Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-02-14
"The Beautiful SNOW"

| WHERE Is THAT GROUND HOG
! IT, snow storm Of the season in this latitude
/ set in at about quarter before Il O'Clock last
night. BY midnight the ground was covered.
ana the white fakes continued to come down
! thick and heavy until this morning, when the
| snow was civ inches deep on q level. The storm
continues up 10 the time We write, Though the
| fakes are fewer AMI smaller, AMI there are
some lnsIt atlOns of a "clear up" AMI a tbaW
The street cars were bloc kaded, and the gallant
men and beautiful women OF the west end and
GEORGETOWN were forced TO wade the drifts TO
the Departments AMI other places of business
DOWN town. Some few cars tried, with four
horses, TO make their way TO Georgetown, but
The work was too heavy. The Jingle of sleigh
hells was soon heard. however. and in a short
time runners hal sUpplsnted wheels. AS soon
as The snow packs sufficiently on the avenue
that famous thOroughtsre viii doubtless pre-
sent gay scene.
his hole on the I'll INST and pulled il p after him
because lie didn't see his shadow and spring
Was coming right along" IL he is not buried
under a snow drift this morning he must be the
! most Disguised animal who ever left his com
Portable winter quarters on such q FOOLS errand
a. the search Tor warm snnsAipe this February
Then the little birds who are popularity sup
posed 10 assemble on the branches of the trees
| on thE-St. Valentine s-tay, and choose their
mates Tor The coming season and celebrate their
union with billing and cooling and sweet songs
ana make arrangements for their house keeping
during the summer. The branches OF the trees
are loaded with snow and ice this morning; but
|raty' birG. Either our forefathers must have
been q gullible get fQI ninning their faith TO
ground hogs and birds ortlse the clerk OF the
weather Is 'soiDg back" on us.
SCICIDE or Observation-Disclosures D.an Of q
WomoH-WoS She a Eietim 70 Poison On last
Thursday coIored woman named Louisa Her
bert died suddenly at her residence, in an slley
between 9Th and 18th, and and X streets, and
the body Was to have been buried on Sunday
last. In the mean time sus pic ions OF foul play
/ gained ground among the friends OF deceased
and DIR. Ashford was sent for to give . certit-
/ cate OF burial without an examination Of the
body. After examination the Doctor found
| good grounds TO suspect that poison had been
Administered and he removed the stomach, and
| Coroner Potter was n0tined OF the circum-
! stances and yesterday repaired to the house
/ remains were dismissed until the stomach and
4 bTsin can be analysed. The body was given no
! the friends of deceased tor burial with the un.
derstandin. that 1t be produced again II neces-
sAry. The jury meet again next FRIDAY to hear
| the testimony OF the ease.
SNEAK TsIHvKs IN CusToDY-s. YeUeag PIT
ana Ms PGi.-Detective Tillman has lust ar
| rested q notorious sneak thief named Peter
| whsatstraw, alias yellow Pete" who has been
| travelling this city Tor months past, with pa
named Frank Foreman. They are CHARGE
| with larceny, in about . dozen cases, of coats
hats, jewelry, pistols, SC. Their plan of oper q
lions mas been to walk boldly into any private
| house which they could find open, and, il con
ffohted, ask for piece Of bread. pretending To
be on the very verge OF starvation; If not con
iIonted they would lay hands on anything the,
eouid carry OF. Pete Is the same one VIII,
| ISooed Gen. Ingalls,, few years ago. Of valu
ape papers and considerable sum OF money
1ney are locked up at Police Head9 uarters, ant
VIII De brought before the Police Court tor
row.
| THK PROPOSED WASHINGTON AMI T-SroN
TOWN RAILRoAD.-The bill iptrodncsd in IA,
House Yesterday by Mr.. Neeley 10 incoTnorat,
the Washington and UniontOwn Railroad Com
pany enacts, IN addition TO the provisions men
toned in The STAR OF last evening, that IN,
company shall have power at any time withi,
the next seven years TO construct branch roa,
| from the Cniontown line, following As nesrI
| a possible the Marlboro road, 10 the Distric
line. The capital stock of the company shal
not be less than $50 900 nor more than $500 200
in shares Of s25 EACH subscription books there
| Tor 10 be opened within SIX months after III
I passage OF the act. The railway in the city an
TO niontown must be completed in three years
and that IN the county in seven years.
WE REGRET TO LEARN that in conseq uenc
| OF death in the family Of one of the princips
performers, the amateur Performance Of tn
| opera Of Martha, for the benefit of the Provi
dent Aid Society, proposed TO BE- given on Sat
Il uylay then taxi p1ara