The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-09-16


4 tits not often that our neighboF,
the Courier, gets of q joke worth
laughing at. Yesterday. however. il
per2etrated . good thing at the xpensel
of the Water Works Committee. The
joke was so rich that broad grin
mantled the face Of nearly every bust
ness in the city whenever it was al.
lnded 10. The more one thinks about
In, the harder it will be for him to
restrain bis risiblss. Indeed, the
whole city il in danger Of general
and universal cachinnation. We beg
the C frieF not to be so funny any
more, or il may result in rs great a
disaster to our people IS beiel the
poor fellow who attempted to read
one Of Oliver Wendell Holmes'sfunny
poems. But we viii not detain our
readers By comment. We copy the
joke which they will agree With us
loses noue of its richness by the see
robustness aud gravity Of the language
il which il il clothed. Saith the
C0HEseTso fala aaaomsI lsaes1 3ls
WATER gWoRKs BoNDs.-We
stated. yesterday, that the Water
Works bonds were in tho custody Of
Mr.. Samuel BaYafd, of the Evansville
Nationkl Bank. This might lead
some persons TO suppose that the
bonds were held BY Mr. Bayard for
the purposes of negotiation, Or that
he in some way had the eoner0l of the
same Such is not the case. They
are simply. In bis custody for safe
keeping. The following receipt will
explain the particulars Of the deposit
Of the bonds with Mr.. Bayard:
TaE EvAasvrE.rx NATIONAL BAxK. DEL
RoSfToRY AND N'INANCKATs AGT. III. 81 y
aa AsseoIe EyArsyaLLE, Sept. a. 1870. J
AaessIs- r. @. Van Ripper. Thomas Kerth
and Nj. Muhlhausen. W ater Works Com-
Iniitees have this day placed in nay custo-
| dys three hnndred bonds Of the city 81 Ev-
ansvilles OF one thousand doSlars each, aay
three hundrtd Thousand tollaas ., fssc0, ,O00l
IssHed for the Construction Of Water
+ Works In the city OF Evansville, 10 be de-
livered only upon tie order or orders Of the
Common Council Of EYansvilie, as shah
from time 70 time be made for the delivery
OF the same, and only 90 such person or
persons as shall therein be named. In the
custody OF the bonds referred DO aDove. I
assume no persona al responsibility, but
will give to them the same protection
that the vault and safes or the Evansville
National BANK give the funds and valu-
able securities belonging 20 said Bank.
SAINT. BAYARD. +
The bonds are numbered from one 10
three hundred. inclusive, and are dated
July ], 1870. .rs
To appreciate the above joksin all
its magnitude, one must carefully look
1t the date Of Mr. Bayard's receipt,
~We stated yesterday. sags the Coasr
isr. Yesterday was the 14th. The
statement. therefore, to appear In the
Courier must have been written en-
the fhirtec aih. or one dag before kr,
BdyaTd's receipt toas giiUen and The
bonds placed IN bis hands. The Cour-
/ Ter also made the same statement on
Tuesday. just tieo days before Sir.
4 Bayard got hold Of tie bonds. Mr.,
Muhlhausen asserted the same thing
on Monday. three days before it became
true. The statements were in no wise
correct. We can assure the Courier
that hereafter when it makes broad
assertion. the people will know. q
| heretofore. exactly what importance
to attach to il.