Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-09

a.. ~ $500, - - P,nnNvIvani. te,,i,.-,.y,
lands valued m $1,000 0a0. To- n port ON oS
which Michael Is hear. Inc ruraaT was cor
rect. Forty years ago hs'cla i Hogan. thess
u years Of age. and ar unc.' ne only sur
ViVors OF n one" mum anpuS fa'stly, came IN
this country anu adopted q a. trJir OWL
Michael. hard-Norking. industrious Dung
man, finally took up his r-SijCncc in West
Troy The uncle welt - PnrNNille Pa. or
that vicinity. and, after labor.ng numb,r
OF years. purchases with his earnings q
large tract 81 land. Michael also saved
money, and IN the cCr-rsc of time laid by
enough to stnrt him~'lf in the crpc-ery
business. in which 10 can hc trufhiully Sait
ne has proSpcrst. Thc Vcature 81 his
uncle turned out 10 be a most prph ahle
one. The lands purchased by him were found
to contain abundance NJ coal, aud by tudici-
Gus management H. gradually INCREASE II his
earthly StorC until sst the time 81 his death.
which oCcurrtd n few weeks etso. ne was
worth about s5oOo0O0 Last week MichaeI
received information f~am an attorney that
his uncle, with whom III had not cDmmuni-
catet for siNteCn years. n vi died. and that ha
was his only surviving heir- Michael Was
n~t At all clatei ~ This n announcement. and
appeared rather sorrN in ia - that such cood
fortune had come - HIM. We was gctttng
old, he said. and would not want - muCa
money: besides lae bat enoi 'kh lor himself.
vile and daughter. and tire 20 -, >Sioh 81 tas
imlNenSc amount mentioned above would
only bring trouble and dis.-r are upon his
iamity eventually. a. young I seonlc nova
day. I'D rot know how To spci ~ money
IFog " ~ Iiises.
He LENDER SEh ~ Ia Is aeIli IN
writer SAYS "Aftcr Wprc uIan t@ui year,
struggle against had taste Ne haNs ~ last
arrived AZ something pleasant ~ the eye OF
taste. Gr"Cian drapcrs~ arr all thu vogue
now. and woman, when dressed ac spTritug TO
ia" btSt arknoN lodged Fashion OF tle GAY. ~
sem hlcs "A beautiful marble statue. ca srllcf
10y a master hand. NJ mon pulls. no more
CriUolinCS the folds OF the tlrtS>. TalliuLoVpr
the figure, are it, sole ornaments. u e. ma
turc, ID Is art in all It's Suuiimity. Hut tout
figures must beware. their ruf-n A. over
aud They hat rCigneI long enough. With
Them the waist had pnt Irril al Sapllpar rcd ,af
women began Co look like bags OF nour. q fef
IN an. middle. Tn a word. they looked like
bundles Of iaf dressed up iu snowy rasg.
like prize meat at Christmas time. But
thoN were tn fashion. and fashion called
Ihcm plump u il only very, very lately.
that slim figures have r,a>>Umsi their once
supremacy. and English and American girls
may claim the merit pf This. Their supple.
retN-likc figures could mot long remain un-
noticed and the elegance OF their lithesOmo
waists became the cnyy at ul"ir plump
saw this. ANA saw also lhai she could not
longer contend with those ~ iI,h like uymphS
of oIi'rr-U,s7'. We. tor. viii H. slim a. we
were wont 10 De-, they said. And they con-
suited their dre~~makrrS. The result was the
abolition Of pulls. which di>gui>hed The
shape. and the rcintroiuction Of plain skirts
which alone ShoN OFT thc S'rrcutlup line, OF
"A Wcll-maac figure. ami the ruriSirnnp. with
her easy grace and matchlrSs figure Il ouca
more before ue ana all her .. sine glory"
\ LOVES STRArEGN.-For some tiu-
Scheniclidcr, atailor residing at west NtS
York. has been engage 10 a. married u a
young man. Howell 4. burning. pmploycf
ln "A large New York clothing house. Lee
particE having met frequently 40 a place 20
which uc girl was In the habit Of taking her
fathers completed work Mr.. Scncnfcilder
ana hiS vito were opposed 10 the marriage,
and. after forlidling Dunnirg thc house L,pt
Louise athpme. closely Wa tching her. Sunday,
however. the young people asrl toaNoId
The parents and went 10 New Work where
they we've married. They returned ard an
nounCed this fact To fhp parents. when Dun
Ming was summary ciectrt and has wi q
locked i'm a second tory room. AZ night she
attempted 10 escape hy the window hat ,,ll.
proceed 20 Hobokcn, where she expected TO
lind her husband. she w..s "a ken in lhc house.
ami her injuries were such a. 10 confine her
10 bed. Tuesday night Cunning. accDmpa-
nlpu by some friends, went 20 the mouse aud
demanded hi> wife. SrhcnieildcT came out,
and while the two engaged i'm an angry dis
CJIssion. Cummings friends entered the house
and removing his wife LON ord carried her
INTO carriage ia waiting. in which the
whole party was driven To Hpbnken The
young couple. ~ Is understood, have gone
NeSt-N T. World Sh.
SELLING \ BISHOPS CARRIAGE FOR
IAAES.-A CORES pOndrnJ writes 10 Us from
~. John, y. b.. describing the public sale OF
Bishop SWcency'S carriage and other le.ical
property for nOu-payInent OF taxes. The
auction sale went ON ia the midst Of "A crowd
largely composed Of little boys, who ieereI
the constable auctiOneer. 1hc Bishops taxes
amounted to S2l7.i0, which ne refused 20 paw.
on the ground that no catholic citizen can
"cOHScicntiOusly and willingly" contribute
10 The support OF schools ia watch his rel zion
iS attacked and insultsl. Tha Bishops coach.