The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-08-12

Tuesday. by taking a dose OF belladonna
given them by a blundertng druggist
Both died In a few hours.
Andrew Christy, an old and wealthy
citizen Of st. Louis, and one of the princi-
pal owners OF the Virgins Ferry Com.
pany, died yesterday.
senter's majority in Tennessee is 62.O00
with I9 counties to hear from. The Senate
Is composed Of p members, and stands q
Conservatives tod Republicans. The House
is composed of 81 Conservatives, 8 Radicals
and 10 Conservative Republicans, with two
4 districts to heard nom. 9fe9T
In a speech at Milan, Tennessee, Satur-
day, on state affairs. Mr.. Etheridge an
nounced his opposition to the paying of
any portion of the twenty million debt
contracted under the Brownlow admInis-
tration. a party entertaining these Views
i has been gradually forming for some
months past.
Hon. b. L. Ridley, Of Rutherford County,
Tennessee died suddenly yesterday morn
/ ing, at his residence in MurfreesbOro, OF
Y appoplexy. He was party to the Sher-
brooke Ridley sufTrase case from that
] State, now pending IN the United states
1 Supreme Court m
The Society OF Pioneers, Of san Fran
/ cisco, have purchased cane valued at one
thousand dollars, fer presentation to W.
H. Seward, on bis rsrura from Alaska.
The head OF the stick is composed OF forty
one triangular pieces Of gold-beaIing
quartz from the leading mines or the state,
set in gold. .AEs
The Pacific Express car, on the New
York Central Railroad, was robbed early
wednesday morning, between Fonda and
Albany. Three men entered the car,
seized the messenger and baggage agent,
gagged and bound Ehem, took the key OF
the safe from the messenger, and robbed IL
of its contents.
A woman named Eliza johnson died
suddenly In the once OF DR.. N. Bingham,
at Utica, New York, on Wednesday. The
evidence before tho cJroner's jury was
such that DR.. Bingham has been arrested
on Il charge OF causing her death whi.e e
attempting to perfcrnl an abortion.
The Missouri Republicans special nom
Springfield, Illinois, Ilth, says; Governor
Palmer made q speech yesterday at the
Republican couaty convention, which was
States-rights In politics. He avoided the
suffrage question and th9A Fifteenth
Amendment, 1or the reason thes he op-
poses the surrender Of the state control of
About one hundred and fifty Blackfeet
and Pigeon Indians attacked an OK train,
twenty miles from Camp Cook, on the Sth
inst. one white man, named Sam. Pax
son, was killed, and ona wounded; and
twenty cattle were shot. Two Indians
were killed, and several V7Oun
Col Henry McKenty, formerly "a very
wealthy land owner in MINI esOta, COM !
It'll
ing, by shooting himself thr ough the head
with a pistol. He had been for some time
laboring under depression of spirits,
caused by financial Tsverses, in California
and elsewhere.
The great Turr.fest, at Chicago, closed on
Tuesday night, 50 far as the regular pro-
gramme IS Concerned Yesterday after
on, all Joined In an excursion on the
Lake. The crowd was q jolly one. The |
closing bfsll at Turner Hall took place last !
night. The total receipts during the fes- /
tival We're about $4,000; the expenses S24,- |
800, leaving balance Of about $500 on |
the wrong side.
Early Wednesday morning the six mann
moth ice-fiouses belonging to the Chicago /
Ice Conn ny, and located at Crystal Lake, /
on the Northwestern Railroad, fifty miles |
north or Chicago, were entirely destroyed |
by IRE. A large quantity OF Ice was stored /
In the buildings. The loss is heavy. The |
origin of the fire is a mystery.
AloTIzo Gaines, OF the nrn1 OF Gaines &
Blant on, New Orleans, commaitted suicide /
yesterday morning, about hhty miles be- 1
low Memphis, by jumping from the /
steamer Indiana. Captain A. eal made /
every effort to rescue him, but when the |
yawl reached him, life was extinct. His |
1aff
with Captain Dick Lighturne, to await the /
action or his friends. The deceased was a 1
native of Frankfoft,. Ky, and was enroute I
to that place.
About ten days since a young lad, son OF /
VIM. IL. Van Duezen, q broker of Chicago, I
fell through a slSyhght at the shermsR I
House, and was instantly killed. Mr.. Van
Duezen was supposed TO be In New York !
at the time. A dispatch was sent TO him 4
there, but no reply has been received. 1t /
now turns out that Mr.. Van Duezer, when |
he left for New York, took $4,000 belong /
ing to the flr5n. He WIS seen at the st. /
Nicholas on the night of his arrival in /
New York, alnd at Jersey City 9he next |
day, since which nothing has been heard /
from him. The house sf Mr.. ". at Chicago /
Is branch Of the house OF Swan & Paw /
son, Wall Street, New York. It is now i
Europe. He left a wife in Chicago in fee |
bic health. greatly intensified by the sad
loss OF her boy, and entirely destitute OF
means.
The reunion at Gettysburg, of officers OF
both armies OF the war. commencing Au-
gust 23d, bids fair to be a complete success.
kilograms from all parts OF the country
Indicate that officers of every grade are
arranging to be present. In some cases
those OF entire -brigades are going in a
body. Colonel John B. Bachelder, who is
writing the history OF this battle, and
having II fully illustrated with oil paint
ings, and Ness -. Walker and Rothemel,
each OF whom have executed historical
paintings of IL, have accepted invitations
from she Battlea leld Memorial Association
to be present. Colonel Backelder will
spend the ent1re week on the sfleld receiY- /
ing and impart Ing Information 60 al who
are desirotAs OF establishing q correct
account OF the battle. In everY
case the positions indicated in his
pnbsishedl drawing Of tho field wers found
TO perfe city coincide with those estab-
lished 10y the officers who went on 4he fth
inst, to secure the fullest advRntas-sa from
the meeting aud avoid confusion. Colonel
Baehelder proposed the following pro-
granme, thus allowing those who can
spare a few DAYS tho csrtaiuty OF being
present whom their portions OF the field
are visited: on the 2ith the POSITIONS of
the Hrst days battle VIII be eOmpieied;
ON the 18th, CuIp,s Hill. Cemetery Htlls
aud vicinity; on the 25th, the positions on
the LEFT, including the apple orchard,
peach orchard, wheat field, Round Tops,
and intermediate points: on the 9th, the
general lines Of the third days battle; on