The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-05-09

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pal authorities of Indianapolis lend
prompt protection to her citizens, es-
pecially those who have gone from the
Pocket. Our former citizen, Marcus
L. johnson, was day or two since
assaulted bya hack driver, who struck
him in the mouth, and johnson kicked
the assailant. The hackman was fined
and johnson wasn't. Three cheers
for johnson.
Harrison III. Dodd, who left Indi-.
annapolis in the night, from three
story window, a few years ago, and fed
to Canada, has returned to his old
haunts. He formerly dealt in per-
cussien-capped Sunday School books.
He is said to be keeping an eye out for
District Attorney Hanna, but gives
g Baby Bingham " wide berth.
William K. White, most estima-
BILE citizen of Montgomery County, a
son Of Rev. Joseph White, recently
received the following note, through
the post Office, which the Crawfords
vile Journal prints verbatim:
Notice
is hereby given. to you VIM White for
to start that negro of yours from your
premises and you Will oblige civil
community if not you must abide the
consequences that will follow or your
father Also d g
None but Conservative Democrat
could have been the . orther of that
effusion.
Antoine Segor, arrested at Louis
vile, and placed in the jail of that
city, to await a requisition from the
Governor of this State, on a charge of
passing counterfeit money, was yester-
day evening brought over by officer
Landsford, and lodged in Jail. The
proof of his guilt is positive. and he
IS likely to do the State some service
in the penitentiary.-Nea0 AIbdny
Ledger.
Mrs. Martha Wright, wife of John
Wright. of Jonasboro, this county,
gave birth. on Wednesday, the 9th
ult.. to a girl, and on Thursday, the
18th, to two boys. The babes and
mother are doing well Mr.. Wright
was a member of the S9th regiment of
Indiana volunteers, and has shown
himself both a soldier and citizen
Marioe Journal. ~
A divorce was granted in the Floyd
Circuit Court at its last term, releas-
ing from viaculo npatrimoaii two per-
sons named Mccartney Each party
now claims that they never applied
for divorce that neither was pres
ent in court when the divorce was
Eranted; that no dfff5 rences exist be-
tween them; and that they do not
mean TO stand this premature and I'M
authorized separation We wonder if
the lawyers in the case got their fees.
SUICIDE. learn from the Yeyay
Receille that, on Monday of last week,
billiard Pitman, a young man aged
about 2 years, residing In Cotton
Township, Switzerland County, com
mitted suicide by shooting himself
with shot gun. He borrowed the
1 gun from neighbor, saying that he
intended to hunt squirrels. He load
ed the gun, seated himself on fence,
placed the muzzle of the gun against
his head, fired it, and fell from the
fence dead. tFfs lss 8ss F-is ~ Y p
The modest junior editor of the
Howard Tribune proclaims the follow
| ing " fact y:
A handsome young lady of this
place said to us the other day, while
the subject of fashion was under dis
cussion, that, besides the bows on her
bonnet and other articles of dress, she
really liked beau exactly 8 feet liz
| inches by her side. She was SO very
/ precise about the length of the latter
that we took the remark as personal.