Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-11-21

ID Hicks. official majority fer Governor Of
MARYLAND is s, 400
10 Mr.. Coolidge's church, in Boston, has
discharged the choir to save money.
III Rumor saws that Kossuth will paw the
United States another visit before long.
u The Boston Bee morning newspaper has
changed to an evening edition exclusively.
ID Alexander Hill has obtained So 600 of the
Providence and Worcester Railroad, 70. injuries
received.
arrested in Trov, charged with stealing a revolt
yer of Miss Judith Hornbeck, of Batestown.
u Good openings are said 20 exist in Texas.
for the establishment Of the book and periodical
business.
IL The Banks Of Ohio, II is said, will be pre-
pared to resume specie paynentsas soon as those
Of the East.
ID The Philadelphia soup societies are max
Ing preparations to dispense soup to the poor,
gratis, during the winter.
ID Parker merchant Of Wilkes county
y c, committed suicide last week, by taking
hudanum.
ID Ths day police Of Newark, q few days
since, subscribed enough funds to purchase Is
barrels Of -four for the poor
IL There eleven Touring mills in Knox
sounty, Ind capable of turning out nine hund red
and eighty barrels of -four day.
u There were heavy ffosts in Columbus Ga,
and montgomery, Ala, on the nights of the 9th
ID The insurance Offices will not be called
upon for single dollar for any loss occasioned
by the Newburyport mackerel feet this season.
ID The City Council, Of Cincinnati, o.. has
passed q resolution reducing the salaries Of the
Aremen, and also greatly diminishing their num-
bsrs. =
ID According to the report of the Croton
AGurduct Department there are but 1913 miles of
sewers to nearly 500 miles Of paved streets in New
Ys!k city. - -.-.- .-..r
III II /. reckoned that there is one iauor shop
SOr every eighteen families In New York CITY
and for some neig hbor hoods In the city one grog
shop FOR every ten families,
W The Toronto Colon!st says the men from
CaIlfornla, who arrived so apPropos to identify
the murderer Townsend, as McfIenry of Mrr.
rittville, few weeks since, have proved to be
fnpostors.
IL Al Brownsville, Texas, the bones aud
heart OF Isaac Alsbach. Were found in the ruins
Of recent disastrous fire. His brother had lust
arrived from Germany, only In season to learn
his sad fate. -
" On Tuesday afternoon, the police of New
York city seized two large boxes of obscene books
ana prints, at an establishment I'm Greenwich
street The proprietor was held to bail I'm We
hundred dollars for examination.
IL Large company Of poor working girls
started for the West, from New York, day before
yesterday, under the charge OF c. c. Tracy All
Of them 60 out there in search Of some employ
meRt. 'f-' .
ID Nearly all the ST. Lawrenos river steamers
have gone into winter quarters, both Canadian
and American. This Is much earlier than usual
and is probably caused by the monstary pres
sure. T
ID Barney Davy, OF Kenochee, Michigan, at
tempted to descend into a well sixty feet deep
some days since, and when about half way down
was overcome by the Impure air, and fell to the
bottoms MS body was shortly after recovered by
gHppnngs, out was terribly mutilated and dis.
figured. =
Posr MeRrKN TRIcxs-In Wheeling. Va
last week, young man, for s5 hired neiyhbor
10 brighten his sweetheart by dressing as ghost
ana advising her In a sepulchral tone-sucR as Is
used by all respectable ghosts-to marry him =
some OF the fast boys caught the bogus ghost
and oeiabored him until he called for quarter In
manner resembling a human being. 10.
III A young man, only 10 years old, named
VIM sheEiick, was arrested in Cincinnati, On
Friday night, for robbing the house OF Mr. r
simpson, In that city, a short time since, Of
Ia fge amount Of money, watch, silvefware &c
by administering chOToform to Mr.. and Mrs 9
while they were asleep. On his person w-rr
found two loaded pistols, Mr. SIS watch, and a
bottle OF chloroform. -.
LosIso BUSINESS A report Of Prince Ma
Pol-on on the great Industrial exhibition at Par.
In 1855 has just appeared. The total number of
vlsiters was five million one hundred and six,y-
eight hund ed and seventy-fve thousand franc.
ana the expenses were nearly three times As
much. The entire loss, therefore, was over one
million dolla Q.
ID Alexander Hsmilton's friend. Meade
whites, in a friendly letter HamiItons not helm
sumciently acquainted with his son remind, one
Of the reply Of boy TO his ma,her whose father
vas OF the keep your-children-at at distance,
class; ana ne boy, wanting a new suit very
naturally asked MS mother to intercede for him
wv ny don't you ask your father. yourself, NV
son =! ASKED TIE mother al would ask him bn,
don't feel well enough acquainted with him,
was the reply.
" steam carriage made is appearance In
The streets OF Manchestsr, near Pittsburg IL ran
over the streets Ike thing Of life, turning cor
nefs and lodging ruts. The driver OF an omni
Dusj seeing innovation fin this ernerimeot put
whip to bis horses and tried to outfun the steam
carnage, but the lattes left his coach so IA be-
hino, that the omnibus driver was laughed AT bv
we spectators The STRAIN carriage went at the
rate Of nine miles an hour, with q nre..nrs ~ AZ
POUNDS The inventor IL John q. Hall, of Man,