The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-01-07
Personals.

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spend the.winter in Alglers.
Gen. Hennsingen is in the distillery
business in Richmond. agIaE
Nothing has been heard of Louis
Fox, the billiard player, who my,s-
teriously disappeared some weeks
since from Rochester. His friends !
believe he has either committed sui
eide or been murdered.
Gossip reports the speedy return OF
Gen. Mcclellan from the Continent,
and that he will reside at his country
house in Orange, New Jersey.
The Louisville journal says: A
contemporary speaks of Gail Hamll-
ton as he. Gail is a lady, and,
when we knew her, she was a young,
rosy checked aud beautiful one. But
that, we are sorry for Calls sake to
add, was a great many years ago.
| A very general movement is making
| by the New England press for Sena-
tor Fessenden as the next Preslden-
tial nominee. 1t is maintained that
as all other sections have had turn
aboutat. the Presidency. of late years, |
it is only fair to give New England
chance now. ,4fe rFr.
| Mons. Bouquillon, whom the
/ French Government set to search for
documents bearing on the life and
works of Calico, is said to have dis
/ covered a number of manuscripts,
4 which he has been allowed to copy,
with view to abiography. fFg}6
A New York correspondent says
that Mr.. Beecher's Ledger story. is
not new idea on. the part of that
gentleman. He has had plan in
his mind for many years, and In his
| novel will devote himself more espe-
cially to those moral and social sub
| iects which he cannot handle with
sufficient freedom in the pulpit.
The Hon. Lawrence A. Trimble, of
the first Congressional District OF
Kentucky. who has, with others, been
investigating the whisky frauds in
! New York. arrived to-day. 1t is
thought his place in Committee will be
vacant after next month, as he will
probably be the Democratic nominee
for Governor of that State, and resign
his seat in Congress- Washington
Dispatch, IN ~
! Ten years ago young lady named
Ward, of Scott County, Kentuck KY,
married J. Meahan. of Indianapolis,
and brought him dowry of $35, 900.
Il In few years he squandered every
cent of this sum and then eloped with
courtesan, leaving his wife and three
children to shift for themselves. The
deserted wife is now a servant IN a
Louisville hotel. 8is .5t Il s.
George Robinson, a rich Austria
liam merchant, has brought suit
aga nst Louis Levy and William
Martin, Of New York, for having
given circulation to a report that he
was a transported English convict,
who had served term at Botany
: Bay, and thus prevented his mar
riage with rich widow lady of the
great metropolis.
5 SUICIDE OF CAPT. r, G. WELLEs,
OF THE NAvY.-Earlyo on the morning
of the 18th ultimo, Captain Robert G..
Welles, son of Hon. Thaddeus Welles
of Glastonbury, shot himself through
the head with a pistol in his father s
study. He entered the room, pistol in
hand. and throwing his left arm
around his fathers neck, kissed him
exclaiming FAREWELL" ano putting
the pistol to his right temple, fred, the
ball passing through his head and int
a book
Mr.. Thurston, the American Con,
sui land reporter of the Toronto 7sle
graph, visited the Fenian prisoners OF
. Wednesday. Col. Lynch and Father
~ Mcmahon were looking well. TIL,
former showed a letter which he re-
ceived from Roberts, and character
lied it as heartless epistle. He sale
he had not received farthing from
the Brotherhood since he was impris
oned, but was much indebted to tn
s. Sisters of Charity He requested MI
Thurston to call the attention of tn
American Government to the suffer
lngs which the prisoners still untried
u numbering 80, have endured thi
Winter from insufficient clothing.
A Mr.. Dale, who deserves credit 70
his determination to stand by tn
rights of unprotected males" Of
w. their travels, bought first class ticke
, at Hamilton, and attempted to ente
the ladies' car" The brakeman re
fused admission, and ordered him t,
o take the other car" which happened
e to be smoking car When the con
- ductor came for the ticket Mr.. Dal
refused to give it up unless he hat
what the ticket entitled him to-
* seat in a frst-class car. The trail
u was stopped, and Mr.. Dale elected, q
III ct arGeis. He went back to Hamilton
=, reported his case to the railway man
81 ayers, and the offending officials wer
- dismissed, the managing officers con
ceding, what the understrapper de
| MED that pentlamap travalino dion,