Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-02-28

ACCUSED or SwINpIINs- The E5dy Rrota-
trs, Sptr5tudtjStS, on I'rtdl "a AIbOEy-PeClt-
t,dr TeSttBlORg.-Ihe Eddy Brothers, formerly
OF tica, are on trial IN Albany for SNind.ing.
Among the witnesses was Nehemiah Hallock
OF WhiteSboro. Hallock became acquainted
Win the Eddy Brothers last August. Hr trS
he'd that he was present at ten different
SeanceS, and n each time from twenty 10 tfiy
spirits, men. women, and children appeared:
among them was the spirit of his mother. who
spoke 10 him and shook hands with HIM. He
said that his father, who had died about rwrn.
tynNe years ago. appeared Ia him a; one of
those SeanCeS: that he shook hands wiki his
father. and in reply to questions the spirit in
formed him that he was happy and was living
close by, The witness also testified that the
spirit II lated tO him things that occurred ffty
years ago, Nhiyh nobody but the father aud
the witness knew 4 lady friend who accom-
panied Hallock 10 Witness one Of ~" mani
leStatlon> met spirit whom she recognized as
MIS-. Martin Hart His friend asked InF spirit
II she MAS Mrs. Hart and a nod of the head sig
nllleu lhat she vas. On the cross eNamiu.-
lloh faIi"ck SAID hat he was formerly A Uni
NeISall>t, Int since he became acquainted
Win thlS Srilit religion he believes ina it. lie,
ulIhN Ihe VISIONS were caused by light and
darkness produced by the presence nT Nm Fd
d.. on one occasion Indians, negroes and der
mans We're present in the manifestations
on!y once dld spirit appear who seemed Ia
De MOULDED. This person he aGterward learned
died While intoxicated. Iallock returned Ia
Utica last evening lie told our reporter fbsI
al a seance nf the Eddy brothers in Qaackrn.
bush street, last night, he interviewed the
spirits ot his father, DIR. Horton. Mrs. Eatau
and others. Mrs. Eaton was formerly oI the
Susquehanna valley, and died about eight
years ago. He formerly knew her az Uiira.
She, as well as the others, was very happy 10
see him, and shook his hand They al advised
him To urge the Eddy brothers 10 leave Albany,
as the Seances cannot be successfully held Al
the Quackenhu>h- street manSioH.-T Il5gH9
Press.
CHILDREN SOLD FOR Foop.-Thr news from
China is that the extreme cold weather has
frozen Ia death many refugees from the fam
me stricken districts. while thousands are Suf-
lerlng from insufficient accommodations and
lack oi food. Mr.. Charles Budd. of the Chi
heSe inland mission al WaChung. vino rp-
Gently visited the famine stricken pruyinca of
ShenSl, WllleS heartrending account of the
suffering he has witnessed. The efforts Of the
government to supply, ~ food and assistance are.
10 great extent, nullifed by the dishonesty Of
the officers. Children are sold 10y hundreds 10y
thelf starving parents.
Mrs. MEIU~TNA FAY PIERCE. i'm an address
before committee of the Massachusetts Leg
lSlature. suggested a novel solution of The
woman suffrage question. She considers
women the protected class. for NJ lbpir
Maker has ordained" and she is Opposed Ia
placing woman on a political puuJIity with
man: hut She thinks il a hardship that the
seven or eight millions of women in this conn
try should be arbitrarily governed 10y men
without ever being consulted. A. = remedy
lof TINS hardship, she urges that the women Of
/
councils and school and charitable boards i'm
connection with the local authorities and She
ADDS that, While 10 confer manhood suffrage
or laW-maklng power upon women would be-
revolutionary, ITO confer the advisory bower
recommended would be- natural-w6uId ha
SIMPLY 10 enlarge the conception aud scope of
the actual and lmmemoTial relations of women
with the governing half Of the world Her
ideas appear to have the merit of originality.
A YoUNG LADY STOLEN BY GYPsIEs-A
Clnclnhau enquirer special from Oxford
February -, SaNS:-"A young lady named
Sneed was stolen from her parents about
O'Clock this evening 10y gypSieS. Sneed was pu
route from northern Illinois to his former
home I'm Ohio, and encamped about one mile
east OF thIs place: when attacked 10y gypNies,
knocked down, his wife badly beaten and the
daughter carried away in the direction of
Hamilton. The girl is about sixteen"
THE REMAINS OF Mr.. W. G.. MAINw,WIN,;
| private secretary of Mr.. John NJ Robinson
| president OF the Richmond and Fredericks-
burg Railroad Company, who was killed i'm the
| disaster on that road Sunday night, have been
| forwarded Ia ST. AlbanS Vt, for uiernlrnt
| Mr. Malnwallng had two fingers OF his right
| hand crushed, ana received a bruiSe on his
! arm. There was no bTuiSe on his head thai
could I've discovered. his fatal injuries being
| internal. When Mr.. Mainwaring learned thai
| Major Myers. the superintendent OF the road
was by his side, he said: "IS that YOU.
Major. and on receiving an Affirmative rrply
said. am gone up. lie then expired in a
few minutes.
| SHOT By HIS STEPsoN.-At Mount Vernon.
Indiana. yesterday. Commodore II. Curtis. a
farmer, while on Il drunken spree. attempted
TO kill his wife, when his StepSon. aged l3 shot
him through the heart.
KATE CLAXTON IN BANKRUPTCY.-Niss Katr
! ClaXton. the actress has gone into voluntary
bankruptcy in New York under her real name
| of Kate +. Lyon. The proceedings are taken
| in order 10 relieve herself from liabilities Oh
| deficiency Oh mortgages held 10y her in behalf
! OF her husband, Dore Lyon, from whom she
! was recently divorced, and in which She says
| she never had any real interest, and from Tia
! hility on notes made by her husband and in
| dorsed by her Her husband was discharged
| from his liability by gongthrOugh bankruptcy
/ last year. 3he liabilities are nOminalV sixty
five thousand dollars, but on this account his
| wife is directly responsible for only - lHt the
| balance being the Joint liability with her huS-
| band. The assets are estimated at bout fSSj 10
| consisting of cash, a ladys usual wardrobe
| one set OF scenery and three court costumes
for the Two Orphans" etc. Miss ClaNtOh
the past six months, but has spent il an. part
OF 1t going for debts, and that she has now but
| SU In money.
| PUBLIC OFFICIALS AS GAMBLERs.-The gen
eral public will be aStoniShed 10 learn This
morning that Mr.. }. Fred. Thornton is a de
| 1auneT, as circuit clerk, to an amount eSti-
mated as Eigh as $4,000; but those who are in
any degree intimate with the personal habitS
! of majority of our local officers will not be
/ at all aStOnished, but will rather bp on the
| lookout for more of the same sort The truIb
| of the matter is That One-half of the men in
/ pubic positions similar TO that of Mr. Thorn
+ ton i'm this city are chronic gamblers and that
the vice of gambling is encouraged and nro
! tected in 81. LOuis.-l 81. Louis GlOJe- Dem,
! BAYARD TAYLOR, the newly appointed miu-
lSter 10 Germany, arrived AT Kennett Square
Pa, last evening, with his wife and daughter
on visit to his parents. At the station he
e was met by a committee, who invited him Ia A
welcome IN The borough hall, which was filed
/ to Overlooking with the people of the surround
! ing neighbOrhO0d. The hall was hung with
/ flags and wreaihS, and bust of Mr. Taylor
was placed Oh the platform. After hearty
! speeches of welcome and congratulations to
/ which Mr. Taylor responded, there was a ban
! quet in which one hundred people participated
! AN ACT To prevent and punish wrongs 10
! children" is before the Rhode Island Iegisla-
| tuIe. III provides that whoever shall infiict
upon a child uniustifiable pain, or cause the
! life or health of the child TO be endangered
! shall be punished BY imprisonment m iaiI