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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-01-12

RAINY WEATHER AND NoRTALITY.-Not
withstandiDg that rainy weather causes colds
and coughs, even fever, il has lately been ne
uced, through combined meteorological. obser-
vations and medical statistics, that rainy wears
are not so INJURIOUS to health as is commonly
supposed. Heavy rains undoubtedly wash
away many causes OF contagious diseases Ex-
perimeRts ID Liverpool extending over a great
many years, have proved that the heavier the
rams In summer the less children die of
diarrhpa. In Calcutta the cholera ALWAYS
iimlnlshes IN the rainy season there. In the
low countries of Holland and Northern Ger
many, where fover and ague is endemic the
number Of patients suffering from this disease
Is very great in dry summers and small in
RAINY seasons. Mr.. Rowell has kept table.
from lsis 10 1866 that appear to prove that in
years when more rain falls than usual
the mortality AZ less than usual, and vice Versa
In all this there ie hint given directly by
nature about the necessity OF using plenty OF
water to keep everything clean and whole
phid Ledger.
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~The city institutions OF New Orleans are
supplied with beef at four cents per pound
SThe only white shirt belonging TO a VIE
eonsin editor was stolen from a clothes line on
Christmas night.
&c; O. Clay's property has been hbelled
~A Philadelphia broker has nysteriously
disappeared.
1A man dropped dead in the theatre a,
Baltimore Wednesday night.
e%Brigham foung's last wife is said to be
an imperious-l looking young beauty.
~General John 5. Preston has returned
from Europe 10 his home in Columbia, :. C.
ga Cincisnatian COMPLAINS of water docs
catfish and other fishes in has drinking water
~Mr, John W. Morgan, a citizen OF Rich.
mono, Va, died suddenly Of that city on Mon
day.
s%A bailet-master testified in New York
tnat u was his duty TO examine ballet girls
feet and legs.
SThere were nearly 4,0OO Ul0 pounds OF
wool gathered in Vermont last year
~The prices Of leading articles OF con-
sumption are ninety per cent higher ~ the
present time than they were before the war.
~Riehmond, Va. 10 induleine in sleishiae
on three inches Of snow. Turnouts coet from
- TO SO per hour.
~The fourth ward in New Yort city is
packed at the rate OF sso,ovo persons TO the
square mile.
s0There is said to be great unaninitv Of
sentiment in Alabama In favor of repudistion.
ga thief in Chicago stole 5000 ana was let
out on bail OF fve hundred, being clear gain
OF four hundred dollars to the thief
~The people OF Georgia are gathering ice
four inches thick. Ii is very rare thai ice
forms SO thick far South.
~There were IS railroad accidents in the
United States in the year just ended. eaueInr
the loss OF ll5 hVes' and the weunding e07 per-
sons.
~it little matters how many scruples
make drachm tdram.) n ecruples are rieidIy
enforced before the dram is taken
~The New Haven people urge the run
ninR Of horse-cars on Sunday on the ground
that u 10 right TO break The ten comman dmeBss
70 serve the Lord.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-01-12

ATTRMPTKD WIFE MURDER AND SuIcIpk I'M
CHICAGo.-Jobn Van Horn, a member of the
Board OF Educ OF Chicago, and an er-
Alderman, was arrested Sunday upou the
charge Of attempting 10 kill his wife. Daring
TINS afternoon he severely maltreated one Of
hls children, who fed TO q neighbor's housa
Tor protection. The enraged man followed her
and was about TO renew his punishment when
DIS wife isterfered. Some angry words passed
between them. when he suddenly drew re-
volyer. and, placing the muzzle against her
head. fired. The ball passed beneath the lady,s
ear and through her cheek He then atten pt-
ed 10 blow his own brains out, but was seized
and secured before he had effected his object
Physicians think his wife will recover Mr.
Van Horn is 8 Russian by birth, and hfty-
SIX years OF age, while his wife is thirty-slx
he Is a man Of most pngoy0nable temper
and has maltresred her and his chiIdren-nipe
in number-on many occasions. He has been
held for trial in $500 bail
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-01-12

TIMELY YREPR1RvE-The LiePsic journals
OF Iate GATE contain accounts Of an extraordi-
nary reprieye OF a condemned criminal az the
very moment of execution. tailor, named
hunscher, had been sentenced to death for
murder, and on the morning of the l0th was
brought on the scaffold and attached to tha
pl|nk OF the guilloune. Suddenly a cry OF
stay! stay! was heard, and messenger an
peared bearing IN his hand telegram from the
King OF Saxony, ordering q respite. The DIS
patch had been forwarded only three quarters
OF an hour before from Berlin, where his Ma
lesty was stay yiEg, and without the haste en-
ployed by the bearer would probably not have
arrived IN time. The man had run from the
telegraph office across the park to the prison
and being delayed by the crowds of persons
assembled around, he raised the cry which
was repeated from mouth to mouth until IT
reached the scahold, when pause was made
10 enable the messenger TO reach the spot
The official who direc ted the proceedings then
TOOK the telegram from the mans hands, and
read aloud: ''Postpone the execution until
further orders. More ample details by post
JOHN, King"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-01-12

A SUGGRsTIoS.-The Norfolk IVA Journal
notices with approval the fact that applied
chemistry is now taught at both the Uniysrsi-
~ OF Virginia and Virginia Military Institute,
but fears that few Virginia farmers have the
means at present 10 send their TO these InstI-
tutions. even for the shortest course of lectures
In view OF this state Of things, ii makes q sug-
gestion: Whatwe propose Is this There will
be found in almost every county some young
physician well educated in chemistry who
could give instruction in those portions of the
science applicable TO agriculture. Let the
State employ some OF the most talented of these
TO deliver lectures al central points in the va
rious Senatorial districts. A course of reolo-
~ might be added-not very extensive, it is
true, but enough to show the farmers that the
lands Of Virginia contain mines Of wealth al
most eyeryWheren
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-01-12

REMAREARLE SUICIDE IN ROCKVILLE. Conn
mSn FAMED Wilson committed suicide an
Rockville, Conn, Saturday night, under the
iolloWIng singular circumstances He had
been travelling. in accordance with the ad vice
OF has physician, for a change of scenery ana
had returned from Boston. He gave has money
10 Mr.. heeney, saying, There rs enough 10
pay my funeral charges, and the balance 70 GO
10 my friends Then be went 70 a Mr. Crane. .
giving his real name and the residence Of his
relatives. Then be went 10 his physician and
told him he had been bitten some months ago
by mad dog, and had such a horror Of ydro-
phoDla that he preferred TO die by laudanum
he was ADVISED 10 do no such thing. and some
powders were given him, which he took home
10 hls boarding place. but he said on reaching
there that be would take something else and
gave orders not 10 disturb him In the morning
On going to his room late Sunday morning he
was found in deep sleep. evidently caused by
some narcouc Upon examination a paper was
found, labelled in his own hand writing
Twenty grains of morphine poison" Under
his pillow was found a razor, winch evidently
was intended TO finish up the lob II tne NOR
phine failed 10 do its work
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Arson and Attempted Poison by n Young
Girl-A Singular Instance of Ingr attitude

The Rochester Express OF Saturday eyentnp
contains the following particulars Of
mafkaole case OF lngratItude and crime WI hIch,
II says, has been kept as secret as possible
"A young girl named Kate. about twelve OF
fourteen years old, was adopted by Mrs. Cros-
ey, WloOW lady, IN the town of q Greece. Her
mother was living. but she had lived with
Mrs. Crosby several years. and had apparently
become warmly attached TO her, as she had
abundant reason 10 be. Tor Mrs. Crosby had
gwen ber a good education, and she had at
tanned considerable proficiency an music and
IN writing stories. Some time last July Mrs
Crosby's barn was burned under cIrcumstAn-
ces which strongly Indicated that u was the
act of an lnCendIary. No suspicion. however.
was attached TO the girl, who profsssed great
regret for the misfortune. Some time after a
woodshed adjoining the house was discovered
To be on fire. The als-y1 va given by the
falling of II string Of bsl Is Md before much
damage had been done. As there was nobody
but the woman ana the gIrl IN the house. he
glrl was sent TO alarm the neighbors. She was
gone a long time, though The house was only a
few rods distant. When help arr we'd the girl
apologized for the delay by saying that the fam
lly bad all gone 10 bed, and were asleep. 50 that
u was a long time before she could awake them
The family, on the other hand, con tradtcted
this, ssying that hey heard her when she
Irst opened the gate, and that she dad not
knock al the door until some time afterwards.
ms aroused suspicion, and the girl being
confronted by the facts, acknowledged that
she had not only fired the house but tue barn
which was burned in July before. This con-
dluon OF affairs. OF course, rendered N neces-
shry mat tie gIrl should leave the family. but
Mrs Crosby concluded TO search the trunk OF
the girl She had missed several articles
chiefly valued as presents from friends. She
found some OF these articles and also an omen
letter. bearing no postmark, and addressed TO
the family living across the street. This she
considered so singular that she read the letter
and found that ~ purported 10 have been writ
ten by herself. announcing her own suicide sy
poison. Full directions were given for her
funeral and the disposition OF her personal
enects, good share of which We're directed to
be gwen TO the young girl, the writer OF the
letter. MRS. Crosby was still almost unwilling
10 believe that so young gIrl could seriously
medltate such terrible crime, and was Vet
disposed 10 regard the letter as some flight of
fancy 10 which the girls imaginative temper
ament was prone: but on looking further into
the trunk she found the bottle Of poison with
which the crime was to be committed In
stead OF having the girl arrested and taken
care OF, she was sent 10 her mother. ana the
matter has thus far been kept quiet, so that no
legal proceedings have been ins atuted against
the guilty party
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-01-12

SURELY, STEADILY,
SUCCESSFULLY,
sMOLAEDERS EXTRACT BU0KU
Is CURING
every case OF KIDNEY DIsEAsK, RlIyMAfIsA,
GRAVEL, URINARY DISORDERS, wKAKNRss and
PAINS in the BAcK, FEMALE COMPLAINTS and
TRorBLIs arising from ExcEssEs OF ANY KIso.
OOhE YE AFFLICTED
TRY SM0LANDE DER'S.
TAKE NO OTHER BUCKU.
Bold BY oil Apotheoaries. Price q. d. BARNES
CO., New York. and BARNES, WARD d co.,
New Orleans, Southern Agents. BURLEIGH
hoeERs, wholesale Druggists, Boston, Mass,
General Agents. feb ,o-lv
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-01-12

SALE OF PRws IN HENRY WARD BKrcHKs's
CHURoH-On Tuesday evening large audi.
ence assemb led in Plymouth Church, Brook
lyn, for the purpose OF renting the pews Of the
edifice for the present year. The highest pre-.
mium for the first choice was given by H. r.
Claffin, who paid $3.50 Various other pre-.
miums ranged from 800 to sl7S. The total
was about So, 900. The addition Of the rentals
gives total income, ii lie reported, OF Sl9,436.
This Is about 30 per cent more than the in
$2e 436 and the rentals Sl2,15s. The increase
Is as 2eo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-01-12

THE FOREIGN.BoRN residents OF New York
amount to 3l3.2Ol out Of a total population Of
726,3e6. This is nearly one half, and it is es.
timated that the foreign born residents with
their children constitute fully two.third O I
the present population of that city. New
York contains 3S, 900 more women than men
and Brooklyn 1900. The New York Times
says there has been positive decrease Of $1,000
in the population of New York city during the
last Ave years. and IL attributes this loss of
population to the great numbers of people that
have been driven away by the municipal cor
ruption, heavy taxation, high cost Of living
filth and discomforts of various kinds for
which New York is proverbial
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-01-12

ALEXANDRIA lTRNs.-We clip the follow.
ing from the Gazette OF yesterday:
j. +. Agnew, Esq, agent Of two of the MARY
land Coal Companies, heretofore operating in
Georgetown has leased from James Green
Esquire, his wharf property, situated south
OF and adjoining the Pioneer Mills, for III We
years, TO be used as a coal depot. The prop
erty is to be improved by the erection of a
trestle work, putting up suitable engines, ell :
closures, &c., and dredging the dock in time
for the Spring trade.
An inquest was held this morning. by T. A.
Stoutenbnre, Coroner, on the body of a negro
man found dead in the south west corner OF
Queen and Water streets. After an ex4mina-
ton OF the body by a physician, the Jury re-
turned verdict of death from natural causes
The Soup House will be opened on to .mer.
row at IL O'Clock. ana continue open daily
Sundays excepied) until further notice.
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TfLEGRANS. Nc

In the Pennsylvania State Senate Yesterday,
in the case of alleged bribery and corruption,
Mr. Lowry, chairman OF the committee, said
the committee had nothing to report. The
names OF Senators and Representatives and
other well-known gentlemen had been men,
toned in connection with these charges. but
When the persons named were brought before
the committee and sworn they had not a sciu-
una OF evidence TO give which could in any
way raise even the presumption OF guilt on
the part OF either of the candidates for the u.
S+haforshIp. The charges have therefore
not oeen sustained. The committee will re-
main in session, and they invite testimony.
Both branches of the Kansas Legislature
nave appointed the usual stan ding committees
A resolution was Introduced in the Senate by
MT Simpson to strike out the word "white''
ID tue State consultation. The constitutional
amendment has been ratified in the House by
vote OF IS TO 7. The Senate refused to sus-
pend the rules for that purpose.
James Stephens appeared in person in New
York Tt ursday evening at Fenian meeting
composed of sentres and delegates from the
circles In the Manhattan district, and made a
statement explanatory OF the causes that had
prevented him from fulfilling his pledge TO
commence the fight for Irish freedom last
year.
The Times of New Orleans publishes an ar
ticle in reference to the approaching LegIsla-
ture Of Louisiana. ad visIng the calling of the
state convention to remodel the present con-
stltution and present TO the people one which
belng ADOPTED by them. Will DC beyond cayil
OF doubt the fundamental law.
The Governor OF California has been tele
graphed to in regard to special election for
congressman, asking him what the people
desire. He replied: ain my opinion a large
majority of the people OF the State do not de-
sire special congressional election"
Governor Patton has returned to Alabama
He Is rather respondent, and remains con.
hrmed In his views as TO the situation OF the
state on the adoption Of the constitutional
amendment
Fernando Wood of New York arrived Mt
Savannah, Ga. Thursday, and was escorted
by prominent citizens to a supper AT the Fire
mems Hall.
yesterday In the trial Of the railroad robbie rs
At Franklin, Ky.
The democratic members of the New York
Legislature have nominated Henry c. Murphy
Ior L. =. Senator.
The Alabama Legislature reassembIes on
the 18th instant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-01-12

The CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL-Trade
on the canal during the past season has not
been so great As during the season of 1865
whlc IA may be accounted for by the fact that
boating operations were delayed until about
the lst OF May by reason of a strike in the
mining regions. The Cumberland Civilian
shows that only 336, 99I tons sf coal were trans
ported during The past year, showing de-
crease of 6,963 tons less than in 1865 The Cum.
berland Alleganian, referring to the announce
ment IN Gov. swans message that the State
had been offered S5,UU0,0lO for the work with
collateral proposition, il she preferred not TO
sell outright, OF lease for twenty wears at
s3GO,OUO year, remarks:
"f there were any absolute necessity for the
disposal OF the canal, in order to maintain the
integrity of the States credit or TO relieve her
citizens of n CALLING incubus of TAXATION in
mightanord q valid reason for entertaining I ne
proposition. But such a state OF things does
not exist Our financial condition makes the
most fiattering exhibit. Applying the assets
OF our remuneratiye capital. without the levy
OF dollar tax, to our Indebtedness and our
obligations foot up but a little more than one
million OF dollars. The sole argument, there
fore, that can be advanced in favor of this pro.
posed measure Is the impolicy of the State
Imam ces being bound sp in works of Internal
improvement, and of course this proposition
noIds as well respec ing the States interest ip
the Baltimore and Ohio and other railroads as
in The Chesapeake and Ohio canal
The business of the canal is steadily i'm.
proving, Its revenues enlargiag and capacity
increasing, and we are justified i'm hazarding
the opinion that the 1886 600 tons of coal trans
ported over 1t In 1866 will be but moiety of
the carrying trade the enterprise will accom
modate in very few yeat, deriving there
from revenues sufficient TO make the State a
return upon IL Liabilities to her, as well as giy
Ing individual creditors some hope of ultimate
profit upon their investments"
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IRISH SUPERsTITION.-The remains of Dr
Cantwell, for many years Roman Catholic
Bishop of Meath, were iRterred in the chanel
OF Mullingar, Ireland, on the l4th ultmo. with
all the ceremonies usual on such occas,ons
A grave was excayated within the walls of the
chapel, and some women, who had Implicit
faith In the miraculous power of the clay
thrown mp In the making of the grave, took
some portions Of ii, boiled IL, and confidinely
drank 1t as an ipfallible recipe for the ALI.
ments by which they were afflicted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-01-12

a SUGGEsTIoN.-A prominent New Jersey
abolitIonis' advises the Southern men 20 give
the vote not only 10 the blacks, but 10 the wo-
men also. He suggests that II they should do
this they would take the leadership Of the par
" OF progress: and he adds that in his own
State OF New Jersey women and negroes voted
TOT thlrly one years. precisely on the same
footing with white men. and no satastrorhe.
social or political, res ulted."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-01-12

SEVERE ACCIDKNr.-Mr. Thos A. O'Bryau.
living upon the farm Of the late DIR. Gardiner,
near this village, Upper Marlborough, Nd, J
met with severe accident on Tuesday even
ing, by being caught in the machinery OF the
mill, where he was occupied at the time His
night arm was dreadfully iaeerated. Drs. Os-
bourn Scott were called to see him as soon
as possible, and assisted by DIR. Sasscer. an.
putated the arm above the elbow with such
skill as to give all the relief poss ble under go
heavy an afiiiction.-Prince Georgian.
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CATHOLIC BISHOPS IN TIE UNITED STATES
The Catholic Mirror corrects the statement Ia
the cable dispatch some days eince relative 70
the increase and number Of Bishops OF that
church In the United States. Instead Of etsh.
teen Bishops to be increased 70 twenty y.tWo,
there are already forty eight In the United
States, with prospective addition of ~ least
fourteen oihers. - 90
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-01-12

EIeHT HOUR LABOR SYsrEM.-A bill has
been Introduced in the lower Heuse Of the
New York Legislature favoring this move.
ment. It amounts only 20 q provision that
eight hours shall constitute q legal days work,
in the absence Of express conditions 70 the con-
employer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-01-12

THE BLACK CROOK" IN BosroH-The
.Black Crook" was first exhibited TO q gaping
Boston audience on Monday evening, at the
Continental Theatre. The play, says q local
reporter, went on only moderately well, how.
ever, on account OF the inexperience Of the
performers and stage assistants, and il was
nearly twelve O'Clock before the entertainment
was finished The costumes OF the ballet girls
are said to be OF the most elegant description,
as far as they 70, p .. =
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

~MAKE-BELIEyE FOREIGN PERtUNES
the genuine bsing excluded by the enormous
uutfes-h0od the kst. They are poor imita
Hons Of extracts witch in themsel yes are tar in
,erior in 9dor purity, and dur rahllity, to PHA-
LON might. hL0OMING CEREUS,n ma ~
featured frem the nest fragrant fow or ever used
Tor perfum ming urposes. Sold everywhere. Jsl2
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81 MARRIAGE EAND GELIBAOY, AND THE
hsppiDess Of True Manhood An Essag for
Young Men on the Crime of SOLITUDE, and the
PhysiologiCal al Errors, Abuses aud Disc sses which
create impediments to Marriage, with sure means
OF Relief Bent in sealed letter We lOpes free of
charge. Address DR. J SKILLIN HOUGHTON,
Toward Association, PhiIade elphia Pa IA II .3m
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-01-12

NEURALGIA AND ALL PAINS In the
Head Face are instapily reie ed by one dose Of
METCALFEB GREAT RHEUMATIC BEN.
Buy. iAll -eO2N
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ANOTHER BANK FoRGEkY.-A check for
S6,9O9, purporting TO have been drawn by Jay
Cooke Co., was presented to the Fourth
National Bank in New York on Monday, but
was Immediately pronounced a forgery, and
the person who presented il, an Irish bey, but
recently arrived In this country, was detained
He says it was handed to him by q man to take
TO the bank, and his story is believed.
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ga prisoner in the Rochester penitentiarv
stabbed himself five times near the heart The
knife was two short TO kill. When sent to his
cell, he tried to hang himself with his sus.
pender, but IL broke. When the prison
barber was shaving him. he seized the razor
and tried TO cut his throat; but did not sue.
ceed Subseq uently, he endeavored to drown
himself in pail Of water; but was prevented.
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HEAVY GAMBLING IN PARIs.-Gambliug
continues 10 increase in Paris, aid recent
heavy losses and gains are the subject Of much
conversation. Amongst the winners is Kali
Bey. who on one Saturday evening gained a
million of francs. A viscount lost the same
evening one hundred and fifty thousand
francs, which he paid Immediately.