Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-10-06
u Joshua Pierce died last week in Hudson

III Joshua Pierce died last week in Hudson
y H., aged lOI years and 9 days.
u The COngregationalists of Granville, CT ,
are erecting church to seat 800 persons and to
sost s39. 900
u VIM Lowman. lamp lighter in BaIti
more, died on Thursday, from suffocation pro-
duced by fish bone lodging in his throat
u Miss NJ. Clark, Of Washington county.
Va, had leg broken on Sunday last by the col,
nessee Railroad.
IL The Newark Advertiser SAYS a farmer of
germantown, y. J., makes a yearly profit of
SI,UN oy raising early vegetables from twelve
Reformed church at All.ntown Pa has mar
red, since May, 1873, fifteen hundred and sixty
three couples
II As Zoe lifted her dagger for the fatal
blow, her hand was seized from behind and turn
ing, beheld Hannah the outcast" Ii was lucky
that Hannah was on hand.
IL A young LADY,, on being told that her low
er was suddenly killed. exclaimed
"Oh, that splendid gold watch of his-oive
byl" ''' A'i'
u The marine losses made up in New York
lor the month Of September, including the Cen
tral America, (Which Is placed at 3 OlO OOO !
foots up nearly g 600 600 In This sum srs co1,;
prised losses. both total and partial and damage.
on vessels and cargoes
III A horrible murder was committed ne,r
poor old man, over eighty wears of 40. VS. on,
10 pieces In the highway, and robbed The nour
oe1 found It's way into the papers-six or seven
weeks after its committal but the murdsreT rad
not yet been discovered.
ID Mrs. Geo. p Horton wife of the inke.n-
er al last left her child in bed sound
asleep on Tuesday, while she went to a neigh
bor's- On her return she sent the servan, oirr 70
axe up ths child. She Immediately returned
and informed Mrs. TT. that the child was dead
The Intelligence so affected the mother that sbe
az once iIothed at the mouth and died in twenty
minutes. my
UAnecdotes Of western life are sorne,vb,,
stale yet co respcn lent ventures to mention a
real occurrence which took place the other fay on
SoaId 4 steamer from Prairie du CHEN In the
long saloon singular scene was presented AT
one enc Clergyman was preaching to a small
crowd gathered around him. I n the middle gam
olinR was IN busy progress. and at the other ex-
Ing Between the several parties thus variously
engaged the most perfect civility prevailed
IL Mr. Banks and Mr.. Burlingame addressed
the people Of Springfield on Friday night OF last
week In favor of the election Of Y Y Banks 10
the once OF Governor of Massachusetts The
Boston Sourler SAYS that an enterprising journal
ISL OF that city despatched a phonOgrapher to
springfield To take notes ofthe little iron mans.
speech, with instructions 10 return in the New
York train AZ IL O'Clock. The report-rwa, faith
f9I; but the paper in the meantime having
and the next morning advocated the candidate OF
an adverse party
III Senator Pugh, of Ohio, in a speech at Gin
Slnnatl the other day. gave the Republicans
nafo biow- They, he exclaimed, - never hal
but one United States House Of Repre,.ntative.
ana even In that one the last two weeks of the
session We're spent IN quarre!nY among them
selves as TO who should be expelled for obtaipinp
the most pinndsr.' Gen. Butler of Lowell said
about as good thing the same subject in his
speech IN the State Convention when he remark, d
that tbs body OF which Mr. Banks was Speaker
spent It's nrst session in trying TO prove tie ad-
mhstrston corrupt and its last ion In Iroring
inc corruption OF It's own members.-BoSiOnP Posi-
W One night last week, as we learn from the
Lap~er (Mlch-J Republican, a disyracefuI out
rage was Perpetrated in that place IL appear,
that man and woman, but recently arrived there
ana Keeping a saloon, were suspected of being
rafher loose IN their habits, consequently party
OF disguised men repaired 10 the dornciI OF this
miserable couple, and ripping at their door were
answered by the man Of the house. who was i'm
nediately seized, tarrrd and treated To a gratuit
Gus ride on sharp-odced rail. While fhi, wa,
going on, pat Of the gang entered tn. house
and dragged the woman from her bed into the
STREE, denuded and exposed her 10 the paze of
the obscene rabDie, hauled her through the mud
shd spPiled swab, dipped In a MIXTURE of tar
ana frathefs to her person. They were then let