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

when a Young lady approached the clerks
desk and inquired for the Rev. Tr ADAMS.
He was sent FOR and met the lady in the par
Tor OF the hotel. Then me sehger was re-
queSted, and the said messenger was dis
patched upon some apparently mysterious
erTand, which was explained when he re
turned shortly after with minister in the
person of Rev. Mr.. POISON, o, the lth Baptist
church. The proprietor OF the hotel, the
clerk, and several others who happened To be
around. were then invited into the parlor,
and witnessed a marriage Co ,lnOny close
uEon the Wiiching hour OF midnight. in
Wntch me Boston preacher aud the young
lady named were the contracting partieS
The bride and bridegroom stage I at The hotel
over hight. and left Yesterday morning The
lady. II seems, like her husband is from
Boston. and has lately been visiting some
friends al Alton. They bad been engaged for
some time, and the arrangements We're maize
mat they should be married in ST Louis
lie sent for her 10 JON HIM here. but. through
some NJ lSurUeTStandinC, she arr. vei 1,Dr dty
sooner han he expected. hence the cause tI
me midnight trUptialS. which made toe min
!,t"r Benedict one day sooner thar; he az
tclpaied.-Sh Lol,t, Gh'he DCHolro'.
THE EVIDENCES or CHANCES taking place
IN The heavenly bodies are bow regarded by
astronomers as not less apparent OF King
than those which ciIaracteTize the surface OF
the earth. The most convincing evidence of
SGcb change IL The heavens il furnished III
the iScts. as well known. that certain Sfa-S
have nearly vanished from our siSht. that
new stars have appeared; that many stars
vary il brightness, some regularly AT S.atel
Tat some stars change their color. \ nO,a bic
instance is thar OF tire very bright star in
Sasior@ia. ol-erv Ell in 1872. hut which. after
diminishing III brightness and varying IN
color, finally disappeared in March, 1914.
also, the Very bright star which appeare., in
Corona bCreads, in l>ft. and which j. SIN
visible with greatly diminished luStTe The
sun itself Is gaC,icU ny some astronomers
as a variable Star-a dark contra! glowing
mass inclose ed in luminous gaseous VelopeS,
the black spots on its disk being, probably
vast rents in these envelopes. As too the
revelations OF tie specTTOS,Ope have proved
hat the chemical constitution Of the Sfu~s
hleS that of the sun. Il = regarded a.
highly probable that their variabilitv in
brightness and CC.or Is equally due 10 me
operation Of the same physical laws a. are
manifested ~ me Gar Phenomena.
= HoRRIBLE CRIME AT SEA.-A Halif3v
dispatch says: \ report j. in circulation q. Il
horrible crime committed two vears 400
winch only ICw comes To light from the con
ieS SION oi a sailor named Greenwood. The
schooner Mary r. ! ones sailed from ClrHe
rlNer, Nova Scotia. Tor Boston, and two Sis
'erS, named Sutherland, were passengers.
shortly after sailing the two women were
brutally outraged by the captain ana crew
except the man who now tells the story
They were then killed and their ho!ies
tbrOEn overheard. The crew afterwards
landed on the coast, and reported that the
vessel had met heavy weather and was
thrown on her beam ends. and the young
women drowned in the cabin; bat the
vessel subsequently drifted into Darlington
bay, Wien her deck load was still on. ami
there was no appearance Of her having been
on her beam ends, and there We're no bodies
~ me cabin. The captains name is Swan.
ana ne IS now bound 10 q New Brunswick
port, where ne will De arrested on his arri-
val. There Is much excitement IN the couu-
try about the matter. Green wOof'S only ev-
CGSe for not before telling the truth Is thai
the sailors compelled him 10 take an oath
that he would never divulge the crime.
WESTERN MYsTERY-S0ti.a DDrpp-q7-
|gce Of n Banker Wth Considerable SJlH, n
;hotm-A special dispatch 10 the Chicago
tribune, rom Waupun, Wis. gives a state
ment OF facts concerning Mr.. VIM. Hobkirk.
a banker of that city, who was last heard o!
ia Chicago on Friday. August 9Th. On that
lay the cashier Of the Waupun bank al
tempted IN enter the vault 10 get Si7 500.
which Mr.. HoDkirk had left there. Failing
va THIS he leiegraphed 20 Chicago bank for
~l0oOV. 1t happened that Mr.. Hobl<irlI was
IN the same bank when the telegram was
received, negotiating loan anu getting "a
dIdIt Cashed. He succeeded In both, and
rom the TWO secured ~l4 600. He then left
and mas not been heard from since though
his family have telegraphed for him in an
directions. The impression prevails in Wa
pun that Nj. Hobkirk took the 81 40 IN the
vault. ChTngCd the combination. came 10
Chicago, and. after securing ~ 600 more,
atScOnded. He mas, however been regarded
heretofore as strictly honest and above sUs-
pIclon. Some three years ago he married
MISS Anna CoNeii, then prominent Actress
Of McNicker's theaier IN Chicago. HIS fam
ily fear that he mas been murdered
SCTCrDE OF A YOUNG LADY.-At Council
blu1is, Iowa, lady came 10 the Pacific
mouse few days ago, ana asked Tor q room,
giving her name 10 the clerk a. Miss T.,
EYens. OF Timai, Iowa. She said she ex-
pected friend soon. Tuesday morning. as
the cham bermdi1 was passing her room. size
heard groan, ana going in she found her on
The bed IN great agony. y doctor was called
but nothing could he done for her She had
taken very large dose OF StryChnIa. Sire
was about + years Of age, ana quite prepos-
SesSing. IL is thought she was from Rel OAK
iowa, or vicinity, a. she came to town on the
burlington Missouri river railroad aud had
Two Photographs Of parties that had resided
there. Nothing else was found by which they
could identifyhrr.
UTILIZING COAL DUsr-The arrange
merits for manufacturing coal dust into fuel
II seems, are not merely talk, but are a real
ny. The announcement Is being made that
al The Harrisburg foundry and machine
works five machines are being made for This
purpose. II i also stated that the Reading
RailrOad company are about using this coal
dust fuel il their locomotives. The neceSsi-
ties caused by the recent severe coal strike
directed attention 10 the utilization OF the
waste OF the mines. and the resumption OF
taUOf IN the coal region has not stopped in
vestigatiOn IL that direction,
TILToN's LATEST Law SUIT-A notice of
lhe trial IN the case OF Thee Tiltou ". TnoS
kinseila, OF the Brooklyn Eagle, cor libel
was entered yesterday IN the city court OF
that city. The cause OF the action il con-
tanned III al article in the Eagle declaring
lHtpIi saturated Win INSANITY, and reporting
that several OF his relations had been insane
The notice calls for the trial Of the case on
the first Monday IN September.
A JERSEYMAN'S Two WIVES.-GeO. Boyn-
deyteI, of Jersey City. was arrested in Brook
lyn yesterday ON the complaint Of Emma
Jewell, Of 203 Van Brunt street, VINO accuses
him OF bigamy. Mrs. Jewell says that she
WIS married To the defendant several weeks
ago and that he has r wife and family IN
Jersey City. BOyndeyter was held for trial
y. y. Sun, 1SIh
y HUSBANDS CRIME.-COroner SimrnS
held AN inquest last night in the case of
Catherine Maxwell, who was found dead in
her rooms at Z9@ Nevins street, BROOKLYN, on
Monday. The jury found that she died OF |
erysIpelas and inhuman treatment. and that |
The chlld's death was caused by aSphyXia.
James Maxwell was held to await the action
OF the grand jury.-N i. San, Eth.
KILLED BY A MoCCASIN's BITE-The I
Hayneville, Ala, Examiner says thai a few
days ago a negro near Briggs, while SEEMING
in a creek, found that something was biting |
his foot. He drew il out of the water and |
flirted off a mOccasin snake. Believing no
harm could result from a bite under the wa
ter. he proceeded with his work, but has since |
6ipI n the hitp-