The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-05-26
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The steamships Russia, City of New
York and Kedar have arrived from
Europe.
Miller < Co.'s malt establishment, ct
Cleveland, was destroyed by fire on Mon
day night. Loss $4,000; insurance 5000.
A tunnel for pure water, similar TO the
one at Chicago, Is to be commenced at
Cleveland Immediately, at a cost OF about
$4,000
The steamship Russia, on Tuesday. col
Iided with and sunk the Austrian ship
Fig Leaf, ia New York harbOr. No liz es
lost.
Col. F. L. Walker, of Lockport, New
York, has been appointed by Secretary
Boutwell,, Special Treasury Agent for GUS
toms, with headquaI ters at Sitka, Alaska.
News has been received at Milwaukee to
the effect that 40 buildings were destroyed
by fire az Eau Clare, Wisconsin, on sun
day morning The IRE broke out in the
Chandler House.
Devoe's oil factory, Pr ovost's oil factory.
and several other buildings, were buried
at Hunters Point, near New York, on
Tuesday morning. A brig and eight pro-
peiIers. several large oil tanks and ba rels
OF oil, covering nearly four acres of ground,
were also burned Loss estimated at
81 0O6,O00.
The boiler of the steam-tug VIM. Parks
exp,oded at the foot OF Wall Street, New
YORK, Tuesday morning, and the steam
boat Norwalk was sunk IN the East Rivel,
by colIiding with a tug.
Several letter boxes in the Boston Post
Office were found broken open on Monday
morning, aud robbed of their contents.
Among them the suffolk Bank missed let
ters containing checks amounting to Sl5,-
O00, " hich were subsequently found iu
cellar way. and returned to the bank. A
number OF young boys are suspected the
perpetrators.
An explosion at Weeks & Co.'S oil works,
at Bun's Ferry, y. j., Monday afternoon,
blew off the roof, injured some twenty
mon, and set fire TO all the buildings,
which covered an acre. Kelley q Co.'S car
riage factory and oil dock also burned.
The fire is still burning. Loss $780, 900.
Three men are expected to die.
Mr.. b. II Vanauken, President OF the
Durango Silver Mining Company, at
tempted 10 commit suicide on Saturday,
by cutting his throat with a razor, at his
office New YORK. His recovery is pro-
I'ouuced hopeless. No motive is assigned
for he rash act.
The American Unitarian Association has
elected Thomas ID. Eliot, OF New Bedford,
President. and Henry Kidder, of Boston
aud Seth Hoedellford, of Providence, Vice
Preddents. Receipts of the year S9S,3lj.
Sixty mine Societies have been aided dur
ing the year.
At the Buckeye Races. near Cincinnati
Monday, sweepstakes for three-year-
old hilies, subscription SIS, with $500 added,
was won by Hersage in two straight heats;
time l:i5, :f3J5. Two-miIe race for all
age, club purse or $500, was won by Cross
land in two straf ght heats; time 80, :3g5z.
Track heavy. Weather warm. Attend
ante favorable.
The New England branch of the AmerI-
can Tract Society met at Boston, yesterday.
The annual port shows the receipts Of
S2SiIi, while New England has also con-
tributed $4,000 to the New York society
Thirteen colpOrteurs have been employed
and ,'5j 900 pages of religious reading have
been circulated. a mum ber OF INTEREST,"
addIes esses We're delivered.
terrific thunder storm visited the
vicinity of AtchisOn, Kansas, on Monday
afternoon. The house of Rev. Mr.. Fisher,
at EfHngham Station, on the Central
j anch Railroad. was blown to atoms.
Four per-ous were in the house at the
time one lady was blown two hundred
feet, aud Others to various distances all
more or less, but neither seriously, iujure
a onveution OF the New England Labor
Reform League was held on Tuesday.
J. II. Haywood, Of Worcester, in the
Ch ir. Resolutions against the monopoly
OF gold and silver by the Governme ut (;
affirming the wrOngfulness OF taking in
terest; urging Establishment of National
Banks and the substitution OF treasury
certificates Of service for the present Gov
eminent securities; condemntng the Mas
sachusetts Legislature for r. fusing to re-
peal the interest iaw, and the GoverHor OF
Connecticut for seeking to have the rate
ofinterest raised to seven per cent. urging
the organization OF Leagu $ throughout
New England: also, the establishment OF
free public markets, were adopted. Sew
eraI addG Gesses We're made IN furtherAnee
of the objects of the League.