Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-10-10
THE EVENING STAR.

uoJs AAAtA CdultI IN the bOlS DE EOu-
tesne, The horse came 10 be cleaned, IL was dis
covered that there were sc veraI holes in his
feet, " nleh bad been artfully plugged with tar
whole covered over with crust o. sIseI poi'
Hh, which made the blemished hoofs look ex-
eeedinsiy round and smooth The Count az
once sent the horse from his own stables 70
TattsrsalTs, called in a veterinary surgeon to
certify the state OF the mai. and brought his
action for a RECESSION Of the coBirsct- The de-
fencan's counsel made light Of the cavities in
the borse's feet, ingeniously confounded the
matter nsed for the plneginR with the outside
polish, WI ieh be said was an English usage
adopted In the defe ndant's stables, and SUD-
mitted that the case did not fall within any ar
tcIe Of The Code Napoleon. Bur the Court was
of opinion that the plaintiff had proved his
case; that the unmistakable concealed fraud
excluded the maxim cdredt en,pt1r, and 1t de-
creed M. Toney Montel TO take the horse back
rsfurd the price. and pay the pense Of lis
standing NJ livery, beside costs of suit. q
"JoHN"' THE MKT SOCIAL PKoRIrsA
subject OF Immigration 10 the State of Caiifor-
mia, thinks thai the next social problem win be
the status Of the Chinese. In q few months or
begin to mi an the Valley OF The Missis.in nI
As soon as the Pacific Railroad ia completed
the path VIII be open 10 him. Millions can
still be accommodated in the mines on the Pa.
cine Coast, out the South with its fields of
cotton, rIce and sugar, is the proper place fur
them, and as she Is now prostrated by the
rayages of war and the effects Of famine they
are needed 10 recuperate her exhausted ener-
gles. Soon the negro question" will be lost
In the ''ChiDeee question" and then " ili come
mp the perpiexIng problem Of his status in the
comm unity, his contracts and his Or. vflexes
On the 1st Of January, 1s67, the Colorado a
pioneer OF a new iine between San Francisco
and China, will commence her trips. ana every
ARRIVAL VIII bring from one thousand to fif.
teen hundred to that port. Capitalists are al
ready discussing the question of contracting
with Chinese Companies for immense numbers
OF them 70 cultivate the cotton fields of the
South for a term of years, at much cheaper
rate than negro labor can be obtained soon
the rivalry between the Chinaman and the me-
gro Will commence.
SMART TRICK OF A JAILoI.-we heard of a
very ludicrous incident w hich took place NJ
our Jail on Saturday night last, that we thirk
100 good to be lost IL seems that the day iaiIor
went down into the cell which contains most
OF the convicts on State ofenses, about some
business, and entered into a conversation with
them, rem aiming there something like ten min
utes or more. Nothing was thought of this
until the night Jailor came on duty, when he
rece4ved summons from some prisoner He
instantly went down TO see what was the MAJ
ter. when one OF them handed him a watch
with the request that he De kind enough 10
take II 10 the corner confectionery and pawn
II for dollars worth of cakes, as he and his
friends were hungry He stated that some OF
day for him. The jailor did as he was bid.
but imagine his surprise when, after the pris-
oners had eaten the cakes, he was told that
they had that day stolen the watch from the
day TAILOR and that he could get it when he
wanted 1T by paving for the CAKES they had
eaien--kemphis Appeal, Sept 2s.
lNHUMANITY OF A SrEPMoTHER-A woman
residing IN Frankf,rd, Penn, has been held in
s,ecD BAN 10 nswer a charge Of i'll. treatment
OF her step daughte about IS wears of age II
Is stated that she had been in the habit of peat
ing the girl Sometimes she would knock her
down and beat her head against the floor
Last winter she Compelled the child, in nearly
a nude state, TO go into the yard, break the les
N barrel, and wash herself The girl has
been treated so inhumaniy that from a bright
Intelligent child, she has become almost an
idi0t The last act of cruelty, and the one
Wnich aroused the indignation OF the neigh.
porS, was a beating with a base ball club
eSAnother careless oil lamp explosion. pro
duSlng the most frightfur results occurrrsi m
JefeTsOn PENN Township a few days ago
MIS- Catnarlne Douglas, wife OF Vim. Douglas
was filling with oil a lamp, in which the iight
had been left burning. Somehow the stream
poured from the can. or the gas that was
thrown OIL from ~, became ignited, and q terri
bic explosion followed. The can was torn 10
rag ments, The metallic part of the lamn was
meied IN a moment, and the spreading names
com mu nicating TO the unfortunate lady,s gar
meEts, soon wrapped her in a blaze She re-
NAMED alive IN terrible agony, until me next
afternoon, when she found relief in death
AAssAcHUsETTs FACTORIES Soma tim
$40 commissioner was appointed by Gov
bullock, OF MassachUsetts, 10 investigate IN
CONDITION OF me factories in that State Afte-
close examination be reports that some OF the
mills are badly ventilated: that youpg children
work In them IN a state Of deplora BILE Ignorance
AT Small wages. and that in many cases even
the parents oppose their education in the pub
lie schools. He RECOMMENDED as a partial
remedy. fewer hours OF Labor, reading room a
ana me evention Of the employment Of young
children in he factories ~
COOP JOKE on THE PoLIcg-A citizen a
South Bend stepped INFO the Mayors Office
and stated that the night previous a fellow
came stalking into his house stark naked, and
that he was unsble TO put him out and that he
was there yet. Three policemen at once started
on the run 10 Dust the intruder When they
got into the house they asked 70 see the 1eilow
tnat bad come in there the night before The
nurse brought out the baby. whioh the eittzan,s
wife had presented him with the night before
The policemen suddenly disappeared and a ia
supposed have had TO stand good many extra
Treats since.-LoHisrille Courier.
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- A day or two ego, says a St I.ouis paper,
yohh Morrissey, relative of the famous prize
nghtrr, was attacked with cholers, and con-
ysyed TO the health OFF e. DR. Folsom told
him be would send him to the CITY Hospital q
All right. SAID John. +" L want the internal
as possible. I'll take all the punishment the
doctors can infiict, but don't want 10 20 to
grass Just yet, because In no. ready 70 ,hrow
MP The sponge" The last we heard of the pu-
gtlist Ae was on his pins, looking pale about
the gills, but full OF pluck and iaudanum.
~ While three little boys were amusing
themselves with a toy cannon IN New Orleans
on Monday, October LIST. one OF them put a bali
or some other missile into the little gun, and
nrtd II In the direction OF his mother, not i
DRAINING OF the Injury II might do The mis-
sile entered the mothers right sioe penetratiug
me heart, was almost Immediately fatal The
hitie boys were brothers, from Q TO 10 wars of
age, and the mother had her youngsstchIId
not three months old. in her arms AZ the time :
The babe was not injured. u-. a. - |fI.- .
SMALLPOX IN CHATrAxoosA-Th CHAT
tanooRa tTennD Union saws there are more
cases OF smallpox In n city than ever before
existed, and that no attention Is paid To them
but they are alld Sed 10 remain in the CITY with
manifest danger 20 every resident. LIZ f;,stan
ces the case of negro who died OF the disease.
whose body wac carried ont of the house and
iaid In the front yard by the side of the street
exposed to the gaze OF all passers by. i
" Ano her mysterious disappearance has
occurred nj Chicago. Edgar TisdaIe a wealthy
merchant of Dubuque, Iowa, arrived in that
Guy on tne 24th OF last month"; and stopped AZ
the sherman House. TIE last seen of MIN was
on Tuesday, the 25th. He had then about
e@OeO an his possession. A Texan occupied M.
sane room al the Sherman House with Mr.
1Isoalr, and left the hotel on Tuesday sew
erai other circumstances that Mr. Tisdale has
been murdersd ms