The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-07-30
PRINCETON LETTER.
The CrOps-The Jail-Escape and
Capture of q PrisORer-Escape OF
q Bigamist-&c.

has been waiting for a long time tor
something to turn up in our county
with which to regale the readers of
your valuable journal. But as there
seems no probability of any great
and startling even: in the future, per-
haps it were best to say a few words
about what really is occurring.
First, it is generally presumed that
the Universe at large is very much
interested in the condition of the
crops of the country. By way of
preface, let it be said that your hum
BILE servant was v mulch of a
"cropist." He has thus far during
life found that the produce of the
earth was amply sufficient to sustain
the inhabitants thereof; in this
neighborhood nocases of actual star
walton having come to his knowl-
edge.
The wheat has Of course been cut
as yours respectfully" is in crop
matters, he is thoroughly satisfied Of
that fact, and that there is a very
good yield in proportion to the ground
cultivated and a very goodly quantity
of ground cultivated in proportion to
the yield, and that the clean wheat
was, a day or two ago, selling at two
dollars per bushel. Just what it is
selling at now, cannot be a~scertained
without hunting up some of our wheat
buyers, which is out of the question
this rainy morning. 1t is to be hoped
that this will be sufficient on the
wheat question, and your readers may
rest assured that biscuits and rolls
may be INDUCED il occasionally for
the next year at least.
AS to other crops your correspond
ent rests very easy on that subject,
and presumes they will turn out ali
right; but should any universal and
wide spread dearth or blight attend
them your readers will hear of it in
the course of time. IF the water
melons would only come in this hot
weather, matters would be much bet
ter, and it is to be hoped that in a
very few days these gems of the Bar
rens' will make their appearance in
abundance.
We have had some interesting
times IN reference to those prosecuted
persons between whom and society
there is an irrepressible conflict,
known as criminals. Your readers
are aware hal some time g the
cells of our county Jail were burned
by a prisoner confined in them. The
co~ntiagratlon left the Jail, as a jail, !
about on a par with any other brick
house,
Sometime ago, a horse-was missing
from the neighborhood of Fort
Branch, the Chicago Of Gibson. and
upon pursuit being made to recover,
the animal, he was found in Illinois,
in the possession of one John Day,
who had evidently stolen him. This
perambulating Day was arrested and
brought to Princeton for preliminary
examination. On the trial he shook
very vigorously, as one badly afflicted
with the palsy would do, and appeared
to be deaf and dumb and otherwise
in such a condition as TO be incapa-
bic of horse-stealing. However, it
Was proven that on his first arrest. he
had his wits about him, and he was
committed for trial at our Circuit
now In session. A bill was
found against him; but a few nights
ago, although still apparently very
sick, he gave his guards the slip and
!" shook himself" out of the wav.
One hundred dollars reward was Of
fered by our Sheriff. General Vail.
his recapture, and on yesterday
James Anderson appeared in court.
leading the lately departing
Day, who was still shaking. although
be was no longer deaf and dumb, and
seemed to have regained (f he ever
lost it, his reason. He was shaking
when first discovered by his captors,
in a thicket in Warrick County. Mr..
Anderson and those who arrested
him. were promptly paid the reward.
and Day was again placed under guard.
But the Day begins to wane, and
we will pass on to something
else Your readers have probably
heard Of the oil regions Of Gibson
and how the chaste bosom of
mother earth has been penetrated to
procure the rich treasures of petrol
cum, supposed to be there hidden.
One William II. Boynton, a dashing
kind of man, has been superintend-
ing the process of boring for oil. and
sometime last winter be married
one of our Gibson County ladies, and
al seemed merry as a marriage
But about two weeks since. a
.ady claiming to be Mrs. Boyngton.
to this County with documents.
&c. which looked very suspicious.
The oil man" was committed to iail
o await his trial at the present Court
or bigamy. ;
For safe keeping he was sent to
your County Jail, but when a bill was
5ound against him, he was brought t