Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-06-02
GEO. W. SEWARD,
L. y. GRANT SEWARD.

ALMOST ANOTHER WIFE MURDER-.t
Womda's Head and Wrist BADLY Cut tgih a RI
s9r.-On Saturday night a cutting ARRAY took
place in Fighting alley. A colored IN IN named
James Potter came home from the fishing
shores. where he had been employed and AL
leging that he found his wife too intimate with
another man, after an alteration he rushed at
her with razor, and cut her severely on the
head and arm. As soon as she could get into
the street she raised an outcry, and Officers
Maskwood add Shay took HIM to the first pre-
ciDct station house, and DIR. McWiIliams was
summoned, who dressed the wounds which he
pronounced quite serious. Potter was arrested,
ana Judge Smell to-day committed him to jail.
STRAWBERRIES AND DoGs.-The farmers of
Anne Arundel county, Nd, are noted for cult
vating straw berries and dogs. The latter pro-
tect the former from Expectations of ALL sorts
OF quadrrpoGs and biz eds. Dog trading is as
common there as horse trading, and when a
to clip lock of hair from the end Of the dogs
tail and place it under the door sill OF the house
This Is TO prevent the dog from any desire to
run away, and IL is said that the remedy il Al
ways effectual. This receipt is not given for
the benefit OF city owners Of dogs who would
do better II aft"r citing off the tail thew threw
the res' o. L. - way.
FIRST STREET last IL now being graded
from Z street north TO Pennsylvania avenue,
Capitol street and Pennsylva nia avenue, front
ing the eastern Capitol grounds. The track of
the Metropolitan railroad company have been
iaid along street from New Jersey avenue
eastward 70 Delaware avenue, preparatory to
changing from the present route along New
Jersey avenue and across the Capitol grounds.
BUILDING PERMITS issued to-day:-A two
story brick dwelling, ID street east, between
East Capitol and south A streets, for A. DaV
Burr; twostory brick dwelling, 18th street, be-
tween @ and H northwest, for Mrs. Guyon; a
two-stOry brick addition for f.. E. White, Lou
isiana avenue, between 9Th and 7th streets,
northwest; three-stOry brick store and dwell
ling, west side eth, between G and H streets,
northwest, for F. w. sellhauser.
CASES OF SMALL Pox REPORTED To DAY
One ON Myrtle street, between lst and North
Capitol and n and streets northeast; one cor
ner or 9th ana II streets southwest; one between
~ and 9Th and and streets 3. W.; one on
sth street, between G and II south vest; two in
alley between ~ and 9Th and H and streets
southwest; ono on N, between Half and list
streets southwest; and one on n street, between
HAN and LIST streets southwest. =,
tives McEifresh and Sargent arrested Henry
NJ. Beale, colored servant employed in the
building occupied by the Board OF Heath, on
the charge OF the larceny Of several Articles of
clothing and spectacles. The stolen property
Vas recovered, and Beale was taken to the Pc.
lice Court, convicted, and sentenced to six
ROCKY POINr HorRL-lt will be soon Ov tina
advertisement elsewhere that this wen knoWn
summer resort, on Narragansett Bay. Rhode
ls,ands WIN open juno 18th. -, ! =
-e-stx Africans are now candidates for holv
orders ct Cape Palmas, Africa.
Inc OId Catholics 81 Germany ere TO elect
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