Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-08-28

IL man named Grover has been arrested /,
Denmark, Me, for causing the death of a lit,Ie
dang liter of John Blake. Biake's dog barkcd Al
u5oVet ana he shot the animal close by the child
VINO was ing htened into spasms, and died i'm CON
sequence fortnight afterwa.d
u A young German woman In Philadelpbia
hdheu Anna Me1ster, who was swindlinp the
poorer people few days since by pretending 10
oe q daughter OF Con and the sister of CbTist
Will be remembered By our readers Her trial
mas ended, and she is acquitted of the charoe M
conspiracy to defraud, but ordered TO nav the
costs. - P"y 'n0
" large rattle-snake was caught in Viz
S'hla Few days since, and confined in a CAGE
a cat which had forfeited her right to exixteSce
by suHdry depredalions among chickens wa
S Sf 10 go IN on visit TO his snakeship
vi course night took place, which is Described
Us being terrific When II ended both animaIs
were dead. wv" ""ii'iaiH
III = Whisky making seems to be the mos,
pf"ntable business carried on in Kentucky The
~, dayssli,e hase says that several large dstller-
les are now Delng erected in that county An in
creased demand for strychnine wilt no doubt fol
that. ' -o't'"
~ d. Ferguson, of CharIestown, Ind, has
Instituted an action for libel i'm the CLARK comfy
ina circuit court against Mr. A DeryilIe and
Mr.. French, editor of the Jacksonville Repub.
lIcan Damages laid at s. 0OO. The affair rows
out oil publication in the Republican in refer
Railroad '"e
WHAT WE DRINK.-The spurious wines q,
OPoEto recently seized by the Portuo use govern.
nleht, were made of nIolasses, alcohol and some
cnlorlnS substance. Thousands of pipes of thi.
mixture have heretofore been sent to England. tc
the Continent, and elsewhere The wine lately
conhscated in Paris was made of water alum and
elderberries ~ ~
The 'BUssEs.-The New York Mirror saws
that nearly $1,000 people ride ia the CITY stare
every DAY. The number of Licenses this wear was
7cJ two-hoTse stages, which, at $40 per stare
amount TO Se,7SO-embracing Il dozen different
hrms o. companies. This number of staues wi n
require 2I3i horses, and 900 men, exclusive OF
oldc ksmlths harness makers, stage builders and
| printers attached to the establishments. Ever,
stage is expected to clear from two to four dollars
| day NO'". :.
NJ friend OF ours few DAYS ago. saws the
CINCINNATI EnquiJsr had occasion TO visit n ORC.
Cery store on Fifth street to make some purchases
lie found the grocery keeper in the act Of OPENING
vessel containing mackeTel. "Look here. =
stid ne II sent an order to New York for a LOT
OF SdTdtHtS, and he.e | find lot Of nacksysE ,,
How did they come 20 Inquired our ffiend
. BY the New York and Erie Railroad :, {. Oh
that accounts for II they started as sardnes no
doubt, but they have been long on the road
that they have grotcH INTO mackereI''
IL The polishing of plate glass has hitherto
Deen work OF much labor and tediousness, and
.he nnest plates have been produced only at Q reat
expense In the largest manufactures of EuTepe
where the work Of polishing has been ENTIRELY
uohe 10y hand American inventors have how,
ese', succeeded In perfecting mac nv by whic
sidss may be polished with much more expedj-
ION man ny hand, with considerably more uni
datE oi peauty and surface, and at so great a
Ieuucloh in cost, that plate glass NAV now al
most supersede the ordinary arficIe and 49, 80
OF craze means may possess half dozen nier
mirrors in his house ~ "o%e" Piei