The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-08-18
OONDENsEB TGLEGRAMs.

THURSDAY. August Is.
Gold closed In New YORK. yesterdays ct
The steamship VILE de Paris, from New
York, arrived &C Brest Tuesday evening.
Francisco Comprador. the eminent
Spanish poet, died In Havana on Tues
It is reported that the house in which
the Nathan murder was committed has
been sold for $1,000
Joe Coburn. the pugilist, was arrested
yesterday morning, in New York for grand
larceny.
Counterfeit twanties on the Shoe q
Leather Bank of New York, are plenty in
New York and Brooklyn.
Hon. John A. Bingham was rsnominat-
ed for Congress. yesterday, from the Six
teenth Ohio District.
I. Anthony wss pominadsd by the DEM
Ocrats OF the lltn Indiana District yesteT-
day, as candidate for Congress.
sarah Ann Doau, q little girl, was pol.
soned in Chicago, yesterday, by dose OF
corrosive subltinate.
Col Joseph scaby. of Nashville, was
sawed to pieces by falling on q saw yesteJ-
day. he was terribly cut up.
The yacht Palmer beat the Cambria,
seven minutes in the race OF Newport,
yesterday.
Whitaker & Co.'s factory, at Hunting
ton, Mass, was burned last evening. LOIS
$4,000; insured $4,000.
Eight men we're seriously injured by an
explosion Of fire damp, in the new SHAFT OF
che Roaring Brook Coal Company at
Dunmore.
rested by order OF Gov. Holden, of North
Carolina, being brought to trial, when a
fair Investigation will be had.
Joseph B. IsgIes was instantly killed,
near Lexington, KY, on Monoay nigr9t, ~
was highly esteemed citlzen.
A burglar was fatally shot by police
man yesterday morning. at Carbondale,
Penn, as he was trying to gain an en-
trance to the First National Bank
c. 5. Rabbits, Of New York, well
known merchant. died suddenly at 9reen
Lake. Mimi, where ne was stopping witn
his family.
| Msior-GeneraI Lew Wallace, of Craw-
fordsyslle, was unapimonsly nominaLeo
| 1onal Convention al Lafayette yesterday
The Portland. Maine. Yacht Club had
i their annual regatta on Tuesday. Ths
/ Roy was winner of the first class; the
| Soy OF the second, and the Whisper of the
third.
Reports of yellow fever In Philadelphia
/ are pronounced false. II is not known
that single case has occurred in the city
and no more az Quarantine, ten miles
Il
The auti-dram shop Convention, at Sy.
| raeuse, New York, yesterday, nominated
| full State ticRet, headed by Myron ii.
| Clarke. for Governor and c. @. Leigh fol
| Lieutenant Governor.
President Grant Is expected to leave
| Long Branch for Washington City, this
| evening, aud TO arrive there tomorrow
| morning, in which case q CabtneL m9et1ne
viii be held tomorrow.
Twenty thousand dollars worth of prop
with q pair OF fine horses, Bowman's Ho
| tel, and q mum ter OF other buildings, were
entirely DESTROYED by IRE, at Fremont
Nebraska, yesterday.
The Iowa Republican State Conventior
met at Des Motness yesterday. J. r. Grin
mel was made permanent President; j ules
Coles, Day and Miller, were nominated fo
Judges of the supreme Co0ri.
The editors OF the weekly press of iii
nois are holding convention IN Chicago
to- day, with wives and sweathearls. They
| will start on an excursion to Toronto
Montreal, Boston, etc., via the Lakes.
The Kansas Pacific Railroad is compile
ted and Will be opened formally Septem
ber lst, 0y graud excursion of the Off1cerS
OF the read and those OF connecting roads
and the affair will include a buffalo hunt
There are eight applicants for the cadet
shtp from the second Missouri District
The candidates underwent q thorouol
com petitive examination yesterday. and
the decision Will be rendered to-day.
John T. Wilson was nominated bv &C
Ohio DI, trict yesterday, at Portsmouth
VIM. II. Spragus was nominated At Ms
rietta, and w. B. McClurg at Piquay.
Watson, Berch & Cos extensive Iumbe
ward at Chicago, and a stable CONNECTED
I, | with the yard, were destroy ed by IRE yes
terday morning Four valuable horse
! perished in the flames. Loss $4,000. In
surance SO 0o0.
: Jeanette A. Skies, wife Of VIM, wer
Skies President of the Authors Union IL
} New York. has commenced suit for di
vorce, in the Circuit court OF COOK County
Ills, on plea OF diSsrtton, and failure
prpvide for the support OF herself an
children.
/ The Georgia Democratic State Conver
3 ton was held at Atlanta yeste rdal
t represented. Gen. Colquitt was eIecte
president. A party platform was adopted
IN Wnlch the pledge was given to do all
Inelr power TO secure free and fair eleC
o ton 10 all Qualihed to vote under the e1
!. listing laws
The Brooklyn Uatog, this evenin0 aIIeoe
- that Judge McCunu, on his recent 7deparl
ure for Ireland. left heavy defalcations bS
a hind him, W nich wiia be likely TO preveu
r his return TO this country. The amour
d which be carried or is said to nav
amounted to considerable, AID has bee
- Invested In real estate in Ireland Tn
Judges properly in New York City, is bC
= ing quietly disposed Of
: The Massachusetts State Prohibition
Convention. yesterday, adopted reSoIJ
ent political parry: number of mem De
- drew with 1ncOnEeQuence. Wendell PHI
lips was nominated for Governor, by a
clamation; EItphalet TrssE, LieutenaI
state; John b. Baker, Treasurer; Whftne
. Griswold, Attorney General, and Lyma