Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-02-01

bis MISSISSIPPI resolution on the con ,las!,n
o. the pending bin.
The Senate, ~ 4:io p. m. aijourned
EOISk--After our report ciossd
A N solution was adopted directins t,e In
diclary Committee 10 Inquire whether ths
racine railroad companies had not f,,-fs.itaSt
Ne, e,I "a, ,aad SUBSIDIES by fsiiing TO oomply
luton was also adopted inStrucfing HE COM
IhLtst OF Banking and Currency u Inquire
'S seu ne, zoe public interest DO not require
t.AI We retlretneut % the legal tender notes
Should cease, and that United states notes
sra, u substituted for national hama psper.
ciatory OF the Morrnons ard dsrc-tt,,s, 49,.
Jndlcisry Committee 20 report a bil to va
move the foul blot OF polyrsmy nom the
CIVILIZATION o. the ninetesnth century The
House refused To suspend the rules Al o,tes
10 pass this resolution. A resolution was
adopted instructing the Judiciary Commit
Tee 10 inquire whether the Union pariae
railrosd bad not forfeited its charter M
wallace Pa offered n resolution Instruct
ing The Ways and Means Committee 10 con-
slder The proprieiy OF Increasing the Import
duties. Without acting on ID. the House
cohsicsred the Military Academy hill i'm
So,nnlttee of the Whole. Amer some de-
hsle TIE committee arose ana the bill Was
PASSED II nxes the pay OF calets 81 ,Sysa
"lthout rations. Adjourned.
MURDER or A Hornet an, ~
tt1a.,,s trtnie ~ OnTacock, i0.-The qutetuds
OF The peaceful community OF OnapcocE
Va, was broken ON last SATURDAY. by the
startling intelligence that the reTnains - -
woman had been found ia a DENSE nine fbfek
81, about two miles from town. WHO hst
been secretly murdered. lmmeifateiV a
Jury WAS summoned. who repaired n tl,c
place, aud upon examination the remains
were Identified as those OF Miss Nancy
Scott, about forty years Of age Size led
home on the morning Of Friday last 20 witt
a friend who lived about four miles dI~fant
The EOdy was found in a dense growth OF
small pines, So dense and Entertained mat
~ i impossible Tor any one 10 penetrate
th'm. The place where she lay was not eN-
q edlng nfiy NaTtiS nom the county roai ant
Ilere was according u The testimony. a NJ
gro man working only three hun irei yards
nom the place. Yet no cries were heard nor
anything seen during that whole dav Win ch
can lead 10 the solution Of the mystery
There were three wounds on tue ton Of fbe
head, which from appearance seemed - havs
been inflicted with some thing Ike an ron
poker. But the great mystery is how one
ever managed 70 get her from the county
road iato the thicket without her having
made any noise. Sne evidently went In there
alive aud Wa killed where she Law To-day
a iaise isce was iound ON the opposite side OF
the road I'm the woods covered with blood. IN,
was made of newspaper aud hal written ON
~ the name OF one our merchants OF tho town
The authorities have been busy AL day max
lhg arrests and examining witnesses. The
impression Is, that they are on the right
track and many OF their suspicious are well
founded. II is said that several married
women IN the neighborhos1 where she lived
were Jealous of her, believing their husbands
Ia be too intimate with her. aud IL is thought
some OF inem niTed The Killing OF her. This
81 course IL mere superstition; bat no other
motives Tor the perpctration Of 50 hcInaus a
crime can be conceived trtNli,ii LcBler.
y DESPERATE BENJAMIN
Brown, OF Lancaster county, Pennsylvania
recently successfully practiced the fprger
role, raising ~lN5 thereby, from notes ON
which he had forged the ua me Of step father
W. =. White. Two 81 these notes, aflouut-
Ing 10 SEQ, were discounted 10y the Rising
sun banking company OF Cecil county
Mary iald. when the notes were pNhiaitef
10 Mr.. White he pronounced his name n for
gerry. Warrants we're issued for Browns ar
rest, and Two colSta bles and ASSISTANTS sur
rounded hiS house. On knocking az TIE door
Brown appeared, when he was confron ted
Win a revolver by one Of the party aud told
that III he tried 10 escape lie would be shot.
lie instantly closed the door. ana after a few
minutes tie party outside heard a terrible
SCREAM. Tie door was broken open, and .
The party rushing in, found Brown up stairs,
lying on his bed, covered with blood, with
lis throat cut almost from ear TO ear tbe
would having been Inflicted with a razor
The wounds, however, are not considered
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