The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-12-30
CONDENSED gEEEG G8AMs.

The Hudson River Is full of floating ice
from the Mohawk.
Mrs. N. Rigney, o woman OF st. Louis,
has received e 200 contrast for mac
adamizing streets.
The schohaire County Bank. in seho-
hare, New York, was burglarizsd yesseT-
day morning Of 5000.
The Moro Castle, from Havana. and the
Nemesis, rom Liverpool, ,,l- and laurent
from Brest, have arrived at Ne" YORK
David Burke. q well known butcher Of
Memphis. was thrown IroIn ms wagon ON
Tuesday evening and instantly killed.
George D. prentice, the veteran and dis
tipguisned editor of the Louisville Journal
CONTINUES critically i'll with rheumatism
of the hearI.
The colossal statue of President Lincoln,
modelled by H. K. Brown, OF Philadelphia,
y y nlcn ls 70 be erected In Union Park, New
YORK, is now rea1y for transportation.
The iron men Of st. Louis have invited
Dr. w. M. Elder, Of Philadelphia, to visit
st. Louis and deliver an address on the
interests involved.
George Nelson, retail grocer of. Louis
yille,. suicided yesterday morning, by
jun ping from q skiR into the river and
droW ned. Cause, Ill health.
A petition, menoraIzing Congress not
to TC-uce the present tariff on iron, has
received the signatures OF many iron man
ufacturers Of st. Louis and other points In
the State.
The ice in the Hudson River is moving
out and vessels frozen up, above Pough-
keepsie, are preparing to go south. At
Albany the weather was growing colder
yesterday
The Cincinnati Bar yesterday held a
meeting and passed resolutions in honor
OF the memory of Hon. E. NJ. Stanton. ALI
the most eminent members were present.
Judge LeaTitt presided.
John Cottle, Cincinnati pollcem an was
convicted OF mansiaughter, in the CriIni-
nal Court, at Cincinnatl, yesterday, or the
killing of Aug. Bibb, by a blow with his
mace, in August last.
The freight agents of the various rail-
rOads and fast freight nnes, of Memphis,
have formed an association, with Enoch
Taylor, President, and Alf. Luther Secre-
tary. The purpose Is to prevent cutting
down rates.
The Jury in the slander case of Rosa
Beoton against r. Z. Wade 1t Cleveland,
rendered verdict y esterday afternoon OF
five thousand dollars. The plaintiff sued
Tor ten thousand dolls lars. A motion was
made for new trial.
A western freight train on the Memphis
81 Charleston Railroad ran or the track
near Corinth, on Tuesday morning, smash
ing several cars, killing bra man, and
fatally trjar1ng Tim Enright, the con-
ductor.
Judge Daily, Of New York, decided on
Tuesday that steamboat coin panies, as
common carriers, are liable for the baggage
OF passenge left in state-rooms, notWith-
standing notices may have been put up
that baggage was not allowed in cabins or
state-rooms, and when placed there, is at
the risk OF the owners.
General Patterson, Collector Of the Mem
phs district, yesterday seized two Illicit
distilIeries near Randolph, and captured
two OF the prophet ors, named Dickey and
Singer Dennis. Another managed to es-
cape. The stills and prison ers were taken
to Memphis. and the latter held to bail in
the sum of Sc, 600.
The quarrel between VIM. Horace Iingard
and Alice Dening Lingard, of the New \ orK
Grand Opera House, was ventilated yester-
day before Justice Dodge, OF New York.
An amusing scene took place in the court,
and the subject involved the reputation
for chastity OF James Fisk, Jr. Ltngard
was bouDd In Slt0 TO keep the pea1e
toward sweet Alice.
AT the meeting Of the stock holders of
the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
Railroad Company, yesterday, to consider
Toledo, Wabash and Western Railroad,
only small 10 formal vote was cast, he
consolidation project having been practic-
ally abandoned some weeks since.
A. r. Hatch, a lawyer, of Portsmouth,
y, H., has instituted a suit for ltoel against
stephen :. Cannon, for publishing an
advertisement charging thatseveraI notes,
Corrected of them by complainant, were
forgeries; also, against L. W. Miiier and
q. w. Martir, publishers of the Chronicle,
for publishing said advert isement. The
trial is assigned for Monday next.
Two hundred and hfty Cinnamon ar
rived at st Louis on Tuesday night, and
were shipped on the steamer Mississippi
for New Orleans. They 20 to work on the
Central Texas Railroad, and are in charge
OF General ]. G.. Walker, contractor on
that road, who brought them from Cali
fornta on his own account. Their contract
with Walker is, expenses paid from san
francisco to Texas and return, ana
twenty dollars month and board, for
three years.
The Missouri Pacific Railroad appears to
have relinquished all claim TO tue Mis-
sonri River and LeavenwOrth and North
western Roads. The latter is now run
ming six trains daily between the state
Line and Atchison. Having secu~ d sufd-
cient rolling stock from the Ham. oal and
st. Joseph Road, close connections are
made with the Hannibal and st. Joseph,
North Missouri and FIT. Scott Roads, giving
them decided advantage over the Mis-
souri, Pacific in traffic. The Missouri River
Road claims that the Pacific Road owes
them 81 balance on contract OF $780, and
steps will be speedily taken to recover II.