Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-01-31

SHOCKING WIPE MURDER IN VIRGINIA.--On
Thursday night about nine O'Clock Washington
Jones, who resides In the vicinity of Haws'
shop, Hanover, Va, eight miles from the court
Louise, was heard by passing colored m an cry
ing murder at his front door. The man at
tracted by the sound, approached the door aud
asked Jones what was the matter. He stated
that some one was in the house and had muir
dered his wife. He entered, when Jones said to
MIN, 81 want you to go and see il my wife is
dead" The party thus instructed made An
examination and found the woman lying on the
bed with two cuts across her forehead, which
were evidently done with an axe. Mrs. Jones
s M 20 the man. ma !, "no negro has killed me- but
treated to an upper room and locked himself in.
The neighbors were summoned, and Jones was
put under arrest at his own house. The doctors
say that Mrs. Jones cannot possibly recover.
The wounds, which were inflicted by new axe
recently purchased by Jones, presented q
CHASTITY appearance. Her age is So wears and
crime is unknown. He is dr liking man, and it
is supposed he was under the influence of
liquor. The parties are wealthy.
SUSAN B. ANTHONY DIsGUsrRD.-MissS Susan
b. Anthony, Mrs. Gage and Mrs Blake ad-
5s S Of 1as
demanded right for the women to vote, or an
exemption of women from taxes. At the con-
cluson Of their speeches they asked the COM
mittee to reply, but were unable to extract
word from them. Mrs. Blake at last said to one
OF them, "C0lonel Spencer, IL you say nothing
We snail take your silence rs q conversion to our
doctrine" Spencer was quite evasive and an
swered, "If anything could convert me 1t would
be your pretty face" Miss Anthony then rose
hastily and said that IL anything disguised q
true woman 1t was such a remark as had just
fallen from Colonel Spencer's lips. She hoped
the time would soon come when men would see
intellect and culture In women, and not merely
pretty faces.
DEATH OF Two SIsrERs.-The ALBANY Times
says that Abigail and Alice Mackey, aged re-
spectively "a and 20, daughters Of AleIa nder
Mackey, Of Potters Hollow, Albany county
expired last Thursday afternoon under some
what remarkable circumstances The elder of
the two had been suffering for some time from
the measles, but was supposed to be GETTING
better, whom on that day she began To chohs
and In little while expired. Her sister rs so
much affected BY this event that she vas tsken
With At, and In two hours after she Alan disd
The mother Of the two girls il the dan ohter ~
BENZ Palmer, OF Potters HolIoV. ana siste, ~
Potter Palmer, Of Chicago. W
~Dio Lewis says that every body who usee
tobacco loses his buoyant spirits, and becomes
MOODY ana peevtsh. The doctor must have q
people. ~ @''.s
@Bsfore drowning herself, Ida wheeler
wIote 70 the Louisville Courier-Jourual an
uouncing ner Intention. Her grievance was
tnat nef fsther was going to send her to . con-
vent Tor schooling and discipline.
Sacramento dealer In hair oil, WAC sol
on the principle Of emo cure, no pay" mas sued
one of his bald-headed customers, ard the latter
demands q bald-headed jury, In order that ne
may be tried By his peers.