Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-08-13

Inc thlru ana last race OF me day was sell
ing race, for all ages, for a purse of 500 one
mile and quarter. Nine started. The race
was won by Brigand by three lengths, Sur
yivor second, Caroline third, and Leander
Rochester RGces.-fhe PSI race was called at
p. m. Lady 1urpin won The heat and race
il 2.2iA IDOL second, Nellie Walton third
In the 242 race, niue entries six started
Lucille Gold Dust won in three straight heats
beatirg Sensation. Bella. Seafoain. Thomas
Young, and Grafton. Time, 2l2%, 2204
The 2 p race, purse 500. brought out Mol
lie Morris, Eva, Belle, BIaSfieid, Carrie
Rarus, Ell Madden. BERTHE and Frank Fer
susOn. IN the pools Rarus was the fsvnrife
and took the first aud IhirI heats. MoIIte
second, ard Eva fourth. The race was then
postponed till to-day. Time, 2Z3a, 2.2i1;
Pools sohI last night as follows on the free
FOR all: Goldsmith Maid 800. field so in
Guiding Lulu, American Girl and Ncttie. In
The 80 class Nerca is favorite al 50; Hall
second choice at $50, and field so. Benton
Bryant and Lady Thompson are drawn.
THE SUICIDE or An ING LIsH LADY
TIE Rody FOsmd-On Wednesday afternoon
the body OF a female was found on the edge
Of an island Ofthe SUSQuehanna river, about
five miles east OF Harrisburg, Pa. On We'd
nerday evening Of last week Mrs. Rebecca
Forbes was placed in charge or a Penn
sylvania railroad conductor al New York
who was requested 10 watch her movements.
as she was unaccOmpanied and her mind
was somewhat affected. On the way west
She informed the conductor that her mental
arrangement was the result of fright. One
OF The passengers on the vessel on which she
came from England 10 America had offered
her ugh indignity. She had ticket for
san Francisco. At DUucannon, about fit
teen miles west OF Harrisburg, the lady dis
appeared, and portion OF her clothing. with
pOckCtDOOk, containing considerable
money, were found on the track "A
few miles west IF DuucannOn. Her hat and
shawl and several articles of jeWelIy she left
IL her seat. The body found on Wednesday
is supposed 10 be that of Mrs. Forbes who
threw herself into the Ju1iata river, near Is
conf iuenCe with the SuSQuehanna The
CORPSE tiOated ahOut twenty miles. The
jury retdTGCd verdict yesterday identity
ing her a Mrs. Forbes. The holy Will b.
inferred ty the railroad company.
MIR. GLADSTONE has published another
pamphlet, in which he discussed anew the
questions relative 10 the Papacy which
formed the subject on his former pam DnIct
on "NaticaniSm.' The present publication
takes the same strong grounds against the
Papacy, aGd predicts trOtble in the future
both in Britain and on the Continent from
that source. The pamphlet declares that
"the Papacy Will seize the first opportunity
through b OJdshtd, 10 maintain it, rule. and
VIII, If Necessary, even plunge the world
into war" The new document of the OK
Premier is much discussed, ami is calculated
10 revive the iigiOuS conflict raised b, his
first effort on the subject. The French gov
ernIHent has prohibited the sale in France
OF Mr.. Gladstone's writings against the
Pdpacy.
THE PREVAILING FLOoDs.-The people
living in the several villages along the banks
of Mill River, Mass, were badly frightened
on Wednesday night in consequence OF the
OEeIilOw OF that turbulent stream at various
points, and having In vivid remembrance the
disaster of last year, they betOok themselves
to the high grounds, fearful OF a repetition of
the terrible affair. Beyond the washing
away OF couple of dams and one or two
bridges, however, no serious damage was
Dc ne, although the streets of most OF the vii
lagos were flooded. The storm appears 10
have been general throughout the New Eng
land states, and heavy damage is reported
from New Jersey and New York. At last
accounts the Mississippi was still rising al
Memphis, and the weather report promise
that 1t Will continue TO do so.
DUNCAN, SIBERIAN & Co, RISE TO Ex-
PLAIS.-A memoer Of the firm of Duncan,
sherman " Co, yesterday stated to a New
l Ork reporter that their accommodation
Papar was put The market in what ap-
p AIRED 90 them To he a perfectly legitinat
manner. and according 10 the practice that
prevails with houses of GOOD standing The
amount OF their acceptance was estimatet
AZ - 100000, of which Sjj0,OCO was held in
Rhode Island. In regard To the letters of
credit for which Alexander Duncan had be-
come responsible. he stated that the sum in
vOlved would reach about sl3O 900. for which
Ar' duncan had deposited 100000
ESCAPE FROM AN INSANE ASYLUM AND
RECAPTURE.-James S. White, who was re
Gently sent TO the insane asylum at Wards
Island al the instigatiOn of his wife whom
he i'll treated, managed to escape from there
Monday by jumping into the East river after
first throwing wheelbarrOw In the water u
serve as support. He reached the New
York side, borrowed a suit OF clothes from a
TREND III tire neighbOrhOod. and went home
He was, however, arrested there and re-
turned.
WHAT WILL JOHN BULL Do ABOUT IT.
letter from Havana states that the passen-
ger who was forcibly taken last month from
the British mail steamer Elder, at Porto
RIco, by tie spanish authorities, proved 10
tie a cOIOne! in the Spanish service. He wa
hr,Jght ashore and soon afterwards shot
All the foreign conSulS protested against tn.
set. No news of his arrest and execution
was allowed by the censorship in Havana 10
pass over the wires.
THE sHoE-CUrTERs STRIFE IL abo,!, a.
before, except that the "bOttOmers" en-
pluyed by Well Bros, ~ Warren street re-
turned tn work this morning at regular so
ciety wages. At the Burt establishment. in
Thomas street, II l. supposed the bottom
eIS' will tpin the other strikers If the differ
eEt Lodges vote "a consolidate their action
though reports in circulation that through:
the influence Of the CriSpiu society the pend
ing trouble will h. adjusted to-uight.-N y
L.ttcr.
THREE THIEVES. driving in a light WAGON
drove Up 70 the residence of Casper Uinch
20 R2lph avenue, brooklyn, Monday after
noon, when one OF them Jumped out and en-
rooms Mrs. Knoll, the daughter Of Mr. Vi
I,ch, and snatching her watch and chain es-
capped into the wagon. The partev then drove
OF in the direction Of East New YORK one
OF the men, calling himself Bernard Me
Grain, has since been arrested.
4 REFORMED DRUNKARD's REMoRsE-In
Milwaukee, Wisconsin,, on Friday, Anirew
ROCder. Il barber and reformed drunkarci, be-
came insane from remOrSe and cut Off mis-
LETT hand. He was much attached To his
family, and terribly wrought upon by the
sense Oi the wrong he had done them by bad
habits. The shock It's believed will be fatal.
THIEF AND BIGAMIsr.-Hugh Mcbride.
alias McJ unkin, has been arrested In Phila-
delphia, charged with having disappeared
suddenly from Venango county, Pa, taking
with him S2250 belonging TO his brother-fn-
law, Marvin Mckinley. He went TO Scot
land. He is also charged with bigamy, hay
ing, II is said, three wives now living.
DEMOCRATIC VICTORY IN NORTH CARO-
LINA.-A dispatch from Raleigh last night
says that the election for delegates TO the
North Carolina constitutional convention
fOots up sixty democrats, two independent
democrats Qitykf -