The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-04-09

etc was fall Of people and had fair
freight.......Tho Norman arrived at
/ p. n. with a very handsome frciqLt
and q good passenger trip. She had
as one item 300 barrels Of salt for
re%shiTment to Cumberland river. We
had the pleasure Of meeting her now
clerk, Mr.. George j. RepDert, and
find him a genial, pleasant gentle
man, a worthy SUCCESSOR to our old
friend Captain John Triplett, whose
afable smile and handsome plug INIT
has disappeared from The ofGce......
The Norman leaves promptly at 1OA.
NJ, to.day".."...A light sprinkle of
rain fell at noon yesterday. and tho
clouds we're thiokeniug during the az
ternoon, with every Indication of "a
rainy nightr.."..The Rose Hite arr
rived at 2:30, with a fair trip.......It
commenced raining Of 3 p. M, with
prospects Of continuing all day.
GIeanings from Our Exchange.
PrrrsBUR0.-Tho Commercial on W0dnes-
day says:
The marks last evening indicated thlI-
teen feet and falling. The Weather during
the "a was c~hamgBnbles I'M the forenoon
we had snow n rain. in the afternoon
IL was cold Trade oa the landing Waa
active.
rail- FOR THE CITY or EVANSVILLE
The other day the Louisville papers were
so UeTY sJrTU that the OTIS OF EvnuavIIlo
was so slow. IfCaptaln Dexter had only
built at Louiaville, they would have futn-
lshed him with p wonderful boat. The
DAULAAls however "E0AAutlL see NI.W have
Ing bull "a number OF boats al thiH uoFf.
and every one a success he preieued
was he came here ana built the City on
EvansvfLe for business boat. She haH "a
capacity OF SIX uundrc tons and draws
less than twCnty-ciRht inches.
In regard TO her speed the Evansville
correspondent Of the Cincinnati C0mmrr4
cal Rayss "The CITY OF EvauaviIe rnn
out OF sight from the foot OF Main Street.
III nto mLI1ta nnDv9AHf
within twelve seconds o. The best time
ever mad by any boat" The city OF Ev-
ansville Is 20 feet long, 30 feet beam, haa8
46-inch boilers, aud ia furnished with Har-
"'Rah f" for our boa
CIECrNEATL-Tho GQzelie OF Thursday
a cutting ARRAY occurred in "a house on
second street, LoufsVlile, yesterday morn
ing, IN which Mitchell McCoa neiI, color
steward on the Green River packet
rails CITY, was seriously ~ not f0taily cot
that Mcconnell forced himself into her
house. when bhe aLLnCKro him. 80 HUnluw
him six times-three IA che breast. one 0n
the arm aud two OF tho head. NJ n
thought that he cannot gdrvivo.
The Norman LEFT for Evansville Ia#t
evening with a good tip, for points on the
lower OhiO and tributafieg. We commend
10 slverthorn her new clerk, Mr. George
l.. Reppert.
II entrusted to as we win conduct him
safely.
LOUISVILLE. Tho couricr-yolgglaI OF
Thursday sayBi
The Indiana ala not get of ~ adver.
tised, but viii leave the Portland wharf
New Orleans direct this afternoon atb
The Mary Houston has laiI up Tor n few
lays. Due notice WILDE giVon or the time
Of her departure.
The new boat IdloVlld was receiving
the finishing touches yesterday She as m
beauty. She VIII leave for Evans
vile mex Monday, and enter regularly lu
The Grand Tower, being built here for
the Memphis and ~. Louis Packet Com
- rapidly approaching compile
tion. McClaren g. Co. viii have The Joiner
pecLed that she will be able to leave aIt %.
X. by the nrat day OF May.
81. LoUIs.-LyouH, OF the Republican de-
MES any connection with the Richmond
Headlight thussf
that "a, Lyons, has, nor never asa
connection with the Hlchm0nd
ITeddifQht as correspondent or oditorf and
moreover would say that, no matter how
much our head-ts-ABht. a. ia nover of mat
10 float any sheet under which
Dnetzei and Jim Durm mgy be spread.
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