Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-10-04

Lunatic Asylum, the climate aud ravages OF
the lever becoming SO alarming that they
were compelled to return to their northern
homes.
THE GAME OF CRICKET between the Phla-
deiphia eleven and the Australian team at
tracted very large crowd to tue Germantown
cricket grounds yesterday. The Phlladel-
phians won the toss and went to the bat, send
ing the strangers to the field. Henry w.
Brown and Mr.. Freeman, of Denver, Colorado,
acted as umpires. The playing opened very
spiritedly on the part of the Philadelphians,
and evidently astonished the Australians.
giving them an opportunity to show their
fielding. qualities. Despite their efforts, how
ever. when recess was taken for lunch the
Phlladelphians score had run up to 107, with
only four -wickets down. The first inning
ended at 5 O'Clock, with score of 1876 runs
The Philadelphia team contains the four New
nails famous for heavy batting: r. s. New
81, and G. A. Newhall 8. The heavy score had
its effect upon the betting fraternity, aud the
ODDS OF ten to five against the home club soon
commence their inning this morning.
ELECTIONS THIS FALL.-The dates of the
Tuesday, October S.--Indiara, Iowa, Ohio,
West Virginia. Tuesday, November 5.-Ala-
ssaama, sa,o Arkansas AcS; ,Conneetieat, Delaware,
Louisiana, Maryland, Massachu5etfs, Michi
gan, Minnesota. Mississippi. Missouri, Ne
braska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
New YORK, North Carolina, Pennsylvania
Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Texas, Third Congressional distrc.), Vir
ginia, Wisconsin.
ARREST OF THE ANNAPOLIS CHIEF OF Po
LICE.-Henry Burlingame, chief of police OF
Annapolis, Md, has been arrested for cruelty
naval academy. Duffy was beaten over the
head by the officer Monday night, while offer
ing resistance, and seriously injured.
THE FOLLOWING CONGRESSIONAL NoyrSA
TIONs are annOunced John III. Starin, rep.
llth New York; Sherman S. Rogers, rep, sd
York: d. P. Richardson. rep, 29th New York :
Q. ID. M. Baker, dem, 3Oth New York; f. ".
Brsnggerhoof, dem, 4th Connecticut: Lemuel
II. Kitchen, dem., I'd North Carolina.
THE PEABODY EpUcArIoNAL FUND trustees
were elected: Hon. R. G. Winthrop. Mass,
president; Hon. Hamilton Fish, first vice pres,
vice president; Samuel Wetmore, New York.
treasurer George Peabody Russell, secretary: :
Rev. Dr. Sears, general agent.
HERE IS ANOTHER society scandal: The
name of Miss Jeffers Lewis, the actress, ap-
pears In the passenger list OF the steamship
Greece, which sailed from New York for Lon
den. She was recently married to San
Francisco broker, and it was supposed that
she intended to remain in that city and leave
u
pear i'll the passenger list.
THOSE AWFUL BooKs.-All that Assistant
United States District Attorney Herrick could
say yesterday in relation to the books wanted
i'll the case OF the United States against Sam
uel j. Tllden was that they had not yet been
found and that there seemed no immediate
propect OF unearthing them.-[N. Y. Herald,
STANLEY MATTHEWS AS PRoPHEr.-The
CINCINNATI Commercial quotes Senator Stan
ley Matthews as saying, in a speech in that
city few evenings since, that the question
OF the aDOlltlon OF the national banks would
Grant would be President"
CRANES FLIGHT-Charles Crane, sentenced
to three years. imprisonment in the Trenton
jail, while in custody of Sheriff Adams, of
ATLANTIC Atlantic county, escaped by leaping from the
at the rate OF thirty miles an hour. He disap-
peared in the woods, apparently uuinjured
from his daring leap.
OFFICE HOLDERS IND1crED.-The grand
jury OF Warren county, New Jersey, have
holders, who have embezzled the funds of
several borOughs during the past three years.
DEAN STANLEY arrived in Richmond. Va.
yesterday afternoon. He is the guest OF Col.
Archer Anderson, at whose residence he met
a number OF ministers and citizens last even
ing at dinner. To-day he will visit places of
interest and probably preach at night
FALSE PRETENCEs-A special dispatch to
Cincinnati says that p. o. DefOrest, we'll
known in Cleveland and New York In connec
Ion with the dry goods trade, was taken at
Columbus. O., Wednesday, charged with OBJ
aiming goods under false pretences. He was
formerly merchant of Mansfield, O., but
failed some months ago.
MR.. BANCRoFT's CONDITIONAL dispatch
from Newport, II. l., says Mr.. Bancroft viii be
obliged to keep to his bed for week, in order
to give the fractured rib time to knit together.
Yesterday vas passed comfortably. No per
manently serious result OF his Injuries is an
uclpated.
ABoRTIoNIsT HELD FOR TRIAL-EXamina
ton in the cases at New York of DR.. Orlando
f. e. Bradford, De Baker, Dr. David W. Aiken,
DE- Frederick II. Lay, VIM. Blinn and Mrs.
Mary j. COnnOrS, charged with completely in
malpractice on the person of Sarah Victoria
ConnOrs, was concluded yesterday. Blinn and
Altkin were discharged; the others were held
LOT trial. Mrs. COnnOrS in s., $780, DR.. Lay in
5000 and Drs. Baker and Bradford in $500
each.
HABEAs CoRPUs.-In Philadelphia, yester.
day, Judge Yerkes granted an application for
a writ OF habeas corpus in the case of w. r.
Dickerson, charged with being party to the
Whitacre forged will conspiracy matter. The
writ was made returnable to morrow. j. Van
arsdalen, who was arrested at Bristol, Pa,
charged with conspiracy and forgery in the
same case and released on small ball, was re-
arrested at Langh0rne, Pa. yesterday, and
A8Mr Reynolds, of Cuthbert, Ca, aged u,
mas married Miss Chance, aged II and weigh
ing Is pounds.