The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-08-02
Indiana Items.


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Indiana Items.
WE have been shown sample Of
two kinds of wheat grown by MIR. y.
L. Deardoff, taken from a shock just
as it came without picking, which
beats anything we ever saw IN the
line of sereals. The heads are long,
the kernels large and full. and will
average from % to 80 bushels to the
acre. Our farmers are jubilant over
the general harvest Fin. Times.
THE Commercial, of New Albany,
tells an amusing story of an unsophis-
ticated country girl, who rode into
the city to do some shopping, and
after making what purchases she
needed, was asked by one of the
9 courteous" ETC., clerks, in the Gus
timary formula, IF there was any
thing else he could do for her" Her
reply was calculated to amaze him
little. "Oh, no, sir, unless you will
be kind enough to 60 out and milk
the old mare, for | rode her from
home without the colt"
THE hay crop in this county is said
to be remarkably large. A farmer
stated. on Saturday last, that he had
forty-five acres of grass which would
yield over two tons to the acre; and
his grass is notean exception; much
more of the same sort In old Monroe.
Bloomington Progress.
EIGHT men in Marion County weigh
as follows: David v. Buskirk, 1888;
James Buskirk, 361; George A. Bus
kirk, pa; Joseph Halle, 300; James
Blankenship, 255; Benjamin Ridge.
260: Levi Collier, 247; James Rob
ertson, 250. Total weight, 1905; aE-
erage weight, 2685. David V. Bus
kirk is six feet ten inches in height,
dowed with health and strength in
proportion to his size. These Bus
kinks are Dustin big fellows.
A CURIos1TY.-We have received
from Mr.. Lawson Baker, of Craw-
ford County, Illinois, a stem of white
rye, containing three perfect. well-de-
yeloped heads, each of them full Of
grain. We believe this is of very rare
occurrence. The stem may be seen
at our Office FincenaeS San.
RAILROAD RUMoRs. There were
rumors In our town yesterday (seem-
| ingly pretty we'll authenticated) to
the effect that Jay Cooke and others,
i in the interest of the Erie Road, had
bought out the o. & NJ. Railroad, and
also the franchises of the Vincennes
& Cairo Railroad, and that it is the
| intention to use the bridge here, and
to run the track of the latter road
down the Illinois side, from Law
renceville to Mt. Carmel Vtncennes
| San, Both.
The Madison Camp meeting will
commence on the 18th of August, in
the grove in which it was held last
year, on the Hendricks farm.
THE capital of the Greencastle Iroa
and Nail Factory has just been in
creased 30,000, and its facilities for
work will be correspondiDgly increas-
ed. This is good thing for Green
castle.-BdnRer.
Some of the citizens of Greeneastle
are getting alarmed over the prospect
that Asbury University viii be re-
moved to some other point in the
State. If Greencastle wants to retain
the University, she must come down
literally with her subscriptions.
| WE see it stated that project has
been preached by certain members OF
the Twenty-first Indiana Regiment
(First Heavy Artillery to hold a re-
union of the regiment at Gosport
Owen County, during the fair In Sep
TENDER. The location is easily acces-
sible, and we do not see anything to
prevent q majority of the regiment
officers and privates, from meeting al
the appointed time, and fighting their
battles over again. The companies
raised In Morgon, Martin, Lawrence
Sullivan, and Clay Counties will Ger.
tainly send large delegations.-Neu
Albany Ledger.
THE Madison Courier is abominably
printed. Why don't the editor get q
new press, new type, some white pa
per and clean ink? We dislike to
see SO good paper, editorially, look SC
shabby geographically.
THE RAILROAD AGAIN.-Mr. Will
lard Carpenter, of Evansville, has jus
paid US flying visit in the interest o.
the Straight Line Railroad. Mr.. Car
penter informs US that company has
been organized for tho completion O.
the road. Gas we understand IT'D from
Evansville to Worthington, in Greene
County, where it will intersect the
Vincennes & Indianapolis road, pro
vided the people along the line vii
donate to the company, to be paiC
when the road is completed, the sun
of Ia0o Hundred and Fifty Thousanc
Dollars.-Petersbugb Pres.
THE Fort Wayne Gazette says l. 0
G. L. means Il often get tight.
What do the Good Templars think O.
such an application to their initials