The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-06-21
INDIANA ITEMS.
THE tobacco crop will be largely in
creased in Pike County this season.

CAPT. hOBT. Is. MASSEY IS solicited
to become an independent candidate
for Sheriff of Knox County.
A LEARNED Squire of indianapolis
signs himself Gustus of the Piece"
@. r. VAN TREES, the census taker,
reports the population Of Washington
to be 1927.
The Fort Wayne and Indianapolis |
Base Ball Clubs are to play match
game at the Capital on Wednesday.
DAN. VooRHEEs is to address the
Posey County Democracy shortly after
the adjournment of Congress.
Our of two hundred retail liquor
dealers in Terre Haute. the Gazette
says only ffty-six pay license.
THE Sunday Law is rigidly en-
forced in the Democratic cities OF
Terre Haute, New Albany and Louis.
Vile.
r. f. TRAvELLICK, the President
of the National Labor Union. will ad-
dress the Brotherhood at Vincennes
on the 4th of July.
ISAAC WILLIAMS. an old and re-
spected citizen of Warrick County,
died of apoplexy on Tuesday Of last
week.
VIsscHER, late City Editor of the
indianapolis Journal, has accepted a
position on the Journal of Commerce
at Kansas, Missouri.
A PIECE Of coal was received at
Lafayette the other day, from the
Silver Island Mine, which weigh Eve
aud half tons.
A YOUNG man at Lawrenceburg,
fifteen years of age, died from the eff
feets of imprudently swallowing the
stones when eating cherries. causing
violent cramps.
THE citizens Of New Harmony
have been notified that they must
raise SIS, 600 as a bonus, in order to
have the Mt. Vernon & GRANVILLE
Road run through that town.
On Wednesday evening of last week
Major John D. Simpson, proprietor
and editor Of the Madison Free Press,
was married in Christ Church, Madi-
son, to Miss Florence Plaster.
THE Mt. Vernon Democrat is in
clined to believe that Mr.. AFRO Dyer
will accept the Democratic nomira-
ton for Circuit Judge. Accept?
"Wad duck swhim2"
THE Terre Haute Gazette says the
arrangement on the E. & @. Road, by
which persons as far south as Vim
cennes can visit Terre Haute and re-
turn the same day, is very satisfac-
tory.
PRoF. Foster, of Chicago, State
Geologist of Illinois. was at Wash
ington last week examining the coal
fields Of Daviess County. He left on
Monday for tour through the coun-
ties south. The Professor was work
ing in the interest of the North and
South Road.
In the Second Congressional Dis
trict, the counties of Clark. Floyd,
jackson. Orange. Martin, Washing
ton and Dubois, have instructed for
Mr.. Kerr; Harrison has instructed
for Wolfe; Crawford is not pledged,
and Scott is yet to hold its Conven-
ton. Mr.. Kerr will undoubtedly be
renominated. A Kerr is always prefer
able to Wolfe.
THE following singular divorce case
is related by the Terre Haute Er-
p 'ess:
A few days since. a woman residing
in this city, returned after an absence
of four months, to find that her hus-
band had obtained q divorce and had
married another woman. On inquir-
ing the cause set up in court, she
found that it was on account of pro-
family. From the way she sWore ven
geance on her faithless husband, the
woman he had married, and the
lawyer who had obtained the divorce,
the plea was we'll grounded. Whether
it was sufficient cause for divorce is
an open question.
One of the Gypsies camped near
this city. sent to New York some
three weeks ago aud had a silver tea
kettle manufactured by a jeWeler of
that city as a present for his Bohe-
milan wife, sending, with the order,
one hundred dollars. as a guarantee.
and ordering the bill sent with the
tea kettle, by express, &C. 0. D." The
tea kettle was received this week and
the bill, calling for one hundred dol
lars more. The Gypsey had the kettle
weighed, found it all right, paid the
bill, and presented the costly vessel to
his wife, who Immediately put it into
use by placing il over the FIRE and
boiling water in it for tea. In paying
for the kettle the Gypsey displayed a
roll of twenty one thousand dollar bills.
IN. a. Ledger.
THE State Geologist, Prof. E T..
Cox, arrived in this city on Wednes-
day, and has commenced his exami-
nation of this county, and expresses
himself highly pleased with the miu-
eral prospects of this part of the State.
The main coal at Washington, which
has already acquired a high reputa-
ton for fuel from one end to the 9TH
er of the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad,
is, in his opinion. one of the best
cokeing Goals in the West. It is well
adapted for making gas. and samples