Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-10-16

Gree more VIII uie, anu tour are ureadfully
maTed, bat viii recover Mrs Monkey, the
mother Of uree OF the children, ran % help
them, and received fatal injuries.
An Irrigating Convention.
L,hsNhk, NoLs october ia convention OF
delegates mostly from western ,taies and terri
torse' 70 CONSIDER the subject OF irrlgatf0n. ana
20 devise means by which tho great > rpa,,.s -
rsinless ccuutry between ths Missouri river sr.s
koeky mountains, ~ well on the Pacif.c
slope, can be brought under irrigation - a. n.
make the same valuable, Taet here yesterday
and organized.
ON Hair Time.
PRovInENCE, X. l., October 1.-THE Gro,on
mills al WoUi socket. have posted y notice that
they will run on bait time. other manufac-
tories are contemplating the same thing
Sentenced 60 he HING.
AunrRN, y. Y, October is.-Nic aei Dauo-
hue has been sentenced TO Dc hang on The tOth
OF December for numbering = t,i Ioa-copyif,f Ar
the Auburn state prison.
New CabIe Laid
hAtlFAN, oC'cbrr T.. ac steamer Roher.
Lowe has arrived here from cape Fotm milne
having successfully tad the nee cable h-tWeen
i'A'e he -NL HLo- lsl..a 80 lie mainland.
Tar HoN.JANEs BEooNs SNAr.-The Apollo
nan Congressional convention met last ight al
lol avenue u % select a candidate Tor the seat
made vacant By the destl 1T the Hoa. James
brooks. Mr.. solomon MshrHach was chosen
chairman. % was deemed sIrisabl, - defer
nominating Tor the present aud tho following
nan Ell gentlemen were appointed % confer with
outside organizations. W. "a LYONS. Thomas n
sullivan, Nicholas Haught0n, Dr. w p Woos-
ter; and Richard L. Welsh. The delegates GEN
orally expressed much opposition 20 the nomi-
nation OF Hon. :. :. Cox, whose tzrig record IL
dlstasieful 20 them. IL they see any Feasibility
Of bringing any other organi zaton 10 tbei1 mn,
FORT, they are In favor OF W. W. Vanderbilt
y. Y. SEE, i5ih.
TIE WOMEN HEARD-Lliigs af M, Boilo, r..
o. u. Etq59r Qassiiun-At Bushnell, H., an
election held on Saturday called for an express
slon OF the citizens for or against licenses for
the sale of intoxicating liquors. The Judges OF
the election decided that ~ the election was for
general expression Of sentiment, they would
receive the votes of the ladies. In few hours
10 OF the most respectable and independent la
dies IN the city assembled at the MethOdist
Episcopal Church, aud from there marched 10
the polls and deposited their ballots against
license. This emphatic and resOlute example
Of the ladies aroused the temperance element
and whisky was defeated by an Oyerw Ginning
majority.
A KLEPToNANIAo PARDosKD.-At SPRING
held, H., in the circuit court, on Monday a
man by the name OF Lee, who lad been OF
hciating as superintendent OF q SUNDAY school
At llliopolis, was arragned for stealing various
articles that pertained % the school. lie plead
guilty, and was fined $50 and sentenced 10 i'm
pTisonment in the county jail Tor thirty davs
shortly after his sentence, it was ascertained
that he was klePtomaniac, and that IL was
believed 10 be physical impOsslbllity for him
10 restrain his habit Aside from this his char
acter Was good, and he stood high in the COM
ih a petiUon was gotten up, signed by
the lawyer aud the court, asking his pardon
and, upon presenting IL 10 Gov. Beyerffl,e he
at once ordered his pardon.
YELLOW FEVER NoTEs.-The number or
deaths in Memphis up 20 noon YESTERDAY from
yellow fever was thirty-fiye. The latest report
state That the disease Is becoming more sat
tered. Localities heretofore exempt from the
plague are now infected. There j. no cause
Tor fear Of the epidemic spreading in the coun-
= 0[Ta wFTH
immediate abandonment by the frightened citi-
zens. lt Is evident that thieves are docking 20
the city, several attempted robberies OF houses
ana persons having already been detected.
At Montgomery, Ala, but i've deaths have
beenreported within the past - hours.
GEN. CUSTER gets obstreperOus occasionally.
oul ne ~ nevertheless one Of the very best cav
airy officers in the United States army. In one
OF the recent fights with the Sioux indians.
when the enemy's force was double his own lis
ammunition gave out. Instead of ordering a
precipitate retreat on the troops some miles in
the rear, which would have probably ended in
a panic and a massacre he ordered a sabre
charge on the Indians, put them 20 flight, AMI
eompeEed them 20 seek shslter in - the bad
isnos;r Thst is the way TO do business--Den-
is0n, Tezas, Neg SoEth.
"REsPEcrABILIrY" rs SorTEwKsrrpx
IENNRssEE.-At place called BOydsyiile, in
Weakly county, Of Tennessee, a negro girl wa
murdered last week by a party Of ten arme
humans, under circumstances of unspeakabls
was buried without inquest or legal iDouirv Of
any sort, and efforts are now being made. = we
are told, Ito hush the matter up. because of the
pants in the outrage" II this is respeetabilitv
In Tennessee, what in the name of law and AZ.
cency is ruffiani SIN?
Bold BANK RoBBERY.-The frst national
Oank OF Athens, Pa, was robbed last Nondar
6y hve men, who seized and bound the cashier
Twenty Thousand dollars were taLen r,asti,
special deposits. While the cashier WAS work,
ing al hls desk at 1880 a. m. five men came in
anu gagged and handcuffed him. The yault
doors being open, the robbers secured every
lhlng mat was therein and escaped. The cashier
was FOUND on the floor of the back Office AT 4
CLOCK tne next morning, not hurt, but in a
state OF nervous exhaustion.
MRS. ALLEN, TaE ALLEGED HUSBAND
PoIsoNER.-Mrs. Allen was arrai0ned beT,re
the Judge OF the circuit court of Augusta Va
on monday morning, on the charge OF pOisonipg
net husband, and, the indictment having been
sequence of the absence of material witnesses
on behalf OF the commonwealth, the case was
continued TO the first day of March term of tbe
granted. NM
TIE PHrLADKLPHIA srRTKg.-At a meetipo
OF the strikers OF Southwark foundry YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON, report was received that Mr. Nor
Ih, the proprietor, was willing 10 Compromise
6y making a reduction Of 10 per cent. instead OF
20, on the wages of mechanics and a CORE
spending reduction on laborers' wages. on Ia
king vote, 179 voted for resumption. and i0I
sgaihst. Inc men went % present themselves
thls morning at the gates of the foundry.
JAIL DELlvERY.-Last Sunday night several
prisoners broke jail at Independence Iowa nv
hrst knocking down the keeper who brought
mem their supper, then possessing themselves
OF the Keys and getting out. The alarm OF fire
was raised TO inform the tOwnspeOple of what
mad happened, but, although a large force went
IN search OF the fugitiyes, they were not cap
tured at last accounts. f