The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-05-02

was brought from Cass Township on
last Thursday morning, and lodged in
iaiI for thirty-six days, besides being
mulcted in the sum of $18 30, all be-
cause he inhumanely whipped his own
mother, and beat his sister with a
club until the blood ran from her ears
Rising Sun Recorder. gr
From our farmers we learn that the
winter wheat is killed by the frost.
But little is left - not more than
enough for home use The same
complaint reaches us through our ex
changes from every portion of the
State. This will necessarily keep up
the price of wheat and fiour.-Leb0-
non Star
The fruit prospect in this locality is
not good. Apples will not be more
than half a crop. Peaches are en-
tirely killed. The pear and cherry
trees are not half as full of bloom
as last year. We hope, however, that
the failure. is not general. Lebanon
Patriot.
The town of Peru has $500 inhab-
itants, 694 dwellings, and 108 bust
ness rooms and Offices on Broadway,
It has two banks, eleven dry goods
stores, twenty-five groceries, twelve
doctors, eight lawyers, twenty saloons,
and four schools, with an attendance
of four hundred pupils.
y An enumeration Of the white male
inhabitants of Washington County
shows the following result Gibson
Township, 2S1; Monroe, 237 Jeffer
son, 312; Brown, 310;i Vernon, 1919;
Washington S52; Franklin, 318;
Polk 208; Pierce, 237; Howard, 232;
Madison, 158;-Posey9 1885, Jackson,l
l75y0 Total, 3,797sI mos9 dlsaG I.
The long-talked of change in the
Lafayette Post Office has at last been
made, j. p. Luse, editor Of the jour.
nat, has been turned out, and w. ).
Lingle, editor of the Courier, an ar
dent supporter of johnson, turned In.
1t is not probable, however, that Bro.
Lingle win enter upon the duties of
his new appointment until the United
States Senate confirms the same.
:" Aye! there's the rub y iebsTHfI fog
& nj. Of sf.8ggf satisf,r bieora,f
ofThe celebration ofthe forty-seventh
anniversary of. the institution of Odd
FELLOWSHIP, at Charlottesville, on, last
Thursday, was brilliant and success
full affair. The various lodges in La
fayette,s Lebanon, Ladoga and Wave
landlWee- represented by large dele
cations, which united with those at
a IL L.
vidual members of lodges in various
other localities, swelled the crowd in
attendance to- something near five
hundred. aiH8ifofa vel vbsf sdf
ANOTHER CHALLENGE. There was
another pigeon shooting match at In
dianapolis the other day, and Tom
Warner in II shots made the extraor-
binary score of O.. iAp y q i.1oi soHl
iaSome ambitious sportsmen, Of La
fayette has sent Tom a challenge.
Terms four single birds ate5syards rise
and a rail fence rest. IF the challenge
is accepted rare sport may be ex
pected. fa aaoqInq adi to- m4ef
Z lW1LTNoN .Pp DURLEY. having be-
come tired of this world, committed
suicide at Butler, De Kalb county,
one week ago last Friday: b919g "a
81 Asone- horse theatre has just burst
up at Shelbyville. ofE .5aib s.
1.-The malicious prosecution against
K. b. Osborn by Doctor IStoddard,
was decidedfin our Circuit Court last
week. Stoddard failed to show that
he was unjustly arrested by Osborn,
and incdrcerated In. . Lincoln lbas-
tide. - The charges not being sustain
ed, the. case was dismissed Doc
tor having to pay, the cost of the suit.
= Washington Gazette. h9
y. Eaa Ess&skEsz @REW8YFv OPS !
The directors and managers of the
Ohio County Fair, have made all nee
essary preparations for fencing the
grounds, erecting buildings and enterli1
ing upon other improvements ieald
Sheriff Furrow started on Monday
evening last with VIM, t. Daily who
was convicted at the last term of the
Circuit Court for stealing horse, for
the Northern Indiana penitentiary, to
which he Daily has been sentenced
for two years. Wabash Tribune. a. 81
s19sea .Eia1oJ fiztlfsf4 slasF ui rnsw 9sTfI
u. The artesians well being bored by
Mr. c. Rose has reached depth Of
about 555 feet. A vein of strong salt
water has been struck, much stronger
than the vein reached last summer.
Slate, sand stone and soap stone. are
the stratas last passeds We wishrtb
proprietor success in early obtaining,
a flll head.of soft water. The boring
is done with rods driven by steam
making from fifty to sixty strokes .Der
minute, with a weight of 400 pounds
The work is continued day and night