Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-05-15
EVENING STAR.
GAIN.

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ate was nlgssrd, ..-...... -.
"'' Pale thrsadbare-
Then. Now put him,
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Softly now, friends-softly, "
Lower him down-soi-
smooth the turf-go!
Leave him there.
II Fortune-telling is Pillory offence in the
State Of Delaware -.r.r
u A disease, called catfish fever, is prevail
ing at Liberty, Texas -~-s. s ..# -aF
IL The Canandaigua and Elmira abroad Is
to De sold at public auction, in Canandaigua, N,
V, on the 2ith Of June. ..
III The Alabama and Tennessee Rivers Rail-
road Company have received enough iron 10
finish the road to the one-hundred- mile station.
LII railroad f. about to he constructed on
Government street, Mobile. An omnibus is to be
placed on It and drawn by horses.
III The idea Of an American protectorats over
Mexico finds favor with all ths we'll informed
people Of Tampico.
III The heavy rail on the Richmond, Freder-
icksbuTg and Potomac Railroad is laid TO within
one mile of Fredericksburg, Va.
II Folkel's Bost (voice Of the people) il the
title Of weekly journal In the Norweeian Ian
guags, shortly TO be issued at st. Pasl's, Min.
10 Giovanni Lane, the italian muraerer Of a
French courtezan, was hanged at Newgate, Lon
don, on the 9th April.
IL FoTty-two thousand young soldiers were
ordered to join the French army between the 10Th
and 10th of June.
II According to the Massachusetts Register,
there are in Massachusetts little rising Of 20
lawyers.
III The population Of Clsvelend, Ohio, has
increased from Il 600 in the year 1850, to GO 900
al the present time.
III The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, ON
SATURDAY.. discharged one hundred aud thirty
Eve employees at Alton, concerned in a ''strike''
on the road.
ID shuqualak, says the Mississppian, is the
name OF new town in NOxubee county, broug hit
into existence by the influence of the Mobile and
Ohio Railroad
1T Edward Russell Of Warwick county. Va .
committed suicide on Sunday last, by blowing
hls brains out He leaves a wife and three chill
dren.
" In pursuance of Recommendation of
Chan >sIlor Dean, the Trustees of the Iowa State
Uniyersl'v, located al Iowa City have voted to
suspend tbs operations of that institution for one
year.
MA foot race Is to be- run soon between Ike
shnltz, Of Louisville, Ky, and J. u. oslin Of
Warren county. Miss The match is to como off
near VicksbuTg, and the slsses ars said TO be
81 eco side.
ID The board of visitors of W iliiam and
Mary College, Va have elected KobVrt j Nor
rison, ESQ Judge of Richmond city, TO All the
vacancy in the professorship of history Ilade
cant by the death of the late Prof Wash nytoH
III A patty of gentlemen are forming in Chi-
cago for the purpose Of exploring a very interest
ing portion of Minnesota, with the probability OF
extending their tripto Minnie w akun, or Devils
Lake, and the headquarters of Jacques River, In
the new Territory of Dacotah. The month Of
June Is desmsd the most favorable for this pus-
pose
ID band of fourteen Mississippi pirates
were caught, few DAVIS since, by the Vigilance
Committee of Prairie du Chen, and stolen goods
TO the amount of SIS eco recovered. With a hal
ter around the necSs of some of them, they made
pretty free conf. ssion, duplicating number of
persons who have hitherto stood high in that
community.
II case came up In Boston, last week, be-
fore Judge Metcalf, on the petition of Hugh Col
Inns, for possession OF his daughter, child of
four years Of age. Ths petitioners wife died
some four years since, and he placed the child
then but week old, With the respondent to
board, at 81 50 per week. There is now due s60
for board aud the respondent claims to hold the
child until the bill was paid. Tiss Judge held
no such right existed.