The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-08-24


The Republicans Of CrawfordsviIle
mass meetings at that place previous
to the October election.
The Northwest Indiana Methodist
Conference will meetat Valparaiso on
the Both of September. Bishop
Thompsen3will preside. x-r4.7
Burglaries are quite common in
New-Albany. On "Wednesday even
ing the store of VIM. G. Conner was
broken into and robbed of many arti-
cles. 80.
= The Vincennes Times says that
every case appealed from the Mayors
decisions has been reversed by the
Circuit Court. Greene is good name
for that Mayor.
A seven acre field of wheat In st.
Joseph County, yielded 232 bushels.
Two acres, in Penn Township, same
county, yielded SO bushels.
Five thousand acres of land in St.
Joseph County will be sold at auction
in South Bend, on the 10Th.
The Spanish fever, which has prov
ed so destructive in Illinois, and in
the northern portion of this State,
has broken out among the cattle In
Monroe County.
The Sentinel says ], 500 voters were
at the Democratic mass meeting In
Sullivan County. That is, every
Democratic voter in the district was
present. The Sentinel believes in
telling whoppers." r
A man named Daniel Dietz, a Ger
man, cut his wife's throat on Mon
day night last, at his home in Har-
mony, Clay County. The throat was
cut from ear to ear. and the wind
Pipe severed,
s. John s. Roberts, of Vevay, who
was Chief Marshal and leader of the
White Boys in Blue, at the Hen
bricks meeting in that place last Sat
surday, has come out boldly for the
Republican ticket, and brought sew
eral soldiers with him into the Fight
ing Boys organization.
The Chisholm furnace, at Knights
town, having undergone thorough re-
pairs, . blew in - again on Tuesday
afternoon The new furnace of the
company will be ready for operation
in about three weeks time.-Brd ziI
Miner.
A Grand Band Convention and
Tournament of the bands of Indi-
Fiana, will be held at the Fair Grounds
near Franklin, Indiana, on Thursday
and Friday, October 9Th and 9th.
franklin Wills, Of Boone County,
recently blew his brains out by placing
/ his toe on the lock of his gun and
blowing in the muzzle.
Mr. Henry Markworth, one of the
/ freight conductors ON the louisville.
New Albany IL Chicago Railroad, was
recently dangerously, if not fatally,
injured, by his head coming in colli-
sion with a bridge a few miles north
of Gosport. He was knocked from
the top of car into the creek below.
A young man and woman, apparent
ly about sixteen or seventeen years
old, with week-old infant, stopped
over night in Lawrenceburg. The
baby was left wrapped up near eul-
vert on the Durbin road. The parties
were arrested on the way to Nebraska,
Ind, where they are supposed to live.
The bridge over the Wabash at
Vineennes is progressing rapidly, two
spars being already nearly completed.
1t viii be one of the most beautiful
bridges in the State.
Mr.. k]raei Patton. his son and ne
| phew, M. Nelson Moore, for many
years citizens of Montgomery County,
residing near Charlottesville, were
recently assassiHated near Carthage,
Missouri Having been missing for
several days, search was made for
them, which resulted in finding their
bodies hung to a tree, with their
threats cut, evidently having been
left in that condition for several days.
Young Patton had been a soldier In
the Union army, aud all three were
quiet, unassuming men, much es-
teemel by their neighbors, who are
waiting with much solicitude for fur
! Their particulars.
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