The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-05-25
KENTUCKY ITEMS.

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| The Louisville Courier says strawberries
| are fine and plentiful in that city this sea-
son. -5eeA@-sA-
Mendel, under charge of I3ss1nicide in the
Louisville courts, has been acquitted. 3s6
A Thespian Society, in Frankfort, recent
ly gave an exhibition for the benefit of a
Church. iFxzffa.YsI
/ Appraisers have been, appointed TO yalpe
the land in Kenton County. through which
the Louisville aud 'Covington Railroad is
to pass. l. > , y AsA a. ga y 5A1-Al =
In the Eighth Congressional District,
Adams, Democrat, beats Rice, Union, a5z7
votes. In the Ninth Mckee is beaten l.
$50 votes. -HasI
Gen. Rousseau is making his arrange
ments as Master of Ceremonies,sto make
big display. at the .unveiling of. the Clay
statue in Louisville'on the 3oth inst
The president. and directors of the Ken
lucky Agricultural and Mechanical Asso-
citation held meeting at Lexington, ON
thursday, ami determined to sell their old
grounds, settle. with the Maxwell Spring
Association, pay off their debts and make
fresh start -oF@ Z" 4stssatt21 a3s+ss - rs
In sinking wen on Constitution Street,
Lexington, "a cave was discovered in which
a man could stand erect, running nearly
east and west. The well has been walled
up, reclosing the cave, but, the Observer
says, a new opening could be easily eff
fected. ~ sfss $ ls-3rI
New PArER.-The Christian Obserue, is
the name of a new Methodist paper just
established at Catlettsburg, Kentucky.
Rev. i. Hargss is editor, and Zephaniah
Meek publisher Terms, 81 ayear. -
The Henderson Reporter says the Spring
Fair viii commence Thursday, June 9Th.
1t is informed that the array of fine ami
mails will be greater than at any former
fair Southern and central Kentucky will
be well represented.
The Henderson Reporter thinks they
won't have any gas again in l4ss than q
months time, the original lessee OF the
gas works having thrown up his contr- ct.
The Lexington Statesman reports a terri
Bile condition of affairs in Lincoln County.
Judge Lynch has large posse out every
night, committing depredations. The 9TH
err night, they attempted to seize Major
Bridgewater, but were fired upon and fled.
The official vote of Kentucky shows a
Democratic majority over the Union party
of sop, over the Conservatives u, 724, and
over both combined II 1858. Kentucky may,
therefore, be very safely set down as a
Democratic State. it 1a
A tremendous explosion occurred in a
foundery i'll louisville on Wednesday
morning, occasioned by upsetting a cauI-
dron of molten iron into a mould in which
water was standing. The man who was
working the ladle was. blown out the win
dow, and the molten iron was hurled
through the roof of the building, tearing
out about twenty square feet of it. All the
windows in the building were shattered.
The Madison Courier. of the 2Ist, con-
tains an account of homicide and suicide.
Bad blood was engendered between Proc
tor Christie and James Mcclellan, growing
out of corn speculation. Mcclellan, on
the 10th, while hunting for Christie to de-
mand settlement met him on the road.
Christie sought to evade the issue, when
Mcclellan drew revolver and shot him in
the breast, from the effects of which he died
the same night. Mcclellan then rode
home, put up his horse, went into the
house, out again into the yard. and lean
ing against a cherry tree, shot himself in
the breast, just below the heart. He died
the same night.