The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-10-07
Condensed TELEGRAMS.

THURs DAY, Oct. 2.
The steamship China, from Liverpool,
/ has arrived.
! .t,,-+ one hundred feet of high eInbank-
mar. ~ the Harlem Rarlroad, at S1xty-
/ firsf - eet, New York, fell on Iuesoay
night.
About half million dollars worth Sndh o. Of
property was destroyed by the noOU III
and about Philadelphia.
WI. REYNOLDS and Asa Biggs have been
a appointed by the Board OF Trade OF Sasn-
Vile Va as delegates to the LOUISVILLE
Commercial Convention.
The little boy, Eddie Lewis, reported
shot by accident, at PIttspurg, was snoI !, , os
q little brother, nine years OF age, who mas
confessed the deed, but says II was oy aecl-
dent
A coIored church in Carondelet, six
miles below st. Louis, was burned on
Tuesday. Less $1,000. NO insurance.
The fire was, undoubtedly, the WofK OF an
1ncendiaIy.
meeting at Minerva, Ohio, on Tuesday.
1t is estimated that there were nVe LhouS-
ard people present, Speeenes were Inaoe
by Senator Sherman and sam Galloway.
The prospects look bright IN the Sanoy
Valley.
The National irish Emigration Conven-
tion met J esterday at Polytecnnlc nat
St. Louis, and was called 70 order at halI- al
efected an Organization. delegates are
present from a large number OF States.
A case + as peen brought in the United
States District Couri, at st. LOUIS, agalnst
oome4v bv Mr. Berry Freeman. for per
sonaI violence and the destract1on oi ms
printing Office, IN December, 1000, az tne
time MontgOm cry was IN com comm IN hu ol tnS
State Militia in Lafayette County,; ana
whom Berry criticised in his paper. berry
claims $4,000. s-f
The Woman's Suffrage Convention met
in the Mercantile Library Han, ~. LOUIS
Yesterday and organizet, with Julia Ward
Howe as tenn poraTy Charm an, and Pnoeoe
w. COggens, of st. IOuiS, secretary 1ley
were eubseouently retained as permanent
officers of the Convention. with numerous US
Vice Presidents. Committees on Or9er OF
Business and Resolutions were appolhbeq5
after which brief but pertlnenE anu WStI'
considered speeches were made by MIS-.
Miner, Miss Peckham ana susan u. An
thony. Mrs. Howe delivered nrleI au-
dress. upon taking he Chair, stating lnaG
Ideas are the real despots ana ruleLs,
rather than Governments, ana llAb Gns
battle should be against them ana not IN
stituted authorities.
On Monday morning tho Eastman Tun-
mel, half a mile long. being excaVaJed Ior |
the purpose OF making water power on
NicolIet Island, near minneapolis, pierced |
q sunk water cavern in the lslanu DelOW |
The level of the river The gates at the |
head of he tunr el were closed, nut the
rush of water could not be arrested Early |
Tuesday morning n large whirlpool near |
the shore of the Island was discovered, |
disclosing the mouth Of the cavern. All |
efforts on Tuesday to close u p Lhis hoie oy /
RATS. cribs. trees, bates OF nay &c proved |
rultless and the river is making a lTe- |
mendous effort to cut new channe! Ior /
itself. Tne mills on Hennepen Island are /
In danger, as the ground Is caVtng IN from |
the massage of the water beneath. A /
thousand men are at work night and day |
mouth of the whirlpool. If necessary, |
section of the dam Will be blown out to |
lower the water, which Is very high, ana /
The danger of a new channel Is very lminl-