Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-07-26
EVENING STAR.
LATE KILOGRAMS, &c.

Nike Dougheriy, q laborer at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, was sho. and killed by
VIII Stevens yes'erday afternoon. Doughsrty
HIIl, superintendent of the cemetery, when he
= eIved the IA al shot The affair grew out of
-rfus al TO assist IN digging grave.
Senator Hendricks, OF Indiana. was met az
the siesmer in san Francisco Friday night by
the members of the DemJCratic State Central
Commute and escorted To a hotel, WI here b.
was serenaded. He WAS introduced TO the
PEOPLE by Senator CasseTI y, but merely thanked
abe audience, declining to make a speech.
"A ommunlcation received by the Mayor of
t-vsgO, N. Y, from Portland, Maine sug-
gestiDg that Oswego be the place for the holding
oi trans continental railway coz vention, has
been laid before the Board of Trade of Osvego
J the lead ing railroads from the Pacific coast
20 Newfoundland will be represented.
I he case Of the COhens. who refused 20 pay
TAX upon tobacco they had bought n a
Tinted States Marsnars sale IN New York
with the understanding that no further stamp
would be required, vas decided by the Com
mi>>iOIeIs Ia that CITY on Saturday In their
ItvOr.
visiting IN Auburn, VI line. and two sons of the
Kew. mr. Libby, OF Auburn, were drowned in
i.ake Auonrn Saturday afternoon. They were
ont IN row b9at. wnIsh sunk. Two other
persons who We're in tue boat escaped
a train ran of the track of the Coupacticut
River Railroad on saturday morning. aboy
HoiyoSe, breaking tue l-g OF Henry IL Snow.
RE eng rser. and slightly iuYIrirg Tue fireman
sud brakeman No PASSENGERS Were hurt
be engine was wrecked.
The purchase of Hampstead PIlIns. Lon
i-iind. By A. T. stewart, has given rise %
iaw suI'- Has competitor, T.. L. Harvey.
larry tOwn, ". Y has commenced an action
sgaInst the town OF Hampstead, TO prevent the
delivery of the deeds.
Another collision occurred on the Erie Rail-
road Wednesday evening last, between a
freight and a passenger train, owing 70 the
displacement of a switch. Two passengers
Vere wOunded-one, e.. n. James, OF Pattsr.
-OT. ". J., seriously.
General Pueblo hss issued proclamation 10
the N habitants OF Puerto Principe, IN Cuba,
"a v nIch ne declares the intention of Inforctng
captain General De R1dss' policy, which is
@uhIh.d UP IN me words "Spaln, J1stIcs,
.Lt neutrality"
The annual invention OF the Grand ARMY
4 the Republic OF California was held In San
rancisee- Friday. Delegates representing
Twelve posts were present. Each post REPORTS
large increase OF membership and a healthy
financial condition.
shortly after leaving har DOCK in Boston.
yesterday morning. the EAst Boston ferryboat
Lincoln was discovered ON fire. She was i'm
mrdiately put back ami her passengers safely
itHded. The damage Is estIuiated NJ sis, OOv
The Beard of Trustees Of Iowa University,
located ST Mount Pleasant. IN that S,ate, have
elected Hon. James Harlan, United States san
StOT from that state, President OF tina. institu-
'ioE. IL Is not kn >En whether he Will acc-p.
man giving the name OF l.: Is. Brown has
H'Tn arrested In Boston on the charge OF
-glng drafts on several banks in thar CITY
ma New York Brown halls fIom Shippers
HUrg. Pa.
AT "a o'clock on saturday night a destruc.
i've ME, the result or an accident, broke out in
u larRe spiTit-barrel factory of Stress N Rics
M Wilmington, Del, destroying the entire
lock OF machinery, &c. Loss, $4,000
James w. DAVIS, Union Pacific railroad
-Ub-csntraetor, ana several associates, have
brought suit sgaiLst Onyer Ames and other
contractors for SO i,UOJ tor work performed
&c, which the latter nave refused 10 pay
Ihe police had hattie with burglars in
BOSTON fTiday night. while the latter were
attempting to rob a residenc &C during the an.
= nee OF the owner. Two OF the burglars We're
arrested, the others escaped under lire.
Several workmen on the branch OF the Gem
iriI railroad at lhon, New York, Were buried
~ the caving in OF a sandS1nk Saturday morn
Ing- All were rescued, considerably urt. one
b, Is thought. fatally.
SIN firemen, members OF the Spring Garden
(PhIlsdelphial Hook and Ladder Company
were injured Saturday night by the acci-
dental upsetting Of their truck while going 10
u HIe.
aud bridge burning. Their last achievement
was the destruction of the bridge on the Nue.
FItas railroad, near Puerto Principe.
The Common Council Of Portland, Oregon
nave appointed committee from their body IN
receive Hon. VIM. III. Seward on his arrival
and tender him the nospitalItles OF the city
George r Albert, who acquired no,oriety in
fhliacelphIa as a slave catcher under tue old
ingitye slave law, died IN that city a fe " day
SgO aged % years.
Elisha Z. Sprague, mulcted for damages by
MISS Craig, some time age, for breach OF prom.
i>e has appealed to the Supreme Court Of ILL.,
moss fer a writ OF error
II IS reported that collision occurred on the
horns and Essex New Jersey railroad, west
81 summit, and that u brakeman named James
hogan was killed.
The suicides of stephen Sanborn, in Warren
connecticut and Jacob Schloss, in Hoboken
" J., are reported on Saturday.
AT Cincinnati, yesterday, Matthew Collins
vas stabbed TO the heart on the stree and kilIe
~ Thomas Kinney.
Graf Myers planning and saw mill at
Reading, Pa, was burned on Saturday. Loss
100, partially insured.
six insurgents, captured near Baracoa Cuba
Oy the Government troops, have been shot
Stephen Sanborn, of Warner, NJ H. aged g.
ard weighing 275 pound, hung himself in his
barn.
Hon. Albert Long died at his residence in
IeIre Haute, Ind, yesterday.
News from Des Moines, lowe, says the har-
vest Is getting on finely.