The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-04-28
GENERALITlES.
Murder In FIOrIdn.


A. b. Caraway, Judge of the County Court of
Calhoun county, Florida, left home for Tala-
hassee on the morning of the 18th instant and
was murdered before he got a mile from his
house. Luke Lott, citizen of the same county,
was arrested on suspicion.
Unhealthy Religious Excitement.
singular case, which caused much excite
ment, occurred in the Roby Church, in the town
of Leipsic, Delaware, recently. A young lady
became very much excited, after which she
passed into a comatose state. At the close of
the meeting she was taken to the nearest house,
where the friends remained and sang with her
for sixty-fve hours, believing that she would
soon revive, but their energies failed them. DIR.
Swain was called to see her. He gave her three
electric shocks, which brought her to her senses
in five minutes.
Arrest of n Champion Burglar.
George Ellis the greatest burglar in the United
States, was arrested in New York yesterday by
Allan Pinkerton's detectives charged with com.
mitting 1000 burglary in Wilkesbarre, Pa.
He beat Pinkerton' s men and nearly escaped,
when Officer Carnick, of the Twentieth precinct
arrested and held on to him. On arriving at the
station house, Pinkerton's men presented a
requisitiOn for him but Captain Caffrey refused
to deliver him on it. Pinkerton's men brought
up deputy sheriff and turned the prisoner over
to the sheriff. The police captain positively re-
fused to deliver him. The prisoner was last
night identified as having committed the great
$4,000 diamond robbery from Mr.. Solomon
Nigel, of No. 23 East Fifteenth street, and con-
fesses he robbed FL. II. Harrison, jeweller, of
No. 597 Broadway, of $4,000 worth of diamonds.
Morals In Idaho.
novel reformatory enterprise is in progress
in the Idaho Territorial Prison. The prisoners
have formed a Bible-cass, and spend part of
each day in reading and commenting on the
Scriptures, and in the performance of religious
services. Two prisoners, who were pardoned
in the latter part of last month"; left the insttu-
tion with great reluctance, as they regard its
moral atmosphere as of far higher tone than
that of the rest of the Territory. One of the
inmates, who attempted to rob an express
wagon train, is now studying for the ministry
expecting to preach the Gospel when he is set at
liberty. On the occasion of breaking ground
and beginning the foundation for the Idaho
Penitentiary, on the I'd instant, the citizens of
Boise City were invited to be present at the
ceremonies; and the views of the inhabitants of
that city upon such subjects may be inferred
from the terms of the notice, which says:-'A
general attendance of every age and sex is re-
Quested, in order that all may view the COM
mencement Of an edifce that may some day be
their home" Such possibility is delightful to
contemplate, where life and society in such in
stitutions are go far superior to their outside sur
rOundings.
A Remarkable Colored Genius.
At the last meeting of Lexington Presbytery,
sitting in Versailles, a negro applied for license
to preach, and it was accorded to him, but not
until after a amost searching examination, during
which he showed himself familiar with Hebrew,
Greek and Latin, and all the text books required
to be studied by Presbyterian theological stu.
dents. The negro is a singular compound of
physical deformity and mental activity, being
dwarfed and distorted in body to degree almost
painful to look upon, and with very large
head, out of all proportion to the rest of his
person. He is a reputed son of the great lawyer
and orator, s. s. Prentiss, at one time member
of Congress from Mississippi, where he was
looked upon as a perfect prodigy of eloquence
and mental attainment. This son cf his seems
to possess his fathers peculiarities in an exag-
Serated degree, and may yet prove as marvel
lous in mind as distorted in body. His appear
ance so prejudced the members of the presby-
terry against him that they would have refused
him license if he had shown any deficiency.
He was required to deliver q sermon of his own
composition, and the matter of it was not only
good, but the manner of delivery was composed
and admirable. We have not heard TO what
field he has been called Lexington (Ky.)
Gdzette.
How Indian MaIdens Amuse Themselves.
The San Antonio (TeXas) Express of April IS
states:-Valentine Vollmar, well-known citi-
zen of Castroville, informed us yesterday that a
few days since a German, hunting for cattle in
the Rio Frio, was surprised and captured by a
party of Indians Being in jocose mood, these
dove-like pets OF our Government made frolic
of the occasion. They stripped the man, led
him out on the prairie, and bade him run for his
life. A girl about twelve years of age, armed
with bow and arrow, was appointed to pursue
him. The race lasted some fifty yards when
the girl shot him in the back, the arrow pene-
trating several inches, and narrowly missing the
spine and vital organs. The man fell and cum
pingy lay motionless, as If dead This beauti-
full and poetic representation of the 'tender
and guileless Indian maiden" watched her victim
for some minutes, with her arrow ready, and
then concluding him to be really dead, left him
and rejoined the band, who rapidly rode away
The wounded man afterwards made his way Il
a house, and will probably recover