The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-11-01

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THE State Fair Board hold meet
ing at Indianapolis, November 8sh. to
pay eff all premiums which were
awarded at the late State Fair.
Miss MINNIE HINES. Jennings
County, was so badly frightened by
burglars in the house, few nights
ago, that she lost her reason and is
now a raging maniac.
PROFESSOR Cox, State Geologist.
and his assistants. are now in Martin
County, making explorations in refer
ence to the geology of that county.
JOHN DAVIS, of Sullivan County,
has lost FIVE hundred head Of cattle
from mad-itch," caused, it is said,
by corn husks on which hogs had
been feeding.
THE Terre Haute Gozette says the
Sunday School children connected
with Centenary Church, in that city,
were to give a concert on Sunday
evening.
A MEETING has been held in Boon
vile for the purpose of organizing an
Agricultural and Mechanical Asso-
citation, with what success we have
not learned.
THE Nes0s, published at Ovens
Vile. Gibson County, has come to an
end, after a brief existence of eight
months. Cause: want of proper sup
port.
The Wabash Express says several
shares of stock in the e. &. Q. Rail-
road were sold in Sullivan, on Friday,
at ten dollars per share. The man
who sold the stock was green.
The Rockville Republican says an
additional ten miles of the L. @. &
s. w. Railroad were surveyed and
located last week, and that the entire
line will be completed to Rockville at
no distant day.
On Monday, of last week, every
County oficer-Clerk, Sheriff, Re-
corder, Treasurer, and Auditor-were
absent from their offices in Camel
ton. Deputies supplied their places.
Mr.. AND Mrs. BYERs, formerly of
this city, but for the last four years
connected with the public schools Of
Terre Haute, have retired from the
latter, and design moving to Green
castle.
THE residence of l.. 3. Small, three
and one. half miles east Of Boonville,
was destroyed by fire on Thursday
evening, of last week. Mr.. Small
lost quantity of money and all his
books and papers.
THE New Albany Ledger says the
crop Of corn, oats, hay, wheat, pota-
toes, tuInips and cabbage has been a
large one the present season, in that
vicinity, and the farmers consequently
have large surplus for sale.
On Thursday evening Thomas PEN
degast, a respected citizen of Staun-
ton, was killed at Williams Switch,
between Terre Haute and Brazil, by
being caught under the wheels of a car,
about which he was engaged.
JAS. III. THOMPSON and Walker B.
Rodman purchased from farmers in
the vicinity of Salem. sixty-fv head
of three year-old steers, averaging
in weight 1000 pounds, at five cents
per pound, last week.
THE NJ. e. Church at Mission, JEFF
ferson County. has been holding a
protracted meeting for several days,
and thirty four persons have joined
the church up to Monday, and the
meeting still continues.
THE Rockport Democrat hoists the
names of Thomas a. Hendricks for
President in 1872, and William Z.
Niblack for Governor. That would
be about as strong q ticket as the
Democracy could nominate.
THE Editorial Excursionists from
Northern Indiana, will arrive at New
Albany to-day. The excursionists
will probably pass our city on Thurs
day, on their way to Columbus, Ky.
They will ind the JOURNAL latch
string hanging out.
The temperance people out at Ire
land, Dubois County, are engaged in a
laudable enterprise. They propose to
publish the name Of every man who
gets drunk, where he got his liquor,
and what he said and did while
drunk, &c.
THE citizens of Warrick County
still have hopes of the North and
South Road. At a meeting held at
Attica on the 18th of October, it was
resolved to enter into a contract for
thirty miles of the road. The meet
ing was unable to determine to which
end of the road the thirty miles should
be applied, each division contending
for their own. The Newburg people
hope to secure at least ten miles of the
thirty, which would place them in rail
road communication with Boonville.