Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-07-28

EA little boy in Webster. Mass. was taken
sick few Gays since. and in violent nj OF
vomiting threw up a small green lizard IL IS
presumed he had swallowed the reptile while
drinking water.
~Several OF the counties in Virginia have
recently moved IN the matter OF appointing
delegates to to the National Union Convention
al Philadelphia
6Mr. Beschler, OF Albany. has taken a
strange aversion 10 boys who nv kites. and II
has become necessary 10 arrest him 10 presery.
the little ones from assault. He can't abide the
Rrial frolcs OF a kite and he forced himself 70
cling 10 mother earth.
THE INSURANCE CoNvENTIoN-We are 70
Questeu TO contradict the statement teleeranhed
over the country that the National Con yen;iop
of Fire Underwrters, recently IN session An
this city, passed resolution advancing rhe
rates OF premium on insurance ten per cent
No such action was taken by the convention
" J. Post
- Mr.. VIM. B. Astor is growing poor His
income Is about sl5O,OVO lees that IL was last
year. He only returns about million dollars
income this year. Poor man,
- ~During the past week To- boats left Cum
berland, Md, over the Cheapeake and Ohio
canal, carrying ll,s32 tons of coal, making for
the season l69,9l5 tons sent TO market
|, 81 Miss Fanny Forrest. a promising Young
lady and a niece of Gen. Forrest was burned
to death at Hannibal Mo, by the explosion OF a
can of coal oil.
1The heat has been so great in New Bed
ford as 10 cause the explosion OF some OF the
petroleum street lamps.
IA Kansas gentleman was recently tif;ed
backwards down flight OF stairs, by catching
his foot in lady's expansive, and for a time
was believed 10 be fatally injured.
RThe Fenian prisoners confined in the iail
at Toronto, Canada, were detected on Monday
IN. an attempt 10 make their escape They
were subsequently properly secured
eSrA street railroad company OF ST. Louis
legged extortion in raising their rate OF fare az
ter midnight
~Baneor BARRIERS shave on certain days o.
the week for the benefit OF Portland
~The recent splendid successes of Prussia
in the German war have all been owing 70 the
great energy Of Count Bismarck, the Pru.sian
Prime Minister. -,
tEA colored girl who was arrested for stsal
ing in Boston dry goods store, was found 70
have under her skirts capacious piilow-tick
pretty well filled with an assorted stock
HThe New York Express says:-There is
a rumor TO the effect that the bark Trieste on
which Mr Dan Setchel took passage for Aus
tralia, had foundered at sea. The vessel had
been ont over a hundred. days at last accounts
from San Francisco. r.
A LARGE REGIMRNT.-AnA Austrian regiment
of infantry contains four battalions of twelve
hundred men each, making the regiment as
strong as an American brigade.
NATURAL GAS IN BUFFALo.-Iti is proposed
to supply Buffalo with gas by q natural now
from wells sunk at Amherst, 10 miles distant.
A well now sunk flows 45.O00 feet OF eas per
day, and five more are proposed, and il ls said
will adequately supply the city.
HThe sltered tone Of the Tories towards
America is one Of the most marked features OF
British politics. c. a7
~Trains on the Housatonic Railroad ara
dressed In mourning for engineer who died
from injuries received while on dnty. There's
glory. --,-.. .-.-..r..
~Northern brains rather than Southern
hearts have been fired thus far this summer.
o6A Canadian soldier has been fogged and
drumued ont of the service for hurrabing for
the Irish Republic.
81 negro OF Nashville. Tenn. shot a hack
driver dead recently. because he would not
allow him 10 get into his coach.
- pdisns in Idaho lately besieged some
white Feftlers, and got a settler in the shape OF
forty Of their n number killed. ..., -, u.
~N. q. Bishop. Of Stanford. Conn. has
run away with young and gay widow, car
- Ing along all the houseno old yaiuaoles except
ing his vile. ~. -. .-.,..5-.,. - =
0 A convention OF colorsd men has been
Called "a mesttn Ihe city Of Nashville en- The
S:h OF August.