Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-02-06

TLad Sturgis NJ Br"lhnai
u. W Martin, Wn \ henderson
". J. Marsh, Matthew Goilt-i,
Calvin Town. II. owen Frcnuu
THE SENATORIAL C0STESTs-Wca II--
giHin.-Thc West Virginia legislature, in loiut
session, mas ballOted eleven times unS lcccSS-
fully for Senator. These ballots are not worth
mentioning. as the democrats have defer
mined that in caucus alone lshOulI this mat
ter be determined. The caucus has ballOte1
forty three times, and last night the result
was as follows :-FOrty-firSt blllot-Walker,
2; o. Key Johnson, Il; CapcrtOn :; BrannOn,
:; scattering, IL. FOrty-second ballOt-Walk-
cr, =; Johnson, Il; BrannOn. 5; CapertOn, 10:
scattering. 6; fOrty-tlIird ballOt-Wal1er, 80;
Johnson, -; CapcrtOn, 2; BraunOA, 3; scatter
ing, 8; necessary to choice, 81. EX-GOv.
sam. Prices name was Withdrawn. Walk
cr'S friends are wild with excitement, and
think they see his triumph near at hand.
They are well organized and confident of sue
cess.
MhmcsO'o.-The vote for United states SEN
atOr taken in the Minnesota legislature yes
teriay was without significance. Active ne
gOtiatiOGS are i'm progress between the demo-
Gratis and Governor Davis. The latter is, on
abundant authority, ready To abandon his
previous party Affiliations. anJ subscribe to
the democratic platform. and 10 divide his
patronage =. Senator with democrats in ca sc
he is elected.
FIorjod-Thern was one ballot in tho Flor.
ida legislature yesterday for United States
Scnatur-JOncS, -, and the rest were seat
tered among eighteen different iniivi lu1ls
Both parties are completely demoraIizel.
WHoLFsALE ESCArE or PRISONERS At
ST. LOUISA 81. LOUIS dispatch saws Ihat
Whe4 the deputy Jailor, John Rauaud, went
TO relieve the WatcAmen. Milleraud Head ,
the jail yesterday morning he found them
locked in a cell and upon examination il was
discovered that Robert Wilmer, Geo. Rankin,
john Hail, j. W. Moore, and Robert Brown.
all notorious cOUnterfeterS. had escaped. IL
'ppedIs that about 8 O'Clock q. m. Wilmer
and Rankin got their cell open, passed out
a 20 fnsnl of
lnan Miller, bound and gagged him, and then
laid in wait for Waterman Head, who they
trcated I'm the same manner, and locked both
IN the cell. At this time, having everything
their own way, they released besides the
other men named John Lee and j. w. Pur-
don, Under charge OF murder, and Dan Bar
row. a hotel thief. They then took the KEYS
from Miller, opened the inside gate, removed
several bricks from the wall underneath the
window. crept through the hole and escaped.
Lee and PurdOn refused 10 leave the iail, and
unbound the watchmUn, but would not un-
lock the cell in which they were confined.
consequently the escape was not discovered
until the time arrived for the regular relief
THE FASTEST TwO-MILE TROTTING
HEATS-The California stallion Sam PUrdy
lfotteu IN private over the Bay District
course two miles in harness in AZ, and re-
pcated in ilj, which time has gone the rounds
Of the press as the fastest two miles ever
trOtted 10y any horse, mare or geliing in the
country. For tine information OF the public
we would state that Mr.. Simmons brown
NitbliDil NrtOf8t W likes was driven DN sam
Mclaughlin IN 1863 two miles to q wagon
over the CentreVille course in 443, trOtting
the hrSt mile in 2.22, and making the second
mile in 22l. The above performance was
also at a private trial. Flora Temple trOtted
ih harness in- public two miles in 4.J9I
against Princess, which l. the fastest two
miles on record. Dexter and Lady ThOrne
uuJlcu TWO miles in harness in 4Jl, which
time goes on record. Dexter and Gen. Butler
tTOtted each two miles in a public race in
4.JG'z to a wagon, which is the fastest WAGON
time on record-N J. Si7', 5tb.
ANDREW JOHNSON first took his seat i'm
the United States Senate in 1851. OF those
who sat there with him there were TOombS
and Davis, and Benjamin, Slideu. Mason
and Hunter. Douglas and Crttenden and
FeSsenden, Sumner and Seward, Brodericll
and Houston and Bell are dead. Hamlin,
and Wilson, and Cameron will greet him in
the Senate on his return. Wade Trumbun
Harlan, Foster, Dixon, and DOolittle are
among those who, still living, have retired 10
private life.
DROUGHT IN NEW HAMPsHIRE-In New
Hampshire the drought is much aggravated
by the extremely cold weather, which freezes
up what little water there is, many farmers
being obliged to melt snow to water their
cattle. Pipes and reservoirs are everywhere
frozen, and the Nashua manufactures run
but three hours day, fearing that the ice i'm
their canals will crush down and freeze to
the bottom, and in many other sections they
have stopped altogether.
THE American Newspaper Advertising
vi NSO IlOWell U TO-, New Ork,
keeps itself persistently before the people by
advertising In newspapers. They evidently
receive their reward, for we have it from a
reliable source that advertising orders issued
by them for their customers have exceeded
three dollars q day since the commencement
OF the year, and this is not a very good year
for advertising, either.
A CoLoRED MAN SHOT DEAD.-The ST.
Mary's Beacon learns that in an alterca tlon
between a colored man, name unknown and
white man named Thomas Milburn, at the
Pine Store, in 81. inigoes district, ST. Mary's
| county on Saturday last the colored man
was Instantly killed by pistol fired by Mil
burn.
NINE VICTIMS.-Thus far eight bodies
have been discovered in the ruins of the
| Beaufort (Canada) Lunatic Asylum which
was burned a few days ago. II is reported
| that one OF the escaped lunatics has kiIlei
his sister at Three Rivers, Canada, with an
axe.
| WHAT Is WIN. s. KING GOING To DO
ABOUT IT?-The Minnesota senate have
unanimously passed the house resolution pre-
| viously telegraphed, calling upoa VIM. s.
| f.,rx IA at.ah "A