The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-02-28
OGNDESSER TELGGRAMS.

/ MONDAY. Feb. 26.
Gold closed in New York, on Saturday.
at ll55s s1I57sc.
John Numan. well known actor, died
on Thursday last, in New ork.
Ice cutting was lively on the Hudson,
With prospect of full supply.
The boiler Of steam flre engine ex-
ploded in Boston on Friday night. iDjur-
ing several fremen-none fatally.
The schooner Benz. Butler, was run down
aud sunk of Watch Hill, Thursday night,
and four lives lost.
took a dose of linament, by mistake, and
soon afterwards died.
An English ex-assistant of ColcTaft, the
famous London hangman. has applied for
the privilege of hanging Reynolds.
The East and North Rivers at New York
were fall of light Ice on Saturday, but not
sufficient to impede navigation.
Lieut General Sheridan left New YORK
Friday. ''N''O -
The suits against Captain Peabody, of
the ship Neptune, were dismissed on FRI
day, no one appearing TO prosecute.
a movement is on foot for the removal
SCISSOR for the Third District of New York,
The importing house OF Hermann
Fieldman & Co., in New York, was robbed
on Friday night, Of $3.50 worth of silks.
The second jury in the easa of DR.. Nc.
Daniel, of Darlington, n. H.. charged with
procuring an abortion, mas failed to
agree
1t Seported that Fisk and GouIfl nave
acct the resignation OF L. d. Rucker,
Genera ,nperintendent of the Erie Rail-
way.
Robert D. Bogart. the defaulnng pay
masters clerk, has 2 .pplied 10 Judg Bone
dict, of New York for new trial. The
case is under advt sement.
The National Tobacco Association, in
session lor thre days in New York city,
ADJOURNED st4te ale. on Saturday. The next
meeting Will re held in Chicago.
Another G cean steamer, the Schmidt,
She mad a passengers, and much anxiety
is felt for her safety.
The tore Of Burs & Sou. at Caldwell
zoe nee ,1cuf, was burgIarized on Thursday
nlga@ TO the amount of $3.50 in currency
and checks.
The National Tobacco Association, prior
TO acJourn ent, resolved tc recommend
and tobacco, and the abolition OF monthly
returns.
public meeting was held la New York
/ on Friday night, 10 aid in the movement
/ for procuring the recognition of God and
! the Christian religion in the Constitut on
| OF the United states.
| Nearly thirty prominent firms of New
/ York city are accused of selling smuggIed
| LQE
| government An investigation is going on
] and three arrests have been made.
| car containing twenty persons, on
Saturday trayersed the tunnel under
broadway New YORK, which is now three
| hundred feet long and TIVE nty-one feet be-
meath the surface.
/ Coal dealers in New Yor' k are circulating
| the report that the miners in the Lacka-
wanna and Schuylkill districts are about
/ 10 quit work. IL Is supp 0sed to be a pre-
| text for raising the price of coal.
Commissioners Belts has denied q mo-
/ ton to dismiss the case against Roehler &
| kamer, two New I orb brewers, charged
\ with defrandIDg the revenue. Also, in a
| similar case against Co oke & Harrington
A forged check for $4,000, was paid Al
/ the u. =. Quarter Mast er's Office, in Louis ).
/ vile, In the early part of the month, sup.
! posed to have been pr esented by an en-
/ ployee.
\ The Shirt Factory of II. 3. Fenton, a
| Dundenberry, Connect ieut, was destroyed
by an 1ncend1ary ire, on Saturday morn
Ing, throwing 500 Wo rkmen tenn porariIN
out of employment.
The late managers of the French Thea
ter were before the Police inspector or
Friday night on 6 charge OF swindltns
two former attach ss Of the tlIeater. Tn
charges were not sustained, and the ac
cused we've released.
In the conf sion attending the swearinj
in of Senator Revels, on Saturday, Wilson
withdrew his motion to reconsider Lhi
vote by which was passed the bill remoV
ing the polfti saI disabilities from abou
5000 persons Il the south, and the bill now
goes to the President Tor h1S signature.
Chas E. Rowan, g confidential book
keeper in the commission house of
| HtncKley & Co, Chicago, has absconded
taking with him bonds andI ASH amount
ing 10 s., 600. Dissipation and e15travagan
habits, the baue OF many 20 ung men
were the causes.
The. grand jury of New. Yorl :, have in
| dicted Gen. Fnomas, Gen. Egan an
| lsror n OH tDr nd tn fran n
liant weighers, pay-roDs; Saml. I. Blatch
, fard, r. b. Caldwell, and othe RS charge
with draw back fraud; Richard Clarke tn
notorious counterfeiter, and e. 7: Oarkle:
the defaultin5 cashier of the Merchant
Exchange National Bank.
Lydia Thompson, Pauline MARKHAM
and. AIr. Henderson were hNed 500 eact
in Chicago, on Saturday, for assseulttng MI
, Storey of the Times, and Archys sGordo
= accom- plices, The fines were paid. Th
! | same parties were afterwe srds arr Iested on
l charge of riot, and held IN $500 each to an
! sWer. The latter arrest spoiled their Ii
inee, Saturday afternoon. storey is ahea
! SO lar as heard from. John Lyle Ktnt
: formerly OF Madison, End, defended tn
) "Blondes."
Q A rumor prevailed at Memphis, on Sa
; urday, of q dreadful accident on the Mis
n sisslppi Central Railroad, near oxford.
= was reported tnat the regular mail tra1
had broke through trestIe, smashin
baggage, express, and four passenger car
n At last accounts twelve bodies had bee
taken from tue wreck, Including McDol
: aid, the Road Master, an d two ladte
unknown. The officers OF the ROa
were attempting to conceal the acc
dent, and ful particulars could not
ascertained- The excursion trai
from Cincinnati with delegates OF gener
: freight agents failed 10 connect at Hun
:, hold else the loss of life would have, doub
u less been much greater. McCorrisco, Trea
IS urer of the road, and mis- son, and condu
! tor Adams were instantly killed, an
Il Col. Sam. Yates, President of the road, ha
- his leg broken. Fifteen bodies had bee
taken from the wreck. Later advices SO
| seventeen persons were killed, amor
u whom were Col. Spears, of Brandon, Miss
is | Mcdonald, Road Master; two ladies ar
= two children, names unknown, and IL
: others, with few exceptions, emf grants el
ID route 10 Texas. Fourteen or fifteen pa
I aengers WeI wounded, several fatally. II
whole train, except the engine, Is con
IL piete wreck.
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q Tennessee Legislature.