The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-12-08
STATION ERY Y,
CONpENsEB TELEGRAMS.

WEDNESDAY, December 3.
There was four inches snow in New York
City, yesterday morning
McLain, Democrat, was elected Mayor Of
Lawrence, Mass.
John Fields was hung, for the murder Of
his brother-In-law ", at Wuliamsport, Pa.s
yes slerday.
CIark's fine stone block, at Waukeshaw.
Wis, was burned. Monday night. Loss
$4,000; insurance SI2,OOV.
The first number of the. Daily -Evenfn0
Nel0s.was published yesterday at Indian-
apolis.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher publishes q
card defending his course In the Rlchard-
son marriage and funerai.H
A large dry goods tobbings house end
ported 10 have failed. Name not given.
WI. smith, democrat, and Working
mans candidate, was elected Mayor of
Springfield, Mass. The Gouncll Is Repub-
Eean.
P. Burke was shot by d. Donahue, in a
political dispute, in New York, yesterday
morning. Donahue is a candidate for Ale
derman.
The state Christian ASSOCIATIONS met in
the gregationaI Church, at Terre
Haute, yesterday, and the preliminary ex-
ezcises were largely attended. tI,t i
The New York canals are closed for the
season, and about ll5 boats, half OF VRhlcn
are loaded with wheat, oats and barley
Captain John Ford, of the tug NettIe
Jones, arraigned for piracy in connection
with the destruction of arms on board the
Hesper, was acquitted, yesterday, at
Helena.
Sir Charles Wtndham, Lieut.. General OF
Canada, Is at Manhattan, Kansas, looking
after his recent purchases OF lands. He
will secure tenants and put number or
acres under cultivation next season.
The Matteson whisky case before the
T..
postponed till Friday, to await the arrival
of the books Of the trm, which are said TO
The new Common Council of ChIcago o
met on Monday night, aud organized oy
eieeting John Co1sKy President. Mayor
Mason protested against the right OF the
Council TO do so.
The Prince of Sadowara and suite will
leave Chicago this afternoon. for Bruns-
wick, New Jersey, where they go TO OBJ
tain q thorough sclen tifie education. They
dresStn American costurne.
DIR. Marshall, who made o post mOrtem
examination on the body, of Dorethea
Vanderhon, vino was supposed to have
died from poison, reports that her death
resulted fron lung disease, q
In the appeal case of Daniel Walsh, the
murderer, 10 theSupreme Court of Illinois
for writ OF. error the Court decides tnaI
1t will not interfere. He viii be hanged
on Frlday' EtLfaa- SAB a -.@-A =
Mike McCoole and Tom Kelley beat bru.
tally George Z. DOUGLASS, correspondent oi
the Clipper, and Edward Gatllu. his friend
at Melodies saloon, In 81. Louis, Monday
night. Douglas had criticised McCoole's
conduct. 4vu4 wmH EH
Two small children of a Scandinavian
emigrant family, died on Monday, on tne
cars of the Michigan Central Railroad, o
diphtheIia. Their bodies were taken To
Chicago. Another and only remaining
child IS at the point of death with the
same disease.
An adray took place. on Monday night
: n
Chicago, between Pat .Callaghan, a train
master ON the Chicago and st. LOUIS Rail-
CHAN was so badly stabbed that he will die
The west-bound man train on the Penn.
sylvan1a Railroad, was run into by 8
freight trains yesterday morning, aud
gine were badly smashed up. A brakes
man was killed and a passenger m0ftallS
wounded, and four or i've other persons
were slightly injured. r~
The rotary bleacher in Blacks paper
Monday evening, at four O'Clock, entirely
demoIishing the building and killing Mrs
Mcdonald and MIS-. wilson, and danger
Ously injuring James q. Braion and Mrs
Thompson, and slightly iniuring sevefa
others. ,-a ..e
a bridge on the Portland aud Kennebe
Railroad, near Augusta, Maine, Whtel
was about completed in place of the on
burnt last Wednesday, fell with q terrible
ing raised, carrying with IL the supertn
tendent and ten workmen, i've of the lat
Ter being injuIed but not seriously. ~
On Monday night, two noted rufTlau
named Grant and White, went To tn
house Of widow Hust, near Tresevant, ol
the Memphis & Louisville Railroad, L
steal chickens. They aroused the family
chicken house TO ascertain the cause, wa
shot and Instantly killed. The rutiian
ned to tile woods. Two hundred citizea
were securing the woods for them YesteT
day.
Extensive preparations are making 70
the annual reunion of the Army of tn
Cumberland at Indianapolis, on the 15t
and 10th iasts. Officers and soldiers aIik
are invited Generals Sheridan, Rose
Grams, Sch0feld, Palmer and many othe
distinguished officers, win be present.. Ger
Thomas is also expected. The Academ
of Music, which viii seat 2 500 persons, ha
been secured and Is being handsomely dee
grated Tor the occasion.