The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-09-21

rha CoyopoerciaI Bank OF Bristol. y. j..
which has been under the contI0 - " O,,,ss 80
! stale commissioners. on account OF Sare.sss
| irregular1ies, has been enJolneu " we
Su0Terae Court and receiver appo! !nted 10
/ Ind up its affairs ~ = 2 oe1te 4n 4ns-itu-
ton and has no ciTcui&tlOh-
al dock of Efessrs. Lombard. Ayres
/ &, co North River, New York. caught nre
on Sunday evening and was belieVed 10
have been extine ulshed, but ~ oIoke SIi Dis
! again at midnight. aud destroyed a tan, tan <
/ containing one thousand gallons OF cruue
4 retro seunn, which, together with OH preVl-
ously destroyed, entails loss o. szg'VV1'
The Royal Insurance Company in New
York contested the payment or policy OF
$4,000 to tho second wife OF a deceased
policy holder, on the ground that the pol
icy was made out ia the name OF the nrst
wife and not changed on re-marriage after
her death. A decision has not been given.
The California Pioneer Excursion Party
reached Omaha yesterday afternoon, ON u
special train for Chicago. They will reach
there to-day. A committee OF 20 OF the
leading citizens of Chicago with Govern r
Palmer ct the head, has been appointed TO
receive n1a entertain the excursionists.
On SATURDAY morning lass man, who
had reglstered3 his name at The Cataract
House, Niagsrra Fails, Carl EchuIz, n. "
placed his coat, watch and money IN
charge o "A boy who was Standing by, and
walked into the water few feet from the
brink. He was soon carried over the Preci-
pice and dashed to pieces IN the whiTipooI
below. EE8 eafEE
The managers OF the various Western
competing RAILROAD lines in New YORK
yesterday, received orders 70 continue
their contracts this week for the tranSpor-
tatiOn OF dry Goods and general merchan-
disc to Chicago, st. Louis, Louisville Gin
cfnnati and Memphis, at the same cheap
rates adopted by the Pennsylvania central
Erie and New York Central Roads several
montns since. -.-
A party of eight persons, nsisttag Of
@. 4. Chaffee, wife, and wife's sister, and
1--WE children, the youngest twelve weeks
old, were found on the road, near BATH
more, Md, on Saturday, in most destl-
tute condition. They were without money,
starving, and almost Laketi. Chaffe 81 at ei
that they left home IN LeavenwoTth Coun-
ty, Kansas, in February iast, Tor Phtlade!-
phia, where they have frten 5, AID n ~ 9 !
Travelled the entire q distallce on loot. livinz
by charity on the way. fhey were pro-
yIded for, aud a liberal subscription ia
money raised for them, and on Sunday
they resumed -treir tourney to Philadel-
phia by boat
The well known foundry OF Andrew
Anderson, on South Cherry street, Nash
vile, was set on fire last night, in the pat
tern room. All the patterns, the largest
and most complete stock of machinery, |
in the South, were burned. They |
cost, originally, about $1,000, but cannot |
be replaced for double that amount. A |
part of the building was destroy ed, but |
the lower story, containing the machine |
Fy. was saved. No Insurance. The fouA- /
QEI Was 0GClDtEu DI d. IkO1ud4St dS /
lessee. A similar attempt was made on |
Saturday to burn the foundry of Stewart /
Gerger.
News has been received at Louisville OF |
n terrible adray that occurred In Southern /
kentucky. Capt. w. Napier, Sheriff OF Lin /
coin County, was leaving Odd Fellows 4
Hall at Stanford when one Samuel /
Ho, mes was found upon the sidewalk Gre
ating a disturb ance. In endeayoring To 4
arrest him, Napier received a shot that I
killed him and Ed. Davidson, Marshal OF |
who came to the Sheriff s as /
sistance, was also mOrtally wounded. |
Great excitement prevails at stanford, and /
the People are looking out for Holmes. /
reward of one thOusaad dollars Is offered I
for his arrest. Holmes IS sa1d to be vaga- /
boUd.. doing nothing for a living, but de-
pending on his father, farlnerof Lincoln !
County.
The body of Herbert Field, the missing
Mauistee, Michigan. banker,was found on I
the ISth inst, on the Lake shore, near /
Frankfort, twenty i've miles north or /
Aianistee, where it had drlftt Il by the rapid /
Lake current, which was Known to have I
set north with great force at tho time of /
his disappearance. one week ago Sunday. /
Three ghastiy wounds, evidently made |
before with some blunt instrument, was
found on his head and body, and rope I
around his neck. Field was DIR, ssed a
vixen last seem The body was brought to I
AIaniStee. a cOrOuer's inquest held 4
ani a verdict rendered, than Field came to
his death at the hands of Geo. NalderpOOl,
his partner VanderDOOl was at once ar
rested aud put ia Jail. Fears are enter
tanned TN 4 he viii be lynched, as the peO-
pie of Manistee are much excLed over the
occurrence.