The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-05-03
indiana Items.

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ALL our state exchanges report fine
Prospect for fruit.
HUsPrY DUMPrY is now the rage at the
3Fort Wayne theatre.
THE town OF sullivan is to be improved
Nv the erection OF IL new three-story brick
3lcuse
IN sullivan County the wheat never
looked more promising at this season Oh
The year.
REV. c. N. SIMS lectured on character
and Characters at Cincinnati on Ih"'S-
day night.
THE Vincennes TIEsss says that town
has been infested with burglars. IA gang OF
then, being ouartered on what is known as
sunker HIN. on Monday night last
Marty Of cttfz-ps assaulted the hill and put
is occupants 10 flight.
WILLIAM N. SAFER, who has resided in
Harrison County for the last sixty-four
wears. died suddenly at his residence on
the 2Stn ult
GOV. BAKER has appointed John G. But
Ter Judge OF the newly created New Alba
ny Criminal Court, and Parke Dewey, OF
clark County. Prosecuting Attorney.
Hon. ROBERT n. LAMB has been appoint
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composed of the counties of Union, Frank
lin, Ohio, and Dearborn, and William
Writ TlIley, Prosecutor.
A. ]. HOLMES, Grand Junior Warden of
the Grand Encampment 1. o. o. F., and
,or some years Secretary OF the State
Board of Agriculture, died at his residence
IN consequence of his appointment to
the ONE of Surveyor at Louisville, ]. p
I.use, Esq publisher of the New Albany
Qnd) Commercial, desires to sell all or a
part OF his establishment, including book
bindery and job Office, to some one COM
petent tc run 1t.
GENERAL /. NJ. ST.. JOHN. Hon. Augustus
Bradley, and George Lyman, ESQ.,, left
Neg Albany, on Thursday, on horseback
to survey the New lbany and st. Louis
Air Line Railway route. from that point
To Mt. Carmel. The journey Will occupy
about two weeks.
THE officers of the Ohio and Mississippi
RaIIrOa2 are said to be thinking seriously
of building bridge from the foot OF Broad
way, in Jacksonville, TO the foot OF Bro ok
Street, in Louisville.
Gov. BAKER has removed from the form
er residence of Senator Morton, on North
Pennsyivan, a Street, to the residence of
General storm, on North Tennessee
Street. Senator Morton's family will oc-
cupy their former residence this week.
TAX appraisers of the counties along the
line of the E. & G. r, r., met at Vincennes
on Wednesday, and appraised that road at
$500 per mile for taxable purposes.
THE New Albany Commercial says ter
rife hurricane swept across the riser, a
short distance above Wiekliffe's Landing,
on Wednesday afternoon last. The path
of the hurricane was about one hundred
yards in width. Within this track, for
miles on both sides of the river, the de-
struetlon. was very great. Dwellings and
barns and FENCES and trees were Frustrated
and unrOofed. Fortunately, no lives were
lost.
A LAFAYETTE correspondent of the New
York Times say $ more houses will be built
during the coming season, in most of the
cities and towns in this State, than ever
before in one year. He also says over ], 800
miles of new railroads will be constructed
during the present year. We guess he has
got two or three miles too much of rail-
road.
NIMRoD Fl. JOHNSON. Judge OF the Wayne
County Criminal Circuit Court. died sud
denly at his fathers house, in Cambridge
been feeling unwen, and, intending Il
take dose of the tineture of gentiau, got
hold of the wrong bottle and took tinctui e
of acontte.
SEVENTEEN miles of the new Indianapo-
lis and Terre Haute acknowledging sec
ton of country extending from a point
I'VE miles east of GTeeneastle to a point
twelve miles west of the same-has been
let to Tenny & Wright, of Champaign,
Illinois. They have advertised Tor 1000
men and 900 teams, to work the road. That
looks like business.
in Rochester on Thursday morning.
TIE religious meetings at Indianapolis,
under the direction of Rev. Mr.. Hammond,
seem to be increasing in interest. On
Thursday upwards of two hundred per-
sons arose in their places in the congrega-
tlon, Ia response to an invitation to all
who wished an interest in the prayers of
Christian people to stand up while the
choir sung a hymn.