The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-12-21

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THE MINsTRELs. - The strolling
miustrels who were arrested and at
forwards released in this city last
week, and who took passage on the
Louisville for Natchez, seem to have
been playing it strong" at Vim
cennes, indianapolis and along the
railroads. We are credibly informed
that they swindled our friend Captain
Mass, at the Junction House, Vim
cennes. out Of $12, and tried to beat
Lon. Busch out of their fare to this
city. But Lon. is too old bird
to be caught on chat, and when the
doctor" told him they had no
money, Lon. " pulled the bell rope,
and asked them to alight. The Doc
tor" Hascall or Rascal, whichever it
is, went through the car, appealing to
every one for loan of $12, just till
he reached the depot at Evansville,
where he would meet his treasurer
with cords of money. Finding no
ono willing to invest, he appealed to a
woman belonging to his own party
his wife, perhaps-who reluctantly
"shelled out" and Lon. told tho
engineer to go ahead.
The indianapolis Mirror contains a
tender allusion to the same. party
Duverni being an alias for the leader
of the trOupe-to the effect that Du-
verni, the great ilusionist, had left
the capital of the State in such haste
as to forget to liquidate certain little
liabilities. including one due the Mr.
r0r. The Mirror also hints that
some one tried to choke few green
backs out of him before he left, with
about the same result as attended the
effort of the enterprising Yankee to
squeeze lie out of Bunker Hill
Monument" Hascall represented
here that two or three of his company
were property holders in Indianapo-
lis. We congratulate Captain Lusk
upon having the benefit of their
music and patronage down the river.
FATAL BOILER EXPLosIoN.-The
steam tug Volant, q screw propeller,
owned by the Messrs. Morris, of this
city, and which has been engaged for
a year or two in towing and doing
other jobs in aud about the harbor
here, towed barge loaded with rail-
road iron to Henderson yesterday,
and when about opposite the Coal
Mines above Henderson, her boiler
| exploded with terrible violence,
shattering the boat to pieces, killing
the engineer, David Cooper, and
slightly injuring John Morris, one Oh
the owners and pilot of the boat, and
seriously injuriug Mr.. A. Cooper,
brother of the engineer. who was en-
p!oyed on the boat. David Cooper,
the engineer, was blown from the en-.
CINE room through the pilot house,
aud the pilot, Morris, was blown from
the pilot house, both alighting on the
forward part of the boat, Cooper, as
is supposed, being killed instantly
and Morris being stunned to uncon-
seriousness. Young Cooper was blown
overheard, but by the aid of piece o.
plank managed to get ashore badly
bruised. When Morris awoke
to consciousness, he found DaviC
Cooper lying dead by his side. anC
just as he reached his hand toward
him the boat gave a luroh and thu
body rolled into the river and sunk
nOrris is severely bruised, but it il
believed not dangerously. The boa
, from the stern nearly to the pilo
house was blown into fragments, anC
sunk In shoal water near the shore
and was afterwards made fast to tn
! shore. Mr.. Morris came to this cit,
on the Quickstep. Young Coope
, was taken to Henderson and cared
for. David Cooper, the engineer, wa
! from West Virginia, and has family
who, we are told, were on route to joil
| him here. He was very general
esteemed by his acquaintance. Hi
a | body was not recovered.
:, TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY.-MI
George l.. Dixon, of the extensiv
5 boot and shoe house of Semonin
G Dixon, has just returned from an ex
tensive tour through Southwestern
E Kentucky and Western Tennessee
: He represents the people of South
q western Kentuckv in a highly prOs