The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-05-11


press was mended at our expense and
Iun at our expense We had but two
papers to print-the Courier and the
$50 80 to have the press run, we re
-teived only seoen dollars per week
from the Denokrdt, and their paper
was better printed than ever before,
as the man Gpfrorer asserted. We
thought this very low; but it was the
best we could do, although we learned
that they had paid the Times pub
fishers $12 per week, and the Dis
patch publishers about SIS We were
tlesirous of getting along with this in
tlividual peaceably if we could; but |
Upon every concession on our part |
more was demanded. Since the Demo
lcrat has been daily, we have charged
them S12 per week for their issues,
and have sent man to their Office for
The forms, printed them, and then re-
| turned them regularly, although it
costs us half as much as we receive
| from them for that service Now,
It happened, as we learn, that one
night, some days ago, after the forms
| of the DemOkrdt were returned to the
back door of their Office, and the car
rier had left, some scamp kicked the
form down and pied it. Our carrier
delivered it safely, but after he left it
was thrown down and pied, and hence
a great deal of sympathy has been
gotten up for this occurrence. The
| foreman of the Denlokrdt states that
| he saw the form where it was left in
good order, after 1t aods deliUered; but
the grasping proprietor, who now has
| an has possession more of the cid Tunes
Office than we have, under lease COW
eriug it all, wants the entire or partial
control of the press while in our pos
session. and in a building on which
we are paying large rent, in order
that he may annoy us and cause us
delay. sl fa sefias9ol
This is about the state of affairs, as
far as we know, as to the cause of the
quiet meeting got up yesterday to at
tempt to dispossess. us.
/ 1t is only necessary for us to say,
here, that there is not man con
nected with our Office but is willing to
testify, to some little matters we are
about to assert. sa.f, ii 5ea syfs3l
While in the building with this In
diyidual Gfroerer; we endeayored to
get along with him peaceably. As
a token of our good disposition, we
: sent him many hundred dollars worth
? I Of lob printing that came to us during
B the first four months Some of the
I orders came from d Gistapces by letter.
ana g 8 5):fsseEl them over to him The
I mostof this work was eitherso terribly
Z botched OF delayed by the proprietor 5
: laziness,s that the parties wrote us let
ters of complaint. whereby we re-
: ceived blame that was not due US.
: The material, such as leads, rules,
. and type, with which we published
our paper, was frequently stolen out
! : of the office during the early morning
: hours, while our printers were at rest,
g by Mr.. Gfrerer's boys; and these an
. noyances became so great that we
: were compelled to, send to Louisville
g for additional material. We had not
= : had the new leads in our Office 4s
"a hours before they were discovered in
y the Densokrat forms certain proof Of
robbery. The new leads were bright
! and seemed to peep out from the
|, lblackness around them to tella the
!, story of their capture. We thought, il
u about time to get us an Office else
/
: Not satisfied with what. he has il
j his possession belonging. to US, under
= y our lease, namely: about half ,tht
= leads and slugs used on the Demo hycyt
- the imposing stones on, whichfthe pa
i i per is made up, the column rules il
q the paper, all the job type belonging
. to the late Times job Office that wa
not sold, about sixty pounds of non
71 pareil belonging to our advertisinl
le font. an eight-day clock, and .mucl
OF other material given to us to hold un
e der our lease, this man Gfroerer want
d, the balance of the material, and wit
IN it the press on which we are printin
le the Courier and their paper, now i
hC our possession. a4fagRaa
le We did not learn what cOnclusloi
is the meeting came to last evening, bu
le we do not believe, that il. was made vi
lie altogether of those who have failed t
IN IN control us and would now like to sup
er press usl We believe we had som
y friends present, But we can get alOn
II II without the friendship of the prim
lii movers in this little undefhand bus
s. ness, and hereby notify them of tha
u fact. The misfortune of the Demo
eo cratic party has been that their sell
appointed leaders assume, too muc
IS Importance and popularity for then
us selves They see themselves in stron
er magnifying glasses. and think the
en- look quite as large in the eyes of tn
ok plain, common-sense masses. hsoi
all Every Democratic paper in Evans
'ly vile has been pulled down by thes
we old wire -pullers,i who think. the
to know all that is worth knowing; an
IG the Democratic party is to-day IN,
We minority in this county only from tn
nd roat dos.;;,.o of -.rr11,.rr f,rr ndividlIa