The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-05-14
STATE ITEMS.

liquor shops in Peru.
The sanitary condition of Madison
is said to be good, and daily getting
better.
| Tired of this world, w. P. Butler
committed suicide In DeKalb county
a few days since.
| Caterpillars are making their ap-
pearance in the orchards about Rich
mond, this State.
| The Upton Times complains that
cattle, lawyers, hogs and quacks play
and root in the Court House yard in
that village.
At late sale of Govornment horses
in indianapolis, the best animals
brought 1896 each.
DEATH OF A CoPPERHEAD.-The
sexton Of Springdale Cemetery, near
Madison, killed copperhead snake
two feet long, in that enclosure, Sab
bath afternoon.
The editor Of the Fort Wayne Ga
zette has been shown a Boston news
paper 1873 years cid. ~ ~
Two boys were sent to Jail in Allen
County, the other day, for placing OBJ
structions on the Toledo, Wabash and
Western Railroad.
A man, or a brute, named Dexter
E. Baydon, amused himself on We'd
nesday night last, in Indianapolis, by
beating his wife.
They only charge SIC 80 in fine and
costs for allowing large two-fsted
bully to beat sick man in New Al
bany. Cheap enough.
A new railroad is proposed, to run
from Centre Point, in Clay County, to
the New Albany & Salem r. R., near
Greencastle. 5s2
Rev. DIR. Daily preached to an i'm
mense congregation in New Orleans
last Sunday.
MURDER.-James Karney was killed
on Sunday last by Anthony Hassett,
near Kent Station, Newton County,
by cutting his jugular vein with a
knife. The parties were drunk and
were returning home from Kent Sta
ton on hand-car
I. Mrs White, widow of farmer on
the Peru, Fort Wayne and Chicago
Railroad, who was killed by the loco
motive being thrown from the track,
some months ago, sued the company
for $1,000 damages. The case was
compromised few days ago by the
Company paying her $1,000.
A strong effort is being made by the
friends of the Indiana Asbury Uni
versity, at Greencastle, to raise the
means for the erection of new col
lege building.
The Democrats and johnson men
of the Burnt District" in Indiana,
have fused ON the nomination for
Congressman, and hold joint Con-
vention on the 18th of next month.
Judge Kilgore is to take the race
against Julian.
An OK team became frightened by
the music of band in Greencastle
the other day and ran away, breaking
up the wagon to which they were at
tached. They perhaps thought the
band were playing " the tune the cow
died of, and thought it time to light
out.
We have Democratic food for Demo
cratic folks, and shall continue from
time to time to add fuel to the Demo-
cratic fires in Indiana. - BoaoIing
Green Bore Al Us.
And of what does your s Democratic
food |" consist keg of rot-gut
whisky? If you continue to add
fuel to the Democratic fires" you
must have barrel, at least, for even
an ordinary Putnam Ban
8er.
The public schools of Madison COM
mence at nine o'clock, and are dis
missed at four o'clock in the after
noon.
Young Hays, who shot Capt. Mike
McGravel at Columbus last winter, but |
of which shot the Captain was fortu-
nate enough to recover, was on trial
for the offence few days ago. He
was fined seventy dollars
Louisa Jane Hindman got 5000 last
week in the Decatur Circuit Court of |
John Ireland, because John preached