The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-07-27
STATE ITEMS.

Chaplain Lozeir is making temper
ance speeches in the northern part of
the State. p
RevIJ FL. Martin hasbeen elected
to, and has accepted, the Presidency
of Brookville College.
The number Of men of twenty-one
years of age and above, in Laporte
County, is 5,904. s ,;,
The Terre Haute Erpress publishes
"a call of the soldiers of Vigo County,
numerously signed, appointing the 1st
proximo as the occasion of Union
soldiers meetingaI A1EEE
A man named John McCabe was
shot and seriously injured, about mid
night on Saturday, near Harper's drug
store in, Madison, No arrest. has yet
been made o..
There are fourteen prisoners at
present confnedin the Floyd County
Jail, of which number three are fe-
males. Nine commitments were made
from Saturday afternoon to Sunday
night. -t-i'iiih' f-ii-o"t @
/. The corner stone ton { Of fhe New First
Presbyterian Church, at Indianapolis,
was laid on Monday afternoon with
imposing ceremonies, including
lengthy sermon which was published
in the indianapolis papers,
The Popter County F5dette- says
that there is not a johnson Republi7
can in Porter County. All.Who shout
\ for johnson down that way are the
meanest'kind Of ,Coppefheads. .4e
The New Albany Mennerchor,
headed by Prof. Reissiinger's New Al
bany Band, went to Louisville Tues
day morning to attend the Festival of
the S@ngerbund, now being held in
+ that city. q .v.-sf,,+-y &
The Sixth District Democratic Con-
.gressional Convention will be held
at Indianapolis August I'd. Captain
John M. Lord will probably be the
nominee. Judge Perkins and Benz.
T. Davis are also named. =
ACCIDENT. A man by the name of
Joseph Pratt, had his head crushed
between a couple of timbers at the
New Albany Rolling Mill, Tuesday
morning, and was seriously injured.
The Democracy have selected Bay
less w. Hanna, ESD, Daniel w. Voor-
hees law partner, to answer Governor
| Morton's 10th of June speech at New
Albany. ny lj'.f'2-''i< - - -
A cutting affray is reported as
having occurred at drug store in
Mitchell, Friday, in which Mr.. Fur
guson, Marshal of the town, was dan
gerouslya cut in several places. His
recovery is very doubtful si
/ Mr.. DeBolt, one of our citizens, has
! eighty acres of potatoes this season.
Mr.. ID. is a practical farmer. He un-
| derstands farming, and will raise
double the amount. of potatoes and
other crops ever produced on the same
land before. - ViRcenles Gazette.
The New Albany papers report the
following as the condition of then
markets: Tomatoes So per bushel, Gu.
cumbers Is cts. per dozen, green corr
I 10 cts. per dozens blackberries Is cts
per gallon, beans 25 cts. per peck, cab
! sbage 5 cts. per head, and at late houl
there appeared to be an abundance il
the market.
While engaged in the steam saw
mill at this place, yesterday, our fel
low townsman, John Houck, had hi
left hand, completely cut off bya buzz
saw III. Houck is peculiarly -unfor
tunate in this respect, having los
some fingers of the same hand previ
J ously in the same manner The am
putation was performed by Doctor
King and Dickey, the mutulated han,
being taken off at the wrist. - Center
Uille Union, july 10th. 5f. "a
Wool Growers ,AssoCIATIoN.-t
wool growers association is being or
: ganized in this county A prelimina
, ry meeting was held at the Cour
House, in this city, two weeks age
and committee, consisting of III. i
Culver, j. w. Zeigler and D. G. Nc
Kellops, was appointed to draft
91 Constitution and Bylaws to be pre-
sented at the next meeting to be hel
at the same place on the second Sat
urday in August, at one O'Clock, It
elect officers and otherwise complet
; the observation-disclosures Herald.
h ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING. Yesterda
morning, while Col. I. McQuiddy wa
handling ashot gun in Lewis Brother
], liquor store, thinking it unloadeC
J. raised the hammer and .blowed in th