The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-12

MdXilnllIdu IS SAID TO nave u6dSuT-
ed six feet three inches after ne was
shot. $685. -s.
Gail Hamilton " thinks the worst
thing about Minnesota is, that it Is
1,5OO miles from Boston.
Queen Victoria has nominated the
Prince Of Wales to be Knight of
the Most Ancient Order of the This
tie. tax5 aSa ~ sas
There is report that !" Ned Bunt-
line is going to sue Henry Ward
Beecher for using the title Nor
wood Ned wrote book of the same
name years ago.
The insanity of the Empress Char
lotta is said to belutterly hopeless, and
hercondition truly pitiable She enjoys
no rest, eats and drinks only by com
! pulsion, never leaves her apartments.
and is not suffered to be alone for a
moment.
Colonel L. V Bogy, lately United
States Indian Commissioner, has gone
into the newspaper business as Presi-
dentefa joint stock company publish
ing the St. Louis Times. l-1.a..s aa..f., q
The. .weli-known oarsman, Foster
Doyle, died at Boston on Friday, from
quick consumption, contracted at the
| Charleston race. June IL.
Her Majesty, Huikou Juikoa, the
| Queen of the Society Islands, 10 com
paDy with her suite, has just arrived
in Paris, to visit the Exposition. 9al
Mrs Prentiss, widow of Ridge
field, Huron County, Ohio, was 101
years of age last March. She is stiff
in good mental and physical con
ditlon. sfey 5 ts- t.,-s~s-
| The daughter of NJ. Jules Fayre,
the distinguished French statesman,
was recently married to NJ. De Saay-
dra de Ruy Gomez, an artist. aud
formerly Private Secretary to the late
Emperor Macmillan.
Mr.. Walter L. Campbell, of Salem,
Ohio, graduated in the Western Re
serve Collegeowith the several hon
ors of his class. He has been totally.
blind for eighteen years. He is an
accomplished pianist. 81 ,,,,
Prof. W. NJ Edwards, of Troy g. i
died in that place on Friday night,
August I'd, of congestion of the bow
els. after an illness of thirty-six
hours. Mr.. Edwards was one of, the
most experienced and widely known
of the. teachers of Ohio He was
about fifty years of age.
The British Ambassador at Paris
is now Lord Lyons, formerly the
British Minister at Washington. The
salary is $4,000 year, together with
an outfit of $4,000, end a fne resi-
dence in the Rue de Faubourg ST.
Honore Lord Cowley, who now re-
tires on pension of $500 per an
mum, has held the office for fifteen
years. -
The many friends of the respected
Assistant Bishop of Ohio, will be glad
TO learn that in an interview Mr.. s.
n Sanford of the Cleveland Female
Seminary, lately had with Bishop
Bedell, at Paris. he found the Bish-
op very hopeful as to his health. The
Bishop will take passage for home in
October. Ft~<
The Board of Directors Of the New
York and New Haven Railroad Com
pany have presented Dennis COlgau,
the draw tender, who heroicaily fast
! ened the draw st the risk of dis life
on the 21st of June, in face of the
approaching. engine, thereby saving
the tI11es OF the passengers, with five
shares Of the capital stock of the
company as a reward.
Joseph Staley, father of Daniel
Staley, Treasurer of Montgomery
County, Ohio, aud one of the pio-
neers Of that section, died near Van
-dalia, on the 5th inst, aged Sc years
aud IL months. He emigrated from
North Carolina to Montgomery Coun.
~ in 1902, passing through Dayton
when it contained only four houses
He fought in the war of 1872.
The widow of Beranger's publisher
has made an awkward bequest to tht
city of Paris, in the shape of The
poets bedroom furniture and effects
1t seems that the poets chest OF
drawers is hardly, valuable as work
of art, and that ace has not improved
the appearance Of the garments hs
once wore, nor removed the grease
/, from his bat 90 XgEA1
Two of the handsomest American
Fladies,is Paris afe Mrs. Roualds anc
Mrs. Foote, nee Jerome Two of Thu
most beautiful, Mss Fannie jerome
: and -Miss--Eo0sexsli whose colder
: harris the nrinnira inpTefthe P-isia
lafIes-A liz AAtAA-k I q IL = .
\ title GiEl II II slsiighteexof Mrs
Reach. 81 A.bA4s. wip, ADJ beeI
missing ior two years, was discovered
at a gipsv e1nea8TipfInens located u Tri