The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-11-13
STATE ITEMS.

n rOlllug-nlll II 10 DC cTecteu at
Greencastle.
The directors of the Southern State
Prison have appliedto the State Off
GERS for advances to enable them to
rebuild the burnt portion of that in
stitution.
The Grand Division of the Sons of
Temperance has adjourned. hs4e,
n ThefolIowing officers were re-elect-
ed: G.. w. p, w. Ii. MeCurdy, Of
Indianapolis; G. w. A., G. Il. Scar
let, of Lafayette; G.. t., j. B. Abbott,
of Indianapolis G. c., r. Il. Brown,
of indianapolis; G. O., j. W. Vance,
of Lawrenceburgi G. s., j. s. Van
orsdel, of Indianapolis.
1t was resolved TO establish Divis-
ions among the colored people when
ever it could be done. l.aH
The Indianapolis Herald com
| plains that compromising felonies has
become quito too common practice,
! and adds Els ~ ia,mdai
Even our own city is not devoid Of
its instances Of this character and we
now hear it whispered that celebra-
tod forger, over whose arrestiso much
glorification was exhibited some time
since, is likely to step through the
compound" door 10 liberty, and be
again turned loose to prey upon the
community he may select as the scene
OF his future operations. *
STOPPED HER-The little son Of a
gentleman residing near Lafayette was
the other day.especially charged with
the work of preventing favorite old
hen from setting upon a fat nest Of
eggs. The little fellow tried mum.
Der of remedies, all of which unfor-
tunately failed; so, bethinking him.
self moment, he rushed to the house
procured match, and set the straw
under the old hen on fire. The con-
sequence was that the hen stopped
setting, but at the same time the hen.
house was burned to the ground, and
the Young America had narrow es-
bcape from being smothered in the
smoke. The stable and other build.
ings connected with his fathers resi-
dence also came, within, an ace Of
being destroyed. The remedy was q
good one, but rather expensive. Bet
ter let the hens set, Il oua
The jury, in the case Of Parkinson
who was tried, last week, at Lafayette
for killing Guthridge, (the seducerD
his daughter) returned verdict o
acquittal. The defense relied ON tn,
plea of insanity.
2 1tseeIhs to be an easy matter to con
vince jury, that man is not legal,
responsible for taking the life o
a tbeldestroyeE of his daughter. Thi
is not the first case of the kind which
has occurred in our State within /
few months, The Madison Courie
gives the following account of tn
scene in Court, on the rendition Of oh,
|, verdict; .,..,,,
! = The 'pent-up feelings of the audienc
and the bar broke out in irrepressibl
applause. Mr.. Parkinson, no longe
; 1.-The prisoner no longer the &C
\ cused, y was deeply affected. He SHOOT
hands with the jury, his relatives, ant
. his devoted attorneys. His voice wa
J, tremul0us with, and the merry
. Gus energy which has sustained him Il
I the terrible ordeal of the past tw
weeks, broke down, and he sank OK
u hausted into the arms of his friends
lie was carried to bed in the jallor'
Q mouse. DIR. O'Ferrall was called IL
$ ana this afternoon he is in a precarI
. GUS condition, mentally and physically
e Our Kind hearted friend Griffin, 0
! the Welcomes Gazette, bewails1t til
!. cruelty Of parents il that city
= dolIng byraoahon the other day W
i, hlfe me- g. terrible juvenile outcry @
Weeping wedllnga Ne, on the part of
4" little boy OF ten years, and Enashin
81 of teeth. and eQrsing on the. naYs of
III cFueb pareRtw no was sbeIa hor;noo \ |,
little fellow, with a large strab. n 70
J, minded us of the days of slayerrv1 4 i
whipping post and the brutality whioi
was allowed in the olden time w