Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-07-17
EVENING STAR.
LATE KILOGRAMS, &c.

Four suicides. two Of them women, were re-
ported Thursday. The wife OF James Cain.
ole of the most respectable citizens OF Water
loo. Canada, shot herself through the heart
with 8 revolver; Catnarine Mcdonald. of Au-
gUsta. Ns while labOrIng under At ofinsau-
Ity. HVng herself with a hand kerC hief: Jeukas
Harris. proprietor of Hoyles Hotel, Prov
O~Eoe. Il. i. ending his sorrows with a rop'.
-.ud John Williams, cut his throat al a polio
station IN Rochester, New YORK.
Another war between IitigIOus railroad men
OF New York has broken out Ia cour- kef DE
Judge Barnard, the plaintiffs being Mr. Jay
could and Commodore james Fisk, Jr. Mr.
Gould cLarges inst fhe Toledo, Wabash and
Western Railroad nav issued al illegal aud
fraudulent surplus 0: stock. and q similar
Csnplaini 10 made IN another suit by Commo-
ICIe Fisk.
A dIsuatch from Lexington, NJ 18th. says
IA terrible tornado hiss JUS swept over Lex
.Lg'oL, tees and fences We're bIo 9n dswr IN
every direction, ana tEe streets blocked with
wrecks Many houses were unrooied and
gr1srvIse damaged SOM O: The roofs w-re
SstiI-d 90. Yards. The Caucasian newspaper
q n. D. a P-rtset We. >'yr~Sl persons we're
Injured by lying uno-r-. brIcks. shutters
Mechanical operations .. -l- ,hlaf conner.
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anomalous toBdIi OF Cf HasfT>- tabled the SUB
.-vi anu The next az "a! >rss !OL An educ a.
tcl8j journal was r5-aI!I-hst General I.aa
;ak,Lg n:ty shares OF sEr S---E.
4 collision occurred o--wren NO freight
JraiHS on the CnICago aa- Pacific railroad, r
--Iis west of Prfu, wesley isy- resulting IL the
,I-I1oItton OF nine car de-; in-J to Omaha and
;h- breaking up of az equal EUmb-g OF frrign,
.Hrs bound east, an C-lsIdrTaol- damage -
both engines.
The G.rman singing sccierss which LEFT Bal
,l-noIe for Richmond TaUr-I8y evening. ar
-tVrd t1eTe yesterday. AMI weIe received IN
handsome style S'Vr.al =. tLs New York
Germans fell from sUnstToSa AFTER their
march through the streets. None OF the cases
y eIe fatal
The bark Albers. fro;. Bremen, arrived at
he Baltimore quarantine Yesterday With the
riaCk measles on beard. seventeen children
saving died of the disease during the passage
! hvTe arc LeaIly tOG- EuGd.ri rInIgranis on
Two of the crew OF the schooner G. irryowen
--PCTted grounded near Cleveland on the LIST of
July, have made afiidsVI.s before the British
consul ST Buffalo tina; tie vessel was scuttled
Fy :he captain.
IEe laying of the shore end OF the American
part OF the French cable was b-gun yesterday.
The BTest cable, by Its satisfactory response
g. ail tests, Is Ihought 10 b. the best cable yet
isid.
George Fropp died IL !, earnOnd, Va yester-
cay OF sGnStrOk'. being ae tirSt death since
fhe heated term SCI IL The thermometer was
ll-' the shade.
The bank at SinGy Hill. New York was
uttered by burglars on Wednesday night The
E2ult was blown, bur nc funds We're obtained
The freshst on the q uadaloups river Texas
has proven very disastrous, sweeping away
touring mills, factories and crops.
News has been received al Havana. TO the
effect that the rebels nave burned eighteen
houses at Arroyo BianCo.
Col Hill, the new Governor of Newfouud.
laLd, arrived at Halifax from England. on
Thursday night.
At noon yesterday another convict escaped
:rom the cabinet shop OF Sing Sing prison.