The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-12-08

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Mr.. ALF. BAsooM, of Bath County,
has a cow which, a few days ago,
gave birth to four calves, three of
which are still living.
In Nicholas County, on the 10Th Of
November, Mr.. VIM. Gray, aged %
years, was married to Mrs Martha
Hopkins, aged 90 years. She has nine
children, five of whom are married.
CYNTHIANA is infested by immense
numbers of rats. and ratification
meeting is to be held this month. and
on given date every house in the
town is to be bated with poison.
THE town of Mayfeld is to have a
newspaper. It will be published by
the Rev. Mr.. Caperton, and will be
devoted principally to education and
agriculture.
WE learn that the press and engine
of the Daily KentUch;iGn Office have
been sold to che Memphis Avalanche.
THE Kentucky Contributor to
the Cincinnati Gazette is w. 0. Good
loe, son of Judge w. G. Goodloe,
of Lexington, KY, and late one of
the editors of the Kentucky Statesman.
THE blind horse that created
such sensation in the saddle rings at
the Danville Fair, last Fall, the prop
erty Of Mr.. Joel Fesler, of Montgom-
cry, has been purchased by Messrs.
Dunn & Buford, of Lancaster, for
$1,000.
Mr.. Brit. GLENN, a citizen of
Hickman County, Kentucky, was ar
rested few days since by q. s. Mar
shall Slater, on the charge of shooting
a negro.
One of the members of the compa-
ny soldiers located &C Danville, COM
mitted suicide last week By shooting
himself in the head with a gun. He
was charged with theft by his superb,
or officer, on whom he was waiting,
and shot himself in consequence.
THE Grand Jury of Galloway Ooun-
ty, at its session on the 24th of No |
vomber, refused to bring in a bill |
against VIM. Ealy, for the killing of |
Boaz Williams. Judge Boone, how
ever, held him over in bond of |
50 ,0OO, to appear and answer at the
next term of Court, on the third Mon. /
day in Nav next. The bond was
given. and Ealy was released.-Pa
cab Herald. 40 ~
Mr.. JOHN MORRIS, living in the
! Hillsboro neighborhood," Henry |
County, raised on three acres of land /
thirty barrels of corn, nineteen wagon |
loads of pumpkins, forty bushels of /
Irish potatoes, eighteen bushels sweet
potatoes, besides supplying his family
with Irish and sweet potatoes from
the same ground during the season,
and In addition an immense quantity
Of beans.
THE subject of establishing a Re-
publican newspaper in Louisville Is
being extensively agitated BY the
"a rty in that city, and in the State
Meetings have been held.
md estimates. OF the expense of es-
a blishing and conducting the paper
we're made. That a Republican paper
conducted would succeed in
louisville, We have never doubted.
Many of the wealthy business men of
hat city are Republicans, while the
Government patronage for the next
our years wiz be large item.
A KENTUCKY schoolmaster fell in
Dve with one of his pupils, says the
)anville AdUocdte, and married her,
Though she was only thirteen. As /
e used to scold her like the child
he was, she went back to her mother
I'D he roamed off elsewhere. After
while each was informed of the II
theirs death, and each proceeded to
marry again, The girls second choice
cry kindly died in year or so, as
Id the schoolmaster's, when he mar
led third time only to be divorced.
bout two weeks ago this much mar
led couple met by chance, joined
heir fortunes again, and as the girl |
as arrived at years of discretion.
hey expect to be happy.