The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-03-07

IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY LAST
YEAR.AWe have received from Mr..
VIM. Warren. ST., Township Asses
sor, some statistics relative to the i'm
proyements made in the city during
the year 1866. The number of i'm
proVements foot up $50, and the value
is estimated at 1926, 900, being an av-
erage of a little over 5000. This is
all taxable property for the year 1867.
In addition to these are the churches
and public buildings erected last
year, and which are not taxable.
Our venerable friend thinks this is
pretty good showing for doomed
city, but he thinks those who talk
that way do not know everything, and
in that we think he is right. He
thinks that if these men had come
here with him in 1920, they would be
able to look back upon the past as he
and a few others can and feel proud
of their adopted city They could
remember the time when black An
tony did all the draying and barber
ling in the place. aad when Crockwell
made all the bread aud cakes, and
sold all the beer; When VIM. Lewis
was the only commission. merchant in
the place. and kept wood yard on
the river bank at the foot of Main
Street; when Templeton hauled goods
from the river to Princeton and Vim
cennes; when the Postofice was kept
in a log grocery, where they could get
something to drink; when Tool was
the tailor, and Alison Warner was
sheriff of Vanderburgh County, and
hung old Harvey for murder, the only
man that was ever hung in Wander
burgh County. How many have de-
served hanging our friend Warren is
not willing to say. o fft q
B We see that the Evansville mer7
chants have already commenced ad
vertising their Spring stocks. Would
it not be we'll for our Paducah mer-
chants to let buyers know what they
have got for sale?-P aducdh Herald.
| There are, however, some Evans
vile merchants who are neglecting to
advertise their Spring stocks or any
other stock, in the leading paper, both
in circulation and influence in the
| Southwest, and if we were to call upon
them they would be heard complain
ing of hard times. While in Cincin-
natl, the other day, the only merchants
who spoke encouragingly of their
business were those which adver
tise regularly in the Evansville
| JOURNAL. One house, which is a
regular advertiser with US, informed
us that they had sold nearly 100000
worth of goods last month, notwith-
standing the stagnation of business.
CoTToN SALE-The regular weekly
sale Of cotton at the Green River
Salesrooms yesterday, was largely at
tended, and the bidding was spirited
Seventy five bales were sold in round
lots. ranging from ordinary to mid.
ding, as follows:
seven bales to Maghee & viele at g
Ten do. do. do. ~
eighteen Elge1 ao bales to F. t. Hodge at q 7S
Seven do. do. do. 1913
Three do. do. do. =
1 1Pe de- DC. ddS DC. do do. ~ e
! One bale to Mackey, Nesbitt & Co, at q q,
Sixteen do. do. do. 2Gs
The ten bales sold to Maghee anC
Viele at 278 cents was Mississippi cot
ton Of high grade, and was, we pre-
! sumo, the best bargain of the entir
E sale. All the sales, we believe, wer
confirmed by the owners, all of whom
) were present in person or represented
by agents.
E We are glad to see the disposition
on the part of our capitalists AM
:, business men to encourge this enter
prise, and are satisfied that if tn
j same spirit is maintained Evansvill
I will soon become one of the best cot
ton markets in the Southwest, an
: large quantities of cotton will be at
tracted to this market.
a SHOOTING AFFA1R.--A shocking at
I fair occurred at drinking house, i
I the eastern part of the city, on Tues
day night, which resulted in youn
) man named John McLain being sho
: with REVOLVER. the ball entering tn