The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-05-22
TEEEGRAPH SUMMARY.

Gs1eraI f. W. Whitaker has assume
the duties OF Postmaster at Hartford. .ConI
August Dahert, a German, committe
suicide Thursday morning In Baltimor
by shooting himself through the hea
with a pistol. He was employed as nigh
watchman at the Guis Hotel.
remarkable and brilH mt meteor wa
visible ON Thursday night at New Hart
ford, Poughkeepsie, and other places
travelling to the northwest, and burst Fl
great splendor.
Two confidence knaves at Buffalo, names
Edward Parmlee, of Cleveland, and VIM
O'Brien. OF Philadelphia, have been sen
to the worGhouse for six months.
The steiner Cambria. from New York
has arrived at Southampton, and the
Scotia, iroin New York, has arrived a
Queenstow
A salt we at Muskegan, Michigan, has
been Completed, the water Of which is said
to be Of excellent quality.
Strawberries are beginning to appear in
the Chicago market freely, and were SELL
ing on Friday at from So to 45 cents box,
The price a few days ago was 81 box.
Extensive preparations are being made
by the citizens of Chicago to decorate the
graves of the patriot dead in the various
city cemeteries.
A Des Moines dispatch says preliminary
arrangements are now making for the sale
OF the Des Moines & McGregor Railroad,
of which Mr. Edwin Powers, formerly of
the e., r. I. & P. Railroad, is the Chief
Engineer.
a shooting match for i've hundred
dollar has been arranged between Cap
tain Bogardies, the crack shot OF Illinois,
and Abe Kliernan, the former 10
shoot from q wagon while In motion, at
twenty-five double. aud twenty-five single
pigeons, at a distance oftwenty-one yards,
and the latter 10 shoot at the same number
of birds-distance thirty yards, standing
on the ground.
Joseph stoneacre, a young lad living a.
Mclean, Illinois, on the Chicago and St.
Louis Railroad, while helping to coupe
some cars in freight train, received in
Juries from which he died IN about two
hours. He was not an employee of the
Road, but had always made himself con-
sPicuOus about trains at that place, not
withstanding the warnings of his friends
A terrible accident occurred on Thurs
day, at Oregon, Wisconsin, whereby a
young lad, named Mckee, lost his life by
being run over by The cars. The freight
train coming north had occasion to back
mp for the purpose of taking in wood.
Young Mckee attempted to get on the rear
car. Having hoe in his hand, he failed
to get a good hold, shipped, and several
cars passed over him before the train
could be stopped, badly crushing his legs
and one hip. He lived ABOUT two hours.
At the close Of the tria of Mrs. Nancy
B. Madden in Dedham, Massachusetts, for
the murder OF her son-in law, the accused
being allowed to speak, said: " Gentlemen
of the jury, I have nothing to say, only
this: not guilty. I am willing to ap-
pear Defare God, out his blood Will not be
found upon my hands" The jury, Friday
morning, rendered verdict of murder In
the first degree.
A Normal School has been established
at Winchester, Va, and schools for chill
dren have been established under the di-
rec,ion OF Mr.. Waring, at Port Royal. Pc
tersbOro, Fredericksburg, Va, aud other
points. The schools opened in Iennesses
lave been principally in the county towns
OF The State. The committee has Iabored
without mOlest alton. Three schools have
been opened in Alabama. Three school
houses have been destroyed In various
parts Of the South. AL over The South the
freedmen were found yearning to learn to
read ard write, and the committee has
been seriously embarrassed by wants of
money and lack OF suitable buildings.
The committee has co operated with the
Freedmen's Bureau in the educational
work.
In the Old school General Assembly, !
now in session in New York a communi-
cation was received on Thursday, from the
New scnOol Gent raj Assembly, naming
Rev. DR.. VIM. Adams and Dr. william E.
Dodge as Delegates to represent the New
School in the Old School Generat Assem-
by. The standing committees were an
nOunced by the Moderator, and the orders
of the day were fixed -Or the ensuing days
Of the session. Rev. Dr. Irving, Chairman
Of a Committee, appointed by t last As
sembly, on Sympathy and BenevoIence.
presented a report, which contained a
pIaii for assessing SynOds; thOse to assess |
Pre>byterles, and they In turn to assess
Sessions, for all the stated objects OF bsne- I
violence This matter was referred to the l
appropriate standing committee, and will |
come up again. The Reformed (Iate Dutcn /
Cnurcn) sent a certificate OF appointment |
OF delegates TO this body, viz The Rev. |
Dr.. w. ]. r. Taylor, DID,, and the Rev. r. |
Wells. The delegates from the New Pres
bytcry Of Austin, Texas. were, on motion, |
enrolled and took their seats. six Mis- |
Slou"EleS nave uttu uuilu5 the past } e It |
four hundred aud sixty have been en- |
PlOyed, OF which number reports have |
been received from three hundred al
thirty two. The number of conversions |
is given at 2,40O; addition TO church mem |
bershfP 3,745; Z,IlI were received on per-
sOnal application, and $40 by letter. Sew
enty-twO chur hes have been formed dur
ing the year The report closes by setting
forth the want OF more ministers at the
West, at the same time calling attention
to the isrge numbers who are unemployed
in the East Rev. DIR. Hatfield read the
report Of the Committee on Freedmen,
Ngh ch is a subcommittee OF the Commit
lee on Missions. Tho report detailed the
organization of the department iInmedi-
ateIy after the close Of the war.