Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-06-21

ga wealthy farmer in Illinois has bsen
poisoned 20 death by his fifth wife: a buxon
but uisCcntenied young woman.
81 Among the packages advertised as piekea
aPIn the streets in Paris, few nights since
was one containing twelve screaming babies
IL was hoped the owner would recover his
properly.
HSlIIum. mating gas is made in Enp,and
from hitumlnous shale, a. i cost OF 50 cents
leOin-)
81 Mrs. Thomas T. Hawkins, OF Louisville
ny, ave her TWO chIldren-a boy and girl-a
dose Of morphine. III mistake for caIoIuel The
boy died, and the girl is not expected 10 re-
cover.
aSItIs said tha. the negroes about HINTS
willie. Alabama, have been offered a dollar per
day and r3i.ons, IL they will 20 the to WORK
but they refuse
~ Rufus NJ Gardiner, who claims to be n
lawyer and Rcbert Siobel, IA CLERGYMAN wer.
arrested at Albany on Sunday by the police for
drunkenness.
na-Tha Fenian constituent of Nessrs Eg
slestrn and Hays. Representatives fromiOhto
have requested those gentlemen TO vote for a
rspral OF the neutrality act
e Edward Palmer died In Memphis on
Monday from an overdose of morphine
r|The invasiOhs OF cholera in ENGLAND
were marked by very much decreased rain
falls.
rThriving-Garroters in Virginia. Four
senii'm men Were relieved of all their yaluables
m one evening.
r%The expedition 20 the gold, silver. and
copper mines OF Arizona, on the Gila river, is
rapidly forming st ST. Louis, to take nm its
march across the plants.
- Mrs. DIR. Walker asserts that the present
style OF attire for the ladies conduces greatly
10 Immortality.
sEThe Spanish fleet has gone into winter
quarters reported. The ofhcial order talks
oomhas "a eally about the GLORIOUS combat ar
C&llao, Just as II Ihey had 10. got a sound
whipping
ga dirty fellow-David NJ williamsLas
sault~d and nearly killed Mrs. Monahan in
New YORK; she was TOO sick 10 do his washing.
g TIE Exeise Is " was largely violated IN
New York on Sunday, hundreds Of LIQUOR sa-
looms feIDg kept open secretly, while many
lager bier shops sold freely.
Erhere is a man in Pennsylvania who ia
SO iorgetful of eountenances that his wife Is
Obliged 20 keep L " afer stuck 10 the end of her
nose IN order that lie may distinguish her from
other ladies. Even then he occasionally makes
n mistake.
s. Poor Maury SAID very good thing when
he was presented with 3,OOb suineas by Eng
hsh sscPSslonIsts He said, Il do not deserve
1t" To which inst remark the people gener.
ally viii say Amen.
rSThe Delhi East India) Gazette of the
ftth OF April states thai boy abOat twelve or
thirteen ears Of age has Just been rescued from
the den ofa wolf n one of the neIg hboring Jun :
giles. lie goes on all fours very swiftly, ana is
IoEder OF raw meat than anything else
sS-The Hen. J.. u. Campbell mas been max
ing coed fight in a Republican Convention.
Butler Co, Ohio, for Andrew John son and b, :
PoAey- hir- Campbell sharply condemned The
proposed universal free negro suffrage.
IL Old Mugs says that the talk of women
rs usually about men: even their laugh is he,
he. IL!
81 comieal Canadian posted placard on
his chicken yard few days ago: "Roost high,
The Fenians are comingr'
81 Agriculturalists NAV be Interested in
moving that a very efectual method of de-
stroying weeds Is TO marry a widow.
Il An infant was strangled TO death in New
Iors, the other day, ny attempting TO Swal-
oW an ornamental ball attached to water
iaiI pm, which had been given il To play with.
EAt Bells Depot, Tennessee. the other dav,
John Robinson committed suicide. Cause
love UBreqnited
- girl of thirteen and a veteran of ninety
one were married in Cairo, las, week And the
girl was rich. and might have bought her a
young husband. had she been so inclined
IAN itiDerant IL exhibiting in the South
fableaux OF Paradise Lost" The Southern
people have had experience enough on that
point "Paradise Regained" is what taey
wan; to see now.-FdshrUe Union
GAlbsrt Pike, his wife, aud a young girl
named Fisra blanchard, OF Whitngaam, VT,
were preclpitated down an smbankment in 20
the Deerfeld river. last Sabbath morning
while on their way to church, and Mrs Pike
and The girl, and the horse were drowned
y A Hindoo sailor IS like the end of a rail-
IoAd Iraih, oecause be Is las edr-aud a loco
motive Is like a bsefsteak. because tits no. OF
much value without us teisGsr
- burglar named james Flynn was SEN
eenced To fifteen years imprisonment in New
York.
~ Rev Henry Ward Beecher crawled
through pipe Of his new cbprs, or.,an tbe
other Gay, on challer -e Of one of his flock.
He came out covered with dus, and swear. and
'xciainleo as ne fcoehec the foor, - waut no
man To tell me anything aoont mis- orr,
krow all aboutI T. have heea through it,
o..so.srlI.. >.