The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-08-18
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Monday evening. Loss SIS, COZ.
The Dem ocrats OF Wyoming Territory
have nominated :. r. sNuekoses of Chey-
enne dee egate to congress.
The typographical organization at Will
Transport, IA mas caused strike in the
EisIletts Office, thai office having failed 10
conform TO its laws.
Mr.. II. Sanford mas matched his filly
Stamps against the celebratsd Earragan-
sstt for $1,000. two miles, at Baltimore
in September, 1870.
The Joint Congressional Committee on
Retrenchm6nt and Reform left Chicago on
Monday morning, at ten o'clock, for San
Francisco They viii spend Sunday at
salt Lake. ron tss r-1s.-
The steamer Scotia, from Liyerpoo! the
eth, has arrived; also, the United states
steamer Albany, formerly Contcocook
which took Admiral Heff from the West
Indies.
The residence or. H.Laurent, on Ciasson
avenue, Brooklyn, was robbed OF s. 900
worth Of Iaces and velvets. The thieves
were arrested in Philadelphia, and the
property recovered.
G. w. Ford, or Memphis, has purchased
5000 acres OF land in the Township of
1nslip, Long Island, with sthe intention OF
erecting village.
Geo. Long, who escaped from Clinton
prison last year, has been arrested at
Baliston for various burglaries. He hred
at the ofhcer who secured him, grazing his
head, ami was in return saOl in the leg. b
MeBetty, a clerk in the Treasury Depart
ment at WashingtOns Is nndeF az rest at
Newark n. j., charged with Forging the
signature OF General spinner IA q check
for sos, which was cashed il Philadelphia.
Thieves seized a case OF satfns at 3ll
Broadway, New ZOrk, on Monday, and
were chased, and dred two shots from q.
wagon at the pursuers, out were compelled
TO jump from the wagon, leaving the
satins behind, and eseape5. '--i - p
George Peabody. General sheridan, Gov
ernor Hoffman, Mayor Hall, Hon. Asa
Packer, and o.ners, are mentioned as
the Continental Hotel, Long. Brahch, on
Friday.
a disastrous d5od has visited walton,
Delaware County, New York, destroying
property estimated at S15,0g0tO g GOO. The
village was completely destroyed. No
lives were lost. ~
Mrs. Cappinf, arrested = day or two ago
in connection with Emeiine Giovanni, Tor
dealing in counterfeit money, Ia st. Louis,
has been bound over. 6iOvanf was re-
leased on his own bond.
The following railroad presidents fieIti4a
meeting al COZZenis Hotel, w est Point, on
Monday night: J Gould, or the Erie; A.
Boodyt or the Toledo, Wabash y Western )
<. B. Phillips OF The NJ. s., and ]. II. Dew
ereux, Of the Lake Shore. The upsu OF
hasn't yet leaked out.
George Wilson, arrested IN st. Louis, for
completely IN the robbery of ProuhetIs
Jewe- ~ store Of $500 worth OF diamonds.
a short time since, has been disch arged.
His wife is now undergoing an examine
ton. She has been Identified by several
persons as the woman seen ia The street
cars the day OF the robbery, under suspi-
eiOus circumstances. -
Late Arizona advices say fflIat troops
made a sIleaA7Ftt SzJuIfdetf Il Il 6rlA4yeE VI
Indians, and destroyed considerable prop
erty. The soldiers nave returned from,sln
unsuccessful search after the mails receat-
1y captured near camp Dale creek. Be-
sides checks, vouchers, etc. the mail con.
tanned great many greenbaclzs The
savages attacked a train between w eeken-
burg and Nutture Mine, and captured nine
mules.
The National Educational Convention
met at Trenton, New Jersey, on Monday.
The opening address was made by j. ".
intendents' Association The minutes of
the last meeting, held at NashgtlIe, were
Charles Brooks, Of Massachusetts, advo-'
eating the adoption of the New england
school system Of tree schools every ywnere,
ana calling upon congress TO grant. pubic
lands fOr that purpose. The convention
adjourned TIL Tuesday. The attendance
was small.
The New. York HeTuEd's Washington dis
patch says there seems. 40 doubt now that
the iron.clad oath win be nnfnistsred to
the members elect of the Virginia Le- isla-
tuTe, and that the places Of those who can.
candidates. The next Legislature viii
have TO elect two Senators IN accordance
The Legislature Just elected in Tennessee
viii also be nnder the same law and must
eject one United Stats Senator on the
second Tuesday after II organizes.
A special from Des Moines to the chica
90 Tribune, says that o report comes from
The West, through pretty straight chan
mel, that General Greenville Nj. Dodge.
Chief Engineer Of The Union PacIhc RAIL
road, was teiegraphed 10 By Prest1eat
Grant, the dispatch oyertaking him az
Cheyenne, Offering him place in the Cab
fr1a ct a. - nf q I'M
two weeks 70 consider the matter, General
RawIins being compelled, by declining
health, 10 give up the position. General
Dodge left Immediately for Washington. (
a woman named Mrs. clifford, living in
the north part OF Iowa. died on Saturday,
from the effects of night at the cifpse.
she had no knoEledge OF It's approach.
and was alone at the time II came on, with
the exec pIiOn of child four weeks old.
Terrified a. the sight, she seized her child
ana ned TO nelghoos g, q mile distant.
When she reached there her reason was
gone. A doctor nesr by was called, who
pronounced her fucurable She fingered
Till Saturday, when she died, without re-
turning TO reasPn.
gsThe National Labor Convention yester-
day passed q resolution accommodating
that congress should be memoriRlized to
make a provision for the 20 per cent. OF
pay deducted from those In Government
employ Mr. Field. of Michigan, offered
a resolution declaring that Congress
should PfoN!ue loT the funding of that
portion OF the National debt not reouired
lOE q circulating medium by the issue Oi
bonds bearing interest not exceeding
355-1C0 per cent, and that the United States
currency notes at the option of the holder
should be convertible into such bonds al
par that demand such an adjustment o.
duties en- ali comm Odities produced by tn
labor offofeign countries, ss will ade
quately protect American labor, and re
strain excessive importation of commodi
ties from abroad, while We have the av
material and abdtty to prOduCs il
our country. Referred to the Gommitte
on Reform. M. Wells, OF Philadelphia
offered the folowing:~ RcsOEUetfS That th'
action OF thls Cenye ntiOn, in feIaslng q
admit Miss Susan b. anthony, -sFaS no
based on gToH nds personal to heEself, bu
simply because the organization She claim
TO X present is not a bona Jide Working
Woman's association. AfteFrc ansfCIera bl
debate On Il & resolution, the President de
clared that Miss Anthony was entitled {,
the floor, as she vgasea delegatatothe Con
yentlon last ear. Miss Anthony, at con
siderable length, defended the attack
made ainst her by several de.egates
Adjourned till this aftsrno IN. ---ta. rr.