Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-02-17
LATE TELEGRANS, dc.

AninjunctiOn was granted in New York YES
tsrday against the Kansas Pacific Railroad
Company or agents from parting with any of
'n"uey proceeds Of the -, $40 .No0 gold loan now
being II. CUtiated. II il charged that the bonds
and land grants issued To the COMPANY bV the
Government have been transferred 10 the use of
the directors personally. and that their profits
tEcrCfTCm amount To 30 per cent. OF the capital
Uf the company.
In the House of Delegates of Virginia ycster-
5Iy aTcSOlut.Ou asking the Government to ac-
core. bclligcTcnt rights To Cuba was referred \
hill was reported declaring vacant the place on
the bench Of the CoTrt of Appeals now held bv
Major Durham, L y. A. The Senate adopted
aTe>OlGton that IL j. not necessary to elect an
United States Senator for the term ending
March. $50.
Governor Bullock sent a message to the
Georgia Legislature Yesterday making an elab-
crate argument To- establish the fact that the act
OF Congress OF December -. AMI previous re-
construction acts do net render invalid any of
the ordinary laws passed BY the several Leyi>la-
lures. All contracts entered into 10y the State
or hy corporations under State authority are
legal and binding.
The Beard of Health Of New York has re-
solved that the relapsing fever il not of sui-
hclcnt eNtt ut and severity To public alarm,
or &C. require extraordinary action upon the part
Of the Board ThI~ action defeats the plan said
10 have been urged of eNFendIng ~, 900 in hos
pitfalls.
The FrCcdmeu'> AiI Committee held its an
nual meeting in Ciurinuati YESTERDAY. over
three hundred cOlored teachers have been fur
ni>hcd the common schools Of the South. The
Commissioners had real estate worth over
--D.UD1.
Several revenue officers while Selling a still
in DickSOn'S alley Brooklyn. Yesterday. We're
attacked 10y TUughS. and woTld have been Sc
vcrely handled but for the arrival OF the police,
VINO dispersed the a>>ailants.
The Canadian Parliament was opened Tues
day. l. the Governor General. who made a
speech from the throne. Prince Arthur occu-
pied a seat on the throne "a; the right hand OF
LIS lNccllvnCy.
The Brooklyn master mechanics and builders
have determined to arrest tine course of such
criminals ~ the murderer Of the late Mr.. VooT-
hir>. Ey what means they 10 not say.
Mir. John. Ming. IT.. Wee President of the Bal
tiuOre and ohio Railroad Comp4nv wa, v..st,.r-
iay' reelected President of the Marietta AMI
Cincinnati Railroad Company.
Margaret sheridan was shot and instantly
killed 10y her husband III New York last nigst.
after three years separation. during which time
she had taken NJ with another man
The Baptist> Of ! Ifimore last evening sub
ScrIhed S25.ih1 10 ass-s IN the erection OF EutaY
Place Baptist Church. three gentlemen contrib
HtiUg =. too each.
owing tn the freight blockade at Nashville,
shipments TO points in Georgia and other Allan
tIc SeaboaTd States. are being male via B.t,ti-
more and Cincinnati.
The Louisiana House passed. the mixed school
educational bill YESTERDAY. The Senate passed
the S5o<o.'"3 lcyec bond bill. 1t nov goes To
the Governor.
The Pacific Mail Company of New York will
PETITION the Legislature Tor reduction OF their
capital stock from twenty 10 ten millions.
Hugh johnson. who was attacked in Havana
with GToenwaldt. i out Of danger, and his friend
Foster l. improving.
anthracite coal Ia been discovered on the
farm IF Col. L. Il. \oTthTon, OF AIbermaria, VI.
The Monarch il expected 10 arrive IN Annap-
Oils Reads this evening.
Hon. v. II. Sewart yesterday left Havana for
home.