Evening star., 1876-11-14

bis opponents. Notwithstanding his gre At
plurality, he needed the vote of New York
Hepceforth small as well as large states
may deem themselves of great account
N. y Tribune
MYSTERIOUS ASSASSINATION IN Mrssrs.
sIPPI-C Correspondence from Austin, Miss,
says that on Thursday morning J. NJ. Har-
yey ye 6l be host aod was sied MT
ger, who told him ne vas sent down to meet
him. He expressed his pleasure, and he and
Mr.. Dunlap, Of Tennessee, who was also q
passenger, started up to Austin. When they
had gone about 2G0 yards the stranger stepped
to one side Of the road and three Lien came
out from behind the trees, and, approaching
them, asked the murdered man, els your
name Harvey?'' He said, "Yes" The man
said, 81 will kin you," and fired At him, kill
ing him instantly. Dunlap was told to make
tracks Of. which he did.
TRAkPED TO DEATH BY HIS HORSE
George Palmer OF Vevay, Mich, had been
at the polls in the morning to vote, and ear
O'Clock p. M, his son discovered the horse
that he had driven loose in the yard,
with the bride on, and thinking that some
vestigate. He found his father lying In the
stall, tnsensible, and II soon became appar-
ent that the injuries were fatal. 1t was
cape, had struck Mr.. Palmer down and
trampled upon him, as his head was cut in
several places and his skull factured.@ Mason
Ne,Us, Mich.
A MARITAL UNPLEAsANrNEss - This
morning q well-dressed man was walking
up kearney street with q woman affection.
ately ciineing TO his arm. When they ar.
rived at Post street another woman, whose
hlood was evidently at the boiling point
appeared on the scene, and se.zing the man
~ the coat collar, she struck him q dozen
or more blows about the head and face. As
the blows descended, the enraged woman
cried out, "Ill learn you tell me you are going
out OF town to attend to business! On, you
and 60 Off with other women; take hat, and
hat, and that!"-GSaa Frdactsco Bulletin.
EXCITING GAME OF CHANCE The
ever vtgilant Officer Gimletthead, as usual,
had case on hand. James Dooling and
Thomas BOgenshutz, two tramps, were ac-
cnseo OF playing at game OF chance. The
officer, having been sworn, testified that be
ound The two prisoners In the back room Of
a negro parroom in Bucktown, each
fore him: They were betting that the nrst
crckroach that came out would tackle each
others bread. The stake was the beer for
the two.-fDetroit Post.
woMAN's REvxNGk-The Commercial
notsi mas been In an uproar ever since yes
hoarders, Mrs. Gallie and Miss Sallie Cory.
ell. A spite has existed between them for
some time, but It did not come to crisis un-
room and found that one Of her most valua-
BILE dresses had been spoiled with scissors
and utterly ruined. Suspicion pointed to
tom, Canada, Spectator.
In THE CASE OF THE QUEEN vs.. the cap
tain OF the Franconta, tried for manslaughter
In running down the Strathclyde, thereby
causing the death OF q number OF British
subjects, the Lord Chief Justice yesterday,
lived the opinion OF the Court quashing the
conviction Of the master OF the Franconia
from want OF fjurisdiction."
BAD FOB CUBA.-Further reports from in.
terror OF Cuba speak OF the inundations as
suesiding, but much Of the country IL still
under ws:er: The arrival OF three steamers
is reported at Havana, bringing four gener-
ais and three thousand troops. General I'm
Chief Martinez Campos left the city on Sum
day night to take the 6eld.
THE REPORT OF THE DEATH Of Mr.. Edwin
Adams. the tragedian, IL now said to be un-
true. The Boston Traveller Of Saturday as
serts that private letter from Mr.. Adams
has been received In Boston saying that he
had recovered, and when the letter was
written had begun q successful engagement
In Melbourne.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN SAvANNAH.-A
very large IRE In the depot cotton yard of
The Georgia central railroad last night last
plight destroyed one warehouse, twenty.dve
hundred bales Of cotton, twenty empty cars
and twenty cars loaded with freight were
burned. The warehouse contained fertiliz-
ers, which was also destroyed.
A CH1NAMAN INsuNDAY sCHooL-On
SUM sunday last An Wing, one Of the two Chi:
into the Eutaw- street Methodist Episcopal
Sunday school. He brought letters from his
former Methodist pastor at Providence. r.
TO Sunday schools to learn "Melican talk"
THE REV. d. h. LowDHR of the Establish
ed Church declared At recent conference at
Chester, England, that "the, ,Arabian Night
Entertafnmeptg was useful companion to
Of people and scenery were Description
which they read In the Bible, and because
the morals attached TO the stories were good.
Mr.. BINNEfr's MARRIAGs NEAR AT
HAND.-The trousseau for Miss May, Who ID
10 marry Mr.. James Gordon Bepnett, has
st an expense Of S20, 900. It 10 said 70 Be the
most beautiful and elaborate ever prep ared
for an American LADY, Prank Leslie LadN's
RuaoIph wei1ork. doctor,
ran church, and author OF Q book against
Catholicism, convicted in New York OF
6sawine Craving pensions ON certiacstes Of deceased
prisonment and fined . 900.
TIE TWEED SUrrs.-The trial of the
seven million dollar suit against Peter RI
sweeney, In New York. has beon posfnoned
until the nrst Tuesday In January. The one
million dollar suit against Tweed win %
tried afterwards.
-MouLfoH-BEIoHKR.-The decision of the
Nov York court allowing Bsecher 70 rs-
move the suit OF Moulfou aRSipst him 10 Delo-
ware county has been followed by the aban-
donment OF the suit By the plaintiff.
TIE fENIANs SCA1cD-Iho rumor Of q
proposed feniAn raid On Cano0o from Yer
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