The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-11-02
Indiana Items.


thousand dollars out Of the little
game.
Indiana Items.
Corn is coming in to Mt. Vernon
lively. Ruling price 60@65 cents per
bushel in ear.
A Yigo County farmer reports a
loss of 300 bushels apples by freez-
ing. os ea
The Mt. Vernon Common Pleas
Court convened yesterday, with 178
cases on the docket, including nine
applications for divorce. ~ z
Good fruit is selling III nit. Vernon
at 5000 cents per bushel. The
Posey County potato crop exceeds
that of last year.
The Mt. Vernon Democrat recon-
mends that AFRO Dyer, Esq, Of this
city, BIO made the next Democratic
candidate for Circuit Judge.
Wood is selling at Lafayette at 81
per cord, and at Terre Haute at 50,
and in Viucennes at 50 90. Evans
vile 50 30 to "a.
The Sentinel learns that Mrs. Dun
lap, a resident of Columbus, who was
injured by the explosion on the Fair
ground, Is not expected to recover.
Mrs. BelIerlay, the Indiana giantess,
who weighs 702 pounds, and her hus-
band, the skeleton Man, have taken
Winter quarters ST The Spencer
House, Indianapolis.
I've columns in the Muneie Tt7nes
tell the story Of Hiram Stoves sui
eide. He shot himself in q fit Of
passion, and died in a few moments.
He was sixty. nine years cid, and has
left family.
It is stated that the October settle
ments of County Auditors with the.
Treasurer Of State show a larger pro-
portion Of collections than was made
in the corresponding time last year.
Mary Hudson and Ida Jones. of
indianapolis, on Friday closed a two
years engagement in the Southern
State Prison. TheA were committed
for larceny. a
Charles L. Hopkins, of Newburgb,
has been appointed Commissioner OF
Warrick County, in place Of Felix
Haberstroh, resigned.
The amount of tax to-. be raised for
the Fort Wayne Railroad, in Wayne
Township, will be about $4,000 a
year for two years-$140.000 in all.
The Terre Haute Eirpress says sus-
pieious looking men have been Oh
served in several parts Of that city,
carefully inspecting various houses.
They are suspected of burglarious in
tentions.
/ OnWednesday OF last week there was
railroad meeting at Washington, in
which DR.. Pierce made a speech. He
told the people that the north-and-
south railroad was fixed fact" IF
it didn't run through Washington, it
would run some other way.
The Ohio s. Mississippi Railway
Company have mortgagod to Allen
Campbell, of New York, and Samuel
l.. Odell, of Brooklyn, their branch
! line from North Vernon TO Jefferson
Vile, IN the sum of 100000, to facili-
tate the building of the road.
The tax rate in Richmond, for State
and county purposes, it 81 16 per
| 500; Incorporation tax is 81 per 500;
total, 50 81 per 500. If the railroad
tax is voted at the election on Noyem-
Der Both, the rate for the next two
years will not be far FROM 50 81 per
800.
A convention of ministers and lay
men OF, the Presbyterian Synods of
Indiana and Illinois win be held this
week in Vincennes, commencing to-
day (Tuesday). The opening sermon
will be preached this evening by Rev.
j. p. e.. Kumler, of this city. The
object Is prayer and conference, with
regard to the interests of the church,
the best methods of developing into
activity the working element of the
! church, and of reaching the uncon-
yerted, Sabbath school works, Sc.
| 1t is estimated that the system of
water works which is being put up in
| Connersville viii cost the city only
$4,000. It will furnish all the dwell
| ipgs and business rooms on the prin-
cipal streets with water, and entirely
/ do away with tho necessity for fire
engines, the fall " being sufficient to
/ force the water over any building in
| the city. The fremen will only need
TO handle hose carts and hose.
The South Bend Register reports
this horrible accident that occurred
at Rolling Prairie last Monday: A
number Of hands were engaged in
threshing wheat at the farm of Mr..
Brown, the machine being set in the
! barn. John Nichols was stationed In
! the barn loft to pitch sheavos down to
! he feeder. While engaged In his du-
tics, he made mlsstep and fell head
| long from the loft, his head striking
! the .cylinder. which was running at
| full speed. He was instantly drawn
into the machine, head first, and in
| less time than it takes to tell it, his
head and the upper portion of his
body were reduced to shapeless, I'M
recognizable mass by the teeth of the