Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-06-26


II Eliza Jane Lapointe has been granted a
divorce In the st. Louis Courts. Her husband is
under sentence Of death for the mu der of Robert
w heaton. The petition for divorce was present
ed before the murder was committed
MARX OF KANE UPON HIa-The man. the only
one, who deserted DR.. Kane, of the Arctic expsdi-
ton, in the hour Of greatest peril is now in Phila-
delphia, earning scanty subsistence by driving
an omnibus, despised and Stunned by ali.
II At least thousand Norwegians arrived a,
Milwaukee on Tuesday and Wednesday of last
week, and from conversation with them, il was
ascetained that at least twenty thousand of their
countrymen are coming to America the present
year.
THE BELL OF Minors LEDGR-The old bell
which hung upon the lighthouse at hIinot's
Ledge, at the time of its fall on the night of April
10, ISL has recently been rescued from the Sea by
the contractor, who is engaged i'm recovering the
remains OF the lighthouse.
II A Convention of Spiritualsts is to DE held
at Portland, Maine, commencing to- day and con-
tinuing through three days. There doubtless will
be an immense rush of spiritualists from all Sec
mons OF the country, but more particularly from
the Eastern States.
GERMAN S-ENGERFEsT IN RUSSIA musical
festival, the like of which has never been wit
messed in Russia, will take place early in July al
Revai German singers. to the number of seve-
raj thousand are expected from Finland Germany
and the Russian Baltic provinces.
III The Detroit Free Press SAYS: sJustice
Purdy yesterday married a youthful couple who
had attained the ages OF eighty seven and eighty
eight The bride was bashful and req ue,ted
that the office door be closed to keep out specta
tors during the performance of the ceremonies ~
ANOTHER Horse FOR ENGLANDA-The Lex
ington tkentucky) Observer learns that Mr.. Jas
X. Duke has sold his illy, Bonnie Lassie to an
agent of Mr. Ten Brock for IS, OO1-the highest
price, we believe, ever paid for three year -old
In America: She goes Immediately to England,
where MI Ten Brock proposes to test her speed
against the best Of Britain's three year-olds.
GREAT SALE OF WooDLANp.-The extensive
woodlands and mill property of James Frazer in
Saginaw county, Michigan, were recently sold to
MessIs. Baiiou q Clark of w oonsocket, R. l., for
SSO,000 The tract embraces about 10 600 acre. of
pine and farming lands, two mills and ain the
necessary apparatus Of farming and lumber get
ting. -
MAINE PoLIrIcs.-The Republican State Con.
vention has nominated Lot M. Morrill, for Cover
nor ny vote OF $50 against Is. Resolutions were
passed advising stronger vindication of State
sovereignty on the part of the free States: con-
demning the bred Scott decision favorinp the
election OF federal officers by the popular vote.
and recommending the withdrawal of the LIQUOR
question from politics.
ID correspondent of the Boston Jou-n,l
writing from Sharon, Me-, says The gold fever
has broken out again in this town an mann
man and his son obtained 500 SO worth Of the
precious metal in five days. 1t IL obtained only
In the river among the rocks. visited the spot
yesterday, and examined the specimens obtained
II is richer than the best California gold. the
Jumps varying in size from the value Of one
cent to one dollar Some have been found much
heavier. Considerable excitement exists here
and explorations are being made in the surround
ing regions by returned Californians.
IL The London Times newspaper Is nrin,ed
10 an antique, dingy looking building in PRINTING
House Square, and the rooms are ali low darI
and uninviting. Eighty ght co npostors are al.
ways at work on advertisements, and fortv.thrss
mo work on parliamentary debates and other
nlaltef -Four presses are required to work offtbe
morning edition, and to take advantage Of thee
Tour presses. part Of the paper is regularly cleo
Iotyped The daily edition Of the Times is a
EoG, Eighteen proof readers are employed regn-
iariy new printing press from Hoes factory
Ia New York is soon to he put up in the Times
The Port Elizabeth Cape Colony Mercury
relates that the sea serpent has actually been car.
.1red In Aigoa Bay by Mr.. Capper, the proprietor
OF the Sunday Island Bay, assisted by Mr. New.
come TWAS thrown ashore near Cape Padrone
ana supposed by the colored people who found Ii
10 De an immense fish. 1t proved, however, to be
"a creature with long sefpent-like body, about
eighty or ninety feet In length, with an enormous
mead, possessing the properties Of the reptile
species, and mouth furnished with Formidable
row OF serrated teeth on both jaws, which, when
closed, dovetailed one into the other'' The ant
mai was dead and decomposition was already
going on. The head was cut of and placed in =
wagon, which conld scarcely contain II. and
taken to q neighbOFinQ house ~ $50