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

1 DID dGnOnnCin2
| the Massacnusett Legislature, and iavor-
| inc tna immediate payment of the Ma
tionaI debt by direct assessment.
large IRE broke ont at whitehall, New
/ vorK on Monday morning, in W. "
i CeoKa q Company's lumber yard. Their
mill and a large quantity Of lumber was
/ totally destroyed. Loss from fifty to sew
enty-five thousand dollars.
The game of baseball on Monday, be-
| tween the Athletics. of Philadelphia and
| Atlanttcs. of Brooklyn, was not played as
| a champion game. owing to the absence
| of fmportant players. The champion
| game was postponed till September. Ihe
| game on Monday was muH game, ana
resulted in as for the Athletics and 5l lor
/ the Atlantics.
| at Boston the Fourth was celebrated in
true New England fashion. The usual
grafton before the city authorities was de-
nvered by Hon. E. w. Morton. The city
was thronged. The Coliseum was thronged
all day by children, and Iaie in the even
ing q grand concert was given, under the
direction of Gilmore.
Mrs McAdams, living four miles south
of Greenv1lle, Illinois, was murdered, on
Monday afternoon, by an unknown man.
supposed to be from st. Louis. Her throat
was cut from ear to ear. The greatest ex-
element exists in ne Vicinity, the mole
| neighborhood being accused and In pur-
suit OF the murderer.
| Seventy-five thousand pounds OF WOOL
| from Southern Colorado and New Mexico,
/ have been shipped East from sheridan
| Kansas, this month, and one hundted and
fifty thousand pounds additional are now
/ waiting shipment at that point The wool
1 Eenet tn fscs
| large.
Thomas and John Kelly were buried by
the caving in of an immense bank Q
earth, on the Rock Island q Pacific Rail-
| road track, about three miles west of
Davenport, Iowa, on Monday. John was
| got out alive, although seriously injured.
| II was several hours before Thomas was
reached, and he was quite dead.
The billiard match for the championship
Of Illinois took place Monday evening at
1 Crosby's Music Hall, Chicago. The contest
! ants, were Joseph VermeuIen and Frank
Parker on the sixty-first inning Parker
closed the game by simply carom score,
standing: Parker, 1900; Vermeulen, 523.
vermeuIen played very poorly and seemed
to be in i'll luck.
The anniversary of American Indepen
dence was celebrated very generally in
| Chicago, though there was no formal eele-
bration. Much viliainous gunpowder and
other fulminators were consumed. No
accidents of magnitude are reported. The
weather was admirable, mercury ZOE to 75o
The officers of the Army of the Potomac
held a reunion and banquet on Monday
evening, in New York, which was numer-
ously attended, and was presided over by
General Sheridan. Bachelors grand his
toricaI painting of the Battle of Gettys-
burg was unroned at the banquet, and
elected the utmost enthus -asm.
on Monday morning John McCabe and
Morris 1'Brien quarrelled, 10 the City Hall
5 Park, New York, beneath be flag of their
, country. They stepped aside, out of the
reach of the Ioungers, drew their revOlvers
a and comme need a lively tusilade. The
+ | police rushed up in the nick of time and
!. arrested both the offenders, but not till
McCabe had been slightly wounded in one
, hand.
A Chicago dispatch says there can
SC arceiy be a doubt that John A. Risdon,
5 VINO reported the loss of Major Powell's
Exploring Expedition. is a liar and a
cheat. A disDatch from La Sale, where
Y Risdon cIe- belong, says that 90
: man of TIA name ts known there. Cis-
patches from Ottawa say that John A.
1
: that city in 1853, ano is thief and liar.
The irish Republican National Con.
: vention reassembled at Farwel Hail Tues
5 day morning, and q number Of delegates
vino were not present on Monday, put in
their appearance. Letters were read from
Rev. Geo. W. Pepper. OF Wellington, Ohio
and Hon. II. :. Baird, OF Green Bay, Wis.
regretting their inability TO attend the
; Convention, and expressing their sym
pathy with its object. The Committee on
Platforms then presented their report. II
= was discussed nearly the entire day, ane
ie finally adopted.
/ The National Anniversary was observ'
as ed at San Francisco, on Monday, by pro
N cession and literary exercises. w. II
Seward a accompanied by Mayor MeCappen
ID occupied a carriage n the line, and were
at greeted by the waving of handkerchief
It. and-other demonstrations of respect by
! thousands of people VINO thronged tn
- streets. Salutes were fired from the differ
ent forts, and the harbor, city and ship
ping were decked with flags, which pre-
40 sented a gala appearance. The Fourth c
July was celebrated throughout the Pacid
o. Coast, some places celebrating it on Satul
day, some Sunday, and others Monday.
ne Governor Wells addressed a large meet
u ing OF c0lored citizens. in Richmond, O
'AS Monday. The negroes held a politlca
caml,-meetiug all day in the ParKs an
ee there was great excitement prevailing,
~ ! view OF the election to take place yestel
vi day. The arrangements on the part {
the military and police to preserve orde
ng on election day were thought to be perfec
v One hundred special policemen were al
or pointed. of whom fifty were blacks.
The only public celebration of the Fourt
tn in Washington city, on Monday was
Ire the sunday school colered children, VIZ
es, naraded the streets with bands OF musi
ed ana afterwards amused themselves on tt
Presidents house grounds. Many person
IN left the city for pleasure elsewhere. III
,rn city was remarkably quiet, with the e
! a ception of a general ringing of the bel
,be for short Tune IN Ihe iuoIhIn . 60 :
,ot shooting of crackers during the day
juveniles. in contempt of the Mayor
- proclamation.
ust The Fourth was ceieDraled II NS" AZ
on on Monday, in a very patriotic manne
riy In the morning CheEe was = is'A1 Pc Pe'.e
ing there was the usual display of fr
,vss works. All public places were decorate
: of with flags, and every one seemed bent
celebrating the day. There were TWEEN
casualties from pyroteehnics-mostly
the boys-in New York city, and ten in Broo
Ieu iyn, one of the latter being the accident
lies. killing of young lady by the prsmatu
. ol explosion OF gun.
Two women have been arrested in
ely tanta. Georgia, who had in their poss
one sion a portion of q large sum of c
ar rencv. stolen from the Treasury
Arly o4 XUasbfnctou. Forged sigl