The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-06-15

| lOEG y6olSIQd@, IWO men u1T0Q q morse
and buggy at Madisonville, KY, for
the purpose of going to Henderson.
Not intending to return, a negro man
was sent with them to drive the horse
back. Before they reached Hender-
son, they murdered the negro by shoot
ing him, and threw him out at the
side of the road, then drove into Hen
derson, and obtained all the money
they could on the horse and buggy,
which they left at livery stable. It
is not known whittier they have gone.
The above is as it was related to us by
a reliable gentleman. If true, and it
is said to be, it is as cool blooded a
murder as we have heard of for a
long time. We could not learn, in
fact the names Of the sgnurderers
City IMPROVEMENTS. IF you wish
to get a correct idea of the extent of
theamprovements that are going oninl
Evansville at the present time, just
take stroll around the city. IF you
have not done so you will certainly be
surprised at the vast amount of i'm
provements thatare goingon in almost
every part of the place Aside from
the twenty eight squares thatare being
powdered, and other public improve
ments that are being made, new houses
are going up on ground that was hith-
erto vacant, and old rickety and un-
seemly structures are giving place to
substantial brick buildings within the
fire limits, and neat frames without.
Now, without stopping to debate the
side questions as regards the street
railways, but looking at the contem-
plated enterprise as means of. bene-
fitting the city, if the proposed roads
were completed to-day, we would see
vast deal more improvements than
are now going on. The pleasant
building sites in the suburbs, which
could be obtained comparatively
cheap, would soon be taken up, and
the borders of the city extended in
every direction
1t is to be regretted that this i'm
portant work cannot be completed
this year, or at least so far constructed
that the terminus of each could be
known. Men could select their
ground, make their purchases, and
prepare to build next season.
We believe that Evansville has
passed its days of fogyism aud /
jealousy, and that henceforward it /
State. There IS no good reason that /
il should not With its large manu- |
featuring interests, It's industrial en-
terprises, and population Of workers,
together with the decided commercial
advantages, It would be wonder that
it did not continue to increase in pop
ulation, wealth and commercial i'm
portance.
The only thing that has kept the
city back is the lack of public enter
prises. With judicious amount of
.means.expendedin that direction, the
whole trade of the Green river, Cum
berland and Tennessee rivers may be
easily centered here, ard secured for
future time. This trade will continue
to increase in Importance. As soon as
the people recover from the effects of
the late war, these sections will grow
rich, and all that trade is certainly
within the grasp of Evansville if our
people only say SO.
We are now to have an Opera
House, which will have its effect on
keeping merchants from those sec
tions in our city when they do come,
and in the course of time we hope that
the present Board of Trade organlza-
ton will grow into strong Mer-
chants Exchange, and be visited daily
by retail dealers who wish to make
purchases. With the present pros
poets. our manufacturing interests
and other advantages considered, and
with large field for trade, there is
no good reason that the public enter
prises so long talked of should not be
completed at an early day, and all
those fruits gathered into Evansville
to increase its borders. c1
| LECTURE-We attended the Wal
nut Street Church last night. The
house was well filed with the little