The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-21

ing pushed forward with energy.
I The work on the wharf is also pro-
crossing with considerable rapidity.
The second section was about COM
pleted, and preparations were com
menced, yesterday, for the third to
bextend to the waters edge. IF the
river continues to fall it will be great
ly in, favor of the work, and VIII soon
be down to low water s s
| Now that the river is getting low,
I'VE hope to see. the Locust Street and
| the Sycamore, Street sewers pushed
| on down to the waters edge. Some
delay has been experienced, for want
of proper stone for the stone work at
the lower end of the sewers, but we
hope this difficulty will soon be over
come.
RECORDER COURT. = Only one
case of Importance occupied the at
tention Of the Recorder yesterday up
to the hour of our visit to his Office.
Joseph Rough, who, from report of his
Operations appears to be rather
rough customer, was presented as
having been drunk, noisy, and disor-
derby for three days up to Saturday
evening. 1t appears that Joseph was
very boisterous, making as much
noise, as one witness testified, as any
other four men could make, charging
all his neighbors with stealing and
robbing, and wanting to fight Philip
Klein, who subsequently arrested and
took him before His Honor, the Re-
corder; but the prisoner was SO be-
fuddled that he was ordered to be
sent over to Castle Darling, until he
would grow sober. Yesterday he had
a hearing. He said he had been
working ON the street, and he had
taken few Isehnapps, but was not
guilty of being drunk or disorderly.
He brought Judge Law in to manage
his case for him, but the testimony
E z ss.t
was too Strong, and Joseph had to
shell out 80 80 in shape of fine and
condiments
Jonathan Newman was charged
with neglecting to abate nuisance,
but the evidence was not sufficient to
convince the Recorder, and he babe
him depart without day.
The morals ofour city are creditable
to the citizens, but excrueiating
to rowing local editors. isa ~
| + SINGULAR FREAK OF. A. DRUNKEN
MAN-On Saturday night a woman
/ living near the gas works, whose hus-
band was. absent from home, was
awakened in the night by'some one
trying to enter the house. The lady
slipped out at the door, and Fastening
shto theGgas works, gave information of
what was going on, and some of the men
1 went to her house and caught the man
! in it. He had entered by window,
land his watch dropping from his
pocket alarmed the lady. The man
plead that he was drunk, and mistook
the house, and was let of. 1t is
rather remarkable that the same man
made similar mistake a few weeks
ago, but on that occasion he ran off
bWe think a man subject to such
4 freaks should be cared for by the
civil authorities. He might be led, in
one of bis strange freaks, to carry of
property not his own, if he did nc
4 further mischief. z e.. - -
d, ! DRUNK OR CRAZY. IA man made
his appearance on Main Street yester
day, almost in a state of nudity and
laboring under intense excitement
1t appears that he had torn off all his
4 clothes on Eighth Street, leaving
nothing on but his pantaloons. He
Z declared that he had been robbed, and
an attempt had been made to murder
him on Eighth Street Frank Morris
and others took charge of him and
had him put into Jail, to await further
II developments as to whether he is
crazy or only drunk. He made great
noise. crying murder, murder, and, at
/ tracted a crowd Of some two hundred
! people into the streets. He was strong
, and athletic. and it was with difficulty
that five men managed him in con-
. veying him to JAIL
CHOLERA AT UNIoNTowN. = We
) learn from a gentleman, who was a
passenger by the Palestine yesterday
! morning and who Is rnliahln n,,