The Evansville journal., 1869-02-02

TIE proposition Of the Erie Rail-
road to lease the Columbus. Chicago
e Indiana Central, has been rejected
by the stockholders of the latter COM
pany.
AREVIvAI.of religionis in progress
In Ames' Church. Indianapolis. nnder
the care of Rev. Luther M. Walters
The freight bills of the Western
Iren Company, of Clay County, last
month amounted to SO, 900, and in
the time the company paid an equal
amount for other expenditures. Clay
County IS rapidly becoming wealthy.
THE total valuation of taxable prop
erty in this State, according to the
State Auditors report. is 1891 ,976, ,964
THE railroad property in this State
is appraised for taxes at SO, 459, ,926,
on which S153, 109 so are levied for
State and county taxes.
LEAH ROBBINS, of Hendricks
County, aged eighty three, dropped
dead few days since while sitting in
a ckair smoking. Her husband, who
is ninety-three years old, survives her
THE clothing of two children ol
| Sylvester Waggoner, living near New
Palestine. Hancock County, caught
fire last Sunday in3 some unknown
| manner. One was burned to death
| and the other injured beyond recovery
THE Common Council of Fl. Wayne
has voted 500, 900 to the Ft. Wayne
and Jackson Railroad, under the
| same conditions as those granted the
Muncie and Richmond Railroad.
| ScHUYRER CoLFAx has been invi
fed to address the Odd Fellows a
Fort Wayne. at their coming anniver
sary, in April.
IT is. expected that the Indianapo
lis and Vincennes Railroad will be il
running order throughout its entirt
length by the .4th of July.
PEOPLE are warned to beware O
peddlers selling mixture for clean
ing silver, which is mercurial com
pound, and poisonous. They ar
securing the country, presenting
forged certificates from physicians
| and chemists, stating that their com
pound is harmless. aa.s
THE Secretary of War has issue,
an order that w. r. Kinney, of Ken
! tueky, John I'll. Broadhead, of Penn
| sylvania, and Robert Flint, of Wis
| consin, the Commissioners appointe,
i to reimburse the State of Indiana fo
moneys expended for the Unitet
States, in enrolling, equipping, an,
i providing militia forces to aid in sup
pressing the rebellion, meet in Indl
annapolis on the 10th day of March
and enter upon their duties.
/ Miss ELIZA STEVENSON, of Dan
vile, was found lying dead in th,
Il Rockville road, near Danville, las
| Tuesday morning, with the horse sh'
had been riding lying across her lowe
extremities, while her body was be
tween the horses fore legs. 'Fbe man
ner of her death is unknown, l.; it il
eonjectured that the horse stumbled
and fell, throwing the lady, and tha
the bridal rein became entangled il
| her riding habit, so that the horse
could not get up. She may have beer
killed by the efforts of the horse tc
get up, though the doctors thought NJ
bones were broken.
THERE is much excitement at An
derson, growing out of an abortion
case terminating in the death of the
victim, Miss Wilson, who resided al
Cadiz, Henry County. The operation
was performed at the United States
Hotel on Tuesday night. by her sedu-
Ger, man named Keesling, and she
died on Wednesday morning. A DR.
Hockett is implicated, but claims thai
he was called in after the deed was
done, and did all he could to save hel
life.