The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-10-13

not hurt himself much.
On Tuesday large chimney, erect
ed for factory IN Mllbury, hun,
dred aud iiftyteet high, was completed,
and the W0rkmen employed on it,
twenty five in number, celebrated the
occasion by an oyster supper on its
summit. The very next day the
chimney fell down, like the $50 900
bricks which composed it. One man
only was hurt. af + e4to,
Garabaldi has issued circular stat
ing that he has run ia debt to the
amount Of some $2l 900 on updertak,
ing his expedition for the liberation
Of Italy, and says that though the
persons TO whom he is indebted do
not press their demands, they never
theless will be greatly troubled by
their non payment. lie therefore APP
peals to the public for the amount, to
the disgrace Of the Italian Govern
ment, which ought to assume the pal
try debt,
The great slumbering volcano, Po-
pOcatapel, has recently been explored
by a party which reports the crater
accessible. Millions Of tons Of sud
phur are lying in there, and in many
places ia q pure state. Ii can be car
ried to the summit Of the volcano,
and from thence to the base Of that
externally snOW1erowed mountain, at
an expense Of only 90 cents the hun
dred pounds. The value of 100
pounds in Mexico is SO The crater
is big enough to hold several cities.
but it Is not probable that any viii be
built there at present. ram
Mr.. Walter, principal proprietor of
the London 1imes and NJ y. for
Berks, arrived in New York a fort
night since and has gone on a, brief
visit to Canada. He will spend but ten
or twelve weeks in this country, which
he visits now for the first time. He
il accompanied by his son. Mr. Wal
ter's grandfather, was the original
founder Of the Times. though it won
its marked pre-eminence in Journalism
under the enterprisihg aud able man
agement Of his father, who died some
twenty years ago, qal4 ah ST.
A young lady riding in car on the
Susquehana Railroad, was suddenly
assaulted very violently the other day,
by an old lady in the seat behind her,
who tore the waterfall" from the
young ladyls head, threw il on the
floor, and commenced stamping on ID.
The young lady was at first disposed
TO resist this treatment, but ii was soon
explained 10 her, that her waterfall
was on fire when the old lady seized
i. She was sitting by the open win,
dow, and spark from the locomotive
had II GIFTED in her back hair, aud would
have burned ID up had not assistance
been thus promptly rendered 1oi oiaf
The Norfolk Virginian vouches for
the story that bricklAyer, employed
on q house building on the corner Of
Freemason and Church streets, lost his
balance, and, falling height OF three
stories, was caught in the arms of a
brother workman, who happened 10
look mp and saw him coming. Neither
was injured, though the falling man
was Of heavy frame, and the other was
a much smaller man. '..,' ~.
From twelve 10 fifteen hundred per-
sons assembled at Orleans, New York,
on Tuesday, TO witness the long-ex-
peeted jumping match for 81 900 be-
tween Bob Way, Of that place, and |
Norman Bortle, Of birmingham, On,
tario County, New York. The con-
testants entered the ring at two
Q clock, and the hour was consumed
in making less than half dozen
jumps: Bortle apparently exerted |
himself greatly in reaching twelve
teet five inches distance, which Way
failed to cover by about three inches.
At the expiration of the limited time, |
Bortle was declared the winner of
the match. Something like $4,000 |
changed hands on this occasion.
81 Old Abe,Hn the Wisconsin eagle,
has beeninvited to attend the Paris
Exposition, but I the distance il
Thought too great. He will attend
the dedication Of the Soldiers Monu-
ment at Peoria, on the 18th inst. slo.
Large orders for grain have been
sent M tba Ifnifad Gfataa from E.anoa