The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-02-24
Kentucky Items.

kentucky Items.
A VERY interesting series of meet
ings have been held In the Walnut
Street Baptist Church, Louisville.
A MAN named Dickey was recently
stabbed, In Paducah. His wound, it
is feared, is mortal.
Mr.. DAN. w. SwIGERT has sold the
beautiful and celebrated race horse
Lancaster, by Lexington, for 50, 900.
THE Frankfort (Ky.) Commonwealth
says Kentucky, in all her loyal heart,
is unit for Grant. Every county
convention thus far has resolved in
his favor"
THE passenger depot for the Louis
vile IL Lexington and Louisville. Gin
cinnati Il Lexington railroads, will be
built at the upper end Of Jefferson
Street, Louisville.
POPE PIUs HOMO has appointed
Rev. VIM. McClosky, ID. d Bishop
of Louisville, to fill the vacancy occa-
stoned by the death of Bishop
Lavialle.
THE Grand Jury, in Lexington, has
found bills against @. N. Hendricks,
murder; VIM. George, house break
ing and grand larceny; VIM. Hunter,
(colored,) grand larceny; John Feeny,
manslaughter; John I. Bates, shoot
ing with intent to kill.
CONCORD Church, a Universalist
place of worship, IN Bourbon County,
is offered for sac, the congregation
having disbanded.
WE learn from the Cynthiana Neaos
that Rev. r. H. Kennard, pastor of
the Presbyterian Church of that city,
has resigned his charge and accepted
a call at Memphis, Missouri
BROADWAY Street, Paducah, has
been lighted with gas. The lamps
extend from the river to the old city
limits on both sides the street.
Hon. J. w. BIGGER, OF Paducah,
is put forward by his friends in that
city as Democratic candidate for Gov
ernOr. His chances are slim.
THROUGH TO TRENToN-The Edge
field and Kentucky train now passes
through to Trenton, Kentucky, on
the Evansville, Henderson and Ken
lucky Road, remaining over night at
that place, leaving Trenton at $3.50
A. NJ.
THE Kentucky Statesman says the
Conservative voters in Kentucky are
coming into the Grant Clubs in body
in some counties, and in others they
are openly operating in the Republi-
can County Conventions.
On Sunday last, some ffty-odd per-
sons were formally admitted to mem
bership in the First Baptist Church
of Lexington, twenty-five of whom
were immersed.
A RECREANT wife, who had left her
husband and three little children liv-
ing In Indiana, was taken out of a
house of ill-fame in Lexington last
week and carried to her home. The
husband had been on her track for
some weeks, and was about giving up
the pursuit, when he learned that she
was IN that city. She readily con-
scented to return.
GEN. WEITzEL says the enlarge
ment of the Louisville canal around
the falls will cost one million Of dol
lars. uC COuSbI uCbAOu OI a canal Oh
on the Indiana side will cost .hrec
millions He thinks both improve
ments ought to be made
ANOTHER PIONEER GoNE.-Mrs.
Mary Morgan, one of the oldest wo-
men that ever lived in this city, de-
narted this life at her residence on /
Limestone Street, on the 9Th instant.
sac was indeed a remarkable old lady, /
rather eccentric, and, like good /
many women, would never tell her
age, though from the best information
we could gather, she was ninety-three
years of age, having been born in
Statesman.