The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-10-30
STATE NEWS.


Oats are selling for twenty Ave cents
per bushel in Northern Indiana.
A great robbery of Government
bonds and some money, was made at
CFothersville, in Bartholomew Coun-
ty. on Thursday night last. The suf'
ferer in a merchant OF that place,
whose store was broken into and the
bonds taken from it,
The editor of the Vernon Banner
has been presented with cabbage
weighing 33a pounds.
The treasury of Hendricks County
was robbed of 5000 last Saturday
night. The money belonged TO the
County Agricultural Association.
MULEs.-OVer three hundred mules
we're shipped South last night on the
Louisville and Indiana. These were
the largest and finest mules we have
seen shipped from Portland, and will
bring not less than 1916 to $500 each
In the New Orleans market. They
are just the animals now wanted in
that market.-Ne,o Albany Ledger.
STABBTaa AFFRAY.-A youth named
Hoffman was arrested yesterday for
stabbing man named John I'm
bach. liz seems that Umbach was en-
gagged in an alteration with young
Hofimans mother when he was
stabbed. The wound was inflicted in
the side by butcher knife, and will
probably prove fatal. Hoffman was
taken before Esquire Richie and held
to bail in the sum OF one thousand
dollars to appear ON Wednesday
next.-Modison Press.
A large business firm in Terre
Haute ID reported insolvent.
APPLES. The apple crop this sea
son il the finest that has been raised
for number ofyears, the apples being
large, perfect and well favored. They
are now plenty in market and cheap,
ranging in price from fifty cents TO one
dollar per bushel, from wagons. The
best quality, carefully picked for win
ter keeping, may be had at dollar
1erve Haute Enpress.
Among the prisoners in jail at Terre
Hante, Is boy only thirteen years
old, confined on the trivial charge of |
stealing old iron. If not released on
bail of one hundred dollars, he must |
remain there till next March.
The great hurricane of Sunday night |
last did considerable damage through |
out Sullivan County.
A jewelry store in the town of Sui
livan was robbed of several valuables
last Monday night.
A strolling band of Gipseys is an
noying the good people of Terre
Haute.
Shingles, fragments of weather
boarding, etc, are plentifully scat
tered through various portions of
Shelby County, supposed to have been
brought by the whirlwind that passed
over and demolished Franklin on the
9th of this month. Large quantities
Of this debris are found at least
twenty miles, in an air line, from
Franklin.
A horse attached to a buggy, and
belonging to Mr. Norman, of the New
Albany Ledger, took fright and ran
away on Friday morning, the Goth,
Dyeerturning and smashing the buggy
md severely injuring the driver. A
ady IN the buggy escaped unhurt.
The M. Il. Church of Warsaw il
erecting fine house of worship. the
'ost OF which will probably be $4,000.
The Jews of Lafayette are taking
teps TO erect synagogue.
A new iron bridge, of forty feet
pan, is to be erected across Fall
Branch at Williamsport, Warren
jounty.
A barn on the farm of widow Stake
'ake, near Winchester, was burned
~. Sunday night, the 21st, together
Nth quantity of grain, hay, and flax.
. was supposed TO BIO the work of an
ncendiary.
On Saturday night, the 10th instant
he residence of Mr.. James II. Sal
er, about two miles south of Craw- {
ordsyille, was entered by thieves. q
rho succeeded in stealing some thir.
Y dollars from him. The same night
hey entered the houses of Mr.. 7 n :
colt and Mr.. William Durham in
he same neighborhood, but were not
D successful.
A burglar, named j. b. Boyer. en-
cred the apartment of Mr.. Glass. at
he Rockville House at Rockville on
nnday night, the 21st, and stole n
ocket book containing about forty
ollars. In making his retreat he en-
onntered three citizens, who after a
esperate struggle succeeded in cap
arlng hun. In default of $1,000 bail
g was locked up.
An Irish laborer on the White s
! ater Valley railroad, was run over
y construction train last week, and
"u MS arm badly crushed.
i, -Four prisoners broke out of the
ba a County Jail, by boring through
nc MOOR and digging under the walls