Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-11-06

iT = WHY are persons blind from birth unfit for
carpenters! Because they never sa0.
iUJW& III. NJ. Diggins, daguereotypists,
of louisville, XIV, have been arrested for photo
graphing bank notes
III As many a. III arrests were made in New
York during the twentyfOur hours ending at noon
on Friday
III The body Of a dead man found ION
Thursday in the wheelhOuse of the steamer f..
A Ogden, at ST. Louis. 1t is not known how it
came there.
II About two hundred and sixty packages of
uncIaimed baggage in charge of the Lake Shore
Railroad, at Batalo, were sold at auction on the
I'd instant
HI MI Langworth, the greatest real estate
owner in Dubuque, 10, few days ago visited all
his tenants and voluntarily reduced their rents
80 > per cent.
II The workmen in the Railroad shops at
Syracuse have organized themselves into Food
Purchasing Association They send into The
country TO buy provisions from the farmers.
IL Moses Hammond convict in the house of
correction dt Dedham, Mass, escaped fl. IN he
institution on Friday, by climbing over the pri-
son walls, aided by the lightning rod and then
leaping from the outer walls
II great ploughing match came of on the
18th ult.. at Mimic village, Dundas, Can. The
first prize. a SCI al harness valued at twenty
pounds was won by Thomas Davidson Of York
Township.
important nOuss of w nslow, LanieT. & Co., of
New York, has given pleasure in business circles
and is looked upon as the precursor of other re-
symptoms.
IL The citizens of Flint and other towns in
6ennessee county, Michigan. have been moved to
the appointment OF a vigilance committee to
keep in check the spirit Of law Iessness and vio-
lence which has lately been exhibited in that
place
III Joseph c. NcKibbin. one of the parties
who tried, a few DAYS ago, to shoot a ma n named
Craig, in Pennsylvania for the seduction of his
sister, has published card In the Philadelphia
papers, saying he needs Justification, and
would have done right if be had killed him
A HARD WISTER.-The pinching times we are
having is shown by the fact that fifteen families
numbering about eighty persons, mostly foreign
ers, were admitted to the almshouse in Grafton
Mass, few days since, and more applications
have been made.
noted for his wit as for his eloquence one of his
friends recently remarked to him that the sour
TeEcy was Geranged." al should think il was -
replied the doctor. fo- we hear that ten mills
do not now make one cent ''-BostOn Transe1Ipt
SINGULAR DEAIH.-The Savannah News learns
by Il ietteG 4 ON Crawford county, Ga, that Mrs
Enbanks, OF Knoxville, Tenn, was accidentally
killed few days since by pet calf The calf
IN running II dog in the yard, accidentally ran
against Ms L, injuring her so much that death
soon ensued.
OrHELLAS-GIte an excitement was created
last week in London, Ohio, by the appearance of
well d iessed stalwaTt negro, bring ny with hi IN
delicate and apparently weak minded Whit
2lII, who had elOPed with him. Thew were
Tel at which they stopped interfered, turning the
negro away, and sending the girl back to her
friends
IL Sandwiches, when well made are not
only provOcativeS. but destroyers of hunger
Major FTeds, of the Germantown, Pa, Telegraph
gives the following recipe for making them -
Rub one tablespoonful of mustard huu. into hall
pound OF sweet batter; spread this mixture OH
thin slices "a bread from a boiled ham cut very
thin slices a.d place thin slice Of ham betwee n
two slices OF The bread prepared above cut
the sandwiches in a most convenient form, and
serve.
NewsPAPER on STEAMER daily paper ia
10 be printed on the Great Eastern on her sea
voyages. The local items will be something orr
2lnal in their line For instance: This morn
Ing bumped a whale on the head - There was
astrlous collision and smash up between a sha
and Swoi q h>h. about III re- o'clock. Our report
er was promptly on the spot, but could not learn
which was 20 blame - A Il ,ing fish passed no
IN something Of hurry, closely attended by a
dolphin, which seemed To feel an anxious inter
est In the Irial voyageT, &c, DC.
IL TIE weight of the Mimic ball is about one
and half ounces. and the weight of powder for
charge about One-tenth much The cartrid re
II so constructed that, encased in paper aud
creased by dipping it in tallow il slips easily
into The barrel till IL arrives at the chdri,e In
This respect, the Mimic has greatly th. ADVANTAGE
IN saving Of time and labor of forcinI down the
Dali with the rdmrOd- These balls have A range
OF ten hundred to twelve hund red wards; win
an elevated ''back sight perfectly within the
command of the marksmen and lust a, easily
USED ds any short range or point blank shot.