The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-20
NEW YORK.
Laying Of ner-StOne--Arrest OF
q Sporting INSTRUMENTATION Of
C0lOred Troops = Duel ~. Nobody
Hurt-Destructiye Fire. no4aa

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NEW YogK, August 19.-The cor
ner-stone Of the German Roman
Catholic Church on Pitt Street, wa.
laid yesterday by Archbishop
McClosky, with imposing ceremony
It seems the body of Ex- Goyernol
funeral services takes, place here on
Thursday Hi ss'sss "a
There were three cases of cholera
to day; fatal. ..-; ,!..s.,..sf !.s.. e. = q
Dan Noble, well known sporting
| man. has been arrested at, Elmira
| charged with having received about
$200,000 of bonds, stolen from the
Royal Insurance Company last De-
cember. The accused was living In
one Of the most splendid homesteads
of the State. S.
Several companies of colored troops
are being organized in ngthis city, with
the purpose of ultimately forming a
regiment to be attached to the Ma
tional Guard.
Judge Blackferd. to-day, in a case
before the District Court, decided
that debt from the defalcation of a
uCptOI, WullC dctluS al d JuuiCidTJ
capacity could not be discharged by
any proceedings in bankruptcy ~
= Mrs. Benz. Wood died on Saturday.
of disease of the heart -
Three Germans, named Fritz
Young, VIM. Etfefd,e and William
1Weiner. lost their lives in a mash tub
ina distillery to-day. e = y. -.
The boiler. Of the steamer Paiisade,
laden with excursidnists, exploded on
Sunday morning, while at the wharf.
No lives lost.s,iells1a9 - sys'g" atgssss MI
paaA duel was fought at Weehawken,
New Jersey, .betwsen" two men who
had quarreled abonEa woman said to
be the daughter of a millionaire.
Three shots were fired at twenty
PAGES, but resulted In nothing serious.
. There y was "a destructive. fire on
Front Street late Sunday night. Store
No. 49, occupied by Shute X Van
Petit grain and mmissionr rner-
chants, contained 9, 900 barrels of -four
onsstorage Their own loss is $15. 900; !;
fully insured. Numbers IL, 10 and
] ~. occupied BY Co1dit Il Belts, C. p.
Shaw & Co, and d Bauer. were
Somewhat damaged. They were in
esured. Numbers Z ard o. owned and
. occupied by Rufus Story, spice mer-
chants, were damaged by water. Stock
valued at SIG. 900 was destroyed, but
fully insured tf9 s. Is
The Cooperstowh, NY, Repubi-
co1a speaks discouragngly of the hop
crop thereabouts II says that in
Chenango and Groom, Counties many
fields are entirely ruined by lice, while
others promise not more than half a
crop.
New York, August 10. - The
steamer Raleigh, from Havana the
14th. has arrived. She reports many
sedltlous expressions heard of the
late riot at Matamoras. = - 3o
A soldier was executed by garrote
at Havana on the 18th staaai9t "a,
Necessary funds will shortly be
placed at the disposal of the Spanish
Minister, at Washington. to pay the
interest on the Spanish scrip held by
citizens of the United States. e.
The Indian disturbance in British
Honduras is ended. .s<s aee % Nsl
The Austrian bark Ninemep ar
rived at Barbados with 43O coolies.
They shortly became mutinous. Capt
DeckWltil dTuleu 0ls crew ana caused
a volley to be fred into the coolies
and three were killed and several
wounded. The rest were driven be-
low, when they set fire to the vessel,
expecting the crew to follow to ex-
tinguish the flames, when thew would
have murdered them, but the Captain
had all the matches closed and water
poured down one of the ventilators,
raising such steam and smoke that
the coolies soon volunteered to put
outthe Ere themselves ss 1d5
E Advices from Jamaica report dis
turbance at Bushy Fork. Some SQUAT
ters settled upon lands belonging to
other parties; they were warned off
by the authorities, when they rebel
led, but were finally subdued, and
several were imprisoned. They will
be tried in October q ssd
New York, Aug. 19.-The reported
destruction of the steam tug Adelia.
IN the lower bay, and the loss of all
on. board, proves unfounded.