The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-03-24

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dant and fat in the woods five or six
miles from New Albany. Wild pigeons
have made their appearance IN the
same vicinity.
THE President Of the 0. & NJ. road
says positively that branch of the
road will be built from North Vernon
to the Louisville bridge and New Al
bany.
Miss WILLIAMS, who brutally muir
dered her sister-in-law near Little
York, Washington County, last Sum
mer. was tried and convicted in the
Washington Circuit Court. at Salem,
last week, and sentenced to the State
prison for life.
The official board Of Roberts
Chapel, Madison, have voted unani-
mously against the lay delegation IN
Conference.
To BE REPAIRED.-The remains of
the wreck and crush IN the Hall Of
the House Of Representatives IN the
old State House, Is being cleared
away preparatory to a repair of the
chamber for the use Of the next Leg
islature.
Mrs. RIPsLAGER, the young wife of
a Jacksonville saloon keeper, lived
unhappily, and on Tuesday attempted
suicide with laudanum An overdose
made her very sick at the stomach,
but she still lives.
THE storm of Monday night did a
great deal of damage Ia the eastern
part of the State It's course seemed
to be due north, and our exchanges,
from Lawrenceburgh to Fort Wayne,
report losses which, in the aggregate.
will amount to four or five hundred
thousand dollars.
THE Treasurer's Office, in Knox
Stark County. was broken open, on
Tuesday night of last week, and rob-
bed of money, orders, drafts, &c, to
the amount of 5,000-classitied as
follows Money, $1,000; drafts, $500;
county orders, $500; road receipts,
81, 500: special school orders, $500
Mr.. Good, the Treasurer, has to stand
the whole loss. 4a
A LITTLE girl, aged about eight or
nine years, the daughter of Mr.. Moses
Brown, Newcastle, who was left at
home with some younger children, on
Sunday last, whilst the parents went
to Church, undertook to cook some
eggs, and In lifting the pot off the
stove, her dress accidently caught fire,
and the child was burned almost to a
crisp. In this terrible condition she
fingered IN horrible agony until
o'clock Monday morning, when she
died.
Mr.. WIN. p. JEWELL. living in
Highland Township, Green County,
and between fifty and sixty years Of
age, attempted to commit self-murder
on Wednesday last. He took a rife
gun, went to an old house near his
residence, loaded it, placed the muz-
zle In his mouth. aud threw the trig-
ger with the ramrOd. The ball struck
Que of his front teeth, knocking it out,
cut the roof of his mouth in twain,
and struck the bones in his neck
when it took a downward course. His
recovery is doubtful. 80 tad
The Ligonier Banner says: g In
our last issue we noticed the drowning
of a little adopted son Of Mr., Bernard /
Dunberger, who resides near this
place; but, strange to relate, the
family and neighbors suppOsing him
to be dead, had commenced laying
him out, vixen luckily a neighbor
came in who took the little fellow by
his feet and stood him on his head
which emptied the water from his
lungs and stomach, after which signs
of returning animation appeared, and
ia a short time he was fully restored /
to life and consciousness.
THE .Winuoma Democrat says.
Last Sunday week, daughter of
Mr.. Liddell, about nine years old, fellI
into the river, four miles below here,
and hoated down stream three hun
dred and fifty yards, being most of
the time under water. After she fell
into the river the alarm was given,
when Mr. Joseph Galbrath and Mr..
James TunIs got her out. Life was
apparently extinct, but one of her
rescuers rolled her on his knee for
few moments, then held her head
dOwuwards, which caused the water
to flow from her mouth. After car
ryiDg her a short distance she began
to show signs of life, aud in a little
while was restored to consciousness. /
This we consider a remarkable re-
cOVerV as she was orr informant