Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-06-27

Er Port Tobacco Times saws the recen,
.taSms Nv, done much damage to the crons in
Charles county,
..!tr The va,ns f personal property in Cincin-
Natl for the preseH, We. H. oy The Assessors returns
10 TOE County au,iit,s . mount, TO over $50 100 =.
IL John Riddlin, tsoldi-r # the revolution
died in Wayne township -suglaiz.' county, Ohio.
on the I'D Of Nav, al the a. 90 one hundred and
five years.
IL A married lady in New Pork has sued a
fellow for Islander. laying her dam hey at $4,000
for sending her small naked china ttn, and &C
comPanying the present with en- indicate stts>
sion.
IL The Toledo Commercial mentions 2 pro-
iect now engaging considerable attention. of CIT
Meeting Lakes Erie and Michigan bv ship cana!
via Fort Wayne. The elevation will be two hun
dred feet.
II Mr.. and Mrs. Mahonv live in Chicago
They quarrel. The other day they got to throw
ing soda bottles each other and cut each others
aces badly. Then Mrs. vi. had Mr.. VI. arrested
but the next morning she appeared and averred
there had been no trouble between them To
This was opposed the evidence of blach eve
upon her countenance and eut upon his head.
She said the cow kicked her and he said the
horse kicked Elm and they got of.
LET The LADIES SzwARg-It is stated that
lately some wOrkInen feN sick in Paris in work
ing on an apple green silk dress. A piece Of the
silk was examined bya chemist and !, was found
to have been cOlored with copper md arsenic
These substances adhered but slightly to the silk
were detached in handling in the shape powder
and were thus inhaled by the lungs. An srder
was issued prohibiting the future use of this End
of colofing matter. Many of these silks are sYp-
posed to have gone to the United States.
II Harper's Magazine insists. as a defence -
it's habit of apprOpriating valuable articles fro.a
the English reviews and Journals without credit
that they are not always average specimens Of
those periodicals, and that when they are better
o. worse to give credit for them would convey an
erroneous idea to the public of the standard of
excellence of the publications from which they
are taken Such thoughtful tenderness for the
reputation OF rival magazines must awakinp
strange feelings Of gratitude in its objects as il
klndIes singular admiration in the world at
large.-LoKtSriHe Journal.
II A writer in Hunts Magazine suggests a
new plan OF extinguishing fires, worthy certainl
ot trial IL Is simply satuIating the water OF
ne sfs engine with common salt and potash ,
both very cheap articles, and both acting together
10 lnpTegnate :1e wood that the flame cannot
spread any further, = the muriatic acid nirs off
and the soda remains - upon a glazed surface
The sGggesteT Of this idea even goes on to say
that many IRE, which is within reach. miy ht be
stopped without any engine, Nv diScharging
hnely powdered clay, lime or chalk through a
tude on the fire.
THIRTY STUDENTS E1PELLEp.-The GeorLian
and Democrat, published at Marietta. says
We understand that thirty of the cadets of
the u u Institute have been expelled for going
INTO u y Eldred's circus show which has been
exhibiting here for the last two days The
erinc; as we understand, was in signing a writ
zen PleoSe, (Which was plain violation of the
tuIts 10 90 To the circus, whether the superin-
tendent would allow them or not
!" We learn that FIVE of them have left for tber
homes-thiTteen have reoanted and intend trying
10 relnstate themseives-the others are 10 leave
IN a few days.