The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-10-09
STATE ITEMS.

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Nor MDRDaRED, The Atti0a Led
ger c0rreets the report that Mr.. vii
liam Cessna an extensive farmer anf
cattle broker, formerly Of Warren
County, and now living In Illinois
has been murdered In that State, IL
was some other man.
The. corn In DeKalb County has
been 20 badly damaged by frost thai
the farmers say half crop will mol
BIO realised, One gentleman writes
The fact ia the corn Ii not out OF the
milk yet, and the leaves aud stalks
are killed.
Theodore Allen has mysteriously
disappeared from Bowling Green,
Clay County, and All he bad seven
hundred dollars, some believe he
was murdered but as he was much
involved in debt, others think he
has only "out stick = on his cred
itora,
Henry Roth, well TODD German
Of sibleyiown, Vigo County, on Fri
day night, IN his own store, put pis-
t0l into bis mouth, pulled tho trigger,
aud blew the top Of his head off, lie
was a peadehble, respected, and
healthy man, with plenty Of wealth !,
aud why he blew off his head nobody
knows.
Col, q. M. Allen spoke 10 crowded
house At Green's Hall on Wednesday
night last, Ills speech was listened
10 with deep interest and received
with gfeat applause. The Colonel
u sure Of success on Tuesday next
Viaeeaies Times.
Hon l., q DEBRULEn had fonA-
Ing turn out last night al Green's Hall.
lie made an able apdltelling speech.
Union men do your duty up to the
last hour, and DeBruler will repre-.
sent this District In the next Con
gress ~ Plncfanea 4ipiea. ,.I
DfaHNd ron GoLD.-seyeraI men
from illinois have leased the right 10
dig for precious metals on the Cab
bard farm, west of town, aud are daly.
ing away IN earnest. WE understand
that tney arc digging for gold and
silver treating with the contempt
they deaeFYa all basef metals, such al
lead, IRON, copper, etc The first NUM-
Dor Of the Daiy Bedtfgd Lad4penffeu
will hN issued Immediately after the
success Of those treasure hunters Il
established beyond a doubt, Bedfogd
hdependenh 1904 raru
WE'LL TAKE TnAT @1000.--Briok
Pomeroy denles eounaelihg the assah
eination Of Mr., Lincoln, and declares
he will give $1,000 in gold toany man
who can show ia hIa paper any az
preston Of tho kind. Brick IL smart
enough 10 knnw the damaging effect
OF suoh language, and now attempts 10
get out Of u in that way, thinking his
files for 1864 cannot be had, or that
nobody will take tho trouble to hunt
them up, III Mr. Brick will turn 10
his paper Of August Goth, 1864, no will
find the identical Language attributed Ia
him and he III charged with uttefing.
piaeenaes f,ales,
ATTEMPTED ESCAPE. 4- A bold
strike for liberty was made yesterday
morning by some of the prisoners con
lined IN our county jail, Between six
and seven o clock, M Is his usual Gus.
tom, Mr. Martin Rhoads, the iaiof.
proceeded to open the cells aud let |
the prihoners out into the hall, leay-
ing one Of the watchmen standing at
the door, which was closed The cells /
laflhest from the door, commencing
AZ the south end Of tho iail, were /
opened III g. Mr. thoada had com
pleted hiH duty, aud was Just on the
point Of going through the door into
The waah room, when two Of the
named Clark and Taylor,
caught him and attempted to pull him
back into the hall, at the same time
andeayoring to pull tho door omen
Mr., khouda arm was caught between
Ihe edEe Of the door aud the oaaine
but he braeed himself, aud with the
iaaislnnoe of tho watehman outside.
held the door fast until the other
Waterman got his revolver ready for
use, when the prisoners reiterated and
Mr., Rhoada was released Ha arm
md baud were considerably bruised.
sheriff Colgr0ve and chief OF police
David kurtz shortly afterwards ar
'ivod, WHOM tho latter went into the
lall and ironod the two unruly aapl.
ants for liberty, in which condition
hey viii probably remain until their
rial upon the charges for which they
're noarodrated Clark il one Of the
PARTIES charged with stealing n pocket
BOOK at Rohinson'a circus, and Taylor
he man who beat another SO unmer-
'llnlly on the boat at Davis ferry
lome time ago - In Gtnekkn .LnnrllnI