The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-01-07

of Jacksonville. was, with its con-
tents, entirely destroyed by fire On
Monday night.
DR.. Dio Lewis, Prof. Powell, Nasty
and Du Chaillu lecture in Blooming
tor, during the coming week:
A carpenter named White, at work
on Neeley's building, Clintonville, on
Tuesday of last week. fell from a
scaffofd thirty feet high, and sustain
ed injuries, from which he died the
mex day.
There is prospect that the Pitts
Threshing Machine Company may be
induced to go to Aurora and locate
there. Their factory is now in Chi
cago, giving employment to about 100
good mechanics.
A man attempted to drive team of
horses attached to loaded coal wagon
across the Mississippi, en- the ice,
at Rock Island, on Monday, but
broke through, and was with difficult
| ty rescued by some men who witnessed
the accident.
A fire occurred in cigar store. in
Peoria, on Tuesday, which resulted
in the total destruction of three build
ings with their contents. A cigar
maker who occupied one of the build
ings, has been arrested on suspicion
of having fred it to obtain the in
surance.
Mr.. Eugene Hayward, Of Pana, is
said to be the owner of fifty thousand
acres of land in Illinois, purchased
by his father fifty years ago. He re-
Gently purchased twelve thousand
acres of land in Nebraska, at cost of
seventy-nine cents an acre. He is
only twenty-five years of age.
A young man shot himself at the
St. Charles Hotel, at Sparland, on
Sunday last, the charge taking effect
over the right eye. causing his death.
A letter was found on his person d.
rected to Henry. He had been on a
ten days spree, and the deplorable
state of things when he came to him
self is supposed to be the cause of the
suicide.
| The Aurora divorce case (Messen-
ger vs.. Messenger,) the details of
which are too shameful for publica-
ton in "a decent paper, was terminated
on Saturday by verdicC in favor of
the defendant. The husband was
charged by his wife, who is leading
spiritualist, with cruelty, adultery,
and an attempt to poison her. 1H
A few nights ago the police of
Bloomington found minister lying
on the sidewalk in an unconscious
state. his head badly bruised, and his
clothes torn and covered with blood,
He was taken to the city prison, and
next morning fined for being drunk.
1t now turns out that the minister
was not drunk. nor ever had been,
bat was assaulted ndrobbed by some
unknown man while on his way home
The blow she received so supplied him
! THAT for some time he was unable to
tell what had occurred, hence the
fning by the city Dogberry. Il
KILLED HIS HoRsE.-A young man
by the name of Lewis Stiff, SON Of
Richard Stiff, accidentally killed his
horse yesterday evening, while on his
way out of town 1t being Christmas
Eve, we presume he felt himself
slightly elevated and called upon to
create some noise in his departure
from town, In order to do so, he put
his horse to his utmost speed,
and drawing his revolver, fred
three rounds, the last one
taking effect in his horses neck and
head The horse, as natural conse-
quence, fell dead, and the rider, not
anticipating such a catastrophe, fell
beneath the horse, ard was very near
ly crushed to death. 1t was some
time before relief came to hand, when
the horse was rolled off of him, and
he was taken up insensihle. How
bad he was injured we DID not learn,
burg Chronicle. 49,.