The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-08-15

a.
Significance in poles, or pole raisiags,
much .oapitsl might De. .made@out OF
the FREQUENT demon STATIONS OF this
character, now going on in this city.
Strangers visiting this city from for
o;rn narts would naturally conclude
that Evansville had been built In the
m;dst Of a deadening of tall saplings.
Almost every corner is ornamented
with a pole. Three more were added
TO the list last night in one neighbor-
hood
The first one was prepared by VIM.
Green, the drayman, and formerly
wharf master. 1t is beautiful pole,
l03 feet high. tapering beautifully
from the ground to the top. Il arose
with but little apparent effort, grace
fully and majestically, and towers
proudly, bearing a streamer with the
noble names Grant and Colfax, with a
magnificent United States flag floating
to the breeze. tssg sa
The Crescent City Silver Band was
present, and as the flag arose amid
deafening shouts for Grant and Col
fax. thrilled the crowd with the finest
music. Mr.. Green, after the pole was
h mn. invited all who desired to partake
of his hospitality, which was profuse
and princely. From Green's the
crowd proceeded to Daum's pottery,
where Jacob Daum had prepared
very handsome pole, 80 feet in length,
and which was raised amid vocifer
Gus applause After the pole was up
and the flag hoisted. Captain Reavis
mounted wagon which had been
drawn into the middle of the street,
8 and delivered brief but pungent and
forcible address, which was received
with manifest satisfaction. ono
From Daum's the crowd returned
to Fifth Street, where Master Robert
Crofts had splendid pole 81 feet
long ready for the raising. and which
E was splendidly raised, and the Stars
Stripes flung to the breeze.
Andy Hutchinson mounted the
wagon which had been again brought
into requisition, and delivered q
; speech which surprised all who heard
tin fact, it was one of the mos
plain, common sense, convincing and
of-hand addresses we have listened
|; to this year. This was one of the
most enthusia. tic demonstrations We
have witnessed. The crowd was very
large.
About a dozen wharf-rats and EN-.
bryo thieves followed the CROWD, and
occasionally shouted for Seymour ant
Blair, and as they passed Robert
Croft's pole, one Of the young black
guards cut the halyards; but this des,
picable act did nos effect its object
as Master Bobby had provided him
self with suficieney of cord to guarC
against such contingency.
f If Republican meetings are to be
annoyed with such vermin as those
that were trying to interrupt the one
. of last night, there will be an example
made ere long.
EVANSVILLE HENDERSON AND
NASHVILLE RAILRoAD.-Gen. Boyle,
President of the Evansville, Hender-
son and Nashville Railroad, is in the
city. From him we learn that the
iron is laid on the road for a distance
of eight miles. The 1oad bed Isl ra-
ded, practically, for a distance OF
twenty-seyen miles from Henderson,
aud there is iron enough on hand to
lay it to Deer Greek. distance OF
twenty miles from Henderson; and
sufficient iron has been bought and
paid for, and is now on the way to
lay the road to Madisonville, dis
lance of forty miles from Henderson.
Beyond the point to which the road
is graded, there is eight miles of
heavy work. which will take some
three months to complete. The fall
ure of contractor to whom the work
was let, some time since. has delayed
the work about three months.
The work has been relet, and to par
ties who, the General assures us, are
certain to fulfill their contracts.
We may, therefore, confidently cal
culate on having the road completed ,
and cars running from Nashville dur
ing the year 1869. 1t is expected to
have the road completed to Madison
vile early in January. 100
A CENTENARIAN.-Mr. T. @. Stu
ter, the well known glazier of this
city, himself an old man, and we
believe a grandfather, returned home
yesterday from Washington county,
Ind. where'he has been on a visit to
his father, who was born in March,