The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-07-20
nnNnENsED TEEEGRAMS.


The steamship Britannia, from Glasgow,
Commander Bu5kner. of the Navy, died
in Brooklyn on Sunday.
The steamshirl Tripon. from Liverpool,
has arrived, GEaL+t C.a -5.. .st.4
The frlgate Guerriere arrived on Mon
day, from Rio Janeiro, having 46 destitute
Americans on.board.
Dinsmore's kerosene refinery, in New
York, was burned Monday night. Loss
$4,000.
H. L. Frisbee, young man employed as
salesman in the house of Gordon, McMi-
Ian & Co.. Chicago, drowned himself in
sandusl<y Bay oR Wednesday morning.
The husband, wife and children burned
at Most Hope, have been Identified as Jno.
Kruch, .Elizabeth. b is wife, and three chill
dred-David, aged ten, Lizzie three, an 4
Katie one. They had started nom Moiris-
sina for Illinois.
a HelehR tMontana) dispatch says Major
Eastman and another man were attacked
and wounded, on the 10th, few miles
from Fort Benton. When the wounded
men arrived st Benton, the citizens be-
came excited, and Killed three Indians
who were in town. in retaliation.
The state Assessor reports that the total
valuation Of the taxable property or Ne
braska is sI2,OO0,0lO: OF this, SS,OO0.OOO is the
property of the Union Pacific Railroad.
This shows the valuation to be six times
greater than in 1852.
Senator Thayer, Of Nebraska. on satur-
day completed arrangements with the
banks To advance s20OG0 TO enable the
architeet to e6mrneEee work on the Gus
tom House ana Post Office, Immediately.
I.ietenaut Colonel A W. Bowman, of
the Thirty first Infantry, died on Satur-
day night, and was buried In the sherman
Barracks, With military honors, on sun
day evening.
A Kansas City dispatch says portion Of
E the bridge, being built over the Marias
Des ygnes River, on the Missouri River,
Fort Scott & Gold Railroad, and about
seven miles south of PaOla, Kansas, fell In.
on Saturday, killing four men and seri-
ously injuring' another. The csnse of the
sccident is not known.
Mess IS. August Belmont q Co. refused
on Saturday, 10 obey the order of Judge
McCann, by which they were directed to
place the Fenian fund of $4,000 in the
hands of the Receiver appointed by the
Court. Judge McCann, upon learning this
fact, ordered the disobedlent parties 10 ap-
pear before him to-day. aud show reason
why they should not be punished for CON
tempt.
During the chase en- GARDENERS Island,
Col. Ryan, n is said, was fired upon several
times, but escaped. ae has place of con
cealment from which he cannot be dis
lodged except by artillery. IL IL impos-
stble for those not IN the secret to reach
the spot without riskiug their lives. He
ho mi a ah -
them are lawyers, physicians, artis $, ma
chinists and exc Silent musicians.
President Edwards, of the Normal Uni
versity, has received IL letter from Colonel
Powell, dated at the mouth OF the Nintar,
June e9th, in which he says he has Ieach-
ed that point in safety, after having run
four canOns or about twenty-five miles in
length, each, the walls OF which were ? =
COO to 2.5OQ Zee high. He is going 10 Green
River IN time 10 MAX obsert ations of The
eclipse on the 7rh ofAugust.
AT Brighton, near Alton, Ills, on sun
day, night John Creager shot and In
slantly killed the wife OF G. Oertle, a
wealthy herman farmer. Cfeaeer had
u, eu at work for Oertle, but had been dis
charged. on Sunday night he returned
u"der the influence OF liquor, aud shot
Mrs. Oertle without any proyOcation.
meeting OF the wardens and vestry-
me Of Trinity Church was held on FRI
day night, when it was voted by decided
maiorI y. to faviie the Rev. DR.. Cummins,
As,nciate shop of Kentucky, to occupy
Trinity pulpit during the absence OF the
Rrctnr, Rev..Mr. sullivan, nOtwithstand-
ing the opposit ON Of Bishop Whitehouse.
An urgent letter has been sent to Bishop
Cummtns, expressing the almost unaEi-
NOUS wish of Trinity Chu'eh that hC
viii accept the invitation. It is believed
n Will do so.
Contrary TO previous reports, 1t is init
mattel, on good authority, that the Rev
Mr. rheney will appear before the ecclesI
astic Il tribanaI1nstftui ed blythe Bishop &C
try him. Il is said that he has engaged
able counsel, and viii contest the
authority of the tribunal upon con
stitutional grounds. He insists that
every man ot the eight named to him
from whom 10 select five as essors, haC
formed and expressed ar opinion upon his
ease, and thsrt opinion was In favor of his
conviction. Under these circumstances, il
is impossible for him to have an impar;ia
trial, and must, therefore, fall back upor
his constitutional right, and deny the
right Of the court TO pass judgement upoI
hi case.
The cost OF changing the gauge of IN,
Missouri Pacific Railroad aggregates near
Ia 81. 100000, including forty. six new loco
motives, s635. .B75; three hundred and nifty
new cars, e. 76l !; altering old engines an,
cars, SIS, 600; altering gauge OF track, s52
500. When the old locomotives and car
ar, changed 10 suit the new gauge th
road viii nave the following equipment
Passenger engines, Thirty i've; freigat en-
gines. ixty-fOur; passenger cars for y
eight; box cars. four hundred and sixty
eight; stock cars, two hundred and eighty
seven; nat cars, two hundred and sixty
six; baggage and express cars, twenty
cabOose cars. twenty. nine; mail cars, six
misce Ianeous, seven, Total locomotives
ninety seven: cars, I 100. There were IS
n en- enaagld In changing the gauge, AM
so complete were the preparations AM
facilities for doing the work that the a
was acrornp ished in the Incredible shor
time of twelve hours and without tn
los, OF delay of single train. The busi
ness OF tie road was prOgfessfng yesterda
as usual, ana everything was woTkin
smoothly and well.
CAIRO, July 10 Mike Berry VIII
was shot at the st. Charles Hotel
month ago, died this morning.
The election held to day to decid
whether Cairo should subscribe on