The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-09-22
Miscellaneous Items.

oriental dates have been grown sue
cessfully in Utica, N. Y.
Yankee stage coaches are doing a
brisk business in Australia.
Yankees are going to build large
shoe factory in Savannah.
A great National American Bank is
to be established in London.
Deer were never SO plentiful in the
Virginia mountains as at present.
{ The Chinese Empire is now open to
its very center to all who may chose
10 visit it. -
An act Of reputation by che Legis-
lature is openly avowed and advocated
in some portions of Virginia.
Eight hundred soldiers died of
cholera in one ofthe Prussian hespit-
ais. urof anT Ho taH#o9ala
A Canadian Member of Parliament
is being court-martialed for cowardice.
st. Louis has in all sixty-one
cnurchesqrnRg ri ava a.Ef7F or
OgiIvie Byron Young, had fight
in Nashville Tuesday night with a
cannibalistic lawyer, who bit off half
of one of his ears.
The well-known actress, Sallie St.
Clair, Mrs. Charles NJ Barras, is said
TO be hopelessly i'll.
Mrs. Lincoln has secured rooms at
the Metropolitan Hotel, New York,
and will spend the winter in that city.
D. Mr.. j. M. Wehli, the pianist, is to
make another American tour this
winter. y 70 o' 3 ,,o ~ sH o.. !
Hon. George Alfred Caldwell, a
prominent citizen, and Democratic
politician Of louisville, died sudden
lyin Louisville yesterday, in the fifty
second year Of Of, his age - It Il
PARAGUAY seems to be gaining the
victory by her redoubtable pluck. She
has defeated the Braziians.. and their
allies, in repeated battles, and it is said
now.thatIpeace will be made on terms
acceptable to her. Inn + sii liz sdi j
las Ell, Nelms, of Philadelphia, chal-
lengesa any man IN America to- play
him a carofn game, of billiards, ! 800
points up, for 5000 a. side, half forfeit.
TheWooden shoes worn by peasants
of both sexes in Belgium are pur7
Flehased at from four to seven cents a
pair, and never wear Out.7i ~ sjEs ~ - !.
The Turkish Government has given
permission for the sale and distribu-
ton Of the books and publications Of
the American missionaries throughout
all. parts of the empire. .e''i'Hl - q 7''i
Peas, two hundred years old were
planted at Dulvertou, England, this
season, and are producing a fuxuriant
crop. Some of the pods are saven
1ncn1e ffs,f long sid 10 iaHopao Iiql
Tom Y Hughes, author of aai Tom
Brown at Rugby, is writing letters
from England to the New York
lsIrt6uae,ioidw ri a3nsmueqze 10 s2iless
The fourth edition Of DIR. Grayis
bt' Illustrated Catalogue of Postage
Stamps = has just been published in
Capt. David Hinkley, of North Liv-
ermcre, Me-, now one hundred and
| one years old, voted for Gen. Cham
berlain the other day Capt. Hink-
ley has voted at every Presidential
! election.
In Providence, Rhode Island, there
are four persons worth over 81 ,000,-
900, sixteen worth over $500, 900, one
hundred land ffty-nine worth more
than 100000, and three hundred and
twelve worth over $4,000. es5aIiN Z
The Topeka (Kaansatss) Record, says,
General Howard, Superintendent of
the freedmen s Bureau, has, been in
vited to assume the presidency of
Lincoln College, In, that place, and
has promised to favorably consider
| the matter. 4lszE ssil1iAt .s"a13l 5.iI 6
A few days ago Leander Davis, a
wealthy, and heretofore respected cit
izen of Sioux City, Iowa, became tired
of the society of his spouse, conveyed
half his property to her, and ran away
with an Unlocking servant girl, with a
damaged reputation STU aTdl4
Victor Emanuel has the largest
\ emerald in the world. It is six inch
es long, four broad and three thick.
Julius Ceser had one nearly as large,
which he vainly used to cure an eye
disease, from which he suffered.
There is a rumor afoat in Savannah
that Gen, John G. Breckenridge will
shortly return to this country, and
settle in Charleston.
7 JEFF Davis, according to the Rich
mond Enquirer, says that DR.. Ora
ven's timidity prevented him from
writing a truthful and accurate ac-
count of many conversations and cir
cumstances. e = a