Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-01-31

lrA little three year old girl In waltham
Mass, was afflicted with a throat diseise, which
deted the skill ofphyscans, until at tine last hour
one OF them inserted his finger In her throat and
drew out an iron washer, whirh b she had partially
swallowed, and had been allowed to remain until
lmeedGed In the walls Of the throat. She felt
leyed in half an hour, and isnow as well as ever.
A"FAsT" LADY "A few DAYS ago Lsdy Char
lotte Chetwynd made a wager 10 ride from Gren-
donhall, Atherston, to Cliff House, six miles dis
tsnt, In twenty-five minutes Her ladyship, not
withstanding the bad state Of the road performed
her undertaking with So seconds to rpare Lon
don paper, 2d.
II Snow In Paris Is seldom deep enough to
ma ke sleighlDg but this year has been a excep-
ton, and sleighs or "sledges, as they call them,
have been in universal use Even snowb wballing
has been permitted, and the boys had such fun at
In the Tuileries Garden that the police had to go
in a body and disperse them.
III The Southern Bank of New Orleans has
placed at the command of the Governor of the
State the sum Of $50 OOO should It be required by
the exigencies Of the public service-the Governor
g. to accept the loan on such terms for its reim-
bursement as he may deem equitable"
IL The japanese bill Of Messrs. Leland, in
New York, amounting to sos, ,094, was refused
payment by the Comptroller, and a further reduc-
ton of siI ,56i has been made. This will leave
1t at S57 So, at which figure II has been audited
IL Four street robbers at Galveston, Texas,
made raid on the citizens few nights since
They garroted three gentlemen, and got s166
from one, $3.50 from another, and gold watch
and chain from the third.
IL Monday night last attempt was made
to blow up an old market-house In st. Louis A
keg Of powder had been placed in a position
where the explosion would destroy the whole
fabric.
DA A girl was upset from a sleigh, at New
On and ie against
| time, but on reaching home vomited blood
before the doctor arrived she was dead.
| III The city council Of Halifax, N. 8 have
L sent the Mayor and one Alderman TO the United
| States, commissioned to buy three steam fire en-
gines, In consequence Of the late destructive fire
| III The French and Piedmontese government
have sent officers to purchase 900 horses for their
cavalry In eastern Prussia. Already 1,0O0 have
| been delivered.
purchase Of fine block OF brown stone front Eve
| story houses, paying el00, 900 therefor They are
situate In West Thirty-fourth street, New York
III A cave, 2,Ooo feet deep, has recently been
route. II has at some time been inhabited, a,
several broken jars have been discovered there.
III Mrs. Castetter, Of South Bend, Ind, wa,
| killed on Monday by female servant, who strucl
her with her list In the breast hile she seated
In a chair with an infant In her arms
III A woman recently applied to the Duches
| County IN. W Courts for a divorce from her hus
band on the ground that he habitually chewet
tobacco.
| III A converted pickpocket is the latest ortho
sermons, which are very ordinary, and even vul
gar in style.
HI White shad, the first Of the season, mad,
their appearance at Plymouth, N. c., on Monda!
last They were fine, fat and well favored, at u
cents apiece.
III The Pennsylvania Legislature, which alon'
has the rig ht to grant divorces in that State ha
| shown It's repugnance to the business by abolish
ing the committee having such matters In charge
irJ- Peru In coming into the world a. a cotton
grower; 90 bales Of her cotton having just bee
| sent across the Isthmus, most Of h 10 Europe.
NJ The number Of students inscribed at tn
, | Medical School Of Paris at the commencement o
this year was only 1885
iO- The first criminal that ever perished on th
ealIows In Turkey was executed at Constantinopl
| In October.
III Lime manufactured during the last year a
Roc kland Me ,foots up 500 400 casks. increas
| OF $4,000 casks over 1850.
iD- Dogs killed $50 sheep, valued AZ 81, 900,
s cbasham, IlI., on Saturday night, =