The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-07-18

geographical surveys In Fountain
County. --s-s--=7-~ ~--r
Major General J. ohm A. Logan will
probably attend the Union Mass Con
vention at New Albany, on the 18th
instant.
Two Fayette County soldiers have
died recently. Capt. Jesse Holton,
late of the 69th Regiment, and VIM,
Powell, late of the 18th. -AEtsisa U ~
A German named Charles Snyder,
a cart driver, of Madison, Ind, died
from sun-stroke on Friday last.
The Vigo County Convention meets
in Terre Haute, on the 4th of August,
to nominate county officers. r0r
"A mace young man in New Albany
determined, the other day, to go into
the : peeping" business by locating
himself under grating in the pave
ment. He was discovered, and a
bucket of cold water judiciously ap-
piled brought his speculations to a
sudden period. Such fellows should
have their eyes punched out with hair
pins.
Two men named G. D. Curtis alias
Sweeney, and H. Foster were, arrested
on board the Tarascon at New Alba
ny, on Sunday morning, at the ia
stance of Henry FL. Briggs, of Green
County, Indiana, who had been
robbed on the boat, on her way up the
river. The money was not found, but
sufficient evidence was elected upon
their examination to justify their de-
tentibn. 10 zl73as soag abzt
The Franklin Democrat says: g On
Friday night last some scoundrel or
scoundrels, whose names are unknown.
broke the swItch-l lock TO the Feader
Dam, and changed the track for the
ostensible object of throwing the
train off. Fortunately as the train
came up the engineer cautiously
checked his speed, and although the
engine was run off the track, no great
damage was done.
The Court House square at Terre
Haute has been invaded by an army
of grasshoppers, which have cleared
away the grass, and are in the trees
cutting the leaves, converting them
into lookouts and sentinel posts. The
Wabash Express suggests that the
City Council should detail a guard, |
and then call upon citizens to rally |
with their chickens, differed by few
turkey gobblers, and thinks Mr.
Grasshopper will have to surrender
Immediately and Internationally.
The preliminary examination of the
supposed murderers of Myer Ham.
before Mayor Laymon, closed on Fri
day. last. Three of the accused
namely, Campbell, Ham and Little,
were acquitted; Ingersoll admitted to
($2,OOO) bail, and Harrison sent to
jail to await hearing at the October
term Of the Circuit Court. Gra,o
fordSviILe Journal.
The wheat harvest is being brought
rapidly to a close in this county. The
farmers tell us, Though the crop is
short nearly one-half,) the grain can
not De, and never was excelled.-
Charlottesville Journal.
Eliza Wayland, the wife of an
ltenerant preacher, at Madison. was
arrested the other day on a charge of
cutting scallops" generally. She
threatened to poison all the cisterns
n the neighborhood, and sundry
'ther mad freaks. She was held to
bail in 800, and in default sent to
all, but was afterwards released on
condition of leaving the place.
How IT IS DoNE.-The following
card, from John Z. Woodruff, Rep {
'esentative, in the State Legislature,
% the Wabash Express, shows how
Johnson conventions are called:
TERRE HAUTE, July ii. 1866
am astonished at finding my name
appended to a call for Union State
Convention to be held Gu the 10Th
nst., at indianapolis, by those favor
ng JOhnson's restoration policy"
did not sign the call The use of
ny, name was unauthorized by me,
1nd deem the movement hostile to
he best interests of the country. =
JOHN E. WOODRUFF.
The indianapolis papers contain the
ollowing letter: .- t
OFFICE OF THE CROWN Hill. CEMETERY. a
INDIANAPOLIS, July 8, 1866. t
IGN. q. z. Morton, Coz. of Indiana: .
DIR ;-At meeting of the Board of C
Managers of Crown Hill Cemetery. a
leld this day, the following resolution u u
ReSot0ed, That the Crown Hill Gem