Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-11-02
EElsylSeye Hit.

yellow fever is on the wane in the south hint
The threshing machines are still devourtng al
occasional farmer with tumbing rod sauce In
the far west
-"Where are the boys" asks the Christian
tniom. Gone home With the girls. or STAY a.
Is the Sabbath Afternoon? They are out 10 the
beer garden.
An the Old reliable '.sIgns" point 20 a hard
winter, but since Sammy Tiden's deluSiye CT
pher dispatches, IL isn't safe to put very muct
confidence in anything?
A Doniphan county man has named his girl
baby missouri" Poor child, her prospects are
powerful thin. when we remember that her
godmother is eighteen million dollars in debt.
THE CURIOUS HISTORY OF NICKEL Cent?.
y. Fuller and Miss Lou. NJ. Wheeler were mar
ried in Gowanda, y. ". on the 23i OF Nav 1857
Hiram Wheeler a brother OF the bride. present
ed the couple with one OF the nickel cent pieces
which had just been issued. on which he had
engraved the names OF the bride and groom and
the date OF the marriage. When theirnrst child
was born, year afterward, they attached this
coin TO a chain and hung It about the babes
neck. Thirteen years ago the boy was six years
old. The family then lived i'm Ithaca. one day
the boy detached the coin from the chain, and
spent II for candy. since then father mother,
and son have died. Al the recent fair Of the
Indians in the Cattaraugus reservation, w. N.
Fuller brother OF the late &. y. Fuller, made
purchase at a stand. In the change that was
handed back to him was the identical penny
that Hiram Wheeler lad engraved twenty-one
years ago, and that his little nephew spent I'm
Ithaca thirteen years ago. From appearances
the coin had been in circulation ever since. H.
viii never again leave tie Fuller family.
sE-A report that the Russians cruisers in
American waters have been ordered TO DrpDare
for active service is denied at Philadelphia.
81 ~Taylor's wooden mills, at North salem n.
H., were burned Thursday night. The loss is
estimated at about Sos. 600; assurances S. ,pG0.
Judge Baxter rendered decree AZ Nash
Vile yesterday. ordering the sale OF the Ten
nessee division of the st. Louis and Southwest
ern railroad for the benefit OF the creditors.
eF-The bark Woodruff has been sunk A.
Whitehall. Eight OF the crew succeeded In
getting ashore. but two are missing. The Wood
run was loaded with corn from Chicago for
Buffalo.
sE-Switzcrland is suffering from counterfeit
coins made OF zinc and lead.
ca In population OF 10000, Rutland county,
Vt, averages thirty divorces annually.
es-The recent foundations of the Nile de-
Stroyed $50 human beings and So 500. 900 in prop-
eIty.
eS-J. ]. Shearer, of Greenville, Mich, who
committed an aggravated assault on CongeSs-
man Ellsworth, last spring, has been sentenced
TO pay fine OF 500 and be imprisoned In the De-
troit house OF correction six months.
eE-The treasure of Methuen, Mass, robbed
the town, and was sentenced To six years Im-
priS0nment; man AZ ROXford. Mass robbed A
hen rooSt, and was sentenced TO eight years
Imprisonment.
according TO the provisions OF the trust
scheme OF the Pennsylvania railroad two stock
holders are to act as actuarieS or auditors OF the
accounts OF the trustees and Isaac II. johnson
and VIM. c. Longstreth have accepted these
provisions.
fiat Allier France, an old bridegroom, after
the marriage ceremony, nearly thraShed a young
man TO death for shaking hands with the bride;
then he stabbed her TO death with dagger, and
EeXt went TO his wine cellar and shot himself.
sE-A teacher at Newport, Vt, made a
naughty boy "chinH blackboard till the child
tainted.
ss-A resident of Grand Rapids, Mich invest
cd 5000 with Chicago broker, being DESTROYS
OF accommodating fortune with rapdty. He
lost 1t all, and was sued for 1915 OF balance.
SEA member OF the Italian Parliament ap-
| pears on its registers as occupation and resi-
dence unknown"
! sF-The following fish story comes from Swan
Lake, Indiana. Judge Pierce while fishing got
| out OF bait, when he saw q large water-Snake
! about one hundred yards away spring from O
| log. seize a ninnow, aud crawl back again.
| The Judge at once picked up his rife and put q
| ball through the snakes head, secured the min
now, put 1t on his hook and caught four-pound
nil