The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-07-01
CONDESSED TELEGRAMS.

Mrs. Margaret. Savage was killed, Tues
day evening. near Winan0ac Station, Ind,
on the line of the G. c. and I. C. Railroad,
by passenger train going East
The Wheeling Base BalIists were not
known, and threw up tue sponge at the
end of four innings, the score sta adfng A
to nothing. the Red Stockings winning,
of course.
The Russian-Amerlcan Company has
commenced suit against Hiram Ketchum,
Jr., Collector of Customs OF oitka, charg-
ing him with the Illegal seizure of the
| Company's ship Czarwitch, with claim OF
500, 600 damages.
An explosion of Illuminating powder oc-
Cured Wednesday morning about IL
o'clock, at Fowler's oil well torpedo fac
tory, at Franklin. Pa, entirely demolish-
ing the building. DR.. Henry I. Fowler, of
Sharon, Wis, being the only person in the
building al the time, was instantly killed.
A party consisting of gentlemen repre-
senting the business interests of Chicago
will leave that city for San Fra ncisco Mon
day, July 5, for the purpose of facilitating
| commercial ana reciprocal relations with
/ localities made tributary by the compile
| tion of the Union Pacific Railroad.
The Superior Court of Cincinnati, on
/ Wednesday morning, appointed the Trus-
| tees of the Cincinnati southern Railroad
They are: r. NJ. Bishop, e. A Ferguson, J.,
| Miles Greenwood, Phillip Heidelbach and
VIM. Hooper. A bond of 100000 from
each is required.
! Colonel Prede, of New York, formerly of
General Grants staff, viii be married TO
Miss Mary, daughter of Nelson StiIman.
| OF Galena. ILL.,, on Thursday, the SIN inst.
/ General Grants house viii be open for the
! accommodation of guests on the occasion.
The wedding will be a very stylish one.
At meeting Of the ckhOIders of the
Chicago, BurIingt on and Quincy Railroad
| Co, held at their ofice in Chicago, ON
Monday, the following persons were unan-
imously elected Directors for the ensuing
year: Erastus Corning, James F. Joy, C.
:. Colon, John Green, n. Thayer, J. NJ.
Forbes, w. B. Bartlett, j. w. Brooks. Robt.
4. Watson, VIM. Bath and J. Dawson.
Governor McClung has authorized the
/ organization OF special armed force to
| search for and arrest the notorious desper.
| ado aud murderer, Sam HIldebrand, OF
81. Francis County, and proclamation
has been issued by the Sheriff OF Washing
ton County warning all people against
/ harbOrfug him, and commanding all per-
sons having knOwledgs OF his whereabouts
to communicate it To the authorities. A
reward of $1,000 has been offered for his ar
rest.
/ In a recent successful experiment made
in San Francisco with working model of
an seriaI navigation machine, it not only
/ assembled into the air, bat was propelled
| IN any required dir ction by machinery.
A machine of the capacity 10 carry eight
or ten person, is b ing constructed with
the purpose Of making trip to New York.
The Inventor is confident the trip can be
made in twenty-four hours.
Gov Hoffman, of New York, addressed
the alumni OF Union College, at schenee-
tady, on Wednesday. Hon. Ira Harris
who was ATTACKED by paralysis at the
meeting Of the alumni on Wedn nesday, at
tie same time, has recovered his speech
and Is improving, but he was not able to
preside at the Commencement yesterday
A larger gathering of those interested in
the welfare Of the College is present than
has occurred for years. No election of a
President has yet been made.
Fairfield & Trask, of New York, on
Wednesday, shipped sixty-five tons OF
Western butter from Chicago for San
Francisco, over the Pacific Railroad. The
road promises TO d,Iiver it in San FIan-
cisco in ten days, and in a. good condition
as when it left Chicago. This firm has
shipped large quantities of butter from
New York via the Isthmus but will change
their base should this experiment succeed
Of which it Is said there can scarcely be a
doubt.
terrible ace dent occurred In the iron
works of B. B. Thomas y Co., in Lancas.
ter. Pa on Tuesday. While some work.
men were engaged in removing the lining
from furnace, a portion Of the structure
fell, carrying with it the scafToIding upon
which the mea were standing One, q Ger.
man named Jno. Schlerth, was instantly
:" xii ed, and tn others were injured in sueE
a manner as to render their recovery very
doubtful. 1t is rumored that Schlenth fel
into the furnace, and was instantly burn
ed up.
On Tuesday night, in Petersburg, Vir
giuia, Mr.. Van Wyck. of New York, ad
dressed a Republican meeting. The Con
servatives present called for division 0
the time, and that not being allowed, th'
next, Radical speaker, was drowned by
calls for a Conservative speaker. TIT
negroes then formed in a body and eharg
ed on the whites present. driving then
away with bricks and chasing then
r whites went To the meeting With the i'm
preston that time was to be allowed thei
party. Neither used firearms and nobody
was sefIOusly injured
L. w. Keplinger, formerly a membar o.
E the Powell expedition, now a resident q,
Q Bloomington, Ills, and a reliable gentle
J man, thinks the reported drowning of tn,
mem bers OF that expedition must be fails,
In ey cry particular, for the foil wing ca
sons: First. Powell expected to leave tn
railroad about the first of jane, and pro
ceed down the stream very slowly, so as L
examine the country. He could not hay
! proceeded 500 miles; and if he had sue
ceeded in doing so, the man who reporte'
he saw the disaster, could not pOssibl.
have returned in so short d time. Second
Major Powell intended to send pionee
boat in advance, and have all the boat
provided with suitable means for securing
them in case OF accident. Major Powell
men, says MaJar Kepinger, are faithful
, and har. y fruntiersmen, and understand
their business.
At RaDsaeiar Park. New York, on Wed
{ nesday, the first race. for all horses tina
never made "A mile in three m nutes, 70
$3.50 was run. Eight horses started, an,
Boerst's Finigan won. lime 2:341z Tn
= second race, for horses that never trotte
f better than 2;S7, for $500; six horses started
/ but the race WIS won by Rosa Gold Dus
in three straight heats; time 2;32. Tn
{ attendance was large
r The new prohibitory law goes into eGec
2 iu Massachusetts to-dAys foFbidding ia
sale or alcoholic liquors ale aud lager.