Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-08-25
EVENING STAR.
LATE KILOGRAMS, &c.

BIr. Robert L. Written, an insurance agent
in Pittsourg, recently became blind after hav-
ing himself shaved In the barber shop of the
MoronganeIa House Of that city. The barber
had wiped his face, after shaving him, with a
towel which had been used In the application
OF arsenic 70 wniten the complexion. 1t is
and result fatally.
arrested In St Louis last week, charged with
shipping foreign sugar upen which no duty
had been paid, was examined before United
States Commissioner Eaton, and his bond fxsd
a. 5000. An oficer from New Orleans has
arrived with warrant for his arrest He will
be taken there for trial.
At 8 session OF the American Science Asso.
citation in Salem, Mass, the proposition was
adopted leaving the subject of the next ann nal
meeting In the hands of a committee and au-
thoriZ1ng them 70 select Niagara Falls as the
next place Of meeting, provided suitable ac-
Commodations can be obtained, or If they deem
the locality unsuitable, to make the next best
arrangement.
Col. Folsom, Quartermaster United States
Army, at Knoxville, Tenn, under orders from
the Government, took possession, as receiver,
OF the East Tennessee and Georgia and East
Tennessee and Virginia Railroad Companies
for an Indebtedness of s6OO.OOO due the Govern
~ the close of the war.
very remarkable meteor was seen At Phila.
delphia- about p m, last evening IN the
western sky. Instead of moving horizontally,
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scended over the same course. exploding and
leaving heecy cloud like smoke or steam,
which lasted in the sky aboct ten minutes.
The Massachu setts Democratic State Con-
yenton yesterday nominated for Governor, J.
q. Adams; for Lieutenant Governor, s. u.
Lamb: for Secretary Of State, John X. Tarbox
for Treasurer, MIR. HevwoOd, of Gardner; for
Attorney General, J. q. Abbott, and for Audi.
tor, Phineds Allen.
Two men, one a citizen of New Orleans and
the other OF Mississippi, went TO work near the
IA -
most honorable by attempting to murder each
other according 10 the rules Of honor The
MissIssippian is said to have been MORALLY
There was another fire at Philadelphia YES.
Ierday, occurring in large building, on the
corner Of Ninth and Wallace streets, occupied
by eight or ten manufacturers. AS no water
was 70 De had the damage was heavy.
A FIRE occurred last nigh at ST. Louis in the
store corner OF Olive and Fifth streets. The
loss, which IL mainly by water, could lot be
ascertained The stock in the store is valued
At ten thousand dollars, partially insured.
The annual picnic Of the Fenian Brother.
hood was lately held at Jones' Wood, near
New York city, and was attended by l2,OOO
persons. The best order was maintained.
A collisien between two coal trains occurred
on the Reading Railroad near Norristown yes
ferday, by which two men were killed. AN
passenger trains are delayed.
The Rev. Father Mcmahon, so long held as a
fenian convict by the Canadian authorities
arrived at Buffalo, N. Y, yesterday, after an
absence OF three years.
lsmall Pasha gives ample assurance of low.
atty 70 the Sultan, and IL 10 presumed by this
time that his sublime excellency Is at peace
with the progressive viceroy.
The Governor Of Matanzas, Cuba states that
the insurgents have been driven from the neigh.
borhood of Jaquey arande, and that they re.
treated eastward.
The Manayunk, Pennsylvania. paper mills
nave stopped on account Of low water the
price OF paper in Philadelphia has advanced
~ a3 cents per pound.
Prince Arthur and bis friends are ENJOYING
themselves superbly at Halifax. They attended
grand picnic and q brilliant concert yester-
day.
The Gubernatorial campaign has opened in
Nllsslssippi- lie lding colored orators are aid.
lng the white men OF the Conservative cause.
There Were refreshing showers about Rich
moHd, Staunton, Lexington, and the Old Sweet
Springs, Monday ana yesterday.
DR.. Haxley has been chosen to preside over
the next meeting OF the BRUSH Association OF
Science next year In Liverpool.
The Harvard snobs and Oxford svells ara
sun venulating their great aquatic expecta-
hons by cable.
The French Senate meets to-day to hear the
report OF the committee on the senatus Consult
fum.
Moore's Hotel. at Claverach, New York. was
burnt yesterday. Loss $1,000.
Several deaths occurred in ST. Louis vester.
DAY nom the effects of the heat.
The Empress of France and the Princs
Imperial have arrived at Lyons.