The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-05-31
STATE ITEMS.

I w
found in the river, near Madison, last
week-not identified.
The mechanics of New Albany
have secured the use of the Fair
Grounds, for a grand Fourth of July
celebration. "
The Congressional Convention for
the third District was held at Column
bus yesterday The third District is
sound to the core.
Some sharpers swindled gentle
man of Fort Wayne out of $4OQ, on
Saturday, through the instrumentality
of the confidence game ~ b9e
VIM. B. Hall was convicted of
horse stealing, in the Allen County
Circuit Court last week, and sent to
the Penitentiary for six years. An.
other Copperhead vote lost.
The Madison Courier says a half
mile race was won by a horse called
Andy johnson, in Jefferson County,
in 81 seconds. The looser lost his.
horse and his money. ~ ID - S
A. Parkinson has been held to bail
in the sum of SAC, 900 for his appear
ance before the Jasper County Circuit
Court in September next, for the muir
der of s. Newton Guthridge, the Sc
ducer of his daughter.
Mrs. B. o. Carpenter died suddenly.
of apoplexy, in Cambridge City, on
Friday last. She was the widow of B.
o. Carpenter, formerly of Lafayette. IS
The Union men of Crawford Coun-
ty are wide awake, and have adopted.
as their motto None but the loyal
shall make laws for or administer.
them to old Crawford" and they are.
confident and sure of success this
4 Fall, now that Uncle Sans boys are
4 there to give them a lift. sg
/ A grand ovation was given on Sat.
4 .urday, by the Democracy of Bluffton,
TO the traitor and ex -penitentiary con
Wet, LIP. Milligan. Button, it will
be remembered, few days since, de-
feated Gen. Hascall for some office.
This ovation, to Milligan shows the
characteref the people ofthatdelecta-
BILE town
General Morton O. Hunter is urged
by the Bloomington CRepublicdn for
the nomination for Congress in the
Third District. Hon. s. HI. Buskirk
is spoken of as the Democratic candi-
date.
The grand billiard tournfaent that
was to come off at Fort Wayne has
been postponed until june 4th. This
game will be played for the champion
ship of Indiana, and solid silver cue
will be awarded to the victor Among
those who will be present are Phelan,
Carme, McDevitt, all Of New York,
Dion, of Montreal, and Phil. .Tieman.
On Saturday last the soldiers and
other Union men of Crawford County
held convention at Leavenworth to
select delegates to the grand mass
convention to be held on the 9th of
june. The meeting was very large
and enthusiastic. Addresses were
made by Hon, Frank Wilson and
Colonel A. J. HAWKE, an effective
and able speaker. ba.T glie 5di
The ex-soldiers from Lafayette who
served on board the ram Horner dur
ing the, wars, remind the editor Of
" Indiana's Roll of Honor" of his
duty to give the Hornsr and her brave
crew prominent place in the Sd
volume of that work. 20 He ought to
do 50. rr,,z,-
Two fires occurred in Madison, In
diana, early Sunday morning, both
supposed to be the work of an incen-
diary. The first burned five stables,
one of them containing five mules,
which were also burned. The other
fire Destroyed "a large cooper sshop
with all its contents. Two men have
been arrested on suspicion of being
the incendiaries Another man was
caught in the act of setting fire to q
stable and shot at, but made his es-
d cape.
The Lafayette Courier says Mr.. Per-