The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-04-20
STATE ITEMS.

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Felix Vincent, the popular come
dian, is in Indianapolis.
Seven of the Trustees, recently
elect ed in Lagrange county, are Re-
publ cans. sa nf3lfl 8,fs e,a
John Caldwell, of Vincennes, has
been elected Presidentof the Wabash
Navigation Company
A wild animal, supposed to be
panther. has been shocking the nerves
of the good people Of Williamsport,
lately. bm
The Northern Indianiqn advertises
to take Horoscopes and Jackotypes
as we'll in cloudy as in clear weather.
Two boys caught 227 fish by hook
and line, in the North Madison
Pond few days ago, in the short
space of four hours.
The Indianapolis Journal, Of last
Wednesday, pays the following just
and well deserved compliment to our
distinguished citizen, Lieut..
Gov. Baker:
One of the fiat boats that left Terre
Haute during the rise in the river,
was sunk about twenty miles below
the city
The Fort Wayne Gazette is ashamed
to say that large number of the citi-
Gems of that place went to Hunting
ton to meet the martyr Millgan
upon his arrival home.
The first public act of Gov. Morton
on resuming the duties of his Office,
was to issue proclamation that the
laws passed by the last Legislature
are now in force, certificates having
been received from the Clerks of the
several Circuit Courts, of the fling of
the Statutes in their several Offices.
!. EIGHT HoURs.-The City Council
of Indianapolis, Monday night, in
structed the Committee on Revision of
Ordinances, to report an ordinance
making eight hours legal days work
for its employees.
Several of our citizens who are fruit
growers inform us that the most of
the peach buds in and about Madison
are all right, and we have the crafty
ing assurance that, after all, the pros
poets are good for fair crop of this
delicious fruit Madison, Courier.
The New Albany Ledger under
stands that another. large new wooden
4 mill is to be erected in that city this
year by number of wealthy citizens,
which will employ 200 or 300 hands.
The last issue Of the MartinsvilIe
Gazette says that Morgan county has
at last surrendered herself to the
pigeon family, after a contention of
several weeks on the part of the citi-
zens. h si.a
The editor Of the Madison Courie,.
saw in the streets of that city: the
other day, a span of oxen regularly
harnessed Ike horses. and driven by
a damsel of twenty summers-and of
Teutonic descent.
1t has been fortunate for the State that's
during the constrained absence of Cover
a. TjeUte e, Governor Baker to perform
~ the duties of his Office His administration
has been such as to extort praise from his
dial approval of his friends. He has proved
= himself in the high Office to which he was
temporarily Called as he has in all Others
he has filled, fully competent to discharge
its responsibilities, and possessed of all the
Qualities that constitute q faithful and able
a officer.
The 128th Regiment, the last in
the service from Indiana, was
expected in indianapolis on Wednes-
day, from North Carolina Among its
members are some boys from this city
The Democracy of Wabash county
have nominated DR.. E. B. Thomas
for Representative, w. p. Stone fo1
Treasurer, Robert X. Terrence fol
Sheriff, David Dougherty for County
Commissioner, and David Squires fol-
County Surveyor.
The Lafayette JOURNAL reports that
the Wabash and Erie Canal is about
= to become defunct institution. The
late floods have so much damaged it
that it is thought it will have to be
81 abandoned altogether from Logans
port southwark. The expenditures
for. repairs and salaries from April l
1859, to january 1, 1865, were $416,.
SIT AZ. The receipts during thai
time were 1915, 283 81, making loss
ni of $50, 293 56. w
The Presbyterians in South Bend
have recently completed new and
beautiful church edifce. 1t is in the
I. Roman style of architecture. The
main audience room is IS by 40 witt
y tower in front Is feet square and /
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