The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-04-01
CITY N & w S.
REPUBLICAN KOMISATIOSs.

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J. b. FICKAS.
FOR CITY SURVEYOR,
CHARLES b. BATEMAN.
FOR CoUNCILMEN.
ist Ward, WILLIAA BEDFORD.
ID " ALVAH JOHNSON.
ID /" SAMUEL NJ. ARCHER.
4th &" HENRY v. BENNIGHOF.
6th JOHN DANNETELL.
9th CHARLES SCHAUM.
7th " JACOB RICE, SIR.
s.h WILLIAM HEILMAN.
sth = WILLIAM TEAMER.
County orders for sale at this once.
B9rCharles B. Bateman. q 6nisbed
engineer, is the gentleman who viii
ofieiate in that capacity 'duriog the
coming year.
FIGHT ON MAIN STREET.-A couple
Of men fought on the Corner Of Main
and Front yesterday. One of them
got a bunged eye and the other got
knocked down.
BEFoRN SQUIRE EMERY. - Tom.
Delaney, alias Red, was before the
Squire yesterday, and got 81 worth
of board and lodging at the Hotel
DeMiller, for assault and resistance.
bR The janitors of the schools,
being invested with police powers,
will put a stop to the rowdy tenden-
cies of some of the boys who have
developed strong proclivities for
throwing stones.
Er The JOURNAL fell into the
same error that the Courier pleads
guilty to, with regard TO the candidate
for City Surveyor. viz: accidentally
emitting his name from the ticket at
the bead of the column.
FIRST WARD.-We understand that
the eolored men of tho First Ward
viii meet tonight at McJ ohnston's
grocery to take into consideration the
privileges and duties imposed upon
them by the ratification of the Fiji
tcenth Amendment.
Nor BILLY.-Billy Saberton called
at the JOURNAL Office yesterday to say
that he was not the man who wanted
TO run an opposition gas squirt
against Whittlesey at the Democratic
Convention. He thinks it must have
been a saphead, and not a Saberton
that would attempt that.
HANDSOME BooKs.-The Books of
the Idlewild, made at the JOURNAL
Office, which have been exhibited in
the show window of Messrs. Schap-
ker, Bussing & Co. for the past few
days, abundantly demonstrate our
ability to maintain the position of
book making among the fine arts.
ORNAMENTING.-Judge MS John
o is adding greatly to the beauty of
the neighborhood he lives in, by i'm
provements on his place on the corner
eff Second and Oak Streets. His
splendid residence is now appropri-
ately surrounded with we'll sodded
grounds, ornamented with evergreens.
His neighbor, Mr.. Geo. Lint, is fol-
lowing bis example.
SKIPoUTsKY AGAIN.-George Koer-
belle, who sails under so many aliases,
was before Judge Morris s. johnson,
Yesterday, on a writ of habeas corpus,
to inquire into the legality of his de-
tention on a charge of living in open
adultery with Mrs. Zukowsky. The
motion to discharge Koerbele was
successfully resisted by Major Matti-
son, counsel for Mrs. Koerbele, the
Judge deciding the charge to be
clearly sustained.
STATE INSURANCE CoMPANY.-The
Evansville Branch Of the above
Company organized on Wednesday
night, by the election Of Converse
Clement, Esq, as President, and
Messrs. Bennett & Decker IS Agents.
Mr.. Isaac Keen was selected to go
to Chicago and investigate the condi-
ton of the Company, and report to
the Evansville Branch on his return.
He will start within the next ten
days.
/. o. O. +. ELEoTIoN.-At a meet
ing of Morning Star Lodge No. z,
held last evening, the following Off
GERS were chosen: S. 2. Schwing,
Noble Grand; w. D. Andrews, Vice
Grand; II. S. Bennett. Secretary;
BENJAMIN SAMSON, Permanent Score
tary; Jas. Swanson, Treasurer; John
f.. Glover, Joseph Turnock and Green
Bellamy, Trustees; @. X. Drew and
Ronald Fisher, Representatives to
Grand Lodge.
THE GREAT CARPET WAREHOUSE.
We would call attention Of persons
in want of anything in the carpet line,
to the advertisement Of Messrs. VIM.
K. French & Co.. in today's issue.
These gentlemen are at the very head
of their business in this city, or the
whole West. Their spacious ware
room is now filled full Of the choic-
est and most elegant goods we have
eve seen. The contracts for furnish
ing the Rew steamer City of Evans
vile. as we'll as the Idlewild, were