The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-06-04

STATE IFEBTS,

The Journal says measures are on
foot to organize two independent mill
tary companies in Lafayette-artillery
and infantry.
The City Council of Fort Wayne
will be asked to subscribe 100000 to
the Grand Rapids Railroad, the mon
ey to be raised by taxation.
| Charles P. BaymilIer, late local ed
itor of the indianapolis Herald, died
On Thursday morning at Indianapolis,
IN the 45th year of his age. Mr. Bay
miller has been for many years CON
nected with the press of Indiana, at
Evansville, Lafayette, Madison and
Indianapolis. He was man of very
considerable ability. =
Hon. d. G. Bradshaw of Jefferson
County proposes to give an elegant
banner to the County of the Third
Congressional District that shall in
crease the Union vote for Hunter, over
that given for Mr.. Hill two years ago.
The Valparaiso Republic says that a.
new. enemy hassmade0its appearance
inAthat section, in the shape of black.
worm, which attacks the strawberry
plant. They increase very rapidly
and eat the tender part of the leaves
leaving the stems. RAE
The ticket ought to be badlydeA
feated. The Indiana Press of Green
castle is violently abusing the john
SON men of that County, who recently
met in convention, because theysdit
not repudiate the Union State ticket,
and sell themselves out to the Mills
gam Dodd, Perkins Copperhead Com
Tolerate Democracy The editor of
the Press will see much more tribuIa-
ton Of the same kind if he lives
while longer.
"A man named Roberts, from Tene
nessee, has just obtained verdict in
United States Circuit Court at Tndiz
annapolis, for As7,377 80 against one one
Falsom; a jeweler, doing business re-
Gently in GreencastleA Roberts had
lost thatsum of money and it had been
found bya negro and givento Fal-
som for safe keeping FaIsom appro-
priated the money. Hence the suit.
Daniel Kanoyer, who was stabbed
in New Albany on Saturday night,
18th ult., has since5died Of has wounds.
Gallagher, who did the stabbing, is in
jaik and waste have a preliminary
examination on Saturday. The coro-
ner's jury decided that it was jdsti-
fable homicide. z
PUTNAM.-On Saturday, the 18th, |
the Confederate Democracy of Put
nam County held@a primary election
for candidates to be voted for at the
October election, withthefollowing re-
suit: For aRepresentatives, Austin
Sanfl Golhver; for Treas
urer, w .zE. de Barnetts for Sheriff,
Green Burrows for Commissioner,
Allen; for Surveyor, Har-
rison NJ. Randall.
For CONGREss.-About one-half
the. townships Instructed in favor of
Judge Claypod as the candidate.
The Brigham Young neighbor-
hood went for James Hanna.
PARDoNED.-The Cincinnati Ga
zette announces that the President has
directed pardon to Arthur lei. Shell
don, convicted of mail robbery. 1t
will be remembered that young Shel-
don was an attache of the Laporte
Post Office, and broke open num-
Der of letters, for which offense he
was sentenced to the Penitentiary for
ten,years. At theiatime Iof his CON-
vletion he had been but lately mar
ried, and on account of his previous
good character, very general peti-
ton was made for his pardon. X
SUIdIDE.-A bricElayer of this city
named James Steadman committed
suicide this morning by. taking Iauda-
lum. He procured the laudahum
md took it at his boarding house, the
Hotel. Immediately after
the poison, he walked to-
heresidence of Mr.. A Buckingham,
IN Upper Oak Street, who is-his, un--
lie; and saying he was sick, lay down
lpon a,bed. He died between eleven
md twelve o'clock. He had been
drinking considerably of late, which,
I is supposed, led him to the commits,
zion ofJthe fatal act.--Neoe, ABqn2d
LEDGER
A printer at Anderson, in Madison
County. was robbed last Friday rfirht