Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-01-29

THOMAS PAINE's birthday celebration at
Iallmadge Hall, this Tuesday evening.
SEE advertisement for partner in a Free
and Easy
A RUNAWAY Sons FAR OFF GRAvE.-In
tween United States .,.:r' ind the NeZ
Perces Indians last RW re appeared
the name of Edward BIZ :. Fort Benton.
and it has lust been aSce!trued that this was
the son OF gentleman named Richardson
who removed to New Haven some time ago
from Norwich. The son le'o home eight or ten
until last September there was no trace of him.
The Norwich Bulletin say that MI and NJ s.
Richardson were both OF them people of fine
Parental love and sOlicitude had been unusual
~ Vlellant 10 trace the boy, but the only clue
aSceTtalned was that simple announcement in
the death l, list. letter written by Capt. Con
slant Williams of the Seventh infantry, to
Edmund Bradley Richardson, described the
appearance of the young man, which was
identical with tina. of the missing son. and
adds further. that lone of his friends tells me
that he had several times seen him write
Edmund Bradley Richardson, New Haven.
Conn., ;,' and that Bradley told him that before
that he was cured by DR.. Sweet, who came
IRON distance to attend him. The letter
added the details to severe fight with the
hghting, shot through the head. A later letter
informs The parents of evidences of careful
eGncati 1 observed III thGyOung man, which
was welcome visitor at his captains tent
The Fort Benton Record of December 18th.
states that the remains of young Bradley, as
brought to that town, were buried with mill
tary honors on the s.h of that month.
GEN. G9sHQRN's EXPENSIVE DRIVE.
special to the New York 4s:Ties :iom phiiaaa1.
phla, January 18th, says: Gen. Alfred T. Cos
morn, OF the Centennial exhibition, was today
mulcted OF $500 damages in the Common
T Th court OF this county before Judge Pierce.
patcher of a street railway. 1t was alleged
that in a crowd Oh June So 1876. Smith was
knocked ed down by the pole of Cen Goshorns
that Gen. Hawley asked the plaintiff ut the
tlme II he was injured, and he replied "No:''
also, that the horse which was drawing the
and could not travel more than miles an
hour. The jury did not take this mild view of
the ease, and the director general will be
oohgeu 10 pay the amount named.
For THE FIRST TIME THE LEGAL STATUS
lish gentleman obtained admission to an excel
tlon as reporter, having been duly author
lzed by newspaper to act as such. A state
,nent rejecting on this ction being published,
he brought suit for libel and was defeated.
me court held that reporter was Il strictly
denliaDe parsonage. whose life is solely de
voted to reporting for the press. This sug-
AGAINST any person claiming to be Il reporter
whose life was not solely devoted to report.
ing Tor the press
WHO COLONEL FORD Is.-A dispatch from
Brownsville, Texas. January p. says: The
per- 9Imanent committee OF citizens Of Browns
gay I'D regard to- dispatch from Eagle Pass of
December % which charges Colonel John $.
FORD with being a bnccaneer on the border
since the war, and with driving cattle to Mex
leo and then sending special dispatches to New
York. charging such raiding as Mexican out
RACES, and other similar dispatches. The com
mltte3, from their knowledge and in behalf of
the citizens of this frontier, declare all such
charges and dispatches untrue, and bell 40
they were only sent to involve ColOne' Eori
because lie has been summoned to ..,as, LUla
ton as witness on frontier aff": TThh s
manent committee is cOmp"' sd II II -, ne Per
merchants and business men of BroWns ,STp"s
IhE SIffLRi. us OF TURKISH SOLDIERS
An OCCASION, correspondent writing fsom
wv NV -; Es'" states that he has convinced him
snr observation that the Turkish soldiers
10y much, even when no operations are pro-
ing, while the Russians are warmly clad. The
consequence is that the Russian, soldier
comes OH his post fresh and Well. ready to eat
go to sleep, and be watchful again, while the
! Turk has TO contend with regular drain on
I his constitution and every fresh exposure
/ renders him less able to bear the next one. A
Turkish outpost OF eight men has been frozen
! TO death near RuStchuk The cold is most in
| tense. and our correspondent found it actual
! pain to stand still for more than a quarter of
| an hour, though clad i'll furs and with porpoise
hide Doots.-t London Nears.
! A SACRED MILITARY Duty NEGLECTED.
| One sacred duty of military commanders in
active campaigns seems to be sadly neglected
| in the Russian army. During the Franco.
! PruSSian war full and correct lists of killed,
| wounded and missing were telegraphed to
| Germany on the day succeeding the battle
| But by Russia nothing of the Kind is done
! Families have not heard of sons or fathers fol
mouths at time, and there are Russian ladies
| VINO were widows between two and three
! months without Knowing it.-[Sdn FrdRcisc.
| Chronicle.
| Be- ticksburg is urging the legislature tc
| ahhul IT'S corporate rights and remand it t.
! the condition Of town, in the hope that it may
thus escape payment ola huge debt.
@A bill providing for the punishment b,
me anu Imprisonment Of persons who sell OF
| register bets, wagers, or p0OlS-being dupii
| cate OF the act that was passed in Albany iasi
| winter-is before the Massachusetts iegisla
| ture.
| ATTwO women recently had public wrest
| ling match in Cincinnati. They wore tight:
| and knit undershirts, and their appearance
elected shouts of admiration from the bows in
the gallery. They were called Leo anu
Eugenia There was trouble in getting an um
pire, the men chosen being, as rule, too bash
ful to oficiate. !