The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-09-01

the cause.
The Forest City Base Ball Club, OF Rock
ford, Illinois, played with anu beat the
Unions, o. st. Louis, on Monday. Score
"A TO IL.
A ruinor Is current at st. Joseph, Mo-,
that the Erie Railroad Company has pur-
chased majority of the stock Of the Han
nibal snd ST st. Joseph Road.
Three engines and several cars were
badly smashed, on Monday, on or near
the railroad bridge at Kansas city. Dam"
age, $4,000 TO S2OOO
The City OF Plttsburg voted, yesterday,
on the question of park or no park; The
project was voted down by an 9Verw helm
ing majority.
eight gentlemen and two ladies will
leare Cincinnati for San Francisco on
MOs.day next, as delegates to the meeting
of the Grand Lodge OF odd Fellows OF the
United States.
Col. Hunter Brooke yesterday superseded
Prof. Wood as book keeper in the Ofh OF
A. SCISSOR OF Inter nal Revenue Tor the FIRST
District OF Ohio.
The Buckeyes and Red Stockings played
a .ame of base bali yesterday The game
closed at the eighth inning, the Red stock"
ings winning by leS to 8.
A billiard match for the championship
otthe STATE, Will be played between Fred.
Ackerman and Tony Hon1ngs aI mozart
Hall, Cincinnati, on September 18TH.
4 An excursion party from the Chamber Of
set ont yesterday at noon. The party con.
sisss Of Jhirty-One gent emen. mostly nner-
chants, and eighteen ladies'.
A special from Boston says Pearl Street
is a he Wy sufferer by the recent failure OF
boot and shoe firm in st. Louis. Tue
claims OF seven firms amount to S2iOOO,lOOs
and three houses are nearly ruined.
The gas in an empty oil tank, on
freight train OF the Boston and Albany
Railroad, at Newton, exploded on Monday
night, causing the death OF Samuel Pres
ton a. a brakesman-
The aggregate amount OF business done
In Kansas City f,r the year ending August
3lst, exclusive of that done by banks, foots
up S77, ,3t3, 900 The business OF the banks
amounts u sSO,lZI OUO.
a great fire Is raging in the nisrnl
swamp, Virginia Many mites OF fences
and cord y OOd have been destroyed, and
mum rOus Wild animals have been driven
out into the open country.
4 The loss by the Cape May 1re is estima-
I ted at s250,000 Dayton, the pearl diver in
whose store the fire originated, has been
arrested, charged with causing the IRE.
] he United states Hotel was valued at
$4,000; insured for t47,OOJ.
Benjamin Brown. or Staten Island, q
graduate OF Harvard, offers 70 give 5000
toward deiraying the expenses OF the OK
ford crew, II they Will consent to row the
HarvardS ON either the HUDSON or Charles
( Rive next Autumn.
The Brewery OF Kerchoff & Co.. at Mel
rose, Westchester County, New York, was
/ seized for a violation OF the Revenue laws,
/ and the prOprietoFs held FOR examtnat on.
/ one huudI ed thousand dollars worth of
/ lager Is held 10 await the result.
/ Advices from Scranton, Pennsylvania
| say the miners We're not at work on Tue,
day, but the invaders have been cleared
/ away, and prospects Of an early settlement
/ of the trouble were gratifying.
The.bridge on the Rock island & Pacific
I Railroad near Newton, Iowa, washed
| away on sunday last. On Monday an en-
{ trIf nlunQ0I
1 through the opening. The engineer, fire.
man and one brakesman were killed.
The ease OF the Royal Bank of Liver
pool VS.. the Grand Junction Railroad
( Depot Company, brought in the Boston
| Courts, to recover the amount ofl00 bonds
dated January /, 1880, has been decided in
favor OF the platnttffs. The amount IN ut~
l.fgation was SS4,sOJ
The uniform rule of the New York Po-
lice Commissioners has been modified so
1 as to permit the officers to be relieved of
the Board orlts members, or by the Super
intendent
( A fire broke out Tuesday morning in q
japanese store at tape May, and extended
American Hotels, all OF which were de
strOyed, together with many Intervening
stores and cottages.
A meeting looking towards a connection
/ fIom Madison, Indiana, with the proposed
cum b arland &Ohio Railroad, at Eminence,
Kentucky, is talkeo OF. Hon. Jno. r. Cra-
taken the matter in hand, with fair pros.
pect OF success.
A IRE on Monday evening, on the fourth
/ floor of No. 10 Nesey street, New York, oc-
| cupied with the remainder OF the build
| ing. by w. III. Griffith, billiard table man.
! ufacturer, resulted in damage to the STOCK
al d building 10 the amount OF Sll 800. AL
: iusuref.
The annual gathering OF the American
Spiritual Association took place at Bunalo
! yesterday. About two hundred delegates
We're present, representing AsSoelai on
, from MASSACHUSETTS,, New YORK, vermont
New Jersey, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania
= and Kansas. The session viii probably
, 1 occupy three day.
/. Preparations for. The International Ex-
p position at Buualo, are being rapidly
brought TO a conclusion. The grounds d.
q joining the skating rink are now enclosed
3 [ Collectors Of Customs to admit duty free
2. from Canada, articles for exhibition, un.
2 der bonds, for sixty days
{ In the Susouehanna Railroad r ceiver.
| ship question, the examination has now
! been adjourned till the Is h OF September
4 ] Idge Peck ham is holding a special term
| Of the supreme Court, and motion wi
, ! Peckhan, appointing ROBERT II. Pr'yf
! Receiver.
The Executive Committee OF ladies &
, | y,-nv,I3e TOR a w mans Suffrage ConN en-
: Hon to be he j in Cincinnati on the 18Th
1 | and l6th OF SepteHn Der, have securei Pike
S ! Han for the purpose. Among the speak
A, IIlvermore of Chicago, Miss Susan b
G ANTHONY and Mrs. E. Cady Stanton, Mis-
| Miriam NJ Cole of sidney, Ohio, and ArH
Sarah B. Chase, NJ D., of Cleveland.
r President Graut, accompanied by Gen
| Porter aud Gr. and Mrs. Corbln, arrived
. In New York city on Monday, at 80 RIM.
Z by special rain from Saratoga. Th'
party drove to the house of Mr.. COrbln
and after paltaking of dinner, the PreSt
n dent and Gen. Porter left for Washington
q on the pm. train. President Grant Is e2,
pected to Re Join his family at Saratoga 1
d few days
u A hearing of the David Kirby murde
10 case was had before the Police Court IL
II Cincinnati yesterday. Phillips Warehan
was held to ans Wer to the charge of mur
der in the first degree. William HowaIt
% was held as an accessory 10 the same muir
~ der. NO bail was admitted. Hi aut
E.stabroOk, who had been arrested on sus
~ pici1n, were disc haIgeds