The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-10-08

for colOred preachers. z1a1
In Rapids parish, Louisiana, not
over two thousand bales ofcottcn will
be gathered from twenty thousand
acres planted. aT-ess.5
A thousand women marched the
streets of Rome barefooted, recently
as penitential service, on account of
the visitation of cholera. =.
e q There are $4,000 girls and young
women employed in the. shops and
manufacturing establishments of New
York. Their wages average 70 per
week a5.83 ~ .rrs -.s9er.. ~
The Rotunda of the Capitol at
Washington is now lighted By cleo
tricity. Thirteen hundred burners
are lighted in an instant. e LII e
Thirty engineers aud train hands on
the Georgia State road have been dis
missed from employment at Atlanta.
Lack of business. a.. 9
49, Anew printing press has been in
vented at Norwalk, Connecticut, that
will print fifty thousand papers per
hour. rw ~
A. braHch of the Nashville and Chat
tanooga railroad is being constructed
to Jasper, Marion county, about thir-
teen miles from Bridgeport.
The annual contribution of the City
of Hamburg for the expenses of the
Federation is estimated at 10000
thalers, ($250. 000.1 ~ 14o
The wife OF Mondez is insane; the
wife Of Mejia is mad !: the wife of Mira
mon is stricken beyond hope of re-
covery, and Princess Salm- Salm is in
Jail. 8 s9si.e .es
A colored preacher at the South
recently said in prayer: % Lord, be
pleased to shake your great tablecloth
over your hungry children, dat dey
may be fed wild de crumbs of your
love. .......-...... ....eo.Iai,a9 7e-
George B. Calvert, manager of the
Theatre Royal. Glasgow, Scotland, is
on his way to this country with dral
matte company, with which he pro-
poses to make a. tour, through the
United States and Canada.
snFThe Iowa papers complain that the
locust trees are being killed by the
bore. lnThis pest began its work of
destruction in the Eastern States a
IsuarterQf a century ago. and has been
steadily ! working its way West.
Wherever it finds its way it kills out
the locust tree entirely '!2 ., ED ~
The musical part of Paris is greatly
excited at present over the advent of
four sisters from Sweden. In describe
ing the voices of the young ladies,
whose family name is Groenberg. the
critics are unusually eulogistic. Their
dress also EFFORTS good deal Of admi-
ration. 60 zaf1,f t.a s.uaia-.t7 =
A decree of the King of Italy orders
that medal shall be struck in bronze,
silver and gold to be conferred on
such persons as shall have rendered
signal services during the prevalence
of cholera or any other grave cpl
demic.
The famous Thwaites will case at
London. Involving property to the
amount of half million of pounds,
has been decided against the will on
account of incapacity IN the testator,
caused by religious deiusions.
John Brown, Queen Victoria's pri-
vate servant, is about to marry a
Scotch Iassie to which he long ago
plighted his troth. He will live at
Baimoral and have charge of part OF
the royal domain.
The remains of the son of Grea,
| Napoleon, in whose favor his father
abdicated, and for whom the title Of
Napoleon Second was assumed, are to
be removed from Vienna and laid in
the newly restored burial vaults of the
Abbey St. Denis, France.
| St. Louis is putting in its claim al
the fit place for the next National Re
publican Convention. Indianapoli
also is putting in its claim. New Yorl
has good deal to say in her own be
half, but we expect it will be general,
acknowledged that ''the hub" is, afteii
all the most eligible place. "A
Some wise man takes the following
view of the economy question
When you see man spending two o.
three. dollars. a week foolishly, tn,
chances are FIVE to one that he'll livt
long enough to know how macy cents
there are n dollar; if he don't he i
pretty sure to bequeath that privilege
TO his widow -. ,1siok. > 81 ...'a.3
An exquisite at Saratoga had a dia
mond pin of great magnifying power
| and seeing manwitha large diamond
come IN. he went up 70 him That
/ a nice diamoDd" Yes" "A first
/ rae stone" Yes" Now, s'pos.
that stone must be worth fifteen hun