Evening star., 1877-10-20


pretend TO be number among those ne
hoIes the high station will he filsd by some
one capable Of rendering better ervtce 20 the
state thsn he could hope u give. A. which
is very remarkable bit o. modeSty in these
degenerate times.
A Student KILLS HIMsKLF.-Topeka
Kan, was startled about noon Tuesday 10y
the discovery fhSt y. W. Heath, "A student ia
ihe EDisCopalian Tx llogical Serninary of
that pace. ne Shot and KIN himself An
examination 10y a Curoners jury reveals t0e
Tact that, Wiibout much doubt, NJ was pre-
meditaiCd. The decd was done iu his room
al The seminary, about O'Clock IN the morn
ing, but not discover till n"1n. Toe prob
able cause was depression OF spirits caused
by III health aud poverty. Hc was about
tslriy years old: ANA leaves a mJthsy at
Neboiugton, y. \.
WOMEN IN BUSINESS New York cor
respondent tells us this. Toe loug depression
has nearly rid the busine - OF the city of the
commercial adventurers who were reckless
because they had everything ID make aud
nothing ID lose. More women are buying
goods this fall than ever be.ore. One nrm
reports % women buye-s i'm one day. Their
purchases were not large. but very discreet
and nddiscrminstins They knew exactly what
they wanted, Bought quickly, paid cash or
lis equivaler p al the aggregate OF these
purchases was si0,650. This shows that the
women movement hes not spent It's force In
vain.
AMERICAN MECHANICS FOR EUROPE
Inc fe nave recenllG D1efl "a nunr n OF de-
partures from the Drt OF New York OF me-
chanics and artisans for England and Scot
land. on W dnesday. October l0-h, one
hundrs stonecutters lea for England by the
steamer Elysia. They are engage 20 work
on the new law court buildings I'm London.
Another hundred Will leave this week. r..
ferring 10 theye departures the New York
Bun expire sses the opinion that outside OF a
few great cities no paIt OF our country can at
present afford To dispense with labor of any
kind.
CoLoRED JUDGMENT on TRAMPs.-The
colorCd men in Hanover county, Va, has
invented a remedy of their own for the tramp
nuisance. one OF their color, a big, strous
fellow, having trampCd into 1.-The Slashes,"
historic as tue birthplace OF Henry Clay,
s'the recently enfranchised," :" instead of
giving him crust and kind counsel. laid him
over a barrel and bellborl him with a
stout stave, after which he was told 10 ''git
up ard ga long back whar he come from
a piece of advice he proceeded TO follow TO
the best OF his ability.
THE TEXAS LAND swINDLE The Kan
sas City 4 mes In IFS account OF tie Texas
land sNindle, says one of rhe largest bank
rg houses I'm Austin. .xss, two Chicago
bankers, and two real estate dealers and two
at1oi % US In st. Louis, a bank a I'd two real
esta-e dellers ia Indianal oils, AMI Others in
Cincinnati. Cleveland sDd Pittsburg, are 10
he or have bcen arrested for being connectr
with the lIand. Ii also says that there has
b:en well organic system of forgery in
full practice in the western country for the
past eight or nine years.
AFFAIRS Is FRANcE-The Paris CORE
81 ondent OF the London Tunes says 1875 0OJ
ptrscrs VOID on Sunday last. This is the
largest number known since Isis, when
,.i9ioC1 vot- 4. The left polled 5000 votes
lis than In 1876, while the right gainei
6s0oC0 from the ranks of those who In 1876 re-
raiuci neutral. A Paris dispatch To the
R.uter TeleeraIn Company says the political
solved 10 remain I'm Office and preside over
the election for councils general.
AN IMPERIAL PRINCE was born septem-
Der 23 10 the e.lperor OF Japan by one of the
twelve subordinate mothers, a daughter of
an ancient and Influential house of the old
kioto nobility. By traditional law OF
Japan the Mlkaio has twelve wiv"s in ai5i-
iion to the legitimate empress, the object
berg TO make sure OF succession. The abo-
IL on OF this custom, however, will probably
take place after this reign. IL the present
empress he'd children the custom would be
abolished without delay.
DOUBLE BAcK-AcrIoN ELoPEMENr-
Mr.. James Coffey, farmer residing In tue
southern part Of Fayette county, Ohio, is
"shol," two packages, one OF them a vie,
the other a daughter. They both lelJ his
bed, board and parental T. Of accompanied
use 10 be ID them both husband and fafhes.
This is something new ia the elopsment line,
mother and daughter both leaving al the
same time In company with their lovers.
The RACES Flee,wocf Payk,
~. t-Tne trotiing raoe for I've year oids
WIS won by Jersey Roy, beating Satie Belle
AID John Murphy, the winners best time
he.ng 22sk Five heats were run, Murphy
winning two, Sadie Belle being second IN
Ndshti,Le, Tm.-The two mile dash was
won oy Mahlstick I'm 3.40h the mile heats by
Adventure IN LIS, L46; the mile dash by
Charles In l.i51.
CuBAN REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS SLAIN.
News has Deen received NJ Havana that a
spanish column recently surprised 30 iusur-
gents, killing Is and wounding the rest. The
killed were taken into Puerto Principi for
recognition. Among the dead whose recog-
milton were established an undoubted
fact were Senior Machido president of the
Cuban chambers. and Senor Larrua, iDsur-
gent secretary OF war.
ARCHBISHOP GIBBONS returned from
Richnond, Va, TO Baltimore yesterday ana
has taken mp his residence permanently n
the archiepiscopal residence. There will be
no formal ceremonies la connection with his
Catholic church in America. Very Rev. u.
raul de Bl uil, Vicar General under Arch
bishop Bayley, has been appointed TO the
same position by his successor.
Ex-SKCRETARY OF STATE FIsH. I'm an I'm.
re- the wism Boston repo.ter in reference
tnst Senator Sumner neglected his duties az
CO an man OF the foreign affairs committra
stated that while not imputing Il to the negli-
gence OF MI. Sumner IL was a fact that busi-
nc IS was delayed ia the com mittee, sud that
II ives rapidly disposed OF siter Mr.. sum
ner re.iracy.
fhYsiC AND COLOR ne college OF phy.
s,clsps end surg ops OF New York city, one
NIT Mr.. Barbcsa, of Po.to Rico, becsuse he
n2s negro blCcd I'm bis veins. The COLLEGE
requires that candidates for admission 70 tt9
instruction be males and white.
GIN. SHERMAN went behind the scenes &C
The California Tbeater, San Francisco, LAT
week and kissed Alice Harrison. He sAid at
the banquet givea in has honor that the Pre-
sident bad promised 70 visit the Pactnc slop3
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