The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-09-12

The sixteenth Iowa ate fair opens at
/ KeoKuk. to-aay. The entries far exceed
\ ,l,y prevIOus fair. Fine cattle, hOIses,
! hogs and sh, ep are arriving on every train
| Iobp Cradle was executed on Friday,
/ at st. Joseph, NJ ssouri for the murder OF
! Joel Drake, on New Years day last, in the
presence of $500 people.
A H Hal DWELL, formsrlv editor of the
! g, Joseph He nld died at Jefferson City on
Friday. His remains will be taken TO
Wheeling. West Virginia.
A man was buried at Omaha, on Satur-
day, Dy the cavtng Ia OF q WE'LL but Wss
afterwerds dug out in an 1psensible con-
diJion and restored to animation
An unknown man suddenly, dropped
dead at st. James Hotel, Omaha, saturday
aSrernoon: suppnsed use of 0eath TO be
from a slight previous quarrel
Nashville is already full OF delegates to
the Democra tc Convention, which assem-
bIes 70 morrow, ana tne ConNention q
one.
It is reported that a duel Is iEaminent
between Gems. Jordan and Quesada, in
consequences of an article in q spanish
paper In New YORK.
Josiah Turner, editor of the Raleigh
Sentinel, has sued Governor Holden, .. a.
Douglas, his aid, Captain Berger OF the
militia and others. for false ii1prison nenI'
The Yatch Race at Newport on saturday
for the cittzsus cup, was won py snS 5s Ensn
tom V0G EAlLuGE LODA "LO
The Dsunt ess come in 3rd. and the cam
bIia 4th. The sapphO did not start
a locomotive, tender and two cars for
tbe Shawneetown g. ST. Louts Railroad,
on Saturday, broke way ana ran into the
river where the water Is thirty feet deep
Sergeant Huntington, head of the U. s.
Recruiting offics at Milwaukee, under
General McKibben. decamped on the
night OF the 6th, after forging an endorse
ment on sever Al checzs and stealing con-
Biderab Q govern ment clothing. A reward
Is offered for his arrest.
The soldiers and sal ore political orga-
nization In New York, on Saturday night,
endorsed the action of the Republican
State Convention. and resolved TO be az
the polls on election day and prevent re-
psatIng by force of arms, If necessary.
r. Sayers, tried at Charlottesville. Va.
on Saturday, for killing IT. oliver for the
Reduction OF his daughter. was acquitted.
The presiding Judge remarked IN dis
charglng the prisoner that tue verdict,
W while IL Was.a natural one, was In accor-
dance neitnaF with law nor evidence.
The Kansas state Convention met at To-
peka Saturday. Hon. John Harvey, pres
emit incumbent, was renomtna ed for Gov
eIDor; X. II. Elder Lieut.. Governor; W.
II. SmaIlwood, Secretary of state; .. j.
Hayes, Treasurer. The platform taxes
strong grounds against the alienation OF
the public lands To railroads or mo Opo-
lies. II sympathizes with the Prussians,
and hopes that the European war viii END
in the establishment OF q Republic In Eu-
rope. Nothing was said on the rnsncial
subject.
During the session OF the Democratic
County Convention In Chicago on esatur-
day, Horatfo Seymour, who Was In the
city, was invited and delivered a brief
speech, thanking them Tor their kind
reception, and said that recent events had
satisfied him that the power and destintes
of the Federal Government were fast CEN
tering in the Valley or the Mississippi and
the Great W est, and ne knew that in the
keeping of such a people, VINO were the
blood and kindred Of the East old land
marks and liberties would be sacrediy pre-
served.
Senator Thurman opened the c2mp paign
in Ohio, for the Democrats, on Saturday
night, by a speech. before the young mems
Democratic Club. having large audience.
His chief topic was the tendency
OF the government to centraliz-
alton, and the danger menacing the
States, or, IN other words, he made
state rights speech. such as TOombs, Wig
fall and JEFF Davis used to indulge in, but
possessing out little OF their ability. He
said that Johnson's administration had
paid el47 O0g 900 of the pnblic debt, while
Grants administration bad only paid
Sl2,OO0,0OO He denounced the fundtng
bill, animadverted upon the foreign policy
OF the admin istratioA. and was opposed to
Chinese immigration.