The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-12-25
c0YDEYsED TELEGgAMs.
sAruRDAY. Decemhar

VIM. Golden and his son were badly
burned yesterday, while extinguishfng
fire in their store IN Brooklyn.
Geo. Vests distnIery, in Philadelphia,
was totally destroyed by fire yesterday
morning. Loss $4,000.
The steamship North America, from
Portland arrived at Lon donderry, and the
Herman, from New York, at 9outhamp-
ton, yesterday
Speaker Blaine, of the House of Repre-
sentattves, left New YORK city. on Thurs
day, for his home IN Maine.
ThenewIy appointed Consul for Jamaica,
J. w. wheeler, sailed on Thursday, with
his family, in the bark Pongor, TOR Kings
ton. Wheeler succeeds Aaron Greggs.
Jos. Brown. forty. eight years old, was
instantly killed on Thursday afternoon IN
Chicago, by being caught ia the belt of
mangled.
Barton Johpsor, charged with felOnious
possession Of United States bonds, was, on
Thursday, held by Justice Hagan, of New
YorE, TO await the action of the Grand
Jury. His bail was fixed at $4,000
Jerome Bradley. in New YORK, was re-
manded, in default OF SO. COO. to ans wer the
coarge or forgery as also larceny Of bonds.
rich Developments aIe expected from the
trial.
Hugh Riddle, formerly superintendent
of the Eastern Division of the Erie Rail-
road, has been appointed 0aneral super
intendent CT the Chicago, Rock Island ard
Pacific Railroad.
Depuiy Sheriff Jackson, who murdered
Archibald Douglass, in New York, some
time aso, has been retDdicte1 tor murder
IN the first degree, the Tirst Indictment
!or manslaus shter having been Overruled.
Three young girls. who were enticed
away from New York last Monday, by a
man named hohn, and taken TO st. Louis,
were taken out of q house of tll-fame on
Thursday, and will be returned 10 their
parents.
Engineers are survey ing the route for a
new railroad to connect Penn bertOn with
tie Camden and Amboy railroad, whereby
the distance between New York and
Philadelphia is reduced to two and a half
hours time.
Flags were at half mast yesterday on In
dependence Hail and other public and
spect to the memory of Hon. Il. Nj. Stan.
ton.
Governor Sanders has just purchased in
Chicago nine hundred tons of railroad
iron tor the Omaha and southwest Rafl-
to Lincoln, the Capital of Nebraska. 1t
will be shipped at once.
Both branches of the City Council of Bal
timore have appointed a committee of
i've 10 attend the obsequles of Peabody.
The Board of Trade and Corn Exchange
and Trustees of the Peabody Institute Will
also be represented.
The suit of the Memphis, El Paso & Pa
cific Railroad VS.. VIM. Autermann, came
up yesterday in the Superior Court of
New ork, on motion to vacate the order
Of arrest against the defendsnt Decision
reserved.
Gen. E. S. Solomon, County Clerk OF
Cook County, Illinois, has received q dis
patch from President Grant, announcing
his appointment as Governor of Washing
ton Territory. He will accept, OF course.
Mayor Hall and other magnates Of Tam
many are making preparations for the
election of new Dem ocratic General
Committee. A private caucus held Thurs.
day, resulted in the recommendation tin at
a call be sent out next week for the prim a.
rieS.
The Lewis hqbeas corpus case, brought by
Mrs. Lewis, of Boston, to recover posses
sion Of her daughter, alleged to have
beeo kidnapped by DR.. Lewis and taken
to Chicago, Is prog eessing in the Supreme
| Court of New York City. Mrs. Lewis has
the sympathies of the people.
Hon. John Hyler, an ex-member of Con-
! gress, was knocked down by a man named
| Ackerman, while crossing q bridge over
| the HRckensack River, at Hackensack
New Jersey, and received injuries which
| viii probably prove fatal. The assaiIant
was arrested and lodged ih Jail.
The CITY Council of Boston has author
/ lied Mayor Shortlin to petition the Legls-
| lature for the act providing that after the
| year 1870, the Board of Aldermen shall con
sist OF sixteen members-One from each
| ward-tO be elected on the general ticket
/ and the Common Council will con sist o
| three members from each ward.
Thursday morning, about one O'Clock.
the office of the Southern Express Com.
| pany, at Huntington, Tenn, was entered
| by two men, one OF whom knocked dOWI
Agent Cole and held him down, whilst the
| other took the key from his person anC
| rIfied the sale of $500. The robbers then
escaped. Cole was told If he gave an alarm
| he would be killed.
Surrogate Tucker, of New York. on
.ESxr a. hot
| dence in a foreign country, with declared
but un6xeeuted intention CT becoming
citizen OF that country, does not operate as
a renHnciation of allegiance and citizen
ship by citizen of the United States unit
he actually becomes citizen of anothe
country.
The Council of the Union League o
America have adopted a preamble ant
resolution affirming, in strong terms, tn
Indebtedness of the whole country to tht
disabled volunteers and families of thos,
who fell during the late civil war, and op
posing the proposition before Congress o
paying pensions annually instead OF semi
annually. A committee was appointed
to go TO Washington to urge the speedy
passage OF the measure.
The difficulty between the Missouri Pa
cific and the Missouri River Railroads cui
minated, yesterday In the entire Suspen
! sion of operations on the latter road
| which forms q con nectiOn between Kan
sas CITY ana LeaVenworths Missouri. Tn
Pacific Company w1thdraws all their roll
Ing stock to the State Line, and passsn
gers and the mails from the East for Leav
enworth, will be forwarded over the Kan
sas Pacific Road via Lawrence, pendinl
the settlement of the troubles between tn,
parties interested.
In June, 1868, a man signing his name a
H, sam Bright, of Huntsville Alabama
sent an order TO Merwin & Bray, IN Ney
York, for box OF pistols, averring lha
the Union residents of Huntsville found
necessary to go armed, because of the per
secutiOns of rebels. He ordered the pistol
10 be sent by the American Express Com
: pauy, in the care OF the Provost Marsha
the bill to be collected on delivery. n
J one called for the box. When It wa
opened it was found to be filled with brick
and straw. MesSrS. Merwln & Bray sue
the company for the value of the firearms
and On Thursday secured juigmeAt.
The Montgomery Opera House at Lafay
ette, until recently known SIS Snyder
Opera House, was burned yesterday after
noon. The building was owned by Jane
Montgomery, of Chicago, and was value
!, at $4,000; insured for $4,000 The Yves
, room was occupied by the Post Office. Th
mail and office Fl fxtures were saved. Q. {
: ComStock's biliiard-rOom in the basemen
) was DANCED to the amount OF IS, 500; n
, insurance. Wallace Bros, gas filters an
} suffered slight loss from the hasty re
, moval of their stock. The fire is supp Sc
to be the result of defective fue-
; P1TTsBURG, December "a, = Tn
> flags of public buildings and on steam
boats are at half mast to day. A
the courts have adjourned from re
! spect to the memory of Hon. Z. N
Stanton. Meetings have been hell
aud committees appointed in all tn
courts to draft resolutions.