The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-09-04
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wee President COlfaz left for oregon on
Thursday.
The steamship Columbia, from Glasgow,
/ has arrived.
1T was feared that Senator Fessenden
/ would not s.thTou IA the day on Friday.
/ The long pending match for the diamond
/ cue, the billiard championship anu So,gJJ a
side, between John Deery ana Melvin Fos-
fter win be played on the 18th inst.
The New York Hegald's Panama letter
of August 18th, says Frank Ward, a sOn-in-
law OF William B. AstOr, Jumped overheard
Jose, and was drowned. 20
An attempt at R0ckIand, Ne, to rob the
Lime Rock -B2nif, was unsuccessful, OWNS
TO the burglars bting unable TO break the
lock. --rI I-. . .Ct
The paper mill OF George Beithan & Son,
at Bennington, VT, was burned on Thurs
day night; loss on mill and stock $4,000 /;
partially insured. - o4 -.ott A.ta
The Central German NJ. e. church, in
ses sion at Newport, Ky, took q vote on
suited 55 for u against Lay Delegatton.
F Colonel Morris, recently appointed as
sistant Assessor Of Internal Revenue, died
on Wednesday afternoon.
Collector Grinnell, OF New York, has
ordered every one EN- piOyed In the W. ls n
er's depsrtTo ent Of the custom house, 10 be
sworn, so as TO avOlc OF her lr1eguiafltl
In the department IN the future.
The steamship Haley, which arrived
Thursday, Is the first ship OF new
monthly line between New York and Rio
Janeiro, leaving monthly. ttf fsae
There was great rejoicing Friday morn
ing IN Richnond, Va, over the news tele-
graphed blere on Tn 1rsday, that Attorney
General Hoars opinion was against the re-
quiremeut OF the test oath. Gen. Candy
expected but did not receive Mr.. HOar's
opinion On Friday morning.
At the meeting OF the corporation of
brown University, Providence, Rhode
Island, John q. Whittier and Roland q.
Hazard were elected to fill vacancies in the
board of Tustees. The time for holding
commencement is changed from SepteE-
Ter to June-
L iF.J. A. Bale, formerly q prominent poll.
ttetan of New York, died on Thursday in
the New YORK Lunatic Asylum, his insan-
ity being caused by dissipation and dis
appolntment az being defeated for Mayor
aiiJy by Gunther. - p tt
A London dispatch to the New York
Herald states that Williams letter claim
ing that the OxfOrd crew could have
beaten the Harvards -hy-many more
lenstps is regarded as . specimen Of
Bounce.
Seventy miles Of the extension OF
the Kansas Pacific Railway are now under
contract, and will be completed by January
lst, 1890. This VIII e9rTy the track sn e ki6
but ono hundred ami tifty miles to be
finished % Denver.
Miss Anthony related her troubles at
tie Philadelphia Labor Congress to the
Working Wum6n's Association in New
York, on Thursday night. ahe said she
had nothing to do with the printers en-
d9isSs1ssiob d9iios g1 TOOK too piacs besween Ter Pahdd
Mrs. NOrtoD, who denounced the aSsocta-
tiOn as fraud.
A dispatch. was received at st. Louis on
Thursday, from the Agent Of the Kansas
Pacific Railroad at Denver, that two hun
thousand Colorado
has been shipped TO the end of that road
by wagons, destined for London, England.
1t is believed that when the above road Is
com pleted to Denver that immenSe
amounts OF the rich ores OF Colorado will
hnd their way East.
The propeller Boscobell. Capt. Hodges.
OF the Naw York C.Line, caught IRE at
O'Clock on Friday morning, three miles
below St Clair. As soon as the fire was
dlsc0vBredthe boat was run on the Cana
da shore, -yghere she continued To burn,
aud viii prove total loss. The nre origfn-
ated about the boilers. The BOscobeu was
bound for Chicago, and had ten passen.
the m lost ali their effects. The officers,
crew and passen gers were conveyed to st.
Clair on Ghe Belle OF Ash kOsh. The second
engineer, Geo. Ely, finding 1t impossible
to reach the deck, jumped overheard and
was drowned. II Is feared that one or the
firemen Suffered the same fate.
The Dennocrauc local tickets Chroughout
the state OF California, have generally
been elected by decided Democratic ma
jOrlty. The next Legislature Will be en-
phatically against the Fifteenth Amend
ment. Returns give a full Democratic
legislative delegation. The vote of the City
OF San Francesca Is light. About 36 100
names were on the register, and less than.
22000 votes Were polled. The count OF
/ straight tickets for Mayor, on "Wednesday
night, gave McCuppin, Democrat. near
/ IL 600 minority, but the count of scratched
tickets al O'Clock N Thursday evening,
shows that Selby, independent, Is about
l25 ahead, with prospect or an increa ed
| majority. W
clines To send delegates to the National
Capital Removal Convention ut st. Louis,
I on the ground that, in his opintoa the
/ people or Pennsylvania are not. ready 10
/ Governor baker, or In llama, while lie ap-s
/ proves the movement himself, refuses his
/ authority to appoint delegates In the abb
/ sence of an expression of the views ot the
phis thinks the Convention should be
j postponed one year h $ Footef OF Ten
i nessee, claims 10 have favored theremoVa1
I of the Capital for twenty years: dovernor
/ Yarmouth OF Louisiana, and Governor
| McClurg, OF Missouri, announce tnelr. IN
tention of appointing full delegations
! The Convention will be held if no more
| than three states are represented 3 = q "a
A large number of the men enlisted for
the Cuban army are at Fort Gaines, Ca
/ Thursday, and teiegraphed that the citl-
| zens ares unables 20 cope with them, and
asked for troops. A dispatch has been
company OF troops to be sent to the Fort
by a special train ON Thursday. District
| Attorney MilleQge telegraphed In return
| to the eject that he will be at Fort Gaines
/ ON Friday morning, and also the United
states Marshal nom Savannah. The rev.
enoe cutters have beon ordered to cruise
OF the coast TO fntefcepi the hllibusters II
I they should succeed in getting away.
Great exclteme.,t I prevails at Fort Gaines,
as many who joined the expedluen are
young men under age. The United States
Comm tSstOner's O1hee was crowded all day
with anxious parents to hear Il the author-
tiles had succeeded in stopping the party.
/ The party had q special boat chartered II
take them down the river AchichOla, and
are reported as being under command OF
Major BrldgefOrd, formerly OF General
| Ian's alafF. ---