Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-03-31

The Blue Earth City MINI. Post, OF the 18th,
gives the details Of the freezing to death in the
town of Soly, Blue Earth county, of the wife
and three children of A. l.. Bates Mr.. Bates
Lived on the prairie, some distance from any
other :, habitation. During the prevalence of
be-ore assistance could be obtained to remove
uem.
Melon Ellis, son of the proprietor of a papsr
mill IN South Dedham, Massachusetts,, Yesterday
got caught in the shafting and was carried over
the shaft twenty times striking Violently oainst
the ceiling above and the steampipe below. He
was denuded of all his clothing except one STOCK
ing and shirt sleeves. No bones were broken
and he is expected to recover.
The Stevens battery ship now being con-
siruocd In New York, under the supervision Of
Gen. Mcclellan, will be completed in 1871. OF
one million dollars left for the completion of the
WORK hy the late r.. A. Stevens, SSi3 900 remain
unexpended. Az effort will be made to sell the
ship To the United States.
Advices from Red River country to the 10th
instant represent all quiet in that quarter since
ihe execution OF Scott, of the government party.
~ Is stated there that Gen. Hancock has instruc-
tons from Washington to establish a military
pest at Pembina.
The funeral services of Gen. George HI
Thomas in San Francisco were performed yes
terday afternoon at the Lick House in the
presence of a few friends, Mrs Thomas declin-
ing all ostentatious display. The body will be
sent east this morning.
Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company
Yesterday brought the following approxim ate
prices Lump, SiZ. 4; steamboat, $3.50; crate.
si52a; egg, $40 Z; stove, $3.50; chestnut, Sl.iO
Another Fenian scare is reported, and this
time the report Of an approaching raid on Mon
treal Is the cause of the excitement Fenian
arms are said to have been forwarded towards
the Canadian frontier from New York.
John Schultz, hitherto regarded as respect
able citizen, cut his wife's throat in a quarrel
In Hudson City, y. j., Tuesday evening The
wound will probably be fatal. Schultz was ar
rested.
VS.. Ellyson, closed in the United States Circuit
Court in Richmond yesterday, ex-Goy. Wise
mixing the closing speech for ChahoOn.
prominent shipping and commission house
IN Philadelphia suspended yesterday, causing
much surprise. They have large connections II,
New York and the South.
The vote of the people of San Domingo in IA
vor of annexation to the United States Is in the
proportion of thirty in favor of the measure to
one in opposition.
After a hearing under habeas corpus. in To-
ronto, Canada, Caldwell, the alleged United
for extradition.
Joseph Nesbitt was arrested in New York last
night Tor shooting his wife for unfathfulness ON
the 18th. Mrs. Nesbitt's injuries are not dan
gerous. $500
Thh Governor of PENNSYLVANIA has signea m q
bill prohibiting curbstone markets in Philadel-
phia, except in certain specified limits.
Dispatches from the African coast announce
that the President of Liberia Is prosecuting
an active war against the neighboring natives !"
Gov. Geary, of Pennsylvania, has nominated
hon. Hester Clymer for a vacancy in the State
Board of Public Charities.
The Young Democracy claim majority of 35
IN the New York Tammany General Committee,
the vote standing 1S1 to 152.
The steamship Hammonia, which arrived in
New York, brought four and half millions of
francs in specie from Havre.
IL is believed in London that the schema has
been voted on and adopted bv the General Con-
gregation of the Council at Rome.
1t is intimated bv the London Globe that John
Bright will soon resign his place in the Cabinet
1t is again reported that General Jordan has
resigned the command of The Cuban army.