The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-10-31

menced weaving. They have as yet
but three looms in motion, but will
put others in motion as rapidly as the
complicated machinery can be
justed
The machinery for warpins a..
5eaming the web is one of the most
beautiful pieces of machinery we
ever saw. and is striking iliustrl-
ton of the wonderful inventive genius
of modern times. A singularity of
he warper is that whenever single
thread breaks, the machinery stops
IF its own accord until it is Joined to-
sether again.
We attempted to make a caleula-
ion from the basis of three looms in
notion, and the noise produced
hereby. what the noise would be
when eighty or one hundred looms
ire in motion. but grew nervous and
gave it up By the first of January,
is expected that all the machinery
10 this vast establishment will be in
successful operation, giving employ
ment to several hundred hands. With
all their spindles in motion, they are
not able to supply One-fourth the de-
mands for cotton yarns. We hope to
see many institutions of a similar
established in this city with
in the next twelve or eighteen months.
Mr. CoLFAx, during his stay in the
city, will be entertained at the resi-
dence of Mrs. s. K. Foster, on upper
Second Street, where he win, doubt
less, be pleased to see any of our citi-
zens who desire to call on him.
RECORDER CoURF.-There was only
a moderate business done in the Re-
corder's Court yesterday.
VIM Rockey put in a plea of guilty
to the charge of assault and battery
on negro, and was fined 81. with
g IS costs.
Fred. Sieberking, for the second or
third time, was presented on charge
of being drunk and disorderly. Fred.
has an unfortunate 1oe,,chdnt for
boomenickle in unlimited quantities.
This persistence cost him fine of So,
with 81 03 worth Of trimmings.
An aged gentleman, of the Circas-
sian race, who halls from the rural
districts, not being versed with the
refnements of city life, committed an
act of constructive indecency, for
which he was picked up by the argus
eyed, but discriminating, police, and
presented before His Honor, who
thought that fine of 81, with 81 05
cost, would atone for the indiscre-
ton.
One or two other warrants are out,
but no returns have been made.
THE WEATHER.-Y Yesterday was a
bleak, dreary, wiutry day. Dark, cold
clouds hid the sun most of the day,
and a keen cold wind caused people
to wrap their overcoats cluse about
them, and caused the poor to shudder
with the thought of a dreary, long,
piercing winter. We are advised
that spits of snow " were observed
on Tuesday night, and light snow
fakes yesterday.
The telegraph brings US reports of
snow in Wisconsin and Northern
New York. Our turn will come soon.
A PAINFUL AcCIDENT-Wm. Yost,
a fireman on one of the freight trains
of the E. & @. Railroad, lost the in
dex and middle fingers of his right
hand yesterday, under the following
circumstances Desiring to saw some
pieces of lumber for use about his
own premises, he took them to the
railroad carpenter shop, and did the
work himself at the circular saw,
that makes nearly thousand revolu-
tions In a minute. He sawed little
too much, and in a few minutes after
entering the shop made sudden exit,
minus the points of the fingers above
indicated. This is a serious mutila-
ton, but. we hope he will be able at
no distant day to pull a throttle-Ealve
and be promoted to the position of
first engineer. We hope he had a
liberal accident policy. ..a.,,s
BENEFIT OF THE ORPHANs.-The
ladies of the city are making verv ex-