The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-07-24
STATE ITEMS.
The inmates of the Fort Wayne
County jail number eighteen:

The inmates Of the Fort Wayne
County Jail number eighteen:
The crops in Hendricks County are
reported as mostpremising. y $50 ?
There is a lady in Clay County who,
atthe age of nineteen, has given birth
to i've children ~ ~
The enumeration of Cass County
shows 1884 white males over the age
OF tEentyrone. O E4 =. X
The number of white male inhabit-
ants over twenty-one years of age, IN
the county of Whitley, is 29O7; p 42T
|. 81 The Whole number Of white male
| inhabitants in Wayne County, over
the age of twenty one years, Is 7,69O.
On Monday last tree on the com
mons, near Eincennes, was struck by
/ lightning, and a cow killed about
twenty feet from it.
The Base Bali clubs ii the north
ern parts of the State are enjoying
themselves at playing match games.
Among the splendid ball players
in this city we think Base Ball
Nine might be selected which
could beat any thing in the State.
A petition is circulating in South
Bend, for such an amendment to the
StateaConstitution as shall permit the
people, when they see fit, to levy a tax
sufficient to maintain free schools. "
The number of white male citizens
over the =age of ,twenty-one years, in
Whitley County, is put down at two
+ thousand three hundred and seven7l-
D. g. Godbie, of Salt Lake, a part
ner o.. Brigham Young, a man having
| five wives and thirteen children, has
had a, fine $1,000, coach a splendid
buggy, and two nice 'sleighs. rnanufac1
tured IN South Bend. He intends
that his whole family shall ride. 80 y
DIsApPEARING.-The south wall Of
the U6ion depot is rapidly being torn
down 4and replaced by iron pillars.
AT each end about 20 feet will be left
standing as a support Inltwo weeks,
| if the$weather permits, the wall will
! be removed and the depot enlarged.
Indianapolis Herald. - - -,
The-number of white male citizens,
in Henry County, above the age of
twentyrone years, is, by the recent
census, sshown to be four thousand
! seven hundred and nineteen. a2t
Mr.. George Brock informs us that
there is one hundred and eighty acres
of corn. on the Cromwell place, in Eel
river bottom, that for beauty and
/ promise of prolific crop, was neFerex-
celled. 1t is said to be the prettiest
piece of corn on the river.-Aurord
BoredLiS. ,1t''ss 3li4.tr n
Nathan Stanley has shown us. a piece
of ore, supposed to be copper, dug out
4 ola, hill on his farm where they were
working the road. 1t is very nearly
pure. We should think it would pay
to examine that hill more closely
Hendricks County Union. 1JaH bHa +.
4 A. young wretch, named IRVEN
CRoING, recently married a,young CIR
at indianapolis, got possession of two
hundred dollars given her by her gray
haired father, and then deliberately
abandoned her. His whereabouts re-
mains unknown to his deceived anc
sorrowful wife. atia VS. Fl - tat /.
The indianapolis Herald says Mr.
Scantlin, of Evansville, was set upoi
by some shoulder hitters at the Union
meeting on Wednesday evening last
and severely maltreated, all for pro
, posing three cheers, for Presiden
u johnson. Always go away from
home for news! ,gYg Ygu2ggIq
John Purdue has announced him
self as an Independent candidate fo
Congress in the Eighth District AH,
has Recently purchased the Lafayett,
Journal, in which to advocate his owl
oIa;ms sTB8H 5H'Y~ AAsA Tat
"A"AAA0 -Ro5 9hI-.4 "a = 81 1ssP t4ff
VII The County Commissioners of Rusl
County have appropriated $4,000 t
complete three railroads runnin
through that county, viz: The juno
ton Road, the Fort Wayne an
II Southern, and the Lake Erie an
Pacific. The completion Of thes
8 roads will make Rush a railroa
county. tvY r19aoa
j The wheat crop of the present sea
son, in Fayette County, is the best W
have had for;at least two years. TIL
II yield is not as heavy, probably, as las
year, but the quality is much bette better