The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-06-20


on the 11tbef September ss5s'
The debt of Wayne County is now
$129,642. One year ago it was 1926
o0z' H7 40
The lodge Of eolored Masons, OF
Cambridge City, has expelled two OF
its members, Charles Coleman and
Frank Barney. -
There is talk of converting the dis
tillery, at Cambridge City, into paper
mill The millennium must be at
hand.
More than 500 German emigrants
have passed through this city, within
the last three weeks, for various points
IN the West Richmond Telegram.
4 The Sixth Ward in Indianapolis
was carried on Saturday BY the Cop
perheads, who elected Councilman.
The Vevay ReueiIle says there are
two lodges of Odd Fellows, one Ma
sonic lodge, and six church organiza-
tions in that town.
The journal boasting Of Evans
ville's fast horses, the New Albany
Ledger observes the fact that they are
particularly so during muddy weather,
when they may BIO seen in indefinite
numbers very fast in the mud on the
streets of that fast town. = Madison
Courier. .,,s-. ssrt4..1r
Yes, but the Ledger drew for that
figure of speech entirely on his imag-
nation. 1t is all fancy, no fact. ~
They had another fire in New Alba
ny on Sunday night, destroying one
house and involving loss of 81, 900.
The depot at Kendalville was bro
ken open ON last Thursday night, by
some jayhawker, and the contents of
a trunk, containing about $50 worth
of goods, stolen. 1.ra ...sa-5srs.
FIRE.-Mr William Russel's house
and store were consumed by fire,
June 18th, at Jacksonburg, Wayne
County All the goods except about
five hundred dollars worth were
saved. rAiG Ta16
PROdFIC.-A farmer living three
miles south of Richmond, Indiana,
has COW that has six calves, all of
them less than two years old, and all
thriving and doing we'll.
Wayne is prolific county. 1t pro-
duces an immense crop Of Black Re
publicans.
Gen. Meredith has received his
commission as Brevet Major General.
That is sufficient compensation for
all the good he will ever do President
johnson. ~ aH3s
Twenty-seven drunken men passed
evening, in mt the sraaa Of af one hour
We are glad to laarn that all our DO
licemen escaped from them unmo-
lested.-Richntond telegram,
There are at present confined in the
Southern Indiana Penitentiary at
Jacksonville, three hundred and
fifty-seven male and twenty-one fe-
male prisoners, and the number is
being increased daily 5BasI haa as
A fine two story schoolhouse is
being built in North Madison. That
is the way to wipe out Democracy.
We hope, moreover, that the editor
of the Madison Courier will 60 to that
school and study geography. I'll. 81.
We learn from, Mr., Pollock that
Mr. James Higbee, living FIVE miles
northwest of Rising Sun. lost three
horses, worth 81 900, nine hogs, and
several fine cattle, on Wednesday,. BY
mad dog biting them. The. dogsWas
finally killed To Madison Courier.
s. DELAY.-The seven o'clock passen-
ger train on the |. & G. Railroad was
delayed an hour on Thursday after
noon, on the other side of Greensboro.
by very strange accident. The valve
in the steam whistle of the locomotive
blew out. and Consequently all the
steam escaped. After long hunt the
valve was found and put in its place.
BURNED. - An immense pile of
wood, just beyond Gallaudet. on the
/. & G. r. r., caught FIRE yesterday
from sparks, and was entirely con-
sumed.
A Mrs. Weidel, aged about fifty,
was run over by a ioconotive on the
Terre Haute on Friday Friday eee zen i. and
died from the effects of her injuries in
few moments. Both her feet were
cut of, and left BY the side of the
track.
The Rockpoft Dshs5crads, Cal. Jones
hermaphrodite, published half in
Rockport and half in indianapolis,
m view of the late grandiloquent call
for a good Democratic Barbecue in.