The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-02-14
CKentucky Items.

of Louisville was the establishment
of colored high school on Monday
last. The j" Conservative journals
of that city devote much space to an
account of the Inauguration ceremo-
MES and speeches 1t is under the
auspices of the Kentucky Diocese Of
the Episcopal Church. Addresses
were delivered by Revsg ArWELL and
BADGER, and Hon. JAMES SPEED.
The school will be under the charge
of Miss CoRNELIA A. JENNINGS, late
Of Philadelphia, who graduated from
the Philadelphia .Coloreds Institute
with the highest honors of the class
of 1850. Kentucky, like JOHN
sBRowN's spirits marching on.2'
1T. MARTIN, of Cynthiana, Grand
Master of the Masonic Brotherhood
in Kentucky, will start South next
week for the purpose Of distributing
several thousand dollars, contributed
by the Masonic Lodges in that and
other States for the relief of destitute
orphans and widows of Masons in the
Southern States 90 01
The Frankfort Commonwealth has
an item worthy the consideration ofthe
citizens Of that State. 1t says: as5
IF any candid Democrat, of an
average quantum of brains, will ex-
anime page 276 of the Auditors re-
port for 1867, he tciH hare the appdU-
ing abolition fact driOen IN upon has
understanding that Kentucky IS $32,-
638, 79l richer aeithout the negro than
Nth HIM z 2 5 ~ u9Rq
GEORGE NJ. PRIEST, Esq, the Rep
resentatiye from Henderson County
has reported from the Committee on
Agriculture bill to encourage Imhhi--
grafton. The louisville Courier calls
attention to the. subjects as one which
should receive prompt and definite
action. It thinks it iis'time Kentucky
was paying some attention to the sub
iect VnGgM0R s3IBlhaai iBlh5iiJA9J
W. B., MAcHEy, Of Eddyyille, is
fayorably mentioned as the candidate
of the Democratic party for sLieuten-
ant Governor. He is claimed to be.
lone Of the ;purest and best informed
men1of our country, was the leader of
the Democratic party ia the House Of
Representatives at the beginning of
the war, and Representative from the
First District IN the Congress Of tie
Confederate States" s s. gBisih
Another prominent candidate for a
place on the State ticket Of the Ken
lucky Democracy, is ex-rebel Gen. H.
B. LYON, of Lyon County. He is a
Democrat Of - the first water hav-
ing fought for four years for the prin-
,iples of the party, and has left as
monuments of his services the smok-
sned walls of the Court Houses Of
Western Kentucky. Surely he is en-
titled to marked consideration at the !
hands of a Convention of Democrats.
All things are not as lovely in the
Louisville Congressional District as
could be desired. The Democrat has
reelected as yet to place the name of
GROVER, the nominee of the Demo-
,ratic Convention, at the head of its
and it is reported that
Lieut.. GoyaJAooB will very probably
become the candidate of thee Con-
Union party" in opposition
% GROVER. 1dEId y E3rL34n
The Kentucky, Statesman records /
md Celebrates a wedding in high Lex
ngton life Thursday evening. The
parties were Alex Ell. ADAMS, son of
he Hon. GREEN ADAMS, and Miss
KATE INNS, daughter of the late Col,
The Western Citizen announces
ed fox chase at Leesbarg, Thursday, |
Feb. IA, at9 a. MI All sportsmen are |
invited. None but ll-blooded
hounds will be allowed to run. ..la4rGI
from the Elizabethtown Banner, 7th.
The Wing party Of Kentucky has
only three surviving members left who
still clai m the old organization, to-wit:
Hon. Joshua E, Belle Boyle Coun-d
y; Thomas w Varnen, of Lincoln
County, and Aft. Allen, present State
Treasurer, of Breckenridge.
From the Russellvllle Herald, 7th.l
Wheat is getting to be rather scarce
in Logan county. Some of our pro-
duce merchants think they will soon
have to order -four from Louisville to
supply the home demand.
HIGH PRICED LAND.-3Samuel CLAW
re-. B. has purchased 43O acres of
land. without buildings, of his broth