Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-12-23

30 90 H. Harvard Ccilege. The tee wss trans
:, rf.a 10 tse col ese upon ~ sgreeuaent 70 pay
81 stSoe 60 .ioha Amoss Head. Upon con.,d-
- Afion o. maTTiage be conveyed ta;s snnaityD
rs VIE, Charlotte EnZabsth HesA sai it va
$50 70 aer tsr sere YearS. tnf' she precared
divorce nom her husband m Vernon. ugoa
G ms,lsint that De treated her with intrisrable
severity Both claimed the aaaait-. ana the
college, comes IN TO know % whom = paw 't.
The court holds that the right OF the wife taras
annuity ceased ~ the sine Of the divorce. ~
cree Tor defendant. Head. Costs % plainslnf -
he taxed a. hetwesp solicitor aud client. out 81
JosTHsi, Dee. Is
bVhsisS on AiNADsks EABsHSAcLE-fH
Tres BGitaaNg Not F.F,-proof.-rhe Coutr.t
Presbyterian TaAernscle in S~hsrr, ,ri,,ra
street. BrceklyD. Rev. he witt T.Imaage. us.-
Z r, WAS DESTROYED hy IRE yesterday TnOrnins.
~ fTe broke out ~ $50 clock. tae .sNten I'D
bis assistant being tae only persons In the baii-
ing a. the time. and originated in one of tie
tues strong gale wss blowing. sud ne flames
SWEPT round the church ceiiIng and salis which
we're Of corrugated iron. and becsue red haf
cog ed NJ sIdfell. The mammoth iub 'e organ
we soor burned 20 4 cindsr. ard the whole in-
tsrior OF the edifce became q mas OF auaes.
The roof fell in AZ All past ter. aud saan agler
TIE eup9is containing the bell, Wete hing tNp
Thousand pounds. The Tabernacle Wa erecse
10 1870, az cost OF ST5 0o0, and. being buiit or
corrugated iron. was rcgs nded - rra- proor. For
Il ives purchased the Boston Coliseum orr.
the largest instrument In the eOnntry.
II a
The grand jury was discharged yester ~. &c
has disEso sed of Is csses. leaving leo priS1s
cares yet Enacted upon. Indictments wers
found In nesrly all OF the cases of which TO
grand inquest took cog1'z1n-c. Among the
indie ments found are thoss s..ainst Victor
Z. woodruff, Tennessee Clsatn, and Jam :
IL Blood Tor libel upon Lut-ieI g. CAsliiss, ari
against James Z. Maxwell TO- lry npOn tie
preliminary examination Of WOG aull. CiAfiin
N Co., before Justice Fowler. hese defend
ants are to appear and plead To tire indie ments
them MnnIaE Hran -
Train and his associates engaged iu the pablica-
ton OF q newspaper called The Train Tigne
have been indicted Tor an alleged lbeL-N. 4
Irtbtae, 2lSt-
TIE HARPER TRAexpY-Arr,s, If rs San
posed harderer.-The brutal aud cold-hloOded
murder of Adam Harper and bis aged Il ter. al
their house, near Midway, Wooaiord c0aaty,
little over one year ago, IL still fresh in the
minds Of our readers. The authors OF this afro
eious crime made their escape az the time and
although every effort was m sde "a capture them
and large rewards we're offered for their appre-
heiisHcn, they managed to elud. the vigilance OF
the officers. A few days ago a cOlored man
went to the farm OF Mr.. Jno. Sheets, living near
WestpOrt, Nv, and applied for work and was
employed. While talking 20 him, Mr.. Sheets
noticed that he fully answered 90 the descrip-
ton given of enc OF the murderers of Nr. and
Miss Harper, and at once arrested him AMI
Heked him uP.-Loalsrllle Az ceHReTaa.
SoNB OF PRESIDENT GRANTS LAND IN
CoURT.-On the sth Ult. the = gersOn property,
u.
sold under a partition order OF the circuit court
for the benefit OF the heirs of =. VI. Hughes ana
g. p. Sandersor. Before this P-esi iert Grant
had purchased the interest OF Calvin r. Brrns
IN the property. and owing 20 absence was not
aware OF the a. ndency OF the sut tor parfttf0n
or the consequent safe. and stheraf,re unable
Il fahe sHoh steps a. m ght have heea necessary
10 protect his Interest. These facts having
been properly represented. .IadSe knight or
deTsd the sale To- he set aside vest. r,lay tue
costs escept sheriff. fees, 90 be borne by
L -. Farsrga n -.
Az INrRIsoNgD HUSBAND sVEEs RKtyKAsy.
David Ll,htenstein. nearly two wears 40. MAJ
red Phehe Hart, sister OF josh Harf. OF rbe
heater COmique. The married life OF tbs
couple was isr from happy. De was iussnely
jealous, she alleges, and treated her 30 harshiy
that >he was compelled 10 leave him and 20 sae
fOE limited divorce. This she secured the
court ordering her husband 20 pay her -
week alimOny and $40 counsel tees. Ne ne
elected TO do so, and was put in Lad'OE street
jail Tor contempt Of court. He applied yester-
oay TO be released. Judge Leonard reserved
decision.-A. y. World, 2lst.
A BEILIeEREsT PAssESGER.-Lss' week.
while the passenger train on he q. * -. X. x.
wac going AT twenty-five miles an hour. near
Cralgsville, Va, a Young man named HarrI-
son, while under the influence OF liquor at
tempted 70 pass from one car TO another and
rolled off, The train was stopped aud he was
taken aboard in an unconscious condition. with
an ugly wound on has head. While the SYM
PATH zing crowd were looking at him Awaiting
his death, the voung fellow woke up under ,ie
impression that some one had strnek him. sUd
onered TO whip any passenger aboard he train
REFERRING TO rBr WILL OF the late Edwin
Forrest, the Philadelphia Age remarks, thai
nc merton Is made in IL OF Mrs. Forrest who
we believe, was never divorced from her hus-
band, and may assert her rights a a widow
These, IN Pennsylvania, will not materially
Diminish the hequest Of the widow has only a
life estate in one third. and tha. is bat a iran
sient interruption OF a bequest TO a permanent
Charity. In the personal estate, Mrs. Forrest.
unless there has been some 0bstace interpOsed
by voluntary stipulation, will, we suppose,
have an absolute interest in one-thiId.'
SU'CrDH IN GENITAL PARK.-Yestsriay AZ
ternoon information was received n the cor
oner's Office from Mr.. Frederick Law Oimsteai.
OF the Central Park commission, at a few
hours previously a man named Charles john
son, about nifty wears of age, had commit 1ed
suicide in the park by shooting himself with
Derringer pistol, but The motive that prompted
Tire man 20 terminate hts existence DID not an
pear. The body OF deceased, who lived in -
east it, street, was sent TO the morgue, AMI Cor
oner Herman notified to hold an inquest.-N.
j. Herald, 22d.
ARRESTS PoR- BETSs CoScERSKD IN rHE
FORGERY OF MISSISSIPPI WARRAsTs.-.JaS.
NJ. Curre, chief deputy in the New Orleans
navel Office Of the custom house, was arrested
on Friday and sent TO jail at jackson, Miss, on
the charge OF being concerned In the Mississp-
pi warrants forgery case. Half a million OF
these warrants have been sold throughout the
country. VIZ. Bunbam and Edward Thorn
York, and DIR. q. s. Swan and W. g. Street
were arrested in New Orleans on the same
charge.
SUICIDE OF vIRersrAN.-In 1872, Mr.. VIM.
b. ShuPe, of Montgomery county. Pa. pur-
chased the Lebanon White Sulphur Springs in
Augusta county, about II miles from StOuntOn,
Va, and went there TO reside. Not long since
his business affairs became involved and hs
went 10 Philadelphia TO straighten them
While there a security debt for $1,000 was
Unexpectedly brought against him and sian
further involved his affairs. In despair ne got
pistol and one night last week shot himself
He was dead when found.
~A Vermont hotel has lady clerks.
6The Khan, of Khiva has summoned the
auxiliary tribes to assist him against Russia.
- Harvard students have got permission 20
smoke.
@NewpOrt has = league to suppress male
fiits
Rwithout good clothes, life is indeed a
burden.
~There seems to be an epidemic Of missing
men.
~Blue-blaek kid gloves are the lately i'm