The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-05-23

are already forty last horses on the
ground.
The Revolution newspaper has been
sold TO Mrs. Ballard, of Brooklyn Mrs
Croley Is to be the working editor, and
Messrss Ttlton and Sudwell, stockholders.
The Commissioner of Emigration, at
San Francisco, has commenced suit
violation OF the passenger act.
Alex. Carpenter, SON of J. e. Car penter,
was drowned while bathing in the river
at Toledo, on Saturday evening.
A vat of benzIne exploded at Reeds
glove establishment, Main Street, Charles
the building and an adjoining dwelling.
Helmken Krueh Carol, delegate from
British Columbia TO the Canadion Confed-
Grafton, passed through San Francisco on
Saturday, en- route to the Canadian Capt.
tol.
The Corporation Council of New York
City, havel instituted legal proceedings
against tho Arc de Railroad Com pany, on
the ground OF trespass on the property of
the city.
Robert Gillet, q white man. was fatally
beaten, in Brunswick N. j., on Friday
night, by colored man named Samuel
Bergen-for the alleged seduction of the
latters wife.
Mrs. Lewis, mother OF the child Corrina
Lewis, whose abduction by the father Gre
ated such q sensation last Summer, has
obtained a divorce on the ground of
adultery.
Several buildings, in Bonnabrook, N. J.,
including the railroad depot, were struck
by lightning, during storm on Friday,
and a man, named Robt. Merrifield, was
killed and his son badly idjured.
The proposition to impeach Judges
Field and Hoffman, of California, for mis-
BILE excitement in San Francisco, as most
| Of the leading papers discredit the
| charges.
The Central Pacific Railroad Co. have
| finally purchased the California Pacific
Railroad, and take possession in June.
The time through viii be reduced several
hours. 1t is also rumOred that the Union
and Central will consolidate.
The body of Miss Dora MeLiIlan, of
/ cert Hall Block at st. Paul, on Saturday,
/ was found Saturday and buried. The body,
when found, was In an upright position.
The Book Committee of the Methodist
! Episcopal Church are again considering
| charges against the junior book agent,
| who will probably be suspended during
| the trial.
Hepdrickson & Bros shingle factory, ct
Clevelsnd, Ohio, and Bowles q Macher's
foundry adjoining, were TO totally DESTROY
ed by fire on Friday night. Loss over S20,-
600. Insured for $1,000.
A house at Lodi, New York, fell on Mon
| day night buryfng it's occupants, Mr.. Law
| son. wife and two daughters The neigh
bors sccceeded in rescuing the family alive
but both Mr.. and Mrs. Lawson we're fatally
injured.
The foIIo@fng Internal revenue receipts
were reported in New York, last month
Railroads, 81, Ill, ,6l6 sloops S946, ,62l ferries
s79,Sl7; lotteries S25, 1875: tn eatres, etc, S2S
/ S94 Al. During the month 1S5, ,636Y ZIG feet o.
gas were consumed.
Quincy, of Massachusetts,; Nathanie
Thayer, of Boston; President Elliott, O.
Harvard UnfVersiIy' ana s suRF1y Fary Scnt, SScns
Kansas. on Saturday.
Miss Sarah Buckley, sister of Eliza Buck
lev, who recently obtained verde
against the Missouri Repu6hcdn for 500
ia slander suit, has sued the same pape
for SIS, 600, she claiming to have beel
equally slandered with her sister.
Carrie Phillips, a servant girl in tt
family OF Mr.. Best, Cbicago. was Ioun'
result of a dose OF laudanum, which sh
had taken to end her troubles in life. Sh
was seventeen years old aud OF Engusl
| birth.
The trial of Chas. Schultz for attempt
ing to murder his wife, by cutting be
throat with a razor, was concluded In tn
, Hudson County, n: ]. court, quarter ses
verdict of assault. The prisoner was fine
and discharged.
Dispatches received at Headquarters 1
st. Louis, yesterday, say General F0rsyt
|
a Gently attacked the working parties o
= the Kansas Pacific Railroad, with goo
. prospects of overtaking and severely pur
tshing them.
Thirty soldiers o. the saPpers' Corps de
serted in a body from West Point, o
. Thursday, after receiving their month
pay, diseu at the harsh treatment II
ceived from their Sergeant. Rewards {
fifty dollars each are offered by the Coy
ernment for their recapture.
, The Brooklyn Woman's Clab has solemn
,, " voted to wear short or long dresses,
may best suit them. Miss Hutchinson,
course of a long debate on drees, STATE
that women could not dress tasteful
without sperding literally, OF either the
husbands or fathers money.
), The steamer Nellie White, from No
walk. Conn, ran on the rocks at HC
Gate Saturday forenoon, and r maine
there two hours with two hundred passe
gers aboard. The Captain refused asSts
5, ence rendered by another steamer, /
cause the latter was of an Opposite
line.
Suit was entered on Saturday agair
John n. Heimenz, one of the bondsm
n of M. e. SusIsky, late defaulting Ci
- Treasurer of st. Louis, for $4,000, tbs Il
m amount of the bond. The other bont
he of Susisky's bond, but Hiemenz refuses
the ground that high officials knew of :
sisky's defalcatton several month befo
It was made public.
vA Chief Justice Lowe, at Cheyenne, on F
day. denied the application for a receiv
m in the case of Davis and associates VS.. t
al. Union Pacific Railroad, holding that t
~ showing before him did not Justify IL,
show any absolute necessity for such
remedy, but rather that the road was nc
- being managed by able and honest ms
"a i'm q prosperous condition. and if u
we're not so, the bond rendered by I
railroad Company is ample security
the complainant in any event.
Cs A disastrous fire occurred at Columb b
XIV. on Saturday, which destroyed abe
thirty five houses In the business porti
- of Ihe CITY. all frame but three. Amo
the losers are w. 3. Vance. Geo. Wats
d. W. ID. Foster, L. Well, b. u. Samuels,
o4 q. Ragsdale, RiEgs q Co. Gayle Co.,
o. Bland. Geo. Taylor. r. IoneSs Wetzler
Co.. w. II. Weeks. N. VanderWater.
& u mmerman. Buyers & Co., and
and Columbus Hotel. The total loss Is e
AT mated over 100000. Insurance less tina
1871, third of that sum.
viii An agreement was, on Friday, ente
1ith into between the Erie Railway Com ps
lble | and Weehawken Stock Yard Compa
bv which the former agrees to run a
re- o'clock morning daily line of propell
from Weehawken Stock Yards direct
- Fall River, thus enabling dealers to br
- stock via Weehawken over the Alhs
route and take advantage of the \
-. York market without additional cha
! ~ III while at the same time, the propel
less es which take stock to the Boston mari
90 ~ will arrive there at eight O'Clock, in t
80 for the Brighton market. rms move
.,e. Claimed VIII be the means OF diver'
.t4o nearly all the New England and Wss
M stock in the direestonHt AsW York