The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-11-22
rsyILE DAILY JOURNAL. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER ~ 1865

1t is fur wiser to get well out OF me
scrape into which the country has
been precipitated by our present Ex-
ecutiYe before we perplex our brains
as TO whoishall take his place. g 2
Yesterday morning, as per am
noupc6ment, the Herald Office was
offered for sale TO satisfyan execution
Your correspondent dropped in TO see
what estimate the leading Democrats
of the State placed upon their State
organ. The circulation of the daily
Herald may be imagined by the fact
that, preceding the sale, the auction
Ger announced that whoever pur-
chased the Office entire would be ex-
pected to furnish papers TO all sub
scribers who bad paid in advance.
The number who bad thus paid in adj
vance on the daily was one hundred
and eiohteenf Truly heavy mail
list for the State organ of a
great party. The assignees were very
liberal at the morning sale. They
called for bids, but reserved the right
to postpone the sale, at the same time
giving bidders the privilege lof with
drawing their bids. This was not
calculated to make sale, and after
receiving an offer Of $4,000, the bid
ding was postponed until the after
noon, when the office was disposed
to LAFE DEvELIN of Cambridge
City, for $25 $50 fully as much, we
guess, as the establishment is worth.
While the Democratic State paper is
thus sold out under the hammer, il is
gratifying to know that the leading
Republican organ is prosperous and
growing. The new building for the
indianapolis Journal viii be, when
completed, one Of the best arranged
and most commodious for printing
Office in the w est The front build.
ing is FIVE stories high, and every con-
venience for facilitating the work
provided When we regard the mag
nifcent and costly character Of the
new edifice, we are not surprised to
learn that one of its owners is soon to
lead to the bymeneal altar the dapgh-
Ter Of some distinguished New York
millionaire One is naturally the
supplement Of the other, '' 'saa .
The Grand Lodge Of Odd Fellows
and the Grand Division Of Sons Of
Temperance are both in session in
the city The Grand Lodge is largely
attended, and its proceedings, we are
informed, are unusually interesting.
A great many new Representatives
have come up at the present commu-
nication, ais many as one hundred, we
believe, being initiated This speaks
well for the prosperity of the Order.
We know but little Of the prospers
ity of the Sons Of Temperance. We
trust, however, the members will see
the wisdom of not burdening the next
Legislature with illrdigested schemes
for legislating the evil against which
the Order is warning, out of the State.
We have had many such attempts and
all have proved failures.
Notwithstanding the crowd in the
city the hotels seem to be equal to
the emergency. The Sherman House
in particular has exerted itself to
accommodate iall who man
ifest aG desire to stop there
d work Of no ordinary magnitude
Major MACK OHR, quiet and ener-
getic, always at his post and continu-
ally pleasant, seems to be able TO-
honor every draft upon his patience
and resources Colonel BURGESS, the
proprietor, genial and jovial, has
smile of welcome for all. Most Of the
Evansyilliaps are stopping at !. the
Sherman. goqu aard q +, M, II