The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-06-25
CONDENSED FELEGRAMs.

The municipal election OF Portland
Oregon, resulted in an entire RepufblIcar
success.
Shocks of an earthquake were expert
encedat Olympia and Stelacoom, Wash
ington Territory, June 2Oth, 2lst and 22d.
At meeting OF the Directors of the
Memphis Turf Association, yesterday
Gen. =. r. Chalmers was elec ed President
DR.. Stewart, Of Dickson County. Ten
nessee, committed suicide .ew days ago,
by taking moTphene. 1aa
The Republican state Convention OF
Maine, met in Bangor, yesterday u. NJ
Morrau was elected President. A lively
time was anticipated.
The san Francisco EUening Bulletin estI-
mates the damage to growing wheat by
rust at 2 900 900 bushels.
A Colonel CurriSF, formerly ON Booker
stan, and two others, were arrested ON
Wednesday ght, in New York, on In.
formation from a Spanish spg, that they
were in the recruiting business for the
Cubans.
The Deputy Marshal seized by the
friqaas Of Ryan, was treated to a cham
raigE supper by his tRyan's) friends, but
WNN AAob HAAQMgA " ANteN0 an0AA RNAJ
TIL Thursday morning.
In the India rubber patent suit. Good
year and others again 81 Bake, n dentist
OF san Francisco. Judge Hoffman, OF the
United states Circuit Court OF California,
granted a perpe uaI Injunction and de-
cree for profits.
On the same day, a Frenehman, named
Cruckey, native of Vtncennes, and a
= n. "a sr.r
attempted to cross the Wab .sh in "a small
canoe, and losing his balance, he fell into
the river and was drowned.
The opening races at Naragansett Park
took place on Wednesday. The attendance
was large. The first race was for $3.50
81 900 TO the hrst horse and $3.50 TO the sec
ond horse, was won by Maces Locust.
Best time, 2:l415.
The Custom House officers on Tuesday
seized, at Lewiston, Maine, about one
thousand dollars worth of Paisley snawis
from a stranger, a German, who has been
selling them at about half the wholesale
price. There IS suspicion that the goods
We're smuggled.
Thomas Morris and Thomas GiIigan. the
former arrested for vagrancy, and the lat
ter for assault, were found dead. Wednes-
Mti1 mo nAuEs III the 1OEGneNf CT A@AhSS J
Aims House, where they We're confined.
The cause Of their death is y mystery,
which tie CUroner's Inquest win endeavOr
to explain.
The Springfield COmmandery OF Knight
Templars arrived at Boston, Wednesday
afternoon, and attracted much attention.
They were TO leave for Newburypoit, and
join the Masonic celebration there, on st.
Johns Day. .i.
The COMMITTEES Of Ways and Means OF
the House OF Re presentatlves and invited
guests arrived at Sacramento, California,
by special train. on Wednesday, and were
met by Ex-Governor Stafford and "a num-
Der Of prominent citizens, and escorted to
the hotel.
One OF the most respected and well
known farmers OF Lawrence County, Ilt-
nois, comm tied suicide, by dr0wning
himself In the Wabash River, at Russell
vile, on Tuesday. He had recently be
came insane in consequence OF domestic
troubles, and, eluding his friends who were
watching him, ran into the river aud wai
drowned before he could be rescued.
1t appears that after bail had again beer
refused ior Colonel Ryan in New YprlK
ON Wednesday, and while in charge of a
Deputy Marshal, they drove TO the Me
tropolitan Hotel, on leaving which place
mud when near there the Colonel anC
ID putty were surrounded by friends of the
f,rmer. Suddenly the Deputy was seized
and bound, ana Ryan went to the Cuban
rendezvous. Considerable cOmmotion was
soon observable amor g the rescuers, who
left in squads Tor Jersey City, where they
collected until late on Wednesday night
when, vi th Colonel Ryan and other OH
GERS, they embarked on tugs, and wer'
conveyod TO large steamship in th'
lower bay, and all safely sailed for thei
destination. There were 500 men in th'
nNralIiL Inn