The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-07-26
CONDEASKD TEbEGRAMS.

Senator Fanton, OF New York, and
family left for Europe on Saturday.
1t is considered singular that no dis
patch from the French cable has been re-
ceived from Brest since the 12th inst.
The Empires OF st. Louis play the Gin
clnnati base ball club game this after
noon. st EtA|
Beecher addressed the bulls and bears
in the New York Gold Room, on Satur-
day. --.-.
The deaths in New York last week were
1 six hundred and ninety-twe; of these, two
hundred and eighty three were children.
GraR & Myers planning mills at Reading.
| Pennsylvania. We're burned on Saturday
morning. Loss slO00O; partially insured
The Briggs brothers, charged with In
4 lcendiarism-burnIDg their stables In New
York to defraud the insurance companies
have been discharged, no valid evidence
being brough against them. 4 "a
] Frederick -AppIebaum, a laborer on a
farm nine miles from st. Louis, hung him.
self on Friday. Unrequited love Is sup
posed to he the cause. -.g,,,-e. +,
In consequence of the frequency of In
cendiary fires the police force of Pough-
/ keepsie. New York, has been doubled !.
a person named ]. B. Brown is trnder
arrest in Boston, charged with attempting
to obtain sl50O from the Mt. Vernon Ne-
ttonal Bank on forged checks.
T. FsJones, a wealthy citizen of Liberty
Mills, Ind, dropped dead at White Sui
phur Springs, Va, on Friday night, from
heart disease.
Thomas SherRin, for many years head
master of the Boston English High School,
died suddenly of heart disease Friday eve
ming.
]. W atson ana G. Enales were arrested
in New York, on Saturday, Tor obtaining
sl,5 0 wOr tn of diamonds from a Jeweler on
forged check.
DIR. Dickens, who shot Wade Bolton, in
Memphis, came into that city on Saturday
forenoon, surrendered himself and was
sent to Jail.
The paper warehouse of w hiteman q Co..
N Nashville, was destroyed by fire, on
Saturday forepoon, together with the
greater part -or1ts contenJs.. An.adjolning
house was also burned. Loss about $40, 100,
covered by insurance.
Crop reports from Southern Georgia and
Florida are very cheering. Numerous
spScll1loA1s OA Gho new SAOP AA1'FO SNSA -
ceived. .t.
Capt. Jos. Sutton, well known COM
mander of the Pacific Mail steamship SER
vice, died in San Francisco on Friday.
NJ. NJ. Taylor, an assistant County Clerk
OF Hamilton County, Ohio, died Saturday
at noon, from the effects of fall Friday
night, from window in the third story
OF the Court House.
George Seib ert, saloon keeper, of Cincin-
natl, shot hiraseIf in the head, Saturday
afternoon, and died instantly. No reason
is known for his suicide.
The French gun-boat La Mothe Piquette
arrived at san francisco, from Victoria,
Friday night. The steamer Colorado ar
rived from Panama Saturday morning.
The annual convention of the Grard
Army OF the Republic was held. ia San
Francisco on Friday, delegates represent
ing twelve Posts being present Each Post
repo rts a large Increase in memb eTshiPs
anGt a healthy financial condltion. "A "a
Two Misses Berner. of Charles eston, Mass,
visiting in Auburn, Maine, and two sons
or Rev. Mr.. Libby, of Auburn. were drown
ed in Lake Auburn, on Saturday after
noon. They were out in a row boat. Two
others In the boat escaped.
The Congressional Committee of Ways
and Means arrived at San Francisco, from
Portland, Oregon, via Victoria, on Satur-
day morning. They viii leave for the
East to-day, visiting Virginia City and
the White Pine Silver Minessen route. Z e.
Senator Hendricks, of Indiana, was met
at the steamer, Friday night, by members
or the Democratic state G eatrRl Commit-
tee, and escorted to the hotel, where he
was serenaded and introduced to the peo-
pie by Senator Casserly, merely thanking
the audience, and declining to make a
speech.
The dwelling of E. D. Jordan, on Bacon
Street, Boston, was robbed during the ao-
sence of the family. Two burglars were
| arrested on Friday night, as they attenpt-
| ed 10 complete the robbery, when the po-
/ lice appeared and were fred upon, they
returning the fire without effect, and the
robbers made their escape.
Atthe Base Bali Union Grounds, Cincin-
natl, Saturday, the weather was fine and
the crewd very large. Cincinnatis, total
Is. Forest City. Of Rockford, total IA Al
lisOn, catcher of the Cincinnatis, was alb
sent. Waterman took his place. The bat
iiting of the Cincinnatis, it is said, was very
bad. The fielding by the Rochfords was
Isplendid. '-lf-l ~ Etf
The sand-bank on the branch of the
Central Railroad at Ilion, N. p, caved in
Saturday morning between eight and nine
o'clock, ana buried several workmen, one
of whom is s6IlI supposed to be beneath
the sand; the others were rescued, more or
less injured, one OF them, David Sullivan,
IL IS feared mortally. satff.r -.es .s-,ft.r
| ]. Kern, employed in the Singers sew
| through hatchway sIxty-five feet, on
| Saturday. he had stepped into the open
| arms. One arm was shattered, and inter
nal in iuries inflicted, from which, tt is
| thought, he viii hardly recover.