Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-08-11

~ negro woman arrested in Mobile for
stealing. having failed to establish a good ron.
utation. called on some people who had koown
her years ago. 10 prove "that il was good onca,
@The Cologne Gazette says thar the 3 no
Bavarians who had been stationed at Schle".N
tngen drank. during their two and a hair dsv.,
stay az that place. eD.oOo quarts of beer.
~ Nearly all the Cincinnati brick ,,ri,
strikers have returned TO their work Some -
the most pig heaosd still hold out for an al
vance ~
SJohn Miller, lonely bachelor of Mon
trose, Pa, got tired Of life and ended his DAYS
by opening his angular vein with pocket
knife few days ago.
~ Mr.. Young Of Charlton, Iowa. had q fra
bug taken from his ear a few days since, after
il had remained there 90 years. mucb 70 H.
detriment of his hearing
A SUFFICIENT REAsON.-The persons undar
sentence OF Imprisonment for debt at Vienna
have sent petition TO the burgomaster of thai
capital, begging 10 be set at liberty during tba
war. any expectation OF payne MT being hone.
ess during The continuance ofthe present state
Of affairs.
ga man called at a BARRIERS shop in AL.
bany one day last week and ordered his head
taken on. He proved TO be an escaped lunatic
81 A young girl. supposed to be of dopbtfnI
Character, was recently stripped in the fields
near Wabash. Ind, by some young men VIII
held her 10 the ground while a burly negro
rayished her.
ga young lawyer arrested for bacl,iny .
friend with a pen-kniie, could see uoth'ny
criminal IN " nat ne had done He thopgbt Z
a well established rule that any one coulj emf
acquaintance without mourning A penalrv
REThe following CODY Of a written MOTTO.
appears IN Il western paper: Lost or stradp
from the subscriber, sheep all over white
one leg was black and half his body a II mr.
sons shall reseve five dolls 10 bring him He
was she COTE
~Joseph Inman and wife of Westfield, In
diana. have been arrested for tying a younp
girl naked TO a tree. where after scourring bar
With r lp 10
main until the sun blistered her iearfully. A
passer-by cut her loose.
~ Mr.. John Cread, of Alexandria. Va.
fired 4 pistol loaded with shot at some noisy
cats, on Monday. and the shot scattering very
wide. struck Mrs. Cread in the hand and knee
severely wounding her.
~Nearly c,G0O0OO rations have been drawn
by needy whites and blacks at the South for
the last ten months. 1t gives one n new idea
OF the magnitude and value OF the Freedmen,s
Bureau, TO see how MANY drawers it has.
~ There is strong anti-slavery party IN
SPAN. VI seyenty-seyen newspapers, en-
bracing nearly all the Spanish press, only four
are decidedly pro-slayery, forty-one being
radical abolitionists, and the remainder in fa.
vor OF emancipation in some shape.
- letter from Saratoga says of the young
ladies and the water there: whole beyy of
them about the spring with their futteripg
ribbons. and their funny little perkings and
twittering ribbons, and twitchings, looks like
some flock Of rare, gorgeous, oisy birds pick
ing up their breakfasts with pretty red bills
~ lady among the Portland su fferers ga vsd
only her wedding dress from her burning
dwelling.
IA justly enraged husband publicly horse.
whipped travelling photographer at Piy.
mouth, few days since. for distributing pho
tographs of his wife which had bee n dist ured
by the addition of whiskers and oustaches
The artist went 10 law, and was comforted TO
the extent OF six cents damages
ga curious and natal accident occurred in
tswego County, a few days ago. A man work.
| ing In the bayfield,, stopping TO rest for a mo.
ment, took In his mouth piece of sword grass
which in some strange way became entangled
| IN the windpipe, strangling him before it could
| be removed
| - Ex-Gov. Johnston, recently appointed
| Collector OF the port of PhIlade lphia has
| given notice 70 Mr.. Thomas. the present in
| cumbent- that be intends soon to assume the
| duties OF his ofice. Mr.. Thomas seems dis.
| posed 10 hold on, and how the matter will he
! SERTED remains 10 be seen.