The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-04-08
rEr.EGRAPHI SUMMARY.

Gold closed in New York, yesterday, at
1sl14.
An insane man in St. Paul. Mimi. on
Tuesday night, killed his wife and iour
children. He was arrested
1t is intirnated that the great, important
documents connected with the Union IA
cifc Railroad matters, are in BOSTON
Edward Cunard, manager of the Cunard
line OF steamships, died in New York
Tuesday night.
The summit street Hotel, Toledo, was
DESTROYED By fire Tuesday night. Loss,
$4,000: insurance, $3.50.
A FIRE at Brownsville, Tennessee, on
Monday night, destroyed several stores.
Loss $4,000.
A fire among the fruit stalls in Washing
ton Ma ket. New York City, on Wednes-
day morning, damaged property to the
amount of $4,000.
TIE great billiard match at Boston, for
81 1000 side, 1000 points, push-shot and
crotch-barred, was won Tuesday might, By
Dion. By elghty-dve points, The score
stood, Dion 200; Foster l,ll5.
Thomas ]. Aatss. conductor on the.Mem-
phis and Charleston Railroad, was shot oy
a man named Ponshau, keeper of an eat
lag house, at COurLldnu Aid, "
morning, and instantly killed.
A fraae building was destroyed by fire
in New Albany, yesterday-the property
Of Mrs Matilda n. Bell-and badly oaIn-
aging the three-story business house OF J.
J. stenstegge. Loss s4 200; insurance s2,7OO
The Spring races over the Greenland
Race Course, Louisville, Will commence
on the IOfh OF May, and will continue SIX
to So 500.
Tn ere have been made % entries for the
three-year olds, mile heats, and q for the
three-year OIds, two-miIe heats.
A committee from Nashville, on a spe-
eiaI train, met Andy Johnson at Murfrees-
boro, Wednesday morning. to conduct
him TO Nashville. Johnson spoke at MuI-
freesboro. and arrived at Nashville at 4 :dO
pm. and was enthusiastically received oy
the ex-rebels, and was escorted by theIn' a
brass band, q detachment of police, ana a
considerable number of 'colored persons
Andy again spoke brief. The Republicans
took no part IN the ovation
A blacksmith shop in Hudson City, New
YORK. was destroyed on Wedues Jay by an
explosion of nitro glyc crime. one man
was literally torn to pieces, and another
hurled p feet, but without serious IN
Jury. The accident was caused by Nathan
ieI Guard, the man killed, plunglns rec
hot iron IN a can of glyeerine.
TIE chief Quarternaster of Lieut. Gen
eraT Sheridan's department, left st. Loui
for Chicago on Wednesday, and the othel
of1eers of the department follow at once
EXCEPT the Paymaster and Medical fuf
veyor Major Bates, chief mastering ON
Ger. left far Fort Hays on Tuesday, wher
he viii muster out the Nineteenth 1ilinoi
Volunteer Cavalry, just returning iron
General Custar's command.
Four boys of seventeen years and undtl
have been arrested at Utica, New ork
for robbing freight trains on the Ne"
York Central Railroad, viIlainy they
with others have been practicinS for {
wear or more. 1t IS supposed they have
pfundered the trains of $1,000 worth o
goods. They all plead guilty, and impu
Gated a man named Ferry, as the lnsti'
gator of the robberies-
The following appeared in an editorial
the Mem Era, publ .shed In Atlanta, ga
Wednesday morning, in reference TO IN
Georgia delegation in Washington, incluo
ing Governor Bullock as q Grant Hepuol
can: We Ioath these monsters IN huma
shape, and hope they may perish by tu
way side, and the state never again
cursed by their presence" The above II
centive to murder is denounced by ever
respectable citizen of Atlanta.
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