The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-07-18


cold closed in New York, yesterday. at
l43l4.
Icis stated that Consul soulnier has left
Vera cruz for Washin gtOn.
Ortega has been put in common jail in
Monterey.
The number of deaths in St.LouIs for the
week ending the nth, was 200.
at St Louis on the nth the mercury
stood Al from Loo to lOS' In the shade.
The cropsIn Iowa, Illinois and wiscon-
sin. arefeported In, a iourishing condition.
AfsNsshviiIe on the I7ht the Thermometer
reschad 16eo In the shade. Two deaths oe-
CARED there from sun-strole.
senator R4yard mas sailed for Europe, to
receive the aid of foreign medical gentle-
men.
Dlspatches nom military headquarters
IN Alaska represent the health Of the
troops as excellent.
the trains on the Central Pacific Rail-
road are run to Wadsworth, 100 miles
east Of Sacramento.
The Democracy Of the Seventh Congress
slonai District have nominated General
N. u. Manson ,of fMontgomery, for Congress.
Thomas A. GODDARD, well known Bos-
ton merchant, died in that place, on the
night of the 18th inst.
In Baltimore, on the 18th inst, there
were thirty-two cases OF aun-stroke, twen-
ty-one OF which proved fatal.
on the 10th the thermometer ranged
rom 30 to 1907 in Minneapolis, Mimi.
"A large number of cases OF sun-stroke
was reported in Montreal, on the l6thi
x-En fc ID
smith, a merchant ofloDg standing.
4 IRE occurred at Toronto, Canada, on
the 10th inst, which resulted in the de-
strucrion OF about $4,000 worth Of prop
erty. MaHy eases of sunstroke were re-
ported there *f noe
A1LondOn special says that the Prince of
wales and Prince Alfred visited Admiral
Farraeurs Aeet on Tuesday. The Admiral
visited Queen Victoria at Osborne House.
chapel ID the City or Mexico, in which
ostentatious1 ceremonies were performed
on the anniversary Of the death of Maxi
milan, has been destroyed by order of
Juarez. e,
The Insurgents are preparing for des-
perate campaign against Juarez's troops
in Ihe state OF Puebla- .ssiaH
The banking house of Thomas f. Nor
risou, Wall Street, New York, was robbed
oa the nth of s2l,O 900 In $40 bonds. No
cline was had to the robbers.
Thsre arc now ,26s Mormons at Castle
Garden. New York. awaiting transporta-
ton 20 Utah, and :, 100 more are expected
nom Europe soon,
A pawn brokers' house In st. Louis ON
the l6ln. was entered by burgalars and
r5bhsd OF the contents, claimed to be
worth from sl5.0o 70 sls000- One hundred
and htty gold watches were carried OF.
Adispatch dated the 18th, at Milwaukee,
states THAT II. N. Simons, of La Gross, COM
pleted a walk of loo miles in twelve days
aud half 1T Hester's Garden, at noon
of the 16th inst. He will commence his
walk at 4o'clock on Saturday to Chicago
The railroad bridge across the Susqus :
hauna River, six ~ lies west of Harrisburg
took hre from sparks, about 3 A. NJ. on the
lTth inst. ana tive spans were destroyed.
There win be no delay OF trains, nor any
transfer of passengers or baggage.
young lady named Ada Fl. Wood, a
pupil at the Puritan school, at Newbury-
port, Mass, committed suicide, on the 18th
In consequence ofhaving failed to receive
diploma on examination. She was ~
years cd.
The supply Of gas in Philadelphia is ex-
hausted, and the gas men continue on a
strike. The newspaper offices are OBLIGED
TO use candles and coal oil lamps. Few
places Of amusement are opened.
During heavy thunder storm at Chat
tanoogs. on the 10th inst, a man was kill
ed by lightning. The Catholic church was
struck. and two men in It badly injured.
The Rebels and Democrats ratIfy the
nominations Of Seymour and Blair at New
Orleans tonight.
A Montreal dispatch says the steamer
Glecisn struck "A rock tn Cedar Rapids, on
the night OF the 10th inst, and was run
into sandy Bag and beached, to prevent
her sinking The passengers were al
saved.
at State Convention held at Montpe
Her, Vermont on the 18th inst, the Demo
Gratis nominated for Governor John L
Edwards; for Lieutenant Governor, Mn
rillo Noyes; for Treasurer, ]. H. Williams
RESOLUTIONS were adopted approving tn
nominations of the New York Conven
zion.
at Cincinnati, on the 10th inst, twenty
I'VE cases Of suustgoke were reported, tel
ot which proved fatal. Sixty-one case
have occurred in that city since last Mon
day, thiIty-eight of which have prove
fatal. n..He tr-
A dispatch from Sandusky, Ohio, nth
says 'the War Department at Washingtol
mas ordered the tTnm mediate removal of tn
bodies OF 200 Confederate OH GERS who die
and were buried ON Johnson's Islam
while prisoners of war, TO the Catholi
Cemetery OF this city, the removal to b
commenced on Monday next, under tn
direction OF a Government agent who ha
been sent here for that purpose"
A dispatch from Galveston, Texas, date
the l7th, states that on the evening of tn
10TH a serious riot commenced at Millicar
on the Central Railroad. 1t appears tbs
"A mob OF about twenty-five negroes, lie
by white men, attempted to hang whit
man named William Halliday, when tn
citizens interfered and a riot occurre'
which resulted in the death of ten {
twelve negroes. On the 18th the riot wS
resum ed, and some twenty-five casualti'
occurred. The loss of life is estimated
from fifty to sixty persons.