The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-07-20

Blair. the nominee for Vice Presl-
dent. 1t is pretty evident that the
Democracy h~ereabouts do not relish
the idea Of voting for one of "Sher-
mans bummers" as the second man on
the ticket.-Quiacy (Ils.) Wing.
The Cincinnati Commercial tells a
good story of the Pendletonians in
this wise: Pat Cleary was delegated
to lay in commissary supplies for the
Pendletou escort. He accordingly
purchased fifteen barrels of whisky.
one hundred kegs Of lager beer, and
one barrel Of hard bread. The bills
were rendered to Dick Cox, the
cashier, for inspection and payment.
Dick, in scanning the accounts, re-
marked: Fifteen barrels of whisky
all right; one hundred barrels Of
beer-all right; one barrel of hard
breadl Pat, this is all right, but
what in the devil did you get so much
hard bread for2" S
A correspondent describes Grace
Greenwood as a well constructed iady
on the shady side of forty, WITT sal
low, but clear complexion, deep
brown sparkling eyes, nose with an
unmistakable aqulllne arch, ana very
considerable remains OF beauty. one
dresses in plain and simple, but ele-
pant and faultless style, with blue or
purple flowers always in ner hair
The Nashville Banner states that
DR.. Peters, widely known as the man
who shot ana Killed General Van
Dorm, of the Confederate army, dur
ing the war, for alleged intimacy with
Mrs. Peters, was in that city, one day
last week, In company with the quon:
dam Mrs. p. The long estranged
couple are now said to be on the best
of terms, and it is reported that the
broken marriage vows are soon to be
renewed.
1t is rumored that United States
Senator CONFESS, of California, in
tends matrimony, the bride (expect-
anti being Miss Hildreth, the niece
of Gen. Butler, a young lady of rare
beauty and accomplishments, upon
whose education Gen. Butler bestowed
much care and attention.
The editorial and business manage
ment of the Louisville Journal will
hereafter be directed by Henry Wat
terson, who also becomes a member
of the Louisville Journal Company.
George ID. Prentice and Paul R.. Ship
man retain their positions as writing
editors"
Admiral Farragut is sixty. seven
years old. His name is pronounced
as spelled.
Miss A. b. Edwards is said to be
the author of the very unwOmanly
"Girl of the Period articles, pub
lished in the London Saturday Re
Vielo.
The Rev. NJ. Punshon, who. to his
marked power as a pulpit orator adds
the finest poetical talent, has become
a resident of Toronto, Canada.
Boston has a sensible physician in
DIR. James Bigelow, who pleasantly
remarked, at the dinner of the Mas
| saehusetts Medical Society, that he
was indebted for has good health to the
joint agencies Of temperance, hard
work, and abstinence from medicine,
Heber G. Kimball, The great Nor
mon funetionary, il said to have made
more wives widows than any other
man of the time. As Artemus Ward
used to say, he was very much mar
ried, and left sixty-seven poor females
in widows tears and widows attire.
Several American ladies at Copen-
hagen recently desired to be intro.
6uced to the Queen of Denmark
The Queen at once sent them word to
call upon her at Castle Christiansborg
whenever it suited them. The ladies
upon being admitted to her Majesty
were not a little astonished to see
that she wore a cheap dress, and that
on rising to receive them, she laiG
on her working-table a cotton stock.
ing on which she had been knitting