Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-03-14

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A BR!nEGRooM Under ARREST FoR PER
IIEl.-Ihe suit of Miss GeOrgiana Morrison
9t New York To annul her marriage with
Joseph LOpeL "a marriage which. il i alleged
was brought about through fraud. the motive,
being 10 obtain money from the father of the
bride, Who l. alleged to be weak -miudedD il
likely TO I've decided i'm favor OF the nIainti0
and la send the defendant Ia states prison tor
perjury Lopez himself was placed on the
stand 10 tell his own story. The substance of
IL was that Miss Morrison Informed him that
II he did hot marry her She would run AWAY
from nome; that She was prosecuted there hy
her sisters and wanted TO get away from them:
She also said her father was very cross 10 her
witness denied that he was California joe
ana Sald The story that he had a wife i'm Cali
tornla was untrue. After he had concluded
Judge Van Brunt created sensation In Tn.
announcement that he would place Lopez an.
Ger arrest Tor perjury. The establishment of
Inc bridegroom can be easier ina giupd than
described, but he had no choice bur la 90 tn
Jail. - w
L Ire y. \. sun SAWS" Miss ,,a,r,,i,,,.
Morrison Is phenomenon. She allowed 4
designing servant Ia introduce TO her as \
lover man whose first act OF court shin w,S
10 haul her about in an astonishing way This
servant conirlVed Ia browbeat her INTO writ
ing TO ANA secretly meeting this man and
hlalS INTO marrying him after hardly two
months acquaintance. Her own father rrSii
ned 10 her mental incapacity. Vet on the vii
ness stand Yesterday she told her story clearly
and Ihtegently. and only Indicated "A laak nf
Stll possession Nnpn tlQpSilpuS ipIrintsin,y
dellcacN were asked.
A MISSING ARMY OFFICER-Li,.ut J,p,eS
Mas. OF Co. NJ. I'd l. =. artillery. AN account
ol whose sudden disappearance last WeInpS
day from Fort MclienTy appeared exclusively
III yesterday american, is still abroad and
strenuous efforts have been made nv MS
1rltnGS al the font 10 ascertain his wheraa 6ouTS
WITHOUT success Gen. Barry, commandment AT
the fort. yesterday expressed his surprise Thar
the scandal had reached the press 81 promptly.
while he manifested a reluctance To say NOR.
IMAM that Lieut. Mast had always been faith
iul ana tlhcleht officer Owing Ia his absence,
from the fort. the General was not cognizant
OF the affair until Saturday evening on his T,.
turn. he then learned that the missing officer
had left the tort after dark on "Wednesday last
leaving behind him his private papers clothes
and indeed everything except what was on
his person at the time of his departure. II
seems that about ii o'clock on the night i'm
question Mast was conveyed i'm hack driven
hya man named Douglass to the Philadplnhia
wilmington and Baltimore depot R0,t
american, 18th.
A BRIDES BLUNDER.-The Springfield
Mass Hep155jc"n has this piece of domestic
intelligence - A Young man recently mar
ried, who has been an enthusiastic collector of
COINS. lound that his wife, with the charming
freshness characteristic of brides. has been
drawing on his cabinet for change and among
other things had passed ont an old penny for
which he paid 500, for cents worth of yeast.
hat yeast raised more in that household
than any previous investment of the same
amount Of money.
A SINGULAR STORY FROM MASSACHUSETTS.
A peculiar operation Is reported from MaSSa-
chusettS: According TO the Lawrence Edgle
c0iored BOY was arrested in that city, charged
with stealing 81. Two officers went Ia his cell
and tried To obtain confession from him. He
refused 10 tell anything whereupon they pro-
duCed rope and threatened To hang him.
and TO Impress him with the belief that they
were in earnest they remarked: We hang
boys here sometimes They then put the
grating, and pulled him up. This experiment.
not having resulted i'm acknOwledg gment Of
guilt, they adjusted the rope around the boys
neck and drew him up again. When he
caught the rope with his hands TO relieve him.
self from strangulati0n they beat his hands
off. Then the prisoner became unconscious,
and in the morning he was released. The OIL
ficerS admit some Of the charges and deny
others.
THE WAR NOT YET ENDED IN CURA.-Tbe
mail from Havana. received at New York
Sunday, by the City of Merida, brought no
news from the Cuban insurgents that can be-
relied on. Mr.. Aldama states that he had not
received any dispatches, and that there was
nothing 10 throw further light on the real
state of affairs. gentleman in business in
Havana writes, under date of the 9TH that the
war is not Yet ended; that Maceos men are
still in the field, and will not surrender unless
their demands are complied wiJh-that is,
That the volunteers be diSarmed and disband-
ed. and all the slaves on the island emanci-
pated. Ii is thought that Garcia is with
Maceo, but the surrender OF the bands sim
nl IL Il NOR ma tor ,afs sfrra.
Times.
Boy CHoKED TO DEATH.-It is currently ru-
mored that in brawl at EmmitSburg on sat
urnay last youth lost his life. The boy who
was killed and another got into personal dim
Guilty, the assault being one boy clutching tie
other by the throat and holding him until lie
was extinct. The names and Participants we
are unable to learn.-FredericE (Ind.) Times.
UNEARTHING DEAD MAN.-Abour a wear
ago one GriswOld, of Sullivan county, was
supposed To have been drowned, and the Mas
sachusetts Life Insurance company paid his
policy OF S3UDOoyer to his administra Ors after
suit. Two weeks ago GriswOld was un-
eafthed IN Texas dealing in cattle. The COM
pany will endeavOr to set aside the Judgment
and sue for recoyery.-G Indianapolis NecS,
Sth.
PROVIDING FOR THE EXPENsEs-The ex-
penses OF the Yale Harvard regatta at New
5000. will be borne by the several railroads
centering there, and General Manager Bent
ley. OF the New London, Northern and Yer
mont Central has promised, i'm behalf of those
roads, 10 pay for putting up boat houses and a
grand stand, surveying the course and an
other legitimate expenses.-ISpriRqdetd Re
publican.
A SCHooL-BoY STABBED.-A Bowling Green
(hy.D special says negro named Reddy made
himsel1 officious with school children at Wood
burn. KY, when one of them, Thomas Lackey.
son oil Dr. L. ;. l.ackey, demonstrated. Reddy
sekaspepated, e,sl rushed upon and fatally stabbed
him. Reddy fed. A posse of citizens have
gone i'm pursuit.
THE BILL TO REFUND THE VIRGINIA STATE
DEBT.-The Virginia house bin TO refund the
state debt in bonds bearing per cent. interest
for eighteen years, and per cent. for thirty
wears, was defeated i'm the senate yesterday
yeas l6, nays l3; not a two-thirds vote.
motion TO reconsider was agreed 10, and fur
ther consideration postponed till to-day. The
friends OF the bill claim ID will finally pass.
GEN. GRANT entertained the King Of Greece
at luncheon yesterday, on board the United
States steamer kandaiia.
As-Wm. Scott, a widely known and wealthy