Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-08-23
EVENING STAR.
LATE fELEGRAMs, &c.

EVENING SIAR.
LATE KILOGRAMS, &c.
3 Yesterday afternoon q horrible murder oc-
CURED at a drinking saloon on the Frederick
road, near Baltimore. A drunken remark was
the origin OF the ARRAY, and IL ended in q man
John Chambers with q stone. Death ensued
almost Immediately, and the murderer was
arrested by the poilce as he was leaving the
scene.
Tom Allen has accepted the proposition to
add Sl,OeO 70 the stakes OF the late match, and
fight the battle over again He names place
within fifty miles Of Cincinnati, and the time
from seven 70 ten days hence meeting IL 10
be held this afternoon 10 sign the articles, IL
@ ALE CHER will agree TO the above terms.
The century plant, now in blossom, at Frost's
green house, in Rochester, N. Y, will DO re-
moved 10 Chicago next Thursday, where IL
viii be exhibited for the benefit Of the Young
Mems Christian Association OF that city. 1t is
Nineteen feet high, and will be placed on q car
prepared for the purpose.
William Brogden, colored. made two attempts
TO outrage the person of Miss Alice Lake,
young lady residing near Annapolis. Nd, yes
terday morning about two o'clock Brogden
also attempted to kill Miss Lakes father. The
perpetrator has been caught and committed to
Jail.
At banquet speech Friday night Sir John
Young, Governor General Of Nova SCOTS,
stated that his Quebec speech had been mis-.
represented He had spoken Of a change of al
iegiance, thereby contemplating different rela.
lions with England, but the idea of severance
never occurred TO him
Things are going on blithely in ST. Domingo,
and likewise an Hayti. Oabral, with 1900 men,
rs besieging Azua- IN the former, and Salnaye,
who has retreated from Jacmel, continues the
siege of Aux Cages In the latter. A gold dollar
IN Aux Cages will now bring $1,000 in paper.
In an ARRAY in New York on Saturday b.
0f tha sfo
some boys who were stealing lime from the
ship John Harrison, a wealthy Junk dealer
and girl named Della Adams were fatally
ehot by Capt. Foss.
The reported finding at Newark, Wayne
county, N. T., OF portion Of the money stolen
from the American Merchants Union Express
Company near Albany, on the llth instant, is
incorrect package Of letters lost from q
m all bag was found.
The long contested case of the steamship Sal.
yador, charged with violating the neutrality
laws, has been duly cleared by the Admiralty
Court, at Nassau, N. p, and Delivered M,
each party to pay his own costs.
Jc-eph NJ. Churchill, for ASSEMBLING Daniel
;. Curtis in railroad car, was sentenced at
Boston, Saturday, to two months imprison.
ment. Both the parties occupy respectable so.
cal and business positions.
At meeting OF the manufacturers of Fall
River, Mass, II wa determined to run all the
factories out three days In the week for the
present This will put over 5OO,OOO spindles
on halt time.
The three companies Of Kentucky State mill
tia, numbering in all about 95 men, have gone
70 LEBANON, n.y., TO be distributed in the lower
counties, where the regulators have been dep
redating.
The frs; conviction under the new pronib,-
tory liquor law was made in Boston FRIDAY in
the superior Court. The jury were out i've
hours The defendant was fined fifteen dollars
and costs
ii. X. Brown, the sculptor, who has the con-
tract for making the New York Lrcoln monu.
ment, mas nnlsned a plaster cast, which has
been accepted and sent to foundry to be cast
IN bronze.
1t is stated that the directors of the railroads
leading from New York have agreed 10 SION
inen runnous competition, and put mp their
tarln on Western bound freights 70 a paying
rate.
, Albion N. Towne, Assistant Superintendent
OF the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy rail-
road, has been appointed General Superin-
tendent OF the Central Pacific at q salary OF
$4,000.
Lopez is reported at Ascurra, short of arms
and ammunition, but with plenty of provisions
The allies have captured Villa Rica, and were
preparing on the 2-th ult- to storm Ascurra
Martin Mcclure, a Iaborsr. attemptsd IN
murder MS wife in Hartford, Conn, yesterday
Quarrelled.
The Secretary of the Treasury has acceded
- the wishes of the San Francisco merchants,
and opened the vaults of the Sub-Treasury for
their accommodation.
A dispatch from ST. Joseph, Missouri. saws
that hve thousand Chinese are shortly to be
various points.
The American Flint Glass Works, Brook.
iyn, TOOK nre from the furnace Saturday, and
before the flames could be extitguished they
were damaged $4,000.
The Tennessee Secretary OF State has written
a letter SUSTAINING the character of the new
State bonds, and viewing reputation as i'm.
possible.
The German Association of Cincinnati has
decided TO celebrate Humboldts centennial
birthday on the lith Of September.
Charles Wells, of Wells Butterfeld Express
was robbed of Il 300 at the depot in POUCH
keepsie, New York, Friday night
Ii is reported that the Finance Minister ofthe
New Dominion intends to negotiate a new loan
IN England this fall.
The harvest Is progressing favorably in Min
nesota- The surplus crop of wheat will reach
-, ,OOO,UOO bushels.
New York, was burned yesterday, Total loss
about S95 ,0OO.
Hale & Go, bankers, Junction City. Kansas.
failed On Tuesday. Liabilities, s3v,0OO to $780,
90; assets trifiing.
A deficiency of $500 has been discovered
IN the coiner's department of the Branch Mint
IN San Francisco.
Fires " HIGH ragged In Washington Territory
since July LIST have been nearly extinguished
by heavy rams.
SOnA Dc1n AOst Ms Iiudy Dy the CRYING
IN OF well which he was digging in Medford,
Massachusetts.
A large number OF seamen have deserted
from Quebec within q few days and gone to
the lakes.
Reports from all parts Of Oregon indicate a
much larger yield of wheat than was antici-
pated.
There Were two deaths from sunstroke at
Cincinnati Friday evening.
DIED.
GcOULLUM. At Il:4O D. m Auaust I'D mo
q native of Country Autrim Ire