Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-08-21

point devoid of political or historic interest
IL was long the home of the late Senator
stephen A. Douglass, OF Gen. Grant, and of
Gen. Sherman. So that, considered In any
aspect, The place would do as much honor TO
the Thomas statue as the statue would do 10
the place. Let this place be respectfully
considered. Located in a fully built up and
thickly settled community. the charge of a
, Is In real estate speculation cannot, at
HERO THOMAS.
MEETING DEATH WHILE JUMPING FOR
LlBkRTYzGeorge Sheldon and another ne
gro in the United States service in the Van
dalia, at the navy yard, robbed an officers
room OF $500 and concealed the money In
their hunks, where it was recovered. They
broke their shackles and Jumped overheard.
The second boatswain heard the splash and
cry for help. He next saw the body of a
negro s n3at In out with the tide: he aroused
found Sheldon's companion hid In the sha-
dow OF some kegs. He was rearrested. Yes
terday the body OF Sheldon was found close
by the stiP.-[M Y Sun, 18Th.
SIXTY YEARS AGO: occurred "the year
moIth Of the year 1916 Ice formed half sn
inch thick In May; snow fell to the depth OF
ten inches In Vermont, seven In Maine,
three Ia the interior of New York, aud also
In M Massachusetts, in June; ice was formed of
the thickness OF common window glass
throughout New England, New York ard
some parts of Pennsylvania on the bth OF
July; Indian corn was so frozen that At" the he
greater part was cut down and dried for fOd-
der In August, and farmers supplied them
selves from the corn produced In 1915 for the
seed OF the spring OF 1911.
. AFRAID TO ARREST "RAIN.IN-THE-
FACE The Syracuse IN. " Standard
says: "a private letter received at this Of
fee from Lieut.. Roach, dated at Standing
ROCK Agency, Dakota Territory, August 3,
have killed Col. Tom Custer and after ward
TO have cut his heart out, is now at this
agency. AS our force has been too small to
risk trouble In arresting him, he has not
been disturbed We learn from other sour
80 that a number Of well-known hostile To-
dians, who were engaged In the Custer mas
sacre, are at the same agency, bul the troops
do not, or dare not, arrest them"
HARRIsoNBURG AND FREDERICKSBURG
RAlLRoAD.-The work of changing the track
on the completed portion OF this road to a
3-foot gauge commenced last week, aud up
TO last accounts had progressed at the rate
OF Ola h aah NILE Day The engineers are ap,
In Town In few days. They report having
found an easy grade over the Blue Ridge. 1t
is the purpose of the Royal land company to
put The road under contract from Orange
Courthouse to Rawley Springs at once. The
work is To be com pIeted In twelve mouths
lHdrTtson6trg Id.) Old Dom.
SARATOGA RACKs-At Saratoga, N. Y,
Saturday, the mile and q half dash for
beaten horses was won By Romney, Preston
second, Gray Friar third-time, 2:3Sk. The
mile dash for all ages over two years by
Brother TO Bassett, Courier second, Gray
by ST. Martin beating Viator-time, 7:44:
The three quarter mile race by Derby in
1:204; and the steeple chase BY Trouble. Res
5:31A. ----.--..-.---------
DEATH OF. A FORMER NAVAL OFFICER.
Capt. p. N. Murphy died Dear Mobile, Ala,
last week, OF apOpiexy, whilst taking bath
At the brea king out OF the late war the de-
receiving ship Pennsy lvania at Norfolk, Va.
but resigned and entered the confederate
service, where he was promoted to the grade
or captain In the navy, and commanded the
Farragut in Mobile bay, where he was
wounded and taken prisoner.
THERE doesn't seem to be any need of
getting into panic about the Presidents
Ietter regarding the use OF troops In the
thinks they are needed there, but, above ali
things, we want fair election, In which
each voter shall express his honest convic-
we are sorry. II they are misused, the peo-
pie Will see remedy applied.-[ Boston Her
THE CHESS TOURNAMENT at Philadelphia
was COD tiDued Saturday. Barbour Lost two
som Contest Sipd and 40
Ware. tr., postponed from Friday, resulted
10 draw. The game between Ellison and
Roberts resulted in q draw. Mason won a
well played game from Martipese. Thus
for Mason Is ahead, with Davidson o good
second.
Con. MAGUIRE, now serving out q sem
tence OF six months imprisonment for his
connection with the whisky frauds, writes
to the st. Louis Evening Dispatch to cor
rect some mtsstatement as to the period
when his term wall expire, and threatens to
when he regsins bis liberty.
PERSONAL DIFFICULTY-We learn from
private sources that a personal difficulty oc-
CURED In psnville, Va, on Saturday be-
tween w. T. Manning, of the News, aud
Daniel Decbert, of the Express, In VIII ch
MaDpiLg attempted to cowhide Dechert, and
was shot, though not seriously.-l Lynchburg
(Pd.) Neics.
TIE WAGES REDUCTION to employees on
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad has created
much feeling among persons interested at
prominent points along the line. Saturday
there were printed notices posted at Pied.
mont, Keyser and other places, calling q
meeting 1t Grafton to-day of employees to
determine upon action In the premises.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN vIaGIHIA-The
large saw and grtst mill at Franklin, South
ampton county, Va, together with Q million
feet OF lumbe owned by r. j. d w. Nicely d
Co, were totally destroyed by IRE last FRI
day night The IRE originated in tue erist
department Cause unknown. Loss $50 900;
insurance $1,000.
CARDINAL McCLosKEY has returned from
Newport 70 his residence In Madison avenue
N. Y. His eojourn In the country was al
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