The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-06-22

cnaIlenged the DnerlH OF lappIcan0e
County, to a squirrel shooting match.
The challenge has been accepted.
A child fell into a priEy vault in
Lafayette few days ago, and was
rescued by a noble German, who came
nigh losing his own life in the noble
act.
Three horse thieves were arrested
at Charlottesville, the other day, and
on examination, one of them proved
to be woman. rv
Another dirty dog, in the shape Of
a man, was caught peeping" at La.
fayette the other day, and chased by
the incensed citizens, but managed to
make his escape.
The people Of Lafayette are still
hunting for. Carpenter, who has dis
appeared since last Monday a week.
No trace of him has yet been found
Miss Carpenter, whoobtaineda YER
duct 0f ~ ,O00 against the CLARK Bros
for defect In the sidewalk By which
she was Injured, is a daughter Of tha
missing man
The safe of Esquire AadreHs Of
Northington. Green County. IA abioh
himself and naighhors mad SD 300
deposited, Fas robbed of its contents
on Sunday night last The burglars
first stole the key of the safe from his
pocket in his bed room. 4sa
Mr.. Sprant, farmer of Knox
County, was swindled out of $500 by |
q set of sharpers in Terre Haute, on
Saturday last He sought redress at
the Mayors Office, but before the
necessary papers could be made out
the scoundrels had fed to Illinois. 1
The leader Of the gang calls himself |
Yankee Dan.
! John Haney, Esq, returned Satur-
day from trip the canal. He in
forms us the prospects of opening the
ditch are not exceedingly fiattering at /
present, but tn. gentlemen interested |
are determined to put the canal in
navigable order, although it win take
hard work Wabash E.rpress. /
Mr.. Gorham, having lost his bet on
pigeon shooting, went out last week
and caught his frogs like a man. He |
now proposes to make wager upon
frog catching. He proposes to catch
one hundred day, with man on his
back. Mr., Gorham is a versatile ge-
MUS. He is no less fr0gist than
shootist, and is equally at home at the
trigger or frog trident-fn Indianapolis
Journal fit8 s7ht8e
BRIDGE BURNED.-A bridge six
miles South of Greensburg, on the +.
K G. r.. R., burned Friday night, de
laying the trains several hours.
Among those who made twelve cen
ter shots at the National Rife Club
Association at Chicago on Saturday,
we're the following Indianians: Gott-
lieb Gorni, of Tell City; Gustav Zus-
schmidt, of New Albany, and C.
Weinberg, of Tell City Forni made
center shots, and won the
gold medal Good for Indiana and
Tell City, a.
The money drawer of Elliott &
Bloomer, in Richmond, was robbed,
IN Thursday last, of $500 in money.
Several young men of the city are sus-
'ected of having committed the rob-
,ery. @ &
Wesquote from the Evansville Jour
.GL, ~ ~ r..4l
a number of persons were poisoned
n Madison, on Sunday, by partaking
IT cake in which arsenic had been
mixed by mistake for cream of tartar.
al were made sick, but none died.
But for your enterprise, Journal,
Dur citizens would not have known
hat this thing happened here. Nod
SON Courier.
We found the statement in Madi-
on paper, but the story is very likely
o be untrue.
A new born babe, its throat having
leen cut, was found in house in the
southwest part of Charlottesville, on
Wednesday morning.
SUDDEN DEATH Mr.. Charles III.
fritfy, much respected citizen of
his city, died quite suddenly yester-
lay from apoplexy. He survived the
lttack but six hours-Neag Albany
Ledger.
We learn that Mrs. G.. N. Jerauld,
# this place, was robbed the fore part
If the present week, of a gold watch
md silver coin to the value of three
hundred dollars, by smoked Amer
IAN in her employ, The "culled
,uss left for parts unknown. - Prince