The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-05-12

Commissioner for the State to the
French Universal Exposition of 1857,
has furnished the journal, of that
city, with the following schedule Of
contributions desired from Indiana.
Any information desired can be OBJ
tanned by addressing Mr.. Wilstach at
that city;
II. Specimens of minerals and fos-
sils, classified and labeled, and accom-
panied with geological maps, in illus
tration of the geology of the State; this
department to include specimens of
building stone.
90. Specimens of the iron and coal
Of the State, classified and labeled,
and accompanied with maps, indi-
eating the locality from which each
specimen is derived.
"3 As far as may be practicable,
the botany of the State will be repre-
sented, This department to include
specimens of the Indigenous woods
for manufacturing and building pur-
poses.
f. Agricultural products-Indian
corn, fall and spring wheat, and other
grains, wool, native wines, sugars, &c.
IS. Publications by the Governor
and other State officers on emigration,
geology, benevolent institutions, pub
lie institutions, &c.
"6. Copies of every daily, weekly,
monthly, and quarterly publication is
sued in the State ST.
The Howard Tribune insinuates
that Chaplin, of the Peru Republican,
is about to be taken into the order of
St. Benedict. Chaplin is the possess
sor of one hundred dollar dog, and
the editor of the Tribune doubts
whether the proceeds of the Republi-
can Office will justify the luxury of
wife and dog at the same time
GRAND JURY.ZThe following is
list of the names of Grand Jurors,
empanneled for the present term of the
United States Circuit Court:
johnson Watts, Ripley county;
Thomas j. Brooks, Martin county;
B. 7. Reeves, Rush county; Luther
A. Darnall, Decatur county; Henry
III. Talbot, Decatur county; John
Beard, Montgomery county; Daniel
r. Brown, Hamilton county; Milton
Peden. Henry county; John Callahan,
Dearborn county; G. B. Oakley, Allen
county; John NJ. Kemper, Tippecanoe
county; George M. Hartman, Ohio
county; John Storr, Putnam county;
r. w. Wellman, Dubois county; Rob
ert Eaal, Tippecanoe county, j G.
Price, -. - 49,; Harmon L0ughlin,
--7-- Joseph Connor, - --.
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The trial of DR.. Newland for the muir
der Of Madison Evans, the seducer of
his daughter, was commenced in New
Albany on Tuesday. The attorneys
for the State and the defence, as pub
lIshed In the Journal of Yesterday,
appeared. Mr.. Brown, for the State,
said they were not ready to go to trial
without the evidence of Mrs. Evans,
who had recently been confined, and
could not be present The evidence
which the State claimed to be able to
prove by Mrs. Evans was finally sub
mitted to writing and admitted, when
the following jury was impannelled,
and accepted by both the State and
the defence: James G.. Shields, Tart
Crandell, John Jones, James Tabler,
EildS DurTlSS, JOSepn summers, 81 III,
Davis, Edward Utz, Michael Riley,
Samuel G. Miller, Adam MutzWiler-
Indianapolis Journal.
Among the witnesses examined was
Miss Newland, whose seduction by
Evans led to the homicide.
A highly exciting race was had,
few days ago, in Fort Wayne, after
prisoner named Fowler, who had
made an attempt to escape from the
officers, who were conveying him to
where his crime was COM
1i.dna a
The Indianapolis Journal, as we
were certain it would do, pronounces
the insinuation. of the Herald, that
proposed libel suit by one Apologize
had been settled by the Journal Com
pany paying IS, 900, a base falsehood,
a conclusion we came to when we read
the Herald IS article. oa