,
SLEEPING CARs.-The Indianapolis,
Terre Haute & St. Louis railroad have
lately added three magnificent state
room sleeping cars to their rolling
stock.
SETTLEMENT.-Eighty-four of the
ninety-two counties in this State, have
made what is called the October set
Element, with the Treasurer of the
State.
Judge Mcdonald is still confined to
his room by an indisposition, which
threatens to assume a paralytic nature.
A college for the education of col
ored students is about to be erected
at New Albany, adjoining the Ledger
Office. It is intended that it shall be
of frst-class character, and will be
literally endowed.
| Prof. G. L. Irving, of Fort Wayne,
Ind, formerly of Connersville, has
secured patent, in connection with
his brother, A. B. Irving, on a piano
forte action. The invention consists
of the combination of two key boards
with the octave couplers, &c.
The subscriptions In Wayne Coun.
ty, for the benefit of Thaddeus
Green, the young man who lost his
arms by the premature discharge Of
a cannon at Arlington, just before the
late election, amount to between four
and five thousand dollars.
Two copies of Brick" Pomeroy's
dirty sheet come to the Madison post
office, but the persons to whom they
are addressed never call to take then
QUITO their credit be it said.-Mdd
isop Courier.
"Brick" disposes of considerable
number of his dirty sheets" b!
sending them gratuitously, to his lad.
friends in different localities.
We learn from the Madison Cour;e,
that Private Alexander G. Rowlison
recently elected Auditor of tina
county, has been made Senior Vic,
, Grand Commander of the Crane
Army of the Republic in Indiana.
The LAST HoPE.-The Wilama,
: Qnd.) Democrat publishes the pros
pectus of the Cincinnati Enquire
and says:
1.-THE detection of the Chicag,
Times will cause our Democrat
10 friends to seek for more rellabl
paper, one which will never forsak
principle for policy; therefore w
. heartily recommend the Enquirer.
SENTENoED.-Our readers will re
member chat last summer a rohher