Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-08-09

goes. The inventor believes that II HilI revoln-
49, ~ ,.e VIC wagon business. Experiments
lave oeen made with one roughly constructed.
only four feet in diameter. which wss freighteI
with $500 pounds OF iron and seven men on she
OUTSIDE, which WAS carried easily over level
roads BY one horse. The tracks w.. ,e,,'h
and the entire model imperfect, but tie ex,,sst
ment greatly encouraged the inventor, who bas
applied for a patent and VIII have a worktng
model on exhibition at the state fair. The from
be 50 far has been 20 give the thing a name
which viii Re descriptive OF its construction and
use. Many have been suggested. Among than,
revolving sled, f" "bRrrel railroad" "cyhniri-
cal wagon" ''drum coach" ''roller PORTAGE
and the orc Used hy ~. "rOad cylinder" Ike
All inventors, billy is laughed az FOR the
quaint novelty OF his invention, and his neigh
bors talk Of placing the machine under bonds
not TO Kill sheep or trcspsss upon the dairy; but
"he laughs best who laughs last, >" and Billy Is
reserVing his laugh for final chuckle.
QUEER Story Nan S,-.zdlss a 50 Lou,
Stare Dtd!er Ott s. S25o dad I0is0Hs las Tic.ias
% EscGpc.-On Wednesday last a man cans %
St louis in search OF one j. c. Long, who ne
said had sw indled him out of $3.50. He said that
he met Long in st. Louis. Long told him that
lie had a fiatbost loaded with 45,Uo0 slaves, near
the mouth Of Ohio river, below Columbus XIV,
for which he could get Si6o per lo0O at New
orleans, showing numerous letters 10 cOrrObO-
rate the fact. lie did not. however. have quite
money enough to move the slaves. The gentle
man, after investigating the letters. con-
GUIDED that all WAS right, and agreed 20 advance
5000 on the slaves, for which he was 20 receive
bring, deducting the first cost. Both then pro-
ceeded 10 Columbus by rail, and then hired a
skin and colored man 90 row them 20 the
place where the slaves were. When near tho
place Mr.. Long drew forth a bottle from his
pocket and after first putting IL 20 his mouth:
offered IT to the other gentleman, who took
nearly drink and gave IL to the colcred man.
who also took big drink. They then went
ashore and proceeded 10 q farm house When
near the house both the gentleman ana tie
colored msn were taken yery sick with yomit-
ing, anu experienced the sensation of being
poisoned. Mr.. Long LETT them there ava re-
turned to the boat, and after throwing the bot
tie from which they had drank overheard. LEFT
Tor parts unknown. The gentleman and col
ored man were taken care OF 10y the farmer AMI
after applying several remedies, they finally re-
covered, having been sick from nine O'clock in
the morning until dark. The next morning thew
went TO the skiff and found that their cIothiny
had been searched. and the man Long had ltft
After making inquiries at the mouth OF the Oblo
and being assured that no such boat LOAD OF
slaves, nor a man by the name of c. p. Long was
known there, they returned TO St Louis.
TREATMENT OF LONDON IMPosroR.-For
some month II appears woman styling herself
the Honorable Mrs. Treheane occuRiel fhe
Judges lodgings at Devices, in Wiltshire, Eng
land She patronized the various tradesmen in
the most extensive manner, obtained proses-
slonal assistance from doctors, got her win made
by lawyer, ordered q stained glass window for
the Roman Catholic Chapel, and promised
1000 for new chacel This arreused tie at
tentlon ofthe Catholic bishop, who remembered
similar circumstance In connection with the
English watering place OF Scarborough; and
from communications made by the police, ii
was discovered that the "Honorsble Mrs. Ire
herne, was known at several gaOs. Trades
men discovered that their property was sent
on in large packages TO London cOnfederates
Lawyers were Thea consulted, but no mode was
discovered by which they could take effective
action. Ora given morning, however, IL WAS
found that the lady was about TO leave the town
and the fact being generally made known, rot
ten eggs were Collected, and a large crowd as
sembled at the railway station. No sooner had
the impostor made her appearance than some
eggs were thrown and broken over her head and
lace, hlling the air with perfume. She was then
hustled, knocked down and trampled upon.
being finally rescued by the police and allowed
10 oorart, but not, We are told, until she had
been considerably bruised and frightened.
Domestic DIscIPLINE-.Hly a Has5anf WHIP
Lis we, or Eice IeTSd--The Supreme Court OF
North Carolina has recently delivered in icment
IN the case of the State against Rhodes an an
peal from the superior court OF Wilkes county.
On the trlal below the verdict was as follows
: We find that the defendant struck Elizabeth
Rhodes, his wife, three licks with a sv Itch about
the size OF one OF his fingers, (but not as large
AS mans thumb without any prOyoca.io1
EXCEPT some words uttered by her and not recol-
lectod by the Witness" On this return the YER
dict . not guilty." was entered by the Judge.
ana the appellate court allows il TO stand saw
ing; [" IL VIII be observed that the ground up6n
which We have put this decision is not that the
husband has the right 70 whip his wife much or
little, but that We Will not interfere with family
government IN trifiing cases. We will no more
interfere where the husband whips the wife
than where the wife whips the husband: a nd Vet
We would hardly be supposed 70 hold that n wife
mas right TO whip her husband. We will not
innict upon society the greater evil of raising
the curtain upon domestic privacy 70 punish the
lesser evil OF uifing violence"
Missions wEDpNG.-A corresropdep. of the
London Echo, describing the marriage of Mis-
son, saws; IN. Auguste R0uzeaud, The BRIDE
groom, II sli2htly-daTk, English looking man,
OF middle height, With brown beard anu mus
tache The charming and distinguished bride,
IN her dlaphanOus white, Is too well known 10
need description. The i've bridesmaids one OF
whom was little girl, were dressed ia the new
peacock" blue, with wreaths Of PINK roses in
Their hair, and each carried a magnificent bou-
quet. As TO the bridegrOOm's costume, II was
thst OF the ordinary English gentleman, light
ened by pale blue tie. The service WAS most
lmLressiVely performed by Dean Stanley, and
al the singing Of tle cborols the wedding process
sion moved TO the altar. the very Vouthfal
bridesmaid bearing the splendid bouquet Of the
6a.de. After the Conclusion OF the service and
The singing OF the register, Al. and Nine. R0u-
Zeaud. nee Nilsson, left the Abbey. Deans
yard, through which the bride was 20 pass on
her return, was densely packed with an admir-
ing crowd, body OF police being present TO
me- 'ntain way Tor the wedding party to pass.
A MONSTER SNAKE-As MIR. George KusiIs
was crossing the mOgHtsin from SlOcuIn. a Little
to the left OF the read, he discovered A large
snake coiled around young hickory tree, tail
mp. He gradually aVl,rUaC he'd ms snaksshiD.
OF the tree. To his surprise nc was merely milk
ing the ccw rs babe woald sUcke the breast
of its mother. MIR. kusdle, after satisfying
himself that II was mutual understanding be-
tween the COW and tie snake, procured a large
club and destroyed the snake Tire COW bel
lowed as though she had lost a cali. Itwasa
monster black snake. Of the blue racer species,
measuring u feet inches in length and o
inches ia circumference. WikeSbGrre (Pal
Daily.
An IMPRovEMENT ON CREDIT Win YAuR
TAlLoR.-Lsst night, Bedford A. " hitnev bar
tender in WOrden's saloon. * the southeast cor
ner Of Amity and nercer streets, heard some
one moving ABOUT up stairs. Knowing that Mr..
Werds:ss family were out, he armed himself
nth policeman's club and went up stairs. II
the garnet he saw man perfectly naked and In
the act of putting on a suit Of clothing belong
ing to MIR. Worden, while q large bundle OF
clothes were packed up ready for removal.
Whitney asked him what he was doing, where
upon the thief assaulted him. whitney dealt
him stunning blow on the head with the club,
and beat him into submissions-A. L. san, Stk
instant.
What fruit does q newly-married connie
most resemble?-A green pear.
6rA new street-car has beer Stted M, ,r