The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-03-22
TELEGnAPH SUMMARY.

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The steamship Columbia from Glasgow,
hiss arrived at New York.
All the schemes to secure State aid in
railroad enterprises have been defeated in
the Ohio Legislature.
The steamer Union, which arrived at
a, New York on Saturday, brought e7SOO)
sterling.
Gen. Samuel Fessenden. father of sena-
tor Fessenden, died at Portland, Maine, on
Eriday night, aged IS years.
A boy was killed in Cincinnati on Sat-
urday, 10y being struck by the wheel OF a
runaway wagon.
The Chicago Board OF Trade have adopt
ESf. ed series OF resolutions endorsing and
hailing with joy the change reeently made
In New York City in the system of recsiv-
ing, storing and selling grain.
Chicago dispatch says Lieut.. General
Phil Sheridan will arrive in that city
Tuesday, and thereafter establish his head
quarters there.
Thirty thousand dollars worth of prop
81 erty, Including Masonic Hall, was destroy
ed by I-e In Rochester, New York, On Sat
urday morning.
1t is stated that tlere were thirty deaths
from typhoid fever in the last two months
in a single block OF filthy tenements in
New York city.
The Cincinnati City Council has repealed
.f the ordinances requiring commercial raw
elers 10 pay license Tor selling goods by
sample or otherwise.
4 An accident occurred on Friday evening
at Inv cd Ststion, on the Pittsburg, Fort
Wayne & Chicago Railroad, ninety miles
-- from Chicago, resulting in the death of
one and the fatal wounding of au-
other, caused by the collision of two wood
trains.
Memeier, the Treasurer of st. Paul's
German Eyange tcal Protestant Church
of Cincinnati, who absconded on New
Years Day with several thousand dollars
of the Church money, as brought back
under arrest on Friday night.
st. Patrick's Day was celebrated at OK
ford, New York, by general among
the Iaborers on the Midland Railroad, who
were driven out by the citizens, several
of them being seriously and some fatally
injured. They threaten to return ana
bu the town.
Inquests were held, on Friday on two
more of the victims of the fever-ship,
James Foster, Jr. 4he facts developed the
usual i'll treatment met with by the
OF sail vessels.
The Pensacola & GeorgIa Railroad and
the TatiaiIassee Railroad were sold on sat
Hrday at public sale. The d ST was knock
ed down a. sl,22O,O9O, and the last al sI9j,-
O0O, to D1bble aud associates; $50 900 be
paid on taxing posse sion, ana the ..aIance
as soon called for by the Trustees OF the
Internal Improvement Fund.
Another of the conv1ets who escaped
from Sing Sing recently, was shot and cap
tured near TOIytOwn. His wouna is con-
sidered mortal. Two others " ere also cap
tured. The jury investigating the cause of
tie death OF the keeper. Craft, rendered "a
veTd ct charging Lockwood, Lowden and
Burns as being principals, and Malvey and
Decker with being accomplices, in MS
murder.
Washington dispatch says Secretary
Boutwell, informed the Ways and
Means Conlmi Tee that from casual ex-
animation of the Depai tment he had
found affairs generally In pretty good
condition. He did not think he would re-
quiTe any additional financial legislation;
the present there abundance of
money, and he Indicated his determine
tion not TO keep a large amount on hand,
ana that he would the surplus from
time TO time tor the purchase and cancell-
Ing of bonds aiming at the same time that
there was ample authority, IN his judg-
ment. in the existing legislation 70 make
such purchase and cancellation. Il stated
also that he was opposed TO the secret
sales of gold, and that whenever he had
any for sale it would be sold in open mar
ket. giving everybody the same ogportu-
mites of buying The same dispatcn say
twenty nine Senator are TO vote for III
repeal OF the Tenure of Office act, while
its opponents calm Thirty. three votes