The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-05-04
Indiana Items.


There is considerable typhoid fever
in New Albany and vicinity.
The Commercial House, I~udianap-
oils, was sold Oh Thursday, at auction
for $4,000. n 6
The indianapolis Locals are " stage
struck since Olive Logan lectQred
there.
The Petersburgh Brass Band have
been presented with a new band
wagon, foF, campaign purposes
The TeFre Haute Cypress urges
people to keep on their flannel till
the fFst'of June.
The Republicans of Knox County
hold their Couaty Convention, to
nominate candidates for county Off
GERS, to-day. POI. aot af
st. Paul's Church, Indianapolis
Episcopalian-Will be finished IN
about a month, and dedicated in
five weeks. 1t will seat 1000 people.
We are glad to state that the cree
ton of a graded school but ding in
this place Is 4 fixed fact.-Brozit
Hiner.
The Crawfordsyille people boast
that they have the finest silver band
in the State, and have just given it a
new wagon. Ioe boss
An insane woman was run over BY
the B~ellefontaine cars, eight miles
from Indianapolis, on Wednesday
night ana killed. go
Father Mougin, Of Trinity Church,
Jacksonville, has been presented
with a fine gold watch and chain by
his Pensioners, end u
The Indianapolis Sentinel says there
Is a large demand for brick in that
city, with a small supply. An exam
inatien of the hats ought to be made
Immediately.
A heavy FIRE occurred in Peru Tues
day night. Two frame buildings were
destroyed, and a stock of groceries,
and also q of drugs seriously dam
aged. aa ".
The T. III. & |. Railroad Company
have begun the erection of a passen-
ger depot at Harmony Station, which
will greatly improve che appearance of
the town. Pc
The Terre Haute Bar passed. a
preamble and six resolutions as a
tribute Of respect to the memory of.
Putnam Brown, a brother member,
recently deceased.
In a card IN the New Albany Com
mercja{, Col. A. j. HAWKE announces
that he has sold his interest in that
establishment to James p. Luse,Esq.,
who IS now the sole owner.
The carpetipg of Trinity Church.
IN Fort Wayne, was stolen Wednes-
day night by some person or persons
unknown. The greater, part OF it was
fine velvet, valued at SI,l0Q. =
The Madison Courier is requested.
tofsay that the name Of General w.
NJ. Dunn will be presented-by his Re
publican friends for the nomination
for Congress to represent the Third
District. 2.
A man named Zach. Graves, was
caught in the shafting in a pump fac
tory in Lafayette, and made to re-
volve around it a couple of times be7i
fore be was released. His injuries
were serious, but he viii pfobably-re-
cover.
The New Albany G~maserciGl says:
Large quantities Of I railroad iron
are being turned out by the New Al
bany Rolling Mill fer Notwithstanding
and Indianapolis, and the Louisville,
New Albany and Chicago Railroads.
Miss Jane Hardwick, of Indian
Greek Township, Lawrence County,
undertook to ride to Bedford on a
saw log wagon, was spilled out and
driven oyer, suffering a breakage of
an arm in consequence.
The Greencastl6l Press ann6dnced
" authoritatively,n the other day, that,
the new Tefre Haute iRailroad had
been abandoned. The Indianapolis
Journal, just as $ authoritatiyely, ]
announces that the engineer corps IS
now camped near Plainheldr setting
the grade stakes, and that the line IS
certaln'to 60 through.
Capt. Ferguson, Of Pike County,
and a mar named Hobson, narrowly
escaped drowning, on Saturday last.
They We're padding about in WI e
River, in a canoe, which was unset by
coming in contact with some DRIFT
wood.
We understand our neighbor Of the
Sun hadJa parochial visit last week.
He was a Very meek and penitent. and
like the big. IIbberly sohook boy who
was called t. account for whistling,
blubbered out. Indeed, he didn'
mean to, it just did itself Tacennes
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