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GEORGETOWN.

TIE THREATENED ABOLITION oP rHR Poser
oPFICE-A meeting of the business men OF our
community was held this morning at 10 o clock
at the rooms OF the Merchants Exchange, 10
take action In regard 20 the rumored abolition
OF our city post office. Evan Lyons, ESQ, pre-
sided, and the following preamble and resola-
jourred:
whereas we have reason % believe that the Post
master General has under consideration a plan by
WHICH II is proposed 20 abolish post Office, and
establish the carrier system instead, arrange
ment which We are sure would b. disastrous 20 the
Interests of business community and unjust and
humiIiatng 10 more than fifteen Thousand people in
CITY whose post Office H. not only self snst aiming
but psys annually q Considerable surplus int the
treasury: Therefore, be ID ~ NV
hesofred; That while express no prefereDce a.
20 ica1 shall be our lostmastsr. long a. be is
nesiy protest against eny such change w our pres
enf well regulated and satisfactory postal system
hesofred That Evan Lyons, ESQ, President OF
Messrs. A. Il. Herr, wm h. Tenney, John Mar
70 confer with the Postuaster GeDeral ana exnress
30 him our views and wishes in the matter.
MKRcBASTs' ExCHASsK. -Four thousand
bushels wheat were offered and sold on 'Changa
this morning, at S1404 per bushel.
RIVER FRoNT.-Entered-St'm F. G. knight.
johnson, New York, with merchandise for Dis
trict merchants.
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ALEXANDRIA.

TIE Gazette Of last evening has the following
items
PROPERTY SALKs.-The following mentioned
property. belonging 20 the estate OF the late
Wm. DeNaaehn, vas sold by public auction on
Saturday last, BY Messrs- Beck. Knox a. Kerby,
real estate agents and suctioneers No As north
Henry street, TO j. III. DeEaughn for S55; No. Al
north Henry street, 20 j. H. Devaughn for $50;
No. AZ north Washington street, TO WIN. Cogan
Tor el,c5o; No. 15I King street, % VIM. Cogan
for - 600; No. "a north Fairfax street. % VIM.
Cogan for 500; No IS north Fairfax street. TO
same for 500; No. 30 north Fairfax street "a
same for $50; No. 81 north Fairfax street ~,
same for $685. Q vacant lot opposite the thee
preceding Noe. TO same for s150: a vacant Zoe
adjoining the Just mentioned lot on the n1 rfh :
10 same for $50; lot adjotpinp the LOT tn{
mentioned on the north, upon which there IA a
ground rent, 20 j. II. Deyaaehn for s. a fhree-
story frame house adjoining the lot lust nen-
toned on the north, 20 John Ially for $500 and
No. 4S north Washington street, TO wn. 6ogau
PRIMARY ELEcTIoN-The prfmsry eiet ti61
for the nomination Of candidates for thecou.
seiyssve party oi this city, for the municipal
onces. 4 In progress to-day; Inc contest 40 lar
has beer spirited and exciting-au the nun err
ous candidates using their level best" % ee-
cure a uorniuafion-and noisy crowds have b(eu
collected mound some Of the polls.
Rom RofBKRY.-A colored man, named An
drew Ward, boldly knocked in the door OF the
house Of colored woman named Martha VIII
llama near the Diagonal pn mp, last night and
Notwithstanding her protes; afiOns carried on
everything he could lay his hands on, including
her clothing.
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The Fenian Movement.

ROCHESTER,, May PA car load OF Fenians.
ucketed for Malone, passed through here this
morning ior The East. A few Fenians from the
me Erie railway. The leaders of the brother
,,'o, ~ % mere are very reticent regarding their
BOSTON, May 2i.-Three TO five hundred
nol lthern trains yesterday afternoon and evening.
BUFFALO, May 2i.-There is some activity
among Fenian leaders. The men are 0uietiy
concentrated at the rendezvous here. It is i'm
posSiole 10 say at this time where the invasion
VIII be made: The point first attempted NAV be
bnnd. 1t is thought that the frontier Is lined
with men. IL is reported that the United States
steamer michigan has taken up position at
tect the welland canal. ~ f'O
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A Peep into the Future.
rheumatic Tube oUer -Four Hundred Niles Lang-
Seventeen Seconds from London TO Glasgow.
From the BOSTON TranScrin.1

Il
SeUenteen Seconds from London 20 Glasgow.
From the Boston Transcript
The following extract from a letter received
by one OF our friends describes the operation of
pneumatic tube between Glasgow and Lon
don. Probably few of our readers are aware of
the existence OF the process by which messages
and packages are almost instantaneously trans
mitted between these two cities.
81 had occasion to send a telegram 70 London
the other day, and in a few minutes received
reply which led me To suppose that a serious err
ror had been committed by my agents, invol wing
many thousand pounds immediately went 10
the telegraph Office and asked to see nv mess
age. The clerk said, We can't show il to Won
IS we have sent Ii to London But repied
.you must have my original paper here; wish
to see that He again said, No, we have not
got IL: it is in the post Office at London What
do you mean % 1 asked. pray, let me see tbe
IaIer L left here half an hour ago. We'll
he said, II you must see II, We will get il ba ok
IN few minutes, but il Is now in London He
rang bell, and in fve minutes or so produced
my message, rolled mp In pasteboard.
1t s, ems that for some months there has ex-
Fted pneumatic telegraph betwixt Glasgow
and London and betwixt London and the other
principal cities of the Kingdom, which consist.
OF an iron tube, into which the messages ar.
II mgst she ses sent 10 see ion inquired
round here He slipped a number of messages
INTO the pasteboard scroll, popped il into the
t1Se and and %sse Ssssa sss put to
seyenteen seconds, when bell rang beside me.
indicating that the scroll had arrived at the
Gereral Post once, four hundred miles offl It
ain ost TOOK my breath away TO think of IT, II
] could only 60 to Boston with the same relati Va
speed, you might count on my passing An eve
n,ne every week at l2i Beacon street, and re-
turning home to sleep. Who knows but we NAV
be conveyed in this marvellous manner befor
many years?
Perhaps you are aware that there has been
large tube between the General Post Office in
London and the station in Eustacc sausTe in H.,
operation for q number OF years. The mai ha cs
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he IPresbyterisn General As>>,.
by-The Boundary Qaesstea.


PHLADElPHiA, May 24.-The morning ses-
ION or The Presbyteiia General Assemble wa.
occupied with further discussion OF the recon-
Ton IeIert The hnsi items on the bssndaries
4t syheos were reacted apcn. The synod OF
Ioss sorth, VIII comprise all the counties
reconmended by the commirteeA Thaf OF
aSwa seah will comprise the south
eIh All ot The State, with Nebraska and
Wyeming Territory. The s,,ea On Niss,nri
via be oeHtsrminous with tbe sssss. me
Synoo o, hAnsss extends over that State, Col-
oIsoo, New MEXICO and Indian ferrfrortes
Ihe synod Of the Pacific Will embrace an
west OF the Rocky Mountains. The Synod
o. India viii comprise al the missionsrfes
and churches in that country. The item form
hg tne synod or China vss Discussed NJ great
ength. As rePorted BY the oommiftie this
ssnoo would embrace all the missionaries in
Snina, slam and japan. A motion % strike
sa Sea SIAM because OF . wait Of oommunica-
uOn with the country was voted down
n motion 20 strike out tfe whole tam Vas
s saesu 10, leaving connections with American
IL noos ss ~ present General princiDles Cor
IN. % % rre~hyeertc- verr agreed 10.
90 adjournment. eP
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Va@ 35-Ne. 5.366.

oa .ttr tne nsesssry nrnoa.s sdinss switches, ana
shlenees An furthersnce OF the obJec OF
US eohheSuons; AID every Company whose Railroad
rs5 sn pc hereafter intersscted by any new rail-
rosd' shaii unite with the owners Of such new rail
,a ,Ssa IN forming s9ch intersections and connec-
40 ohs, and grant the facilities Aforesaid; and il
we Two cofporati ns cannot agree upon the amount
.o;n, com mptnsatlon 10 o. made therefor, or the
,s'; u"nt, me same shall be ascerfained or de-
u, proSs1ee1 hersinaiter in respect TO taking
1rshs q fTanchis.s heretofore granted. Seventh.
or take them may change the line OF It's road when
as ls hereafter provided; but such chang shall
vaIy the genersl route Of the road. Eighth To
take transport carry and convey persons and prop-
eriy On their railroad by the force or power of stea
cd animals, or any mechanlcal power, or by ans
c. mbInation Of then, ard TO receive cornpeusatio
therefor. Ninth. To CT. CT and maintain all peces-
siry and convenient buiidipgs. statons pots and
n&turrs; and achiDery for the acc 1pmodation and
use 81 their pastebgers. freight, and brs.ess and
etain and hold he lands therefor Tenth To REQ
uIate he me and manner in which passengers and
property shall be ell and tn tolls anil nm
penfation to be paid III .refor ~ ~
SIC ~ AHd % uJIrther sadcfsd, Th At in casa anv
company fOImed under this act is unable to agree
Tor the purchsse OF zeal estate required for The
ION OF the track, turnouts, aud water STA
lions, II shall have the ight - acquire the ti.lA 10
ne me IN the manner ar by tbs special proceed
IDS prescribed iN this ect
To be c1pfinvef.I
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Horrible Murder Of a Family I'm E.~.
The Presbyterian General ASsemhIx
at Louisville, ky.
fefecTdphed kzclnsiuelv 10 TAs Rvrnsno Syu~

LoUIsvILLE, KY, May 2l.-At the meeting OF
tne 1eneral Assembly yesterday Rev, Mr..
McAlwee, the delegate from the Associate Re-
loImea H, Cnurch, and the Rev. DIR. Bowden, the
delegate from the Cumberland Presbvterian
Church, conveyed the fraternaI saIutations Of
the bodies they represent to the Assembly. and
were responded 10 by the moderator.
Richmond, Huntsville, and LiitIe Rock were
placed on nomination lor the next meeting, and
on the second ballot Huntsville was selected.
Atmght, an enthusiastic foreign missionary
meeting was held, which was addressed by the
key. 'I. +. Wilson, of South Carolina; the Rev
alien Wright, of the Choctaw Nation, and the
lev. b. NJ. Palmer, OF New Orleans reso
adopted vas
:. Y TO THE time the Assembly mas been hold
Ins Only one session, and this morning IL was a
very brief one, in order TO give the commiisees
time to digest and prepare subjects for consid-
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From Cfneinuatt-Base RaII-Not Ar.
rested-Drewned-Sa Ae.
Tetecrdphed Ercfuffrerr % fz< RnezS>n a.

CINeISNAII, o., May 2s.-The Red Stockings
played the Arions, OF Lexington, KY, to-day,
and defeated them with a score of "a to nothing
The revenue officers here have no knowIedge
OF Maxwell p. Gaddis having been arrested ss
was announced last night.
- Inc Douy OF a man, supposed to be c. w
Hendrlcks, was found in the Ohio tonight,
The German who committed suicide on SAT-
urday, and was found in the mill creek, was
John DeitZ. 49,
The Layman Institute opens tomorrow even
mg with lecture by DIR. Reid, Of Chicago.
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CoCRT-MARTIAL EXTRAoRDINARY.-Dur
the past two weeks an army court-martial has
been in session in New York city. The suhiect
Of the court-martial Is Brevet Lieutenant
Colonel Elisha j. Bailey. Lieutenant Ceneral
conduct unbecomiRg an officer and a gentle
man." The specifications are desertion from
and refusal to support his lawtul wife, and
other scandalous conduct. Gen. Vodges is
president OF the court, and Major Barr, Judge
advocate. Among the officers comprising the
court, Gen. Kidd0o is the most promin ,nt.-N
.Sna
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VFremont Is conyalescine.

@San Francisco ladies are urged to carry re =
volyers TO protect them against the highyay-
men who infest the streets.
~StriDgs of small silver bells are worn
around the neck by Paris ladies.
- Hayes City, Kansas. has a female com
stable. fhe young men are in constant fear
~When Mrs. Il. II. M. Brown of San Frar-
cisco goes to vote, she viii shoot any man who
insults her at the polls. She said SO in a recent
speech.
@The Roman Catholic priest and $50 of his
parishioners at Colchester, Conn. have nati. i
toned the town authorities to enforce the pro
bibitory law. -
~A country journal says, "when Won see a
little boy sitting on the earth picking siyers ont
Of his heels, You may know that the frost Is out
Of the ground"
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WORK FOR THE FIRST RAINY DAY.-As soon
as tae spring weather permits the opening Of
the outside cellar-door, the cellar should be
ole eaned, and this is good work tor q rainy day
After April there is sure and most unhealthy
vegetable decay, and the earlier this is guarded
against by the removal of all quos stionable sub
stances the better. Do 1t Thoroughly Sweep
the walls and sweep the floor, and when it i
done, every particle of this waste and offensive
material should be removed to the manure-
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Attorney Cook, Colonel Cook,
Plundering onward,
All in the month OF May,
Bagg'd the eco (s).
Forward, the Ring Brigade!
Charge to the nines." he said,
Into the money 60,
Go for eoO"ts).
Forward, the Ring Brigader,
Was there a man dismay'd?
Not tho the rascals knew
The people we're plunder'd;
Theirs not to make reply,
When victims ask the reason why.
Bled are they SO damnably.
Bleed 'em, NEST noble Cook,
Charge your 600 (s).
Contracts to right of them,
Contracts to lett OF them,
Contracts in front of them.
Dirt-jobs unnumber'd;
Sorely they the people sell,
Surely they deserve to dwell,
When they meet their Death,
In the very hottest He'll
Ring OF the 600 80.
4.
Clean'd they the city bare,
Raise now our taxes are,
Credit ruin'd everywhere,
Business stopped, and
Everybody plunder'd!
Glorious fun! A jolly jokeI
Credit dead! The Treasury broke,
Cook, Morse, and Bowen!
Bled by your butcher-stroke,
Shatter d and sunder'd,
Dead is our credit, but
You've your COO (s).
3.
Contracts TO right of them,
Contracts to left OF them,
Contracts behind them
Dirt-jobs unnumber'd;
Bowen the bids won't tell,
Though the city's credit fell,
The Ring spend their plunder wen,
Sell their souls cheaply, for hottest Hell,
All that is left to them,
Sold for COO 90.
8.
When can Cooks glory fade?
the big charge he made!
All the world wonder'd.
Honor the charge he made!
Honor the Ring Brigade,
Hunky 600 ~!
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~Shoo Fly soup-Ox-taiL sfr 49,
~Another steam man has been manufac-
tured In New York. 1la
GThe Boston Y. NJ. g. A. is =, 1000 behind
hand.
- The Lowell Courier calls the price Of the
family cradle hush money. =
- The Fond du Lac (Wis.) Commonwsalth
describes q wedding which Its editor attended al
othkosh. it says: "During the ceremony, the
waist and swapped gum"
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81. Louis Thinks if she Can't GET the
Capitol she Ought to Have n New
Pest Once and Custom HOuse.

Iet<gTdphed EzcItstreIy 70 7ke Eueninq Star.
ST. LOUIS, May 24.-The Board of Directors
OF the Merchants Exchange, to-day adopted a
resolution asking Congress to make an appro-
prlation for a new Post Ofhce and Custom
House building. A petition, similar in charac-
yer, and numerously signed by business men
and The Board of Trade, win be Forwarded. the
memorial making the request. - Nv
The police Claim TO have two men concerned
N the robberyo OF Speyers pawn shop yester Law
The police also have in custody anaes Riley and
Edward Evans, two well Known cracksmen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-05-24

THE House COMMITTEE ON PACIFIC RAIL.
ROADS this morning agreed to report the Trans
Continental or Fremont Railroad bill, and urge
its passage through the House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-05-24

GOVERNOR OF IDAHo.-The President has ap-
Pointed Gen. Marston, ex-member of Congress
from New Hampshire, to be Governor or Idaho.
vice Samuel Bard. resigned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-05-24

The Committee of Conference of the House
and Senate on the Bill to enforce the fifteenth
Amendment met this morning and agreed upon
report, which was signed by Senators Stewart
and Edmunds, Representatives Bingham and
DAVIS; Senator Stockton and Representative
mentS are in the 18th and Dist sections. and thev
do not alter the general sense of the bill, but
make 1t more explicit. That portion of the 18th
secuon authorizing the President to employ thu,
land and naval forces OF the United States tn
prevent the violation or enforce the execution
OF the act. is amended so as to authorize the
use OF such forces to aid the judiciary authori-
ties In enforcing the act. The phoraseoIoyy of
the 21st section is somewhat Changed.
but The general intention of the original section
remains. This section pertains to the iurisdic-
non Oh the courts in relation to writs OF quo
icdrTdnto. New sections are added exnIanatarv
Of and to simplify the bill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-05-24

GEN. scHENcK returned here this morning
nom visit to his home in Ohio, and occupied
his seat In the House to-day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-05-24

<e.<S'uf7eu 11eaHsteety % INc EoeHug StdT.
PHILADKLPHIt, May 2.-The managers of
the Pennsylyania Hospital have adopted the
following plan, recommended by the medical
staff to provide for teaching female students I'm
medicines: The clinical term shall be for sir
months, from october to March inclusive The
medical teaching shall be given once a week in
the female wards; surgical teaching shall be
entirely at the option OF the surgeons on DUTY
and, If given by any member of the staff the
lectures are to be confined to the female wards.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-05-24

NehINArioNs-The President sent the fol-
lowing nominations to the Senate to-day:
Gilman Marstop, of n. H., to be Governor of
Idaho. vi
Charles c. Grove, of Ala, to be Secretary of
Utah. VI
Jsmes B. Mexican, of n. Y, to be Chief JUS
tice Of Utah.
=, Capt. Stephen Decatur, on the retired list of
the navy, to be Commodore on that list.
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THE NATIONAL RAILROAD FROM PHILApE
PHIA TO NEW YoRK.-Suryeying parties ar
busily engaged in laying OF the route of the
proposed national railroad from philadelphia TO
New York. The company will commence by
constructing q line from, Trenton, through
Mercer and Somerset counties, to meet tie
New Jersey Central road at Bound Brook. on
Trenton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-05-24

TIE Howaad Investigating Committee this
morning examined General II. V. N. Boynton.
correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette. but his
testimony was not concluded to-day, and he
VIII again appear before the committee to-
morrow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-05-24

sEcRETARY RoBEsoN has designated Board
OF Naval Surgeons, consisting OF Niniau Pink
ney, (piesident,) William Grier, and Edward
shippen, to meet at the Naval Academy, to ex-
anime into the physical qualifications of cand;-
dates for appointment as miashipmen.
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The HOUSE CoNNTTTKE on THE DISTRICT ol
COLUMBIA had no meeting this morning, on &C
count OF no quoi um being pres mt.
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SINGULAR TENDENCY ioF PEACH TREES
Three Maryland papers assert that there Is this
season strange tendency in the peach tree t.
single blossom. The editor Of the True Mary
land says he has about half q dosen treesin one
elump which are fun, yet not one blossom in ten
orchard the same tendency ..to twin' manifest
itself. q. D. -. - s-s.r. -'-r-.--I : >. - =
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CAIRO, May 24--During the storm YESTERDAY
the lightning struck q group Of seven section
men at work on railroad track, Instantly kill
ing John Stafford, foreman, and iniuring b.
Cushman, who win probably die. -Four Others
were stunned, but we're not dangerously hurt
Only one Of the seven escaped without injury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-05-24

iHE HOUSE COMMITTEES ON ELECTIONS this
morning agreed TO increasue the amounts voted
to Sypher and st. Martin, of Louisiana, who
contested seats in the House, to $1,000; Morie
and McCranie to 5000, and Haul to 81 900.
The committee also agreed to give Hunt q. 900.
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EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

INTERNAL REyENUE.-The receipts to-day
from this source we're $40, ,Iu345.
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TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR,
This Afternoons Dispatches.
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS.

FROM EUROPE TO-DAY.
A"e spanish Crown-Meusp>.~ser And
EsparterO.
1TePAed kso'sssvely b n< Ive.ise &sv.
in its issne' MAY 4.-El TEMPO, newspaper,
~ ~ ssae Yesterday said the Duke of Mont,
Pensier Is very much anneyed az the eonrss NJ
sHherents had taken. The Duke de MANS ,hst
Gens,i,n, s1oat1re be passed upon openly by the
SSohsutusnt Cortes, or, otherwise, he viii With
o,sw ana publish a manifesto making a coT
plere exposition OF the acts OF those partses -
IL rs now said that Espartero has agreed Z,
elect him. 0e VA
french Legislator to Reduce rbe,r
nym.i.ters' wives Go Receive .
PARis, May 24--A project Of Law has heaD
introduced in the Corps Legislatirf for deeress-
ing me me salaries Of the members. The present
contemplates a reduction OF 50 DER cent NC" Ia"
The wives OF Ministers Richard Mere' PIver-
noh Mh ana Loavet have received the decorati OF
Noble Ladies Of Spain.
Fatal Explosion ON a Vessel
LivkRPooL, May 24-The csptain M . vesssl
Just arrived from an American port reports that
on wednesday last, of Lands End an exnlo-
son occurred on board the bark Asterias, Kill
ing tue captain and one sailor, and nearly de-
suoy ing The vessel.
The Italian Budget.
rLoRENcE, May 3i'-The Chambers have
voted the Budget by large majority. The
~So'ee aaS seo,VvV,OU fivreS.
Russia Bullying Switzerland.
LONDON, May 2i--Rnss sia coptinues 10 bullv
S~tzer land about the fugitive from iustice
NetschaJeh. Insisting NJ On his immediate sur,
render TO the Russian government. The SWISS
government answers that the culprit cannot be
found. DS
Ine English Livingston Expedition
LONDON, May 4-Dord Clarendon Announces
IuIther grant in aid OF the expedition in
seafen OF LiyinSston, the African traveller.
vessels recently left England Tor Honduras
ing in that country.
Horrible Murder Of a FamfIv I'm E.,-
land.
LohDoN, May 4-Considerable excitement
exists to-day over a brutal murder during the
night OF family of five persons at Uxbridge. a
lew miles distant from this city, The famiiv
consisted OF the father. mother s.ster-in-Iay
and two children. The sister-in-law was 10
nave been married to-day, and it is suppo I'd
.h sne murder was prompted in some way from
ms .. circumstance. There is no clue whatever
to the murderer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-05-24

ANOTHER CANARD canard oh..,ned
circulation this morning that Fred A Roswell
was going over to Bowen. As Mr. Boswell wiii
be one OF the speakers tonight at the City Hail.
II might be well for Mr.. Bowen's friends TO be-
present and hear him, and judge how far he has
"gone over TO thern.o
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-05-24

Frem St. Loufs-Grand Lodge Of Good
Templars-Man Killed by Lf~ht..
ming.
fesegrePhed B<elssivelv 70 Tie gvssiV St@.
ST. LOUIS, May A.-The Right Worthy Grand
Lodge Of the order Of Good Templars will as
semble here tomorrow. A large number OF
delegates, representing many States and Cam
ada, are already here. t.
A German, name unknown, was killed BY
lightning during the storm this morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-05-24

~Rev. j. II. Calhoun, a member of the
Fairfield (Ill.) Presby terry, has been expelled
from the ministry OF the Presbyterian Church
for obtaining a divorce from his wife at Chicago
under false pretences.