The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-10-23
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George Meyers was found dead In his bed
at Cincinnati, yesterday nnorniug. H
The strike among the machinists, on the
Erie Road continues.
Cromess paper mill at Dalton, aEaasaetu.
e9husetts, .ts Iva was barr ed yesterday morning.
Ten inches OF snow Is reported to have
fallen at Leyden, Lewis Coanty, y. II on
Thursday. r sssee.srT
The weather at Fort Benton is very cold.
The mercury on Thursday stood at l0' be-
low zero.
e Statutes to the memory OF Franklin
Pierce. were fred from the harbor fortIf-
cations at San Francisco, on Thursday.
The safe OF the Eastern Railroad, at
Manchester, Mass, was carried on Thurs
day night, smashed, and robbed of $500.
A fire at Indian Orchard, Massachusetts,,
yesterday destroyed the Sui phnr Springs
and Indian Orchard Hotels. Loss SIS 900.
The Evangelical Council, which has been
In session in New York, mas resolved &c
form permanent Council, to meet aDnu-
ally. a -
Il is reported that a deficiency Of eIs.49o
has been discovered in the accounts OF the
late City TREASURER or New Branswicks
N. J.
The Police Commissioner of Buffalo, N.
Y, has been cited TO appear before Cover
nor Hoffman and answer TO the charges OF
malfeasance. @&
An earthquake Q was felt early yesterday
morning R1 ROckland Augusta, and other
places In Maine. Buildings were shaken
but no damage was done.
The returns from the interior of ealifor-
MIA are favorable to the Democrats. The
election of Crockett and Wallace. Demo
crats, 10 the Suprt me Bench, is conceded.
Daniel Burke was yesterday sentenced
in New YORK, to be hanged on the 10Th Of
Deeember for the murder Of Ihos. Gene. on
occasion
er's Point.
Tbayer's circus property is all In the
hands of the sheriff at CIncInnati. on at
tachment mostly at suits OF empioye ees-
Claims to the amount OF s6 600 have already
been entereds and. more are coming.
The big whisky case of Harris, Huston a
Lime, of the Dayton, Ohio, dtsttllery, went
to the jury in the u. 5. District 90 -Irt In
Cincinnati, yesterday evening. and the
Court adjourned TIL this morning.
Herman Placke, one OF the fivo injured
on Wednesday, at the College Buildings
fire in Cincinnati, and who YVES reported
as having died. is doing well and Is eonsid-
ertd out of danger.
The delegates to the National Capital
Convention made river excursion yes
teTday morning, TO visit the iron furnaces
at CarOndelet. and all places OF note with.
in six miles of st. Louis, north and south.
Shocks of an earthquake we're felt yes.
terday morning at Han tford, Connecticut,
Concord, New HampshIres Portlandy
Name B9ssSn aNd Ns1 sRIinsa sS a.
various other places down East g
An Omaha dispatch says that Col. Ham
mond, General superintendent of the
Union Pacific Railroad, has contracted
with Maurice, Creighton q Ellard, for
fast freight line to Idaho, Montana, and
Utah. The new line will open of1ces In
st. Louis, New YorE Chicago, Omaha and
other important points.
Professor schor, Of New. York. returned
vest erday morning from Europe on the
steamer Rhine, having finished his mis-
SION in behalf of the general Conference of
the Evangelical Ailiance which Is to be
held in New York during the Autumn n OF
next year. DIR. SchoR has received the.
promise of personal attendance and CO.
operation from the most distinguished dls
vines OF all denominations In Great Brit
ain, and the continent. -
A Denver special says that the Kansas
Pacific party, tncludi0g Cyrus W. Field
and Mr.. Meek, agricultural editor of the
New York Tribune, arrived there yester-
day morning, after inspecting the country
between Sheridan and Dever. and over
the Rocky Mountains, In reference to the
extension of the Kansas Pacific Railroad
and Its future business.
A Fort Benton (Montana) telegram. no.
tices the arrival OF party Of miners from
point AIS miles north OF there, they hav-
ing been forced to leave on account of the
Black Feet Indians and the refusal of the
British TO sell provisions 10 citizens OF the
United States. On their return, the party,
Consisting Of nine men, subsisted ten days
on one grouse. ri
In the Presbyterian Synod, at Pough-
seePsie n on THURSDAY; E1c modern d1a
severely denounced as unit to be admitted
to a church, and Christians were urged to
use all possible efforts to have the sunday
laws enforced. On Thursday night the
Synod adjourned sine die. It meets In New
York on the third Tuesday OF October, 1870.
The Executive Committee of the Peace
Jubilee having clio ed their accounts, make
| the following statement of the result of
that great enterprise: Total receipts from
| the sale of tickets, rent OF rooms, and al
other sources, S290, 30; expended. S233. .3S8,
| leaving a balance In the hands OF the
Treasurer of $50 $50. The surplus las been
awarded 10 Prof. Gilmore, as testimonial
/ to his genius In 1naugurattng the great
| concert.
| Judge Abel, OF New Orleans, in hIs
| charge TO the Grand Jury on Thursday,
/ urged them to take steps TO stop the whole
/ sale swfDdltng of the state Treasury by
persons applying tor reltef under the law
/ of 1868 for the relief of veterans who served
under Jackson In the battle Of New Or
| leans. These false and fraudulent claims,
| he averred, were backed up by perjury
and tt e completely OF public officers.
some time during the month of septem-
| Der the Peoples Bank of KeLtucky missed
| 81 900 of Its notes. Every effort was made
/ to ferret ont the matter without success
| success until yesterday, when man
named d. Meader appearetd a., e - t9s COZ counter ter
4
/ changed. Supicion was Immediately
| aroused, the police were fent for, and
! Meader, and two con fedeTates named ST.
| mon and Blake ship, were arrested.
Upon examining their person " s5S0 OF the
| missing notes were recovered. s-s
The American Dental Convention met
| in Hartford, Conn.,, on Thursday, with DR..
j CrowelI, President. The following officers
/ were elected for the ensuing year: Presi-
de1t, DIR. j. q. Amber; Vice President,
Samuel MaIIett; Recording Secretary and
Treasurer, ]. II. Smith, Corresponding
Secretary, J. s. Latimer. The afternoon
! was occupied in discussing the best mate
was urged to, give their efforts to the dis
| continuance Of the use of rubber as base
for artificial teeth.
MFR. Demling, OF Chicago, now in New
4 YorK predicts that in 90 days the New
| York Central, Hudson River, Lake Shore
I. North western, st. Paul and Rock island
Railroads, will form one line, consolidated
/ m The basis OF per cent. of the net earn
fngs This consolidation viii lease perpet
| na7Iy the Harlem and Erie Railroads, ths
r ie at per cent. on one million dol ars
| and the Harlan at 8 per cent. on nfteeI
| millions OF dollars. The Erie gauge vii
| ha narrowed at once to the gauge of tn
/ other lines. Her conn ections, also, the At
lantic 81 Great Western and the Ohio
| Mississippi. The New York Central VIII
be mt into this consolidation at 40, Hud
son at 900, Lake Shore at 125. Rock IslanC
at IT'S, Northwestern At par aud ST. Paul q
par.