The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-10-31

which makes it Tuesday, the 9Th.
IT IS claimed that the Paducah to-
bacco warehouses will sell in the year
the first of November
next, 10000 hogsheads of tobacco.
JUDGE N. r. BLACK, Republican
candidate for Congress in the First
District, and his two rebel Democrat
ic competitors, had joint discussion
at Princeton, October I'D.
JUDGE PRICE, of the Louisville |
City Court. having refused to admit
negro testimony in a case pending be-
fore him, has been indicted by the
United States Grand Jury. under the
Fifteenth Amendment.
Col. MONTGOMERY d. DAVIS, of
Christian County, Col. Oscar Turner,
and a half dozen others from the
southwest part of the State, are named
as candidates for 1t. Governor before
the next Democratic Convention.
In view of the action taken by the
Federal District Court at Louisville,
the rebel Democratic Judge Sisk, of
Hopkins County, has declined to
qualify, and a new election for County
Judge will be held November 9Th.
REV. T. G. PETERS, of the NJ. E.
Church South, has been transferred
from Cadiz to Madisonville. The
Trigg County Democrat speaks highly
of his services for the past three years.
Rev. P. 7. Hardin takes his place at
Cadiz.
Hon. NJ. J RoARK, Republican can
didate for Congress in the Second
District, is engaged in the canvass,
and is doing good service. The Re-
publicans of his district owe it to the
party and to themselves TO bring out a
full vote.
DURING the fair at Hartford, Ohio
County, on the 18th, a German,
named Louis Hart, who was selling
paintings, was shot fatally without
any provocation whatever. The MUIR
derer is unknown, bat several arrests
have been made.
We learn from the Greensboro
Monitor that one day last week Mr..
Gus. Rudy, of Mclean County, while
deer hunting with his son, was shot
in the left breast, and perhaps fatally
wounded, BY the accidental discharge
of the lattar's gun.
TRACK-LAYING on the E., II. & N.
Railroad, toward jacksonville, is IN
rapid progress, and we are confidently
assured by Mr.. Shepard, the Superin-
tendent, that they will be hauling coal
over the road by the 10th of Novem-
ber.-Hopki1SUille Conservative.
The Louisville Commercial says
that Hon. John Young Brown, of
Henderson, has been in that city for
several days. very busily engaged
looking after his prospects for the
Gubernatorial nomination. It is in
clined to think that his prospects are
very dim.
JOHN 2. THOMPSON, clerk of the
Daviess Circuit Court, has been in
dicted by the Grand Jury of the
United States Court. at Louisville,
for holding Office in violation of the
Fifteenth Amendment. Rebel office
holders are having a hard time of it.
THE following are given as the re-
tail prices of produce at Owensboro:
Irish potatoes 20 cents a bushel;
sweet potatoes 81; turnips 40 cents;
apples. green, 81; eggs 20 cents per
dozen; lard % cents per pound; but
ter 40 cents per pound; chickens 50
per dozen; turkeys. each, 70 cents.
THE citizens of HopkinsviIle are
making an effort to have the machine
shops, foundry. etc.. in connection
with the railroad. established at that
place. A 5 al inducement they have
offered fifteen acres of eligibly stu
ated ground. The Reporter is en-
deavOring to stir up the citizens of
Henderson to compete for its location.
Hon. WILLIS B. MACHEN has been
prominently mentioned as the Demo-
cratic candidate for Governor. He is
willing to sacrifice" himself for the
good of the people, but is fearful he
will get into trouble in the Federal
Courts on account of his service I'M
der the late rebel government, and
is little dubious as to the propriety
of making the race-so he says in
letter to the Paducah Herald.
GEN. s. s. Fay, the Supervisor of
Internal Revenue, has furnished
comparative statement of collections
of internal revenue in the District of
Kentucky for the fiscal years 1868-69
and 1869-7O. The total amount for
the year ending June 30, 1869, was
81, 218,857 Oh, and for the year ending
June 80, 1870, was SO, GIG, 578 II, show
ing an increase of 1969-T0 over 1863
SO of 50, 4OO.66 20; increase per cent.
33t. A good exhibit for the Radical
administration in Kentucky.
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