The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-03-30

Indiana Items.
SIMPSON CHAPEL, at Greeucastle,
has a new organ.
THERE is a great temperance revival
in Allen County.
LAFAYETTE is to have another fire
engine company.
THE Jacksonville, Madison and
Indianapolis Railroad carried 1860
passengers during the month of Feb
ruary.
AT the present time there are stored
In the Government buildings at JEFF
fersonville $45, 100000 worth of army
stores.
THE Madison Courier has been Of
fered twenty bushels Of peaches, to
be delivered in August, for $50. The
peach crop in that neighborhoOd must
be promising.
THE indianapolis Herald is printed
on miserable paper. The politics of
the State organ has given a copper
tinge to the very paper on which 1t Is
printed.
THE Lafayette Courier says Speaker
Colfax is, next to Grant, the most
popular man In the nation"
THE Indianapolis Journal says that
there certainly is no more effective
popular speaker in Congress than Mr..
Williams"
THE Brazil Manufacturer and Miner
is out in favor Of w. W. Carter for
Congressman.
A LITTLE girl, eleven years of age,
was attacked by COW on Thursday.
Before the child could get away, the
COW inserted one of her horns in the
child's arm, literally stripping the
flesh from one side to the bone, from
the elbow to near the shoulder.
THE New Albany Commercial reg
ularly, twice every week, publishes
description of the New Albany Roll
ing Mill, or FOrd's glass works.
THE two Masonic branches of
the Scottish Rite, at New Albany,
were consolidated on Tuesday night.
THE Parke County Republican
SAYS the prospects of full fruit crop
were never better at this season of
the year Apples, pears and peaches,
with every variety of small fruit,
promise an abundant yield.
A RELIGIOUS newspaper says that
such a revival as has not been wit
messed since 1882, is now prevailing
in Connecticut. MultitUdes of har-
dened sinners are confessing the evil
Of their ways, and bringing forth
fruits meet for repentance" If this
be true, the Republicans will most
certainly carry the State at the
election, next Monday.
THE petition of the creditors of Eli
/ Obeshalser, of Vincennes, to force the
| latter into bankruptcy, has been re-
fused by Judge Mcdonald.
THE present indications are that a
larger amount of building will be done
/ in Lafayette this season than for any
season in years past. The lumber
dealers have already received unusu-
ally large orders.
THE amount received by the School
/ Trustees of Madison, last year, was
S2O,643 80, and the expenditures $l5,-
972 IS.
THREE Brazil boys about ten years
old, were found on Sunday in state
Of beastly intoxication.
IT is rumored that the Contra
Road or the Cincinnati Road, or both
are trying to obtain cootrol of the
Dayton & Richmond Railroad, which
is now owned by the Little MAN
Company, thus preventing the June
ton Road from ever obtaining a sep
arate eastern communication.
The largest income yet assessed
against one man in johnson County
for this year is 5000. johnson is ont
of those Democratic stronghold
which is so terribly burdened with
taxation.
THE Commissioners of Delaware
County on Tuesday made donation:
of fifty thousands dollars each to aid
in the construction Of the propose
railroad from Hagerstewn to Muncie
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