Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-09-13

she expected 10 remain some time.
LIEUT.. E. W. VERY. detached from torpedo
instructions, has been ordered to the Naval
Experimental Battery, near Annapolis, Goth
/ slant.
THE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS decides
in the case of Martha Hodges, the widow of
deceased colored soldier, that her living
with another man as his wife would not con-
stttute such remarriage as to work q for
fixture of her pension.
THE FREEDMEN's BANK.-The commits
sioners of the Freedmen's Bank deny that
they have authorized any one to act for or
represent them in the matter of paying divi-
bends. 1t is proposed to dispense with all
a. IT'S at the branches, and to pay dividends
a. the Washington Office direct. 1t is not
known when they will be able to pay divi-
dend. There is now on hand S5l5 900 of the
5000, 900 required TO pay 20 per cent.
SPECIAL FAST MAIL LINE-Erpe,Imental
TTip.-The first of the proposed fast mail
trains OF the Pennsylvania road from Wash
ington via Potomac and Northern Central
railroads. to Chicago, started this morning,
carrying number of packages of newspa
pers for distribution at hotels and newspaper
offices at cities along the route. The train
LETT Baltimore at $50 a. m, and will reach
Between Baltimore and Pittsburg there will
be only two stopDHges, namely, at Harris
burg and Altoona. The only passengers on
TINS experimental trip will be newspaper
editors, &c, from Washington, Baltimore,
Philadelphia and New York. Harrisburg
Will be the point where New York and Phil
adelphia journalists will join those from
Baltimore and Washington. The Baltimore
Sun of to-day says that among the railroad
men VINO Will accompany the fast mail line
will be ID. NJ Boyd, Jr., general passenger
who will proceed from Harrisburg to Pitts.
burg; +. $. Young, of Baltimore, assistant
general passenger agent Pennsylvania rail-
road, VINO VIII go as far as Harrisburg; and
John W. Davis, general agent Northern Cen
trail railroad, who will probably proceed as
far as Chicago.
DEATH OF Hon. HENRY T. BLow.-Hon.
Henry T. Blow, of Missouri, lately one of the
Commissioners OF the District of Columbia
died suddenly at Saratoga, New York, on
saturday last OF congestion of the brain.
The deceased was born in Southampton
county, Virginia, July Is, 1871, and removed
To ST. Louis in $50. He graduated at the st.
Louis University, and subsequently devoted
himself TO the drug business. He served few
years in the state senate, and in 1861 was an
pointed by President Lincoln minister 10
Venezuela, which he resigncu in less than a
year. He was elected TO Congress In 1862
and served on the Ways and Means Com
mittee- He was delegate to the Baltimore
convention In 1sci, and was re- elected to the
Ihil y-ninth Congress. For the past fifteen
years he gave his attention mainly TO mining
interests in Mis- souri, and was president OF
the CRANKY Mining and Smelling Company,
said To be the most successful lead mine in
the Unit-t States. IL is stated that in the
mana cement OF his mines and factories IL
was leading idea of Mr.. Blow to cultivate
the most intimate relationship with his en-
plOyCeS, and the result has been eminentIy
satisfactory, as strike at his mines or
manufactures are among the things deemel
1mpo 1sible. He appointed to the re Ipon-
slble Office Of commissioner 10 locate the Gus
tom house at St. Louis and fina,ig the PreSi=
dent appOint0i him as one OF the Commits
sloners OF the District of Columbia. After
resigning his Office of District commissioner
he returned to st. Louis, where he devoted
himself 40 bis extensive business pursuits
until disease cauS-i him To seek relief by a
,lsIt 10 the watering places.