The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-07-13
STATE ITEMS.

Hull OCnuyl0I OOlldA was AOH
mated for Congress in the 9th district
by reclamation on Tuesday.
The State Teachers Institute will
meet at Peru on the 23d instant, and
will continue three weeks.
A disgraceful bagnio that has long
been nuisance in New Albany, has
been broken up. A similar work
might be executed in many cities of
Indiana.
A son of Mr. Smell, living in Car
rolton Township, LaPorte. County,
was kicked to death by horse while
passing through pasture on his way
to work one day last week.
The Indianapolis Herald says that
when you lie, lie like the devil.
The practice of the Herald is wick
eddy consistent with its preaching in
this respect.
It is said the machine-shops of the
indianapolis and Lafayette Railroad
at Lafayette viii be closed, and the
work transferred to Cincinnati By
this arrangement Lafayette, it is esti-
mated, will lose from $4,000 to
100000 per annum Lafayette has
a remedy in her own hands.
/ The Indiana Freedmen's Aid Com
mission has closed its labors. During
its labors it has raised about forty
thousand dollars for the use of the
needy freedmen.
( STEAMER.-An enterprising citizen
of KendallVille has put a little steam
er on Bixler Lake, sheet of water
near that place. 1t is called the
Flying Dutehman'' and will hold
about fifty passengers. 1t is doing
good service; earned about one hun
dred dollarson the 18th of July.
There is much oil excitement pre-
vailing in Huntertown, Allen County.
Machinery for boring has been pro-
cured, aud companies formed, while
visions of immense fortunes fit be-
fore the eyes of those holding shares.
There is a great deal of sickness in
New Albany, at present, principally
diseases of the bowels, with a ten
dency to fevers of various types. Sup
posed to be the result of too free'a use
of green fruits and vegetables.
We are informed bv a friend that
Solomon Froman was the first child
born in Jefferson County The in
teresting event occurred on Ryker's
Ridge, in Che year 1905. Mr.. Froman
now lives in Cotton township, Switzer-
land 'County.-MddiSo1o Courier.
A man in New Albany, the other
day, procured five cents worth of ar
senic at drug store, as he said, to
kill rats. He made an attempt, how
ever to Swallow it himself. The
Ledger says too much bad whisky
allied him. That is what ails New
Albany all the time
JOHNSON STATE CONVENTION. =
There are forty-nine signers to the
call for the johnson State Conven-
ton to meet on the 10Th, representing
seven counties and the District of
Columbia. Of these the county of
Wayne furnishes thirty-three, Marion
seUen, Vigo foso', and the counties OF
Delaware, Madison, Randolph, and
Allen each one. David S. Gooding,
Marshal of the District. of Columbia,
and "Chief Equestrian Director for
President johnson in this State,
makes the odd one, signing without
local habitation." What an i'm
m g affair it is likely to be-
At railroad meeting held in Mad
ison, on Monday night, it was resolved
that the early completion of rail
road from Cincinnati to Louisville
through Madison, IS Of vital import
ance to the interests of Madison and
an absolute necessity; that the city Of
Madison should subscribe 5000, OOO
towards building the road. A reso-
luton making the subscription con-
ditional, on the perpetual location Of
the offices and work shops of the
road in Madison, was rejected.
The candidates now before the peo-
pie of the 10th district for Congress
are, the present member, Hon Joseph
FL. Defrees, of Elkhart County, Judge
W. NJ. Clapp, of Noble County. and
Colonel B. W Oakley, of Allen
County, Col. Charles Case is also sug-
gested by his friends in various por-
tons of the district, but telegram
purporting to be from him says that