The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-08-30

/ wra. Howard, the fourth man charged
with the murder Of Kirby, in Cincinnati
! on Wednesday, was arrested IL that city
I on Saturday.
! a little girl, named Nina Dressler, ten
1 years of age, living IN South FlttsbuIg'
! while playing with q revolver, yesterday,
l shot herself through the nes1L ana dle0
] instantly.
| The Heymakers, Of Lanslngburg. y T.,
I viii play the Battles, of Wheeling, Va. a
match game on the Fair Grounds near the
I latter city, this afternoon.
Cincinnati was visited with q splendid
rain yesterday morning, which lasted sew
eIal hours, and which VIII greatly benefit
the crops.
The Supreme court OF the state. Of
Nevada has decided the telegraph abranch
Of commerce, and therefore under the con-
troll Of Congress IN the same manner as
other kinds Of Commercial intercourse
among the several states.
The kIndnng wood establishment of
Jones q Taylor, carriage manufactory Of
Powers Brothers, and several tenement
houses on Atlantic avenue, Brooklyn,
were burned on friday. Loss t4V.UUO
Mostly insured.
The Gown heavy freight train, on the
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton ROAD,
ran of the track at the Marietta Junctlon
on Sunday morning. The locomotive lS
not much injured. The down passenger
trains were stopped. but the passengers
and baggage were transferred promptly
Mr.. Houghtop. an atlachee of the Gin
cinnati5 Enquirer got into the car OF q
balloon on Saturday, to go up with the
aeronauG. The balloon, by mistake, was
ief 20 with Mr. H0ughton aIoue in it.
After going about one Thousand feet high,
10 came down among the houses, landing
81T. Houghton, wi hout injury, IN an alley.
The Governments has notreIaxed its sur
near New YORK. WORK upon them is stlu
progressing rapidly, and one, named Er1c-
son, can be pub in readiness for s,ea in a few
builders that no attenps must be made to
send these vessels TO sea.
on Saturday night, two men in Pitts
burg, named Andrew pleInan and N. Gill,
got into q quarrel over game Of cards,
and were put out of the saloon by the pro-
prietOr. They renewed the fight in the
Street, when Tieman was STABBED, sup
posed fatally, by Gill. GIL was Afterwards
arrested. A
Two prize fshts TOOK place in the vi.
cinity OF Cincinnati yesterday. One was
fought near Mount Auburn, between Da-
Vtd Shehan ana Mike keating. On the
l2th round, KeatIng struck Shehan W4en
down, ana the referee declared for the
latter. the other took place during the
forenoon, in Mill Creek bottom, between
Ed. Dennigon and James Burns. On the
10th round Burns kD ocked Dennison OUT
Of lime. Both We're badly beaten.
The National Hotel, a large frame butIJ.
ing, q lumber and sn1ngie yard adjoining,
were burned on Friday morning. Thomas
QninIfvar was burned to death ard several
Others were badly injured by Jumping
from the windows OF the hotel. The loss
as not yet been aSceTtained but tits not Yery
J. envy.
Prof Davidson, OF the United State Sur
Vey, ports discovering, during his recent
Eclipse Expedition IN Alaska, q mountain
of iron ore, extending from the mouth of
the CheIkohal River to far beyond his
Astronomical station. The range has an
elevation of two thousand feet, and causes
q local deviation of the compass of ten
degrees. The Professor, also, deternlned
the geOgrap phical position OF numerous
points on the line OF the Exploration. He
Iound the Chelkohal Valley TO posses soil,
climate and productions far moro favor
able th8u these OF the Alexander Archl-
peligo.
q special from Wukesbarre, Pennsyl-
VanIa, dated at midnight Saturday, states
that late IN Lhe afternoon q fire broke out
in the Pine Ridge cOlIiery, two miles and
a half above that place, The IRE caught
at the entrance OF tae mine, and burned
with fearful rapiditY. The widest excite
meut prevailed, as shirtv men We're ct the
bottom OF the mine. The fire originated
Erom an explosion OF a. fire damp. About
q year and a half ego this mine took fire
and burned furiO1slY for several weeks
huE was finally extinguiShed by being
sua otheTed out The superin eBGent of
the mine reached WffkeSESrrG at IL p. n.
Saturday, and reported that all the men
were rescued from the mine alive. The
fire was still burning, but now that the
men have been rescued it Will be
smothered.