The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-31
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SATURDAY, Dec. j

SATURDAY, Dec, 81.
Gold closed In New York. yesterday, at
Chicago had a s350o3 IRE or wooden
buildings yesterday morning.
The Lindsey House, at ZaIaski, Ohio,
was burned on Thursday. Insured for
The steamer Holland from New York
for Queenstown, touched al Queenstown
on the 18th.
The Missouri Avenue House st East st.
Louis was destroyed by IRE on Thursday.
Loss sI2,o00s Insured.
Commissioner Parker. OF the Indian
Bureau hes bsen charged with mlsappro-
pFtating funds IN his charge.
The extensive Touring and saw mills
and cotton gin belonging 70 Capt James
II. smith, at Elgln, Ark, were destroyed
on the 7th. 10 $4,000.
The nourIng mill of Lewis q Co.. ct At
kiusOn, Illinois, with the elevator OF John
Ashley, were Dnrned yesterday morning
loss sl0O0&
The Chess Congress Committee appeal
TO the Chess Clubs throughout the coun-
try. for aid in arranging for National
Chess Congress. TO be held during 1871.
on Thursday evening the boiler in the
iron foundry OF Miller q Defere, New YORK,
exploded, killing two men and inluring a
third severely and others slightly.
A new German daily paper viii be is
sued IN Clnclnnat1 on the l5t9 Of January.
The publishers are not deffuitely known.
10 Is supposed they are Hct and Hausa
saurek-
twenty-five families were rendered
homeless by the burning Of g row OF tome
ment buildings iu Brooklyn. yasteFd ay
morning. Total loss s38,0o0; Insurance.
81 90.
Savage and Sullivan, charged with the
murder OF Ada Jones IA Memphis, nave
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bail, but Jones could not give the g ,00o
required OF hln1.
James M. Norwood rid the neighbor
hood Of Nashville, Ark or q des psradO
named James Bryan, ny shooting h1m
with shot gun, Just 10 time to save Bry~
an from shooting him.
The railroad bridge on the Toledo, Wa.
bash g w estern Railroad at Defiance, Ohio,
was destroyed by hre yesterday morning.
Trains 90 through via Waterloo. The
bridge VILE be reouilt in 8 few days,
Al fortune teller undertook to whip the
local editor OF the Cleveland Leader, yes
terday, and got served very much as such
people generally do thrown cut Of doors.
venlent editor Of an opposition paper be-
ing in her confidence.
VIM. Woods, q worthy and industrious
negro, living near Dewitt, Ark. was called
to mis- door on last Thursday night while q
opening the door he was hred up6u by
some assassin and instantly killed. Tnere
is no clue 70 the murderer
Faymasters Marcy and Lockwood, con-
vieted Of emue ezliement, have not yet been
sentenced, although the papers and re-
cords Of the court have been 10 the hands
of EhB Navy Department for some time,
The trisl OF the other deEau1ters has been
unaccountably delayed. The four officers
already convicted win be dismissed and
otherwise punished.
The Boston IFaus5ler In speaking Of che
failure of the Ames PlOw Company, says
that Mr. 0Rks5 Aules has been carrying for
toe past Two years two millions Of Unfon
Pacific bonds. and has almost entirely sus-
tanned its credit, but want OF con ddence in
It's management and Ehe consequent de.
preston Of its securities ia the maake&
was too much for him,
All the butchers Of the Communipawv
Abbatotr. y H. have been discharged on
account OF a disagreement with their en-
ploy yers, who efese 90 psy 6 fun days la
bor for killing animals, whether few o.
many. If one man has not enough cattle
20 keep men busy Tor q day they Will net
ktil, and charge for the time occu pied, nol
VIII they allow contractors 10 secure from
others sufficient animals to make q far
days work. This act Of Injustice to 1he
employers is the cause or the disagreement
ON Wednesday outside butchers were EN-
ployeas but on learning that they would
not be allowed 20 form a q nion they re.
fused To work.