Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-05-19
EVENING STAR.
LATE TELEGRAMS, &c.

Daring the trial. yesterday, OF Geo II. Davis,
Indicted for perjury in New York, the prisoner
became greatly excited, exclaImlng repeatedly
curing the statement of the prosecution, "It's 3
t.-.' ana finally drew bottle fron has poe Sef
Ard swallowed IT'S contents. and declared II 70
o. poison. and that ne would De dad IN two
hours. The case was adjourned until 10 NOR
row. to ascertain If the prisoner was playing
c.
telegram from ST Louis dated May 18th.
ssys- The south Pacific Railroad Company
receive to-day the State Treasurers checks tor
$lGiLOnO on the construction fund OF the CON-
r8ry. ma sing SI.OtO,GOU the company have ap-
p.O 10 tn con stru ction of the road and lsvees.
One mIilIC dellaIs still remain IN the construc.
iIOn fu1d-~
The body Of a Young woman, about twenty
I've wears old. was found floating in the Sns-
.nsh>na at Kirkwood New YORK. on Sa,ur.
CAV IL supposed 10 be the body of the witt OF
Andrew - Hudson, % Syracuse, and that she
,-mmi'ted suicide AZ Great Bend, by drowning,
-lrrttwo weeks ago.
General Reynolds informed the Chairman
a he Republican Elective COMMITTEES OF
Texas that he has selected all the registrars
z 'he safe, and If the President issues
oder for an election in Texas II can be held
II IHly az the TINE desIgnated by the late con-
Vsn-!OL-
The corner stone of the simpson Methodist
Episcopal Church, AZ the corner OF CieTmont
AID WIilOuZhby avenue, Brooklyn, was Lard
sunday after noon. IN the presence of a large
,lutJurss Of spectators. The new edifCe II US
CgUmenc-d Is named IN honor OF Bishop
STps,u-
Rev. Dr. Patrick Leahy, Arch bishop
CaSbe.. IN a pastoral letter. states n a; the re-
cent outTages in the south of Ireland resulted
from unhappy IelitIons bstween landlords and
tenants. aud denies the existence of any Agra
Ran conspiracy
The crevasses in the Ievees along the Mis-
Sissippi in LOUISIANA have become 20 great as
TO De beyond any hopes of present repair.
Immense bodies of water are deluging the
country, and much damage is anticipated.
Madam Fran kiln, convicted at the April term
q the circuit court of Appomattox county,
Va, of murder. will be hanged on the 2Stn IN
slant. Gov. Wells having refused 10 commute
his sentence.
The American Baptist Missionary Society
held its hfty-fifth anniversary in Boston yes.
terday. The receipts OF the year yere sl97 ,OeG;
expenditures, S2IO,2I-
The Commercial Con vention. composed of
delegates from sixteen Of the Southern and
Western States, assembled at Memphis, Tenn,
Yesterday.
Reports from various parts of Minnesota say
The whest crop never looked so promising. A
much greater breadth has been sown than ever
before.
grocer of St Louis received an invoice of
Jspan tea yesterday via the Union Pacific rail-
road, only thirty days from Yokohama.
A large number Of Presby terrain clergymen
have gone from St. LOUIS TO attend the As
sembly of tie Presbyterian Synod al Nash
Vile.
Ihe nfty-tnIro anniversary OF the New ork
sunday School Mission was celebrated yester.
day afternoon in thirty-two churche3.
The sale of the hotel property at Long
Branch yesterday, was postponed on account
of fight between the old proprietors and
their creditors
Ten Eycke- the actor, in New York charged
with obtaining payments on forged bounty
Checks, has been held for trial.
Ipdiar depredstions are growing frequent
IL Arizona A murder and q mail robbery
have been perpetrated by them.
Mr.. George Morriss, residing in Amherst
county. Va, was shot dead by some coucealed
assassin on Saturday last.
The bridge across Buffalo creek, Southside
railroad, near Farmvllle, Va, was burned on
Monday last.
Hurdle racing distinguished the sport yester.
day. on the New jersey turf, at Patterson.