Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-04-09

THE NEW WAR AGAINST THE ON
IAMMAN6 IN NG.-1here can bp uo ,loui,s
now a. 10 The ih saning OF Governor liiden's
pardon oi lngrrSoll. Attachments naye been
ISSUED against large amounts OF raj estate.
tpffneriN M possession OF Tweed. hgg which
were transferred by him 10 other parties
when criminal proceedings werc mr.. inStl-
lutcd agalnS' Eim. In the litigation thus
commenced, iU-eT>sli, 10 Il understood will
be Of vast service. He VIII iudicatc Just
where the stolen money WAS invested. aud
uncover TIE parties - whom b. was trans
lcfreu 10y IN" RINK, when they BEGAN 10 be
alarmed. The law recently passed. "a lacili-
tate proceedings Ia these cdScS being retro
active. fraudulent transfers viii To- Of no ac-
count Ii y not surprising under these circum-
stances. That there should be a great iutter-
ing among a class OF persons who are said 10
he the inheTitorS in cool part of the ill-gotten
gains OF Tweed 4 Co. IugcrSoll. himself
is said. 10 have pledged himself on his part 20
give up : .oN0.us. The others, it is possible.
would be glad 10 follow his example, pro
vided they could have some assurance that
they would MOI hD sent ia the state prison
n 4. Lcf,1 y i-tlLrt, i,--,G Leiger.
4 NOVEL BEgvEsr-l,3r Pcop,e 20 b. Sop
Jlief sri'h Tter.r T--f,ss-An old gentleman
named March. SAWS thc Boston Herald. died
recently ln Charle>f0wn, vino was a most
eccentric genius. Though possessed OF some
wealth. he had but one al uaSure-that OF the
ater-gOing. He would ecOnOmiZe in every
thing else. but always treated himself 10
sight of every new player actor, good or bad.
He left no heirs. and few relatives, and his
ways. The principal item of his will pro-
vided for the investment Of a sum sufficient
10 realize 800 per year clear. which was 10
be expended i'm theateT tickets Ia be given
away 10 poor, respectable people, not over
one dollar each 10 be paid for the tickets. The
trustees under The viii are otherwise given
full authority in the carrying out of this pro-
vision, and viii to-day perform the first act
under ~, spending the whole sum allowed.
They have selected the Boston Theater. Mu-
scum. Globe and Howard. and will furnish
l25 tickets 10 each house for any performance
desired by the parties receiving them.
FUNNY Ice ADVENTURE.-Last Satur-
day man residing near Cohoes was trying
TO move a large cake of ice which was on the
| current i'm the river. lie stepped upon the
| ice with the intention OF breaking il. when
| IL began 10 move OIL. taking him wiz =
The ice moved ON into the center Of - :,
and rapidly towards the dam. T. :, 49,, 49,
i'm fever OF excitement, exp" -.-t,,s, - -,
moment Ia appear when y .. ,,-,,,Id ,,aa "A, a.
| dam. The water beir. very bieSb tie f,ii :,
| the dam was unr ~r,aily low. and the ice
! win the MAJ on IN, PASSED over in safety
3 ~, al I.e In the direction al the gas-houSe.
J Mhc't nearing the gas-house the ice landed
| on top OF a little shanty which was nearly
! covered with the water. Theman got OF rhs,
| ice and stood on top of the house. but imme-
| diately Tell through skylight in the roof
! railing on some girls who had gone 10 the ton
! noor 10 escape the water. A scene imme-
| dIatelN 'nsued, the girls roaring -Hurglar,''
/ ana Murder Their father aDpa2 red firm,
| the next room and an explanation followed
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