The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-07-23
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Hon. +. McPherson sailed for Europe on
Wednesday.
Commodore .. =. Lee, brother OF General
T. f. Lee, died at his home IN Stafford
County, yesterday.
Mr. George Peabody arrived at washing
ton J osterdny and, accompanied by Mr..
w. w. Corcoran, proceeded to the White
Sulphur Springs.
Colonel Ryan and Carrier, who arrived
at the Clifton House. Niagara Falls, Tues
day afternoon, are st!Il In Canada M
An Omaha dispatch or the 2lst says, Gen.
Aueurieaves for the sweetwatef -eoentry
tomorrow p. II.
the Congressional party from the Kan
sas Pacific via Denver, reached Omaha
Wednesday evening, and Were TO 90 South
aud East on Thursday. h.
Prof. Brockner, Assistant United states
Commissioner of the mines, left Omaha
for New Mexico on Wednesday, to'e7ram-
O and report on the gold and silver
mines OF thu territoryT M e
The Postmaster and an express agent
nanlsd Brsyton. located at Pacific City,
Iowa, al5so0nded with $4,000 express
money. Parties are now In pursuit.
Turner, the alleged defauIting negro post
master at Macon, Georgia, was discharged
by the United states Commissioners at ten
o'clocK yesterday yEnorplngsk
The Canadian Press Association arrived
OF Syracuse, N. Y. on Thursday morning,
and were entertained by tho Syracuse
Press deputatfon and a dinner. They pro-
ceeded to Oswego in a special train. The
excursionists number 100.
The printers of the Dayton Ledger office
are on strike for their wages, and the
strike has been sa nctioned by the Typo
graphical Union.
Lieutenant Commander IL. B. Feeley, of
the United States steamer Pawnee, has
bsea Rrras ted at Portsmouth, New Hanip-
shire, and held to bail on two warrants,
charging him with unwarranted cruelty
to several seamen Of that vessel.
VIM. A. Galbraith, of Erie, Pa, has been
appointed Chairman Of tn Democratic
state Executive Committee by ex-senator
Buckalew, Presldeut OF the late Conven-
tion.
Advires from various parts OF the West
received at Chicago on Thursday, are to
the n ct that tho wea her, for the past
tour days. has baeh fayors BILE for the
rlpenlng OF growing grain. There have
been occasional showers at some points,
but no heavy rains since Saturday.
The special committee OF the Board or
super visors of Cook County, Ills, appoint
ed to locate the County Insane Asylum, on
Thursday iaIt ternoont decided that the loea-'
ton shall be on the farm OF ID. s.. Ham
mond.
The first rail on the sioux City end of the
Dubuaue & Sioux City Railroad was laid
on Wednesday. The track viii be Tut
down at the rate or one or two miles per
day until completed.
Col. C.J. Hammond, of Chicago one Of
tho most euergetIc ana public spriteb
railroad managers OF the United States,
entered upon the duties as auperintendent
of the Union Pacific Railroad, at Omaha,
yesterday morpings
Another successful trial OF the air-ship
sAvitor was made on wednesday at San
Francisco. in the presence of members Of
the Press, a portion 'of'a Chicago party and
a number of engineers. Several of the lat-
ter expressed theropinion, that q larger
machine, now under construction, Will be
q success .1a.s asa vna.,7
The Canadian Press Association arrived
at Oswego, New York, yesterday at l:l5
{ H NJ
noon they visited tie 1priRefpaF places of
interest In the city, and In the evening
they were entertained at n grand banquet
and ball at the rink. They left after the
ball, by special steamer, for Kingston.
The new holstihg works OF the Chollar
/ Potosi Mine, Virginia City, Nevada, was
/ destroyed by FIRE on Wednesday. The
/ com mpanies'. boarding house, several, sur
4 rounding baildings and large amount Of
wood and timber were also burnt. The
employees escaped through the Hale &
NOrcress shaft. Loss. over sl00o00. Partly
insured.
The official vote OF Washington Territory
Is s, ,23S, which has increased in two years
Cos. Garfeld's (Rep) majority for delegate
TO Congress is one hundred and forty y-eight
The vote in the state Convention was
small-four hundred for. and six hundred
and eighty-eight against.
Ata meeting In st. Louis, ON "Wednesday
night, to consider how the one hundredth
anniversary of the birth OF Humboldt all
be celebrated, on September 18th, 1t was
decided to have a festival, with music and
oratfons in different Ia guages. a pIopo'
sitiorl Nvas also discussed to establish a vi
varIan III Hamburg and Berlin, in memo
riam of the great naturalist, ,tr,r,s
On wednesdhy u ignt at Belolt. WIscon
sin, while deputy sheriff iJohnsoni anc
Constable Hawley were quietly conduct
\ Ing a stranger whom they bad arrested tf
n Jail, he,sVddenly drew revolver and sho
Johnson through the shoulder and Haw-
ley in the abdomen. The latter's wound
will probably prove fatai. aThe prisoner
made his escape. aA FA3tt-a-s
! Just as the train was leaving he depoi
, at Quincy. Illinois. a rich man assisted ar
tntoxicated naan INTO n car, and when the
train was fairly IN motion the man at
tempting TO pass from one car to another
fell beneath the train ana Was torn tC
pieces. Nothing was found on the body 4
give a clue to his name or whence h,
came, bat itds believed bis pame Is Lynch
A Kanawha River raftsrnan. Jerr,
Burns. was very drunk IA q hotel KEEP
bv Edward Il. Qulntop, In Cincinnati, AM
. grew b5lstrous, on Monday afternoon
ana was REQ aes ted by the landlord to keel
, outlet. lie refused, and stabbed Quintol
Ia seven places when the latter attempte'
, to put him out. VIM. Thomas who inter
ferred. was also cut up badly, and tw
Other persons were slightly cut The citl
I zens arrested and took Burns to tae sta
. tion house. sErf
II is reported that the Rev. Father Me
Mullen viii be appointed Administrato
OF the Roman Catholic Diocese Of Chicago
Bishop Duggan's restoration to SAINT
: being hopeless. Archbishop Spauldin
! and Bishop Kendrick held conferenc
! with the Roman Catholic Church authori
! ties on Tuesday, when It is stated thre
y clereyIn were named for the position {
! Acting Bishop, Father McMullen bein
l. the most prominent, and most likely to
appointed. It Is also rumored that Rev
= Mr. Roles will be reinstated In his forme
o charge. Father MeMullen, during the cor