The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-05-19
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burned on Monday. Et
Robert Sullivan was on Tuesday SEN
fenced totwo years In the pen1tentary
for passing cOunterfeit money.
A. p Rollins. a job printer, Of Boston,
eoinrnItted suicide on Tuesday morning
zaby cutting his throat.
Several hundred men. recently employ
ed az grading and track-Iaying. have re-
L turned to Omaha.
Klein & snyder's distilIery. at st. Louis,
has been. seized by the u. 3. Marshal for
e violating the revenue law.
Anson Abson was burned to death on
Monday, at Lacrosse, while trying to save
some of his property.
The McConnell murder trial win com
mence a. Jacksonville, Illinois, on next
Monday.
special from Omaha says the wagon
train Of tte Flfth Cavalry arrived At Fort
Mcpherson on Monday, under command
OF Lieut.. Forbush.
Major General Hancock and staff arrived
at st. Paul, on Monday, to take command
Is of the Department OF Dakota, with head
quarters at St Paul
The trial OF the New UIm, Minnesota
emuTderers, who were the authors OF the
bloody tragedy two years ago last Christ
mas, has been again postponed.
A row. boat, with ave men In, capsized
near Fort Morris, New Jersey. on Monday.
r Three swan ashore. but the other two.
were drowned.
- Games B. Gibson, grocer of st. Louis,
received an inyolce of japan tea, on Tues
day, via the Union Pacific RaiIr oad, o1Iy
thirty days from YokOhoma.
large number of Presbyterian clergy
"a
the General Assembly ( he Presbyterian
Church South, at Nashville, Tennessee.
The formal opening OF the library of the
ColOred Normal School, in Baltimore, took
place on NJ nday evening. Addresses were
made oy Judge Bond, Archibald Sterling
and others.
e A Richmond dispatch says that owing to
2 -extebsfve sales of land, In small portions,
to " bite emigrants, the negro labOrers are
going fur her South for employment.
Over three hundred recently left, and hum
dreds ere preparing to follow.
farm house near Lacrosse, Wis, own
ed b., .. Alison, was undermined by water
and fell, on Saturday night, instantly kill
tng little son. and SO seriously iDjuring
Mrs. AbsOn that her recovery is doubtful.
The Methodist CIergymen, OF Chicago,
met on Monday. and passed resolutions
strOngy protesting against the ceremony
of decorating soldiers graves being per-
formed on the Sabbath day.
The Miss uri State Publishers Associ.
& atien- met al ST. Louis to-day. Several
editors from the interior have already ar
rived. A banquet win be given tonight
by the 6t. Lo0is press, and an excursion to
Iron Mountain on Thursday, will be the
main features Of The occasion.
q "a A Salt Lake dispateh of Monday says:
At ten o'clock this morRIng, Brigham
Young broke the first ground on the Utah
Central Railroad near Weber River, i'm
mediately below Ogden City. 1t is expect
ed the road will be completed to the city
by October next
Resolutions were, on Monday night, in
troduced into the Chicago Common Coun-
q ell proposing to test the coustitutIonality
OF the law passed, last winter by the GEN.
eTal Assembly of Illinois, conveying the
lake front to the Illinois Central, Michigan
Central and the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy RAILROADS.
Louis Lisslng. who was arrested some
weeks ago at Burlington, Iowa, on the
charge of murdeifng a step-chi.d, two
years ago last July, and taKen to st. Peter,
MINI, for trial, was, on Saturday evening,
c rnTicted OF murder. The evIdencs was
q entirely circumstanrial. The prisoner was
deeply affected by the verdict.
Professor Austin, Of the Smithsonian Ir-
stitute, IS in Springfield, Illinois. and with
his assistants, has taken observations for
the purpose of establishing a new merid-
ian line as base of observation of the
eclipse in August.
On Monday VIM. Dalgren was instantly
killed at WATERFOWL, Minnesota under
the following circumstances He had been
hun tsg and was leaning on his loaded
rifle, with the muzzIe of his gun against
his breast, and while I'm this position his
horse kicked at him, his hoof striking
againstthe cock, caused n discharge, the
seharge pa sing through his heart.
At the Billiard Tournament in Boston
on Monday, Williams beat Brooks by we
hundred tc three hundred and sixteen;
Colby beat Flack i've hundred to four hum
dred and thIrty-fou2. In the evening the
best two games of the Tournament were
played FIsck winning the first one over
Williams, and the second was won. by Will
mouth over F,aek. WiImOuth takes the
champion cue and two hundred and hfLy
dollars. FI8cS and Williams play TO day
Tor the second priz they being tied.
Genera W. .. Harney and his Secretary,
Colonel J. Q. O'COnnor, were 10 leave
Omaha On Monday, for he sioux Reserva
tion, on the Upper Missouri, fourteep
mlles from Fort Suily. The General will
hsve the care of tfgeIve thousand india u -,
composed of the OgalIsles. BruIes, Two
Kettles. B.ackfeet and Cut Heads. These
bands are locatedi between Forts Randall
and Rice. A quartity of agricultural inn
ss' piements'and wagons have been shipped
for the Reservation, and the General IL
.flsan1ious to get the Indians to work. He
gees up with Instructions direct from the
President.
An Omaha telegram says: Gen. Ruggles
q. A. g. OF the Department OF the Platte
received telegram from Fort Mcpherson
to-day7 advising him of q fight of sever
companies OF the Fifth Cavalry, undel
sG a. Carr. While coming from K ansal
p t1ward MePherson, they encountered a
camp of 1--WE hundred Cheyennes, which
they attacked. The Indians left Is dea'
on the field aud hurried OF q large mum
ber of wounded. The entire camp ant
camp equippags were captured. The Gen
eFR1 is stil1 pursuing. When last hearC
from he was at Medicine Lake Creek
Three soldiers were killed, and two meE
and one officer wounded. Probably an
-4 other fight will take place within day O
two.
The annual meeting OF the Grand Lodg
or odd Fellows of Missouri, a. semb ed a
odd Fellows Hall, in St. Louis, on Tues
day morning. A very large number O
delegai es are present, nearly every LodR
in the state being represented. The mem
bership Of The Order has largely increased
during the year. The revenue Of the yea
was S6s, ,4.6; total assets SlS4.411; amour
paid from the relief fund s2O,S73. The ses
sion vii, last several days, and some i'm