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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-08-05

THE COMING STREET CAR-The coming
street railroad car, IL is said in Boston, will
have among its recommendations To popu-
larlty "A large lamp in tie centre of TIE root
with powerful reflector, SO that light may
Oe thrown into every part of the car, and
with protective appurtenances, so that the
storm may be hindered from entrance. This
Will doaway with the hateful smell of oil or
Kerosene, If Their must be used, but gas sup
pied from reservoir beneath the car will
wear its number on each side of the four
sided lantern, twelve inches in diameter
that surrounds the lamp, and that number
VIII designate the especial route TO which
such car belongs
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ARREST AND CONFESSION OF A MURDER
ER-Dwight +. Steere, OF Putnam, Conn a
young man. z years of age, was arrested in
Worcester. Mass, Tuesday evening, on sus-
plclon OF having murdered Frederick White,
OF spencer, Mass, at New London, Conn.
last Wednesday night He at first denied h s
guilt, but afterward confessed the crime. He
admits having stabbed his victim with a
jack knife and rOSbng him OF silver w tch
and S3l IN money. After his arrest and wli g
confined Ia a cell In the statiOn-house he at
tempted 10 cut his own throat with n case
knife, with which he was eating his supper
He viii be taken TO New London.
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nFFRAunING ruEGnNFR,

DFFRAUDING THE GOVERNMENT IN NEW
ORLEANS The testimony taken in the al
legged frauds in the New Orleans Custom
House shows that many mechanics and
artisans who accepted work as labOrers mad
signed blank pay rolls, receiving one dollar
and three-quarters per day, while the gov
eminent was charged four to five dollars per
day for their services. II is stated that much
of the work done by these mechanics was
afterwards covered by contracts and the gov
ernment compelled TO pay again for the same
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IONGSTREET AND =. ID. LEE.-Tne ex-
Confederate Gems Longstreet and =. ID. Lee
casually met hotel in Atlanta, Ga. a day
or two agO, and after supper had pleasant
conversation. The Atlanta Herald says OF
'hCT: "Gen. LOngstrect is less ch ansCd in
appearance than recent newspaper notices
have induced MS to expect. Instead OF the
rich. flowing chestnut beard OF Lees able
Lieutenant, there is now the neatly trimmed
Burnside whisker of almost silvery white
ness. Gen. LOngstreet is undecided as to his
future residence, though he expressed, last
night, decided preference for residence in
Georgia. General Stephen Lee is a mnch
younger man than LOngstreet. Small and
sInewy, be is very striking in his expression
OF nervous force at rest, and of marked and
sclf-asserting indi vlduality.n
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fARDoNED on ACCOUNT Of EXTREME
1OUTH.-At CastrOvillc, Texas, not long
ago. Peter Bless, mere boy. with a morbid
impulse, OF course, was detected in brea king
some provisions of the stock law and being
brought 70 trial was proved guilty and SEN
fenced TO several years Imprisonment at
Huntsville. Then the judge, the Jury and
almost every one else signed petitions to the
governor asking him to consider the bows
extreme youth and lack OF experience TO the
end that pardon mi ht be granted Senti-
fulaess which had not proved to be n pre-
ventive OF crime proved adequate as q pre-
ventive OF punishment. The pardon was
promptly granted, and now Peter Bless is in
jail again for the commission, upon a girl
thirteen years old, OF crime which is next
10 If not as bad as murder.
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National Camn Meeting

BIDDEFoKD, Me, August 5.-Large num-
beTs Of people are arriving here To attend the
National Methodist camp meeting begin
ming at Old Orchard Beach and lasting until
the 18th
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DEATH BY STAKNATION.-A Mrs. Naltby
died a painful death IA Wallingford, Conn =.
last week. Eleven years ago she accidentally
swallowed solution O; potash, which caused
erosion and Inflammation of the dasoohavllS
ending IN permanent construction aud lessen
ing OF ITS calibre 81 a point ABOUT two inches
above the superior eDa OF the stomach. On
account o; this structure she was compelltzi
10 exercise great caution ia eating as Dut a
small mouthful OF food well cheWed would
pass III. She claimed 10 have swallowed a
cherry-stone about two weeks before her
death, which She believed Logged IN the mar
rowest portion Of The oesophagus. From thar
time until her death 10 food could enter her
stomach, and she died OF starvation. The
examination after death showed that she
was right in her conjecture, for the cherry
stone was found closely Milling up the tube.
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GREELEY AND BENNETT-A New York
correspondent of the Troy Times writes:-
Greeley and Bennett, when they were Ann
street editors. were both tall and slender.
but their personal appearance was widely
different. Their offices were near, but they
approached from different directions. Gree
ley generally came in from Broadway, while
BENEFITS beat was from the Nassau street
cor.ier. Greeley, though slightly stoopiug
looked people clearly in the face. while Ben
nett, who was four inches taller. stood bolt
upright, but as he walked he fixed his eyes
DOWNWARD, as though TO conceal the Obliqui-
W OF vision which was almost a defOrmity.
Bennett walked stiffly and carried cane
Greeley would have felt as awkward with
the latter as he would with a sword or a
pltchiork. Bennett dressed neatly: Greeley
was sloVen. Bennett wrote q Iegible hand
he once was teacher, while Greeley's cat
llgraphy was abOminabe. AS an editor
Bennetts forte was 10 dictate, while Gree
ley's was TO write. The Herald's best arti-
Giles We're done by the staff; the Tribune's
thunderbolts bore the stamp of its chief
Both OF these men We're of abstemious hab-
IT'S, and although Bennett was often the
apolOglst for vice, his life, as regards mere
morality, was as pure as Greeley's. His in
huenCe was for sale in q professional man
neT. just like that of a lawyer. In this point
he differed from Greeley. Each of these
eccentric editors cOu.te successfully and
became married men. Few have less time
for love matters, or less grace TO win wo-
mans favor but the course of true love" in
each case led them smoothly TO the welding
day. To bring the parallel 70 a close, they
died the same year and are buried not far
apart I'D the &c 1letery.
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TU PLEASURE SEEKERS.
sUMMEB ARRANGEMENT
STEAMER PILOT BOY, CAPT w.B. B,.e,

SIE In fILVI bvlF talt- v d. D!Ies
Aftcr tl's date and during the summer mouths the
Inc Iron Steamer 4" P.IpT Boy Will 49,
leave WASH pg-On, from On street ExsS3se>
wharf. every TUESDA ard SATU Y sxzExz.sn1
DAY morning at clock, for principal landings
On the Potomac, including The fayOrite Summer Re
sorts OF Cotton and RiekistOn's Island RstuTnins
vii arrive IN Washington early on "wednesday and
Sunday evening On saturday, in sdditiOn 10 the
shove landings the Pilot Boy will take passen gers
Tor IeOnaTdtOwDr arriving there early same eve
ring, leaving on Sunday morning for Washington
The scenery on the Potomac being uusurpas sd
and the Pilot Boy the only steamer adOring 3 view
II entire route hy daylight, makes these most
parties. Fare. single trip, So round trip tickets
q BlackistoD's Island, Colton's and LeOnardtovD,
good until used, So. AppIy to
y. b EIrZHUGH, Agent,
yelc I'm SiXtn-s street " nan.
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Escape OF Prisoners.

NEWCASTLE, DEL, August 5-Dickinson
and Revis, imprisoned for larceny, escaped
from jail here last night. They have not yet
been recaptpred.
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THE BREAK IN THE CABLE.-Capt Dun
kerton, of the ship Ellen Everett, who spoke
.ne cape st SLIP araaay on eae lith OF July,
vessel and reported that they had picked up
and buoyed the cable several days previous,
but owing to a boisterous sea they had been
compelled to dropit again. They stated that
the defect existed in the cable, and that II
had not been broken, as reported.
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SPORTING NEws.-The SdrdiOga Raoes-
Inc lhIrd lthree-milel race at the Saratoga
course yesterday (the result of the first and
second races was printed in THE STAR last
evening" was won by Rutherford in 5:3S
Al me I'Otg'tkeeilSie " " rCcces Yesterday
Inc hrst was for purse of -. 800, for horses
that had never beaten 2:38. and was divided
INTO two classes-A ard Blowing to the large
number of entries. st. Julien won in class
a, Great Eastern 81, and Dan Bryant Sd
time $50, $50, 2:2G4. 230k. Great Eastern
TOOK the first heat. Preston won In class r.
Proctor ID, Amelia ID. 3d-tine 2.32. 2.32
Z3Hl.. Inc "a race was next called, and AT
tel three heats had been trotte,, the race was
postponed tili to-day. C'ementine Won the
2d and 3d heats, aud Joker the Ist-tiYna
2H ! 22i y and 2.25.
a Single sc1H race Of two miles for - OpO a
side and the championship OF New England
between John II. LanderS, Of Salem aud
Fred K. Plaisted, OF Boston. the present
champion, took place yesterday afternoon
on the Charles river. Landers won easily in
ii minutes and 80 seconds.
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CUMBERLAND COAL TRADE.-The ship
ments ofCumberland coal from Cumberland
40 800 tons 16 cwt, being q total of 1.2sO, "A
tons ~ cwt, eince January I. OF the weeks
shipments q ,S9S tons were by the Chesapeake
and Chic canal, and Is, $40 tons 10 cwt. by the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
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RAILROAD BUILDING IN CALIFORNIA
The san + francisco Alta says that the pres
ent year shows unusual activity in abroad
building in California. The track laying
advances rapidly In San Bernardino valley
and about 1000 graders are digging away at
San Fernando, Tehachepa, and San Cor
gonia, and the present rate ofprogress indi.
cafes that the promise of the completion OF
rail communication to the Colorado before
July, 1876, can be fulfilled. Lately party Of
railroad men have been examining the gap
between Heading and Koseburg, with a view
10 the completion of the railroad between
those points, but the Alta had not heard of
any important results of their Investigation.
beyond determination that twenty miles
OF road must be built this fiscal year. The
construction OF that road to give access By
rail TO Oregon and Washington, is deemed
OF much importance 10 the development of
the Pacinoucoast, and it might add some
thing TO American influence in British Co
lumbia. The grading on the roads from Pc
taluma to San Rafael, and from Colfax to
Grass Valley, is advancing at a good rate
contract has been let by the Central Pa
cific railroad company for a railroad from
Woodland to COlush and Tehama,
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JUDICIoUS- INVESTMENTS OF DE-
FAULTER.-The investigation by the Cen
trail Pacific Railroad officials at San Fran
cisco into the defalcation of Woodruff shows
tie deficiency 10 be about one million dollars
The company, however. will not lose any
thing, as the investments of Woodruff have
so far increased in value as TO cover his de-
Woodruff has been allowed 10 escape, a m
NOR prevailing that he sailef in the last
steamer for China
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THE DEPOsED Bishop of Paderborn has
left Vessel, where he had been interned by
the Prussian government, without permits
sion. He addressed letter to the governor
of the district, assigning as a reason for his
action impaired health and his duty to his
flock
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LOUISIANA APPOINTMENTS "A ssistant
Attorney General Hiram X Steele of Louis
lana, has been appointed by Governor Kel-
logg. judge OF the Superior Cri minal Court,
IN place of Judge Braughn, and ex-Judge II,
G. Diddle has been appointed assistant at
fOrneV general :
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MGIiSYIThree Norwegian sailors be-
r 10 10 ,ne schooner Margaret and Lucy,
have been put in jail at Jersey CITY n 4
0aWalt examination On q charge OF mutiny.
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ANOTHER OUTRAGE CASE. - Thomas
Boyd, a middle-aged man, was yesterday
committed to prison in New York on the
charge of attempting to commit an outrage
on q little girl aged thirteen years, at th 3
Battery on Tuesday night
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ONE AT A TIMF.-When Arthur was a very
small boy his mother reprirnanded him one
day for some misdemeanor Not Knowing IL.
his father began To talk TO him on the same
subject. Looking up in his face, Arthur said
kOlemnly. Mother has tended to me.D
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-08-05

The woMAN's christian temperance union
In New York has ISSUED its report Three
minis OF the members are Methodists and out
OF fourteen meetings during the year. ten
have taken place In Methodist churches.
The ladies report having made 5000 visits
and claim that they have caused 5000
wicked places" 10 be closed, which Is aston
ingly credftable.
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A MURDERoUs WRKrcH.-Pstrick Car
ney, aged - years, dice suddenly ct Worces-
ter, Mass, Tuesday afternoon. from injurles
about his neck, said 10 have been indicted In
who was chasttsine him. The police were
not notified until six noars after the boys
death, Chnchey, in the Eneantime, making
his escape.
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self Tuesday night in a DIT OF despondeacy
caused by rheumatic sufferings, which he
bal contracted by constant and protracted
visits for a long period to his wife's grave,
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Two NEW HAVEN LAprEs redeemed the
reputation Of their sex By presence or mind
In a White Mountain stage accident the
other day: The breAkaee Of piece OF har-
ness put the vehicle in peril Of instant pre-
ment call Of the driver, instead of fafnting
away, they jumped out and blocked the
wheels.
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SHAKY-The globe is continually sha ken
Win slight earthquakes, not day passing.
se.enuc men assert, when there Is not a
sensible disturbance of this Kind somewbara
upon the whole surface
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1HE OLD CONTROVERSY about convict
lacor has been revived In Maryland by the
rGmoT that VIM. T.. WOOD & Co. stove man
uIac.1rerS, are about 10 start foundry in
The Maryland penitenIidry. A meeting OF
gentlemen engaged in various mechanical
Industries was held in Baltimore last evening
70 protest against adding any new branches
10 the trades now carried on in that institu-
lion.
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THE COUNT OF FUNDS IN THE TREAS
CRY.-The committee appointed to superin-
tend the count OF funds IN the Treasury de-
parJment have concluded their labors and
agreed upon a report. which will be signed
to-day and forwarded 10 the acting Secre-
taTy OF the Treasury tomorrow. They re-
port hat they nnd the books of Gen. Spin
ner agree with the act""l count made except
~ several cases OF known discrepancies.
There are several instances of shortages and
an equal number OF covers" In relation 70
the recent robbery, which they were REQ Jest
81 10 investigate, the commission express
the opinion that the robbery was effected by
All emIiOye of the Office. They add a recon-
fnendatiOn that the window facing the cash
vault, which they think affords perhaps an
opportunity for theft, be permanently closed
or secured by iron bars. Treasurer New
upon his entry into Office, receipted for the
money. conditional upon the verifcatiou of
The books with the count, will In a day o..
Two make new receipt for the funds. This
VIII relieve Gen. Spinner from all further
responsibility, with the exception OF the lost
>4's3'o, which, under the law, is charged
against him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-08-05

THE NEW SCHOOL OF NURSES in the Chari-
ty hospital of Blackwell's Island, N. Y, was
opened Tuesday, when over thirty applicants
fOI Instruction were received. During this
month and the next, I'm addition To the regu
lar course OF instruction at the bedside O
patients, there will be lectures to the nursing
students upon physiological matters by diff
ferent doctors. The course will be for two
to being boarded, and will be allowed half q
day OF vacation each week, in addition TO 60
ing to srch churches as they may please on
Sunday.
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STEAMER sUE EXCURSIONS.

The elegant Iron steamer SUE. Car IT,
tain james Harper is 1Ov making =
EACURSIONS TO POINT LOOKOUT
ON EVERY SATURDAY,
sfoprius AZ PINEY POINT and MARSHALh'S,
going and retur The steamer leaves stephen
sons wharf, foot Of eth street. Al p arriving
81 Point Lookout early Sunday morning, and
turning q " a-hingtOD by a. or Monday. All
TIE sCCOmnC datlOuS INST class, and CDsur-
passed b. any ste amer the river.
For Passage. state rooms, &C, apply 10
STEPHENSOS q GRO. Agents,
e,ephenscu's wharf foot II 7Ih street; Office, AS
Penn ylv anna avenue. reg IF
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NEW WAY OF SHIPPING CoAL.-Tha
ly invented system, by which canal poais
constructed In sections can be fioated into a
dry dock, hoisted and placed on railroad
trucks, without breaking cargo, and thence
run 10 ultimate destination, Is TO be put into
use az Williamsport, and coal shipped from
cumberland 10 Baltimore via the canal and
western Maryland railroad without break
ing bulk
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Number of bar ks- fnl1r-

IHT WESTERN FLUoDS.-RepOrts from the
MISSISSIPPI river give accounts of the rirSt
oNerHOWS OF The season on the plantations
below Memphis. Planters are busy strength
ening leveeS, and all possible precautions are
oelpg taken against serious disaster. Re-
ports from Ohio and West Virginia give
Irrtner accounts of the desolation by the in
undatlons in those states. The signal Servi, 9
reports That the lower Ohio ana central Mis-
slsslnpi rivers VIII probably continue 10 rise
today, and remain above the danger line
from Cincinnati To Evansville and az Cairo.
He ONO VIII fall above Cincinnati and
dangerous floods occur in the Mississippi,
between cairo and Memphis. Toe lower part
OF Cincinnati was inundated YESTERDAY and
The water i'm the river channel was - feet
IN depth. The SciotO and Miami rive and
number Of smaller streams in Ohio have
oVerfowed their banks and submerged many
farms, completely destroying the growing
crops. The OHIO has risen TO an almost uu-
precedented height at Cincinnati and at
latest advices the water was invading TIE
cellars IN the lower part of the city. The
!eVees OF the lower Mississippi are supposed
70 De in danger, and serious breaks are an
pretended. Three bridges were swept away
on the PaTkersburg branch of the Baltimore
ana ONO, but they were promptly rebuilt
Railroad travel between Cincinnaf' and ST.
Louis has been interrupted.
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~Mrs. B. F. Johnson, Of Vincennes, Ind,
has had s3, 000, 900 left to her by two uncles. :
~Mr. Sartoris viii 60 to England soon
and take his wife and the baby with him.
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WHAT DISRAELI SAYs.-The annual BAN
quet of the Lord Mayor of London took place
last night Mr.. Disraeli made q speech in
and in his opinion would continue to prevail.
In reviewing the work of Parliament he al
luded to the incident OF the Shipping bill, and
said that In proposing the measure the gov
eminent had been assisted, not coerced, by
public opinion.
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THE DISTRICT BANEs.-The following
table. taken from abstracts of reports ma lie
to the Comptroller of the Currency, shows
the condition OF the national banks in Wash
ington, at the close of business hours on the
30ih day OF June. 1915, made in compliance
with an order of John Jay Knox, the COMP
troller. The figures will prove interestinr
by showing the amount Of banking capital
employe ed in this city:
RESOURCES,
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NORWICH WOMAN was attracted TO n
wei. Tie other day, by the screams of her
little girl. who had fallen in, and though she
pulled her up in the bucket twice, the child
lost her hold both times, and was finally
drowned before her mothers ewes.
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TRIAL OF ANOTHER MINIsrER-The
church committee appointed To investigate
certain charges against the Rev. ID. BiRelow
Of the Ada-street NJ. E. church, in Chicago.
have reported that the charges have not
been sustained, except the f1rst specification
OF the second charge, Questioning unpeces-
sary and unwelcome attention In the street
upon q Miss Doolittle.v
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THE --LATEST SwINpLE.-The latest swind-
ling dodge at Springfield, Mass, Is TO enter
store, purchase q lrining article for 1--WE
cents, and thrown down a SO bill. When
change is made the swindler deity pockets
one OF the bills, then shoves the change back,
produces i've cents, and says there u no need
Of breaking the bill after all The store
keeper chucks the change In the drawer
without cou.lting it over, and the swindler
takes bis bill and walks of.
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PoLITlCAL NOTES.-The Louisville Cou-
rier-Jorrnal says that McCreery's election
Is conceded by thirty thousand majority.
ana the returns from the mountain counties
may oring his majority up 10 forty thousand.
Mr.. charles A. Evans was yesterday
elected To the first branch of the Baltimore
ctty council from the tenth ward, TO fill the
uneXpired term OF Warfield T. Browning, ex-
PEELED. 800 ST. Louis is inclined to be pig
gish. Not content with demanding that the
next democratic national convention be held
IN her limits, she now claims that the repub-
means should bold theirs in the same place
go The New York Evening Post SAYS dis
tnctly that IL prefers TO be governed and
taxed by John MOrrissey rather than Tweed
ana IL quotes the saying that the former is a
democratic statesman OF mark" Where
upon the Pittsburg Commercial says" He
Il certainty striking statesman and an eX-
FOUNDER 80. By the decision of the SUI
I4eme court OF Wisconsin four or fl We hun
dred voters have been added 10 the republi-
can party. The inmates of soldiers homes
in that state are declared to be voters In
Ohio the court decided otherwise.
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AN OLD NEGRO BARBER.-Quite a re-
markahle colored resident of Springfield
Mass, is Levi Childs, who was born at Eli
colts Mills, Md, in 1898, and, in spite of the
hards6ips of his long and checkered life. is
DOW as risky as most men of forty. Indeed
the Republican says that his eye is WON
drously bright, his hair is not yet half gray
at seventy was coal black-and his vital
spark promises TO burn with undiminiShed
intensity for many years longer. The first
forty years of his life were spent in slavery;
but, learning the carpenters and BARRIERS
trades, and saving little by little by working
evenings and Sundays, he finally purchased
his freedom for $1,000. After becoming a free
man he determined TO liberate from slavery
his nine children, boys, which, after years OF
hard work and frugality, he succeeded In do
ing, paying 500 apiece for them. At the a &c
OF siXty-fve he Joined the Union army, and
served two years in a colored regiment. He
has been married three times. and eight free
children have been born TO him. making a
grand total OF seventeen children. all OF
whom are in Washington. ID. c. He has
lately opened BARRIERS shop in Springfield
and is assisted by his step-daughter who
cuts hair and wlelds the razor with all the
dexterity Of her professional brothers.