The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-08-03
PIOOLILI.

ShSASf SA VIZ ACbAs
/ Nor an arrest up to midnight last
night.
THE price of tobacco is advancing
again.
BASE BALL on the Evansville
grounds to day, if it does not rain.
NEW buildings are springipg up all
over the outskirts of the city.
MUsKMELLoNs, five cents each, are
for sale on the streets. Watermel-
Ions too high to reach.
On Monday night the market place
on Fourth Street was not half so
crowded as usual.
TWELVE cases before the Recorder
yesterday, out of which he extracted
$37 20 in cash.
NoYEs' Circus bills attract general
attention, and his show will elicit
general admiration. gl
EVERY decent Democrat in the city
condemns the shameful attack on
Captain Gooding's character, in yes
terday's Courier,
THE rain last night iutergered with
the attendance at the presentation to
Rev. Mr.. Landlord, of the colored M.
E. Church.
DoN'r leave your lower story win
dows open at night, man in the
northeastern part of town lost his
pants and vest by doing SO, day or
two since.
THE man who was assaulted by
Chandler. on the Mary Miller, was an
attache of the Evansville instead of
the porter of the Mary Miller, as our
information was yesterday.
A COUPLE of women were detected
in an attempt at shoplifting, in La
masco, on Monday. A basket full of
plumber was taken from them, and
they were permitted to depart without
being arrested. 81
MEssRs. MARX, WARREN & Co.
had small shipment of queensware
on the Silver Spray. coming via New
Orleans, to this city. 1t was so well
insured that they will suffer no loss,
plenty more like it being on the road
aud on hand.
Mr.. VAN RIPPER advertises for pro-
posals to remove the old Barrack
from the ground to be occupied by
the Water Works. The magnitude
of the job requires it, but the baga
telle of the Water Works themselves
were not worth while.
THE Harmonic Club, new organi-
cation, had pleasant little party at
the National Hall last night, Mr.. s.
Seelig getting up the supper in his
usual excellent style. The managers
were Messrs. III. B. Evers, G. j.
KoehIer and L. j. Ivison. r
A STREET fight occurred last night
on Third Street, near Main, in which
one journalist and one lawyer are said
to have been engaged; one getting his
knuckles skinned, and the other get
ing his nose bunged. -L41
THERE is a woman in the Lookup,
sentence for drunken
ness. who oonverses equally we'll in
French, English and Italian; is said
to have received an elaborate educa-
ton, yet she is now so degraded that
she spends most of her time in con-
fnement for drunkenness.
THE city is being flooded with the
circulars of New York counterfeit
money dealers. d. G.. Mark, Esq, of
Mark, Warren & Co., got one day
or two ago, commencing: You have
been recommended to US by travel
ing agent for New York House, as
a discreet person, ETC." Mark says he
would like to mark the writer for
Sing Sing.
The oldest preacher in the Indiana
is John Shrader, who re-
,ides at Poseyville, Posey County. |
He entered the ministry in 1874, and
preached at New Albany in 1917. He
administered the first Sacrament of
.he Lords Supper ever solemnized IN
that town, and built the first church
there in 1918.
THE catalogue of Hanover College,
for the scholastic year, 1869-7O, has
the names of the following Evans
Vile Students: Henry A. Dodge, of
the Senior Glass, whose i'll health
compelled him to leave before gradu-
ating; James T. Walker, Jr., whose
graduation has been noticed in the
JOURNAL; Richard V. Hodson. of
the Sophomore; Edwin Walker,
and Thomas Scantlin, Jr.,
in the Second Year Glass of the Sci
entifc Department.