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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-03-09

MORE CROOKED WHISKY MEN.-The fol-
lowing persons, indicted for whisky frauds,
were arraigned at New Orleans yesterday,
deputy collector OF revenue, bailed In SO, 0Ot;
w. s. Jones, ex-gauger, ballet in 5000; w.
n. Todd, ex-gsuger, bailed in 5000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-03-09

RIGHTEOUS SENrENcE-John Lowrey
and Charles Myers, two OF the river thieves
who boarded and robbed the schooaers an the
bay OF New York, have been sentenced, on .
plea OF guilty, 10 the state prison A. hard
labor for ffteen years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-03-09

Mr.. DANA makes the sixth minister 70
England Massachusetts has furnished, John
Quincy Adams, Edward Everett, George
Bancroft, Charles Francis Adams and John
Lotbrop Motley having filled the position rs
ont OF the less than 80 years since IL was es-
tablished.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-03-09

THE STRONGEST OBJECTION to Mr.. Dana's
selection will, perhaps, come from the boys
Of the country, who will be unanimous In
the opinion that the author of Two Years
Before the Mast" ought to be Secretary of
the Navy.-[NetU York Post.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-03-09

A CAMP MEETING AND A DIVORCE SUIT.
). ID. Morris as referee is taking testimony
in the divorce suit of Mrs. Lille l.. White
and Mrs. White are members ofa Williams
burg Methodist church, and last summer
they visited the Sea Cliff camp meeting
young women, and Mrs. White followed hi IN
on one OF his strolls and saw, she testifies
enough TO confirm her worst suspicious. She
Immediately quilted her husband and sued
for divorce. George Pivot confirmed Mrs.
White testimony. Mr.. White denies all the
allegations.-[N Y. Sun.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-03-09

THE COAL CoNsPIRACY.-TheL ehieh and
Scbuylkin coal exchange at Philadelphia
yesterday decided TO resume mining opera.
tions on the 10th Of March. The New York
combination having decided 10 resume the
same cate no doubt hastened this action.
The prices for the year will probably be set
lied next week. It is thought the Reading
road viii reduce tolls 10 per cent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-03-09

THE Maryland senate yesterday passed a
bill rovidiDg fur the inspection OF gas me-
tiers and prohibiting the companies nom
OF gas from q delinquent Consumer
until Judgment had been obtained for tire
smol nj alleged 20 be due.
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kilograms to The Star
BIG FIRE IN CONNECTICUT.
THE RECALL OF GEN. SCHENCK,
RAINoF "oUWERINe FLESH"
INDIANS ONTHE U-IRP4TH
A GREAT FIRE IN CONNECTICUT.
The Norwich Fire Department TeIe.
gFanhed for

NEW YORK, March "A Norwich Con-
necticut, Dispatch tuned l. 30 a. m, says
Dispatch just received from DanielsonVille,
Connecticut. To Chief Engineer Carrier saws.
great hre is burning In that place, AMI ask
Tor assistance No further news 10 be had,
as telegraph office was on fire, aud the ope
rator had only time 10 ask for help, which
will no
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-03-09

SUICIDE OF MAN AND WiFR-P II.
Sehenck, cashier OF the Iron Mountain Bank.
81 81 Louis, Mo. committed suicide yeeter-
day morning with pistol. His wife COM
nitted suicide In the same manner q Re "
days ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-03-09

NORWICH, March 9-The fire at Daniel
sonVille, Connecticut, destroyed the freight
derot OF the Norwich ard Worcester rail-
road. the passenger station, aud block. in
GUIDING the post office, telegraph Office II.
r.. Tlllinghast 4 Co 3 store. and meat mar
Ret Loss not estimated. Tue railroad COM
pany lose Only the freight depot and It's con
tents. TIE block containing the passenger
station and other offices and stores is the
property OF Sylvanus Gleason.
Another Fire.
CINCINNATI, March "a fire AZ EentOn
ohio, last evening, destroyed FlOck's mar
Ret, Harris candy mandatory. the FREY
sisters millinery store, aud Fink's store
Loss, 50, eco.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-03-09

CALIFORNIA; PIoUs FRAUD-Perine
III. Sumner, the California forger, who is fu
the Hudson county jail, awaiting the deci-
sion OF the court Of errors and appeals on his
appeal from Judge Knapp's denial OF the
the person who swindled q well known resi-
dent OF Greenville out of a house aud lot
worth S1i 600. Sumner represented himself
as clergyman from Oakland, Cal, and so
worked on the cfedulity of his victim as to
induce him to accept twenty shares OF the
Oakland pavement company's stock, which
proved 10 be worthless.-IN. Y. Sun, sth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-03-09
II a Bile Brot hers
RED UCED PRICE LIST.

OyERCOATs ais REDUCED To =.
OyERCOATs sic REDUCED To $40.
oyERCOATs ais REDUCED TO sI2
OyEECoATs SEQ REDUCED TO sI4.
OyERCoAIs s22 REDUCED TO SIG.
oyEECOLTs s25 REDUCED to sl.
oYEECoATs SIS REDUCED To e25.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-03-09

CREDIT AND CAsH.--A grocer In the town
OF Santa Clara, Cal, has adopted an origina
method OF business. Each side OF the store
is fitted up for business on Its own account.
In the general arrangement each side is q
duplicate of the other, the difference being
that one side is cash and the other credit
When a customer comes in, the first question
asked if, "Do you wish TO buy for cash or on
account?, lit is q cash customer the goods
and prices on the cash side are shown but III
IL is one who wants credit. he IL shown the
other side, and made to realize the value OF
ready N oney.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-03-09
Gen Burpside's Wife Dead
The Markou.

PROVIDENCE, X. l., March 9.-The wife O,
Senator Burnside died TO day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-03-09

GLNERAL SCHENCK's RESIGNATION
Secretary Fish has replied to an inquiry OF
the House Committee on Foreign Affairs,
saying that Minister Schenck, since the date
OF the Secretary's former communication,
Eve day ago, has resigned his office. The
con mIttee are not satisfied with the response
wishing TO know the precise day on which
isi ing passage from London for the United
States h. was announced that he had OBJ
tanned leave of absence. The committee
have called on Secretary Fish for further in
ard kilograms. The committee have as vet
Iothing 10 show that Schenck was required
TO resign In obedience 10 a request of the
British government, as has been stated.
There is reason TO believe, however, that
Great Britain will make q formal claim for
Indemnity on the United States in behalf of
EDsiishmen who suffer ed By the Emma mine
scheme.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-03-09

Mr.. HAMLIN's NEW POSTAGE BILL
The Committee on Post Offices and Post
Roads of the Senate had up Mr.. HamlIn's
bill regulating the rates on second and third
class matter this morning, but came TO no
conclusion thereon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-03-09

WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN UTAH.-The Sem
ate Committee on Territories to-day heard
Mrs. Sara j. Spencer and Mrs. Belva A.
Lockwood, as representatives of the Ma
tional Woman Suffrage Association, in
an argument against the bill of Senator
Cbristiancy, which proposes, among other
things, to deprive the women of Utah of
their present right to vote. Delegate Can
non also appeared and commenced an argu-
ment sgainst the bill, directing his opposi-
ton mainly to the clause which DISTINGUISHES
all male citizens who have practiced pOlyg-
amy since the enactment of the federal la v
against that Institution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-03-09

THE HOUSE ELECTIONS COMMIT TEE with
but three dissenting votes this morning de-
cided 10 report in favor OF seating the con-
testant in the case OF Finley (demOcrat) VS..
Walls fcOlOred republican, the sitting mem
Der from the second district of Florida. The
report viii be presented To the House early
next week. The case of Spencer VS.. Morey,
OF Louisiana, was referred 10 a sub commit
lee. consisting OF Messrs. House, Bee5e aud
Wells.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-03-09
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY-Inter-
ma revenue, s34I 1926; customs, sI73, 234.S3.

AMONG those who had interviews with
the President to-day were Senators Logan,
Robertson, Conover and Cameron, and del
egation from Mississippi.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-03-09

OKLA H0- MA.-The Cherokee aud Creek
delegates were before the Committee on In
dian Affairs OF the House yesterday, and Mr..
w. =. Ross, the late Chief of the Cherokees.
made an elaborate argument IN opposition
10 the territorial plan for the Indian cOun-
try now before Congress. He was followed
by Col j. NJ. Bryan, who supported his posi-
ton. Col. Bry an was followed by Col. f.. Z.
Boudinot, who was in favor of these terri
to Ial mes sures. Col Adair made the closing
speech as ainst the measures, in reply 70 Col.
Boud1S OF.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-03-09

THE PRESIDENT said when the full force
OF Belknaps exposure broke upon HIM
"Great God! can 1 trust any man in this
cOuntTy?"-fs Cath" ia Graphic.
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Going TO The Bad.
From the Monthly Liberal Review.

From the monthly Llboral review
People who 90 TO the "bad have,
strictly speaking, only themselves to
blame, and it may be argued that those
who choose to make fools of themselves
ought not to be shielded from the effects
of their folly. Nevertheless, it may be
pointed out that the offenders frequently
wander astray at first as much through
inadvertance as by virtue Of their innate
depravity. Putting on one side the fact
that example is potent force, which
weak natured people often find 1T lmpos-
sible to resist, it may be safely asserted
that many persons commit themselves
imprudently in their desire to do some
thing, as if from the horror Of sitting
still with folded hands doing nothing.
Thus there is reason TO believe that II
homes were made more attractive, ana
if those who live in them were always
provided with something to do which
would have the effect of exciting their
interest and rousing their energies, they
would not be led to seek diversions at
public billiard room or Il fast theatre.
As it is, too many mothers are impatient
of what disturbs the established order of
things, and too many fathers are inclined
TO sulk and snarl if their comfort is in
anv way interfered with. Perhaps they
ought not to be severely blamed on this
account, for il is natural for elderly peo-
pie to study their own comfort, and to be
blind to many things which they ought
to see, so long as they are not disturbed.
But, then, neither should young men
who are not of a literary turn of mind
and therefore care not for books-by the
way, we cannot all be literary - be Sc
verely censured for seeking what their
nature demands in quarters where they
are exposed TO danger. Let 1t he re-
membered that the man whose heart Is
thoroughly in his work or his pleasures is
not likely to be tempted by attractions
which, ii denuded of their " naughtl-
ness and the false atmosphere by. which
thev are surrounded, would excite the
contempt of every reasonable person.
1t is the excitement which people derive
from playing with edged tools rather
than a love of the tools themselves which
induces those VINO are going to the
bad" to trihe with them. The moral TO
be drawn from this is 80 obvious that we
hope that the time will shortly arrive
when reeking bar-parlOrs, the fetid haunts
of sharpers and highly cmbellished te-
male divinities, will cease to do the
amount of mischief which they now,
unhappily, effect, to the distredit alike
of the intelligence, morality, and taste
of those who are injured by them.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-06-23
The Grain Trade of Chattanooga.

Between Dec. |; 1875, and June l.,
1876, there were about one million three
hundred and fifty thousand bushels Of
corn handled here, mostly coming from
the Tennessee valley and its tributaries.
This has probably netted the farmers
about twenty cents per bushel, the aver
age price on wharf, sacks included, being
about forty-seven cents. This crop then
has given the farmers who contribute to
the trade of this city 1887, 800. The
wheat crop has probably netted the pro-
ducer an equal sum, making total for
cereal crops of $670,000. The wheat
crop should have paid the farmes at least
a round half million of money, but it
was secured in such bad condition that it
fell short about thirty-three and a half
per cent. of what it would have brought
if well harvested and saved.
The market year is practically at an
end. Most of the corn now in hand will
be held for the home market created by
the labor on the Cincinnati Southern
railway. Southern planters are not
likely to require a great deal more.
Their cotton has had the bulk OF the
work done on it, until picking time
arrives, and they are every year raising
a more and more varied selection of
crops. We are hardly looking for any
sharp rise of corn in this market, though
it will probably reach a maximum of
seventy cents per bushel by the first of
July. With corn at present quotations
in st. Louis-forty-two and forty-fve
cents-it can be sent south at a profit
when the price rises to seventy-five or
eighty cents in Chattanooga, and not be-
fore. We therefore conclude there will
be very little western corn shipped south
this season, which is most cheering cir
cumstancc, as it shows the south is be-
coming, as she ought to have been long
ago, selfsupporting.
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lures were 1858, 13S, 1852. Surplus, June 3Oth,
$21, ,1OS,5S4. Receipts show decrease from
the estimates-in customs, 1O,2S6,O70; in
internal revenue, 4,151 ,216, and show an
increase of So, ,14s,549 in the miscellaneous.
Expenses are S5,30S, $50 inside the estimates
The list of unfinished work in the two
houses is formidable, aside from the proba-
bility of their disagreement. AS yet only
two of the twelve appropriation bills have
passed, and on some of those now in progress
the differences of opinion between the
houses seem almost irreconciable. There
are many other bills of Importance also GER
tain to cause long debate. The prospect of
an early adjournment is not bright; and is
likely to be attained, if at all, by forcing
business through, at last, in an unscrupulous
hurry.
The total gold coinage for the month
of May, as appears from reports received by
DIR. Linderman, the director of the mint, was
$3,176, 100; trade dollar coinage, $31S,1OO
subsidiary silver coinage, s., 100, ,105 minor
coinage, S12,475; total number of pieces
struck, 10,215,6 total value of the coinage,
$500, $40. This is regarded as a very large
coinage. The mints will close forthe annual
settlement about the 18th inst, and remain
closed about two weeks. After the resump.
ton of operations, subsidiary coinage, it is
probable, will be at the rate of three millions
per month. OF the amount during May, 81
1888 pieces, representing $1,3O1 $50, were
coined at Philadelphia; 1861 900 pieces, re-
presenting $3,S14,OOO at San Francisco, and
1,797,116 pieces, representing S5S1,16O, at
Carson.
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Speak Slow and Low.

One who now walks in white, used, in
her gentle way, which was a beautiful
exemplification of the lesson she taught,
to advise her boy to avoid speaking eth
er quickly or in loud tones when there
was danger of getting into trouble from
temper. In youth, and in young man.
hood, we have found mothers advice Of
great practical value in preventing quar-
rels in sports, or the business relations of
life.
"a soft answer turneth away wrath,
but grieveous words sti: up anger"
One of the most successful cOmman-
ders ever connected with the American
Merchant Marine, one who had had n
wide experience in many waters, as well
as many years, often said: " Careless
ness was the cause of all the shipwrecks
and accidents on the ocean," That some
one has failed to "speak slow and low"
would probably be found to be the cause
of a large majority of the guarrels in the
world. That difficulty which grew into
lawsuit, costing thousands of dollars,
would have been prevented if either of
the contending parties, especially the one
most aggrieved, had so in patience pos
sessed his or her soul as to speak slowly
and in gentle tones. Another trouble
which resulted in hloOdshed would have
lett those involved resting under the
blessing promised to " the peacemakers
instead of the curse on the murderer, if
some one had learned to "speak slow and
l.,
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It's n BOY.

One evening recently the friends Of a
married couple up in Chillicothe deter
mined to give them surprise party.
To this end, twelve couples of young
ladies and gentlemen, with well-flled
baskets, made their appearance before
the house about nine o'clock. As they
came up to the door they saw the gen
tleman standing in the alleyway with
his Overcoat on, smoking cigar, and the
parlOr was all lighted up. This struck
them as rather singular, but the leader
grabbed the door knob, and they rushed
hilariously in. The gas was burning
brightly, and six dignified old ladies
were sitting around the stove, looking as
solemn as grand inquisitors.
"Oh, my where's Matter" shouted
one exuberant young lady, setting her
basket on the piano.
"She's up stairs" said an old lady,
looking over her spectacles with solemn
acrimony.
"Let's have her down." screamed half
a dozen girls in chorus, as they made a
break for the hall.
"Here, girls, girls, don't go up there"
and the old ladies made hasty attempt
to check the proposed raid:
Why, what on. earth's the matter
here, anyhow" inquired the impatient
darlings.
"Well, 1 believe it's boy"
ooh, let's go!"
And that company of nice young men
and women moved away like soap bub-
BILE in a hurricane, and the girls never
stopped for beaux or baskets, but stuffed
their handkerchiefs in their mouths to
hold their breath down till they were
safe behind their own doors, and not a
girl in the Fourth ward knows where
Mattie lives
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The Tallest Man in America see Long
Henry ThrustOn.
From the stoutland (Mo.) Rustic.


The papers are speaking of tall man
named Thruston, who now lives on White
Oak creek, Titus county, Texas. We
happen to bewell acquainted with Henry
Thruston. He is seven feet six inches
high, standing barefooted. He is a half
brother to DR.. Thruston, of Versailles,
Mo. Mr.. Thruston went to California
some years before the war, and his COM
paniOns had a great deal of fun with
him. When they saw a train of wagons
coming meeting them, they would care
fully conceal Henry in a wagon, and
when the train came up they would
manage to introduce the subject of tall
men. They would propose to bet any
sum that they had the tallest man in the
crowd. II so happened that most of
Henry's companions were of medium
stature, and it was not hard to get up
bet. When the money would be staked,
they would then bring Henry out of the
wagon, and propose TO have the measure
ment take place right away. The beaten
party never failed TO enjoy the joke, and
always passed over the money cheerfully.
Henry ThrustOn was a soldier in the
e. 5. army. He had a brother named
Lafayette Thruston, who was also a very
tall man but not so tall by several inch
es as Henry. Lafayette Thruston was
wounded in the leg at Jenkins ferry,
and it was found necessary to amputate
the leg about half way from the knee to
the foot. He then had longer leg than
a great many men have. We think La
fayette died from the effect of this wound.
Col. Austin NJ. Standish, chief of Gen.
Parsons staff, was tall man, and he fire.
quently stood straight under Henry
Thrusten's arm, while extended hSrizon-
tally. In crowd of men Henry Thrus-
ton always appeared like man standing
on stump overlooking the bystanders.
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FACTS AND FANCIES.
4 BROOKLYN boy has started for Phil
,lphia on a yelociDede

a BROOKLYN boy has started for Phil
adelphia on a velocipede.
The total population of the Hawaiian
Islands is about fifty-seven thousand.
EDWIN BOOTH's residence in Green
wich, Ct, sold recently, brought $50, 600.
THE Presbyterian church in Atlanta.
Ga, has four hundred members, and
pays the pastor $4,000.
JUDGE LOUIS WYETTE, of Alabama,
last week padded thirty miles to open
his court on time at Huntsville.
The recent gunpowder explosion, at
Salt Lake City, it is alleged, caused over
one hundred premature births.
CHINA has just completed fortifica-
tions on the Peiho river upon which ten
thousand soldiers have been employed
three years.
A TEXAS revivalist who saw a lady
writhing at camp meeting thought his
words had made an impression, but saw
his mistake when a lizard was taken out
of her bustle.-ETchaRge.
NEWSPAPER men are now anxiously
waiting to Eear from Stanley. Any
thing is welcome that will cause rifle
national topics.
A RAW egg, mixed with little sugar
taken every morning before breakfast, is
declared to be an iniallible cure for dys-
pepsia. The Lancaster Examiner says
so, and it has reason 20 know.
DURING the eight months ending with
April last there were fifty-five grain
laden vessels cleared from Oregon for
foreign ports, carrying an aggregate OF
SO, ,0On, 900 worth of grain.
am looking up and down,
Up and down, through the town,
For little house to dwell in,
A shelter and n nest
But though the buds are swelling,
And the springs from earth are yelling,
can not find place for my rest.
Rose Terry Cooke.
THE true spirit of religion cheers as
well as compOses the soul; it banishes,
indeed, all the levity of behavior, all
vicious and dissolute mirth, but in eX-
change fills the mind with a perpetual
serenity, uninterrupted cheerfulness, and
an habitual inclination to please Others
as well as to be pleased in itself
GAMES, my love, perhaps-what do
you think?-perhaps, maybe you know,
dear-it Just occurred to me that it
might be cheaper to get a couple more
silk dresses this summer-becausc, you
see, the mulberry has blighted the silk
in the south of France and the crop will
be short and dress goods awful high next
year."
RAILROAD building is experiencing a
revival. Thus far the present year there
have been built, according to report,
five hundred and thirty-two miles as
against two hundred and twenty miles
for the same period in 1873, three hun
dred and seventy-fve miles in 1874, and
six hundred and filty-four in 1873.
A LITTLE six-year-old boy went INTO
the country on a visit. About the first
thing he had was a bowl of bread and
milk. He tasted it, and then hesitated
moment when his mother asked him
if he didn't like il, to which he replied,
smacking his lips: " Yes, mamma; |
was only wishing our milkman would
keep a cow"
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-06-23
Abdul AZiZ.

Abdul Aziz, ex-sultan of Turkey,
whose death by suicide is chronicled, was
born February 8, 1880, and was therefore
aged forty-six years at the time Of his
death. His early life was passed in Sc
clusion, after the custom of all heirs to
the Turkish throne, but he is said to
have been exceedingly fond of agricul-
tural pursuits. and for his own improve
ment he established a model farm at
Scutari. On reaching the throne he
made many promises of reform, even go
ing so far as to promise an example to
his people of the REIMBURSEMENT of poly
gamy; and for the purpose of informing
himself in regard to the measures of inn
provement he contemplated, he visited
France, England and Austria in 1867.
He was heTalded in the countries visited
by him as a ruler Of great wisdom and
strength; but whatever may have been
his wisdom, his strength, either OF char
acter or popularity, does not seem to
have been great. and his foreign journeys
alienated the affections of his subjects.