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

started IN the direction OF Baltimore started
on the trail and took up his Headquarters at
The International lodging house No Is North
Calvert street. Since his arrival in this city
MI. Barnes has been visiting the different tail
oMIiilg Mig eSiaollShmentS pursuing his inquiries.
handsome. while Kelly, who is many Years
oder, Is OF an unprepoSseSSing appearance
Ihe laItel had formerly been employed In va
iiouS clothlng houses in this city. hut none Of
MS Ola acqualntances have met him since his
departure Tor Richmond. Miss RarppS' moth
eL, upon learhlng OF her daughters action, was
thrown INTO commissions and is AT preSent
Blng IN precariouS condition. Mr. harness
actlhS under the advice of friends, has placed
The matter in the hands of the police. and
states that he viii not rest or return 10 his
Bulletin, 9th.
THE VACANT PAPAL CH,IR.-Tbere was an
acrimonious debate i'm the congregation of
cardinals at Rome on SATURDAY. Cardinal
Manning, at the head of the extremists de
siTes the conclaye 10 meet al Malta but as
lheN lot m an Insignificant minority there will
De no change. The remains of the late Pontif
nave been removed directly TO St Peters and
VII Mlll he IN state three days ending tomorrow.
L MS Is an alteration of previous arrangements
and Is thought TO indicate a fastening of the
asSemsage of the conclave An immense
lhrong visited StPeter's at Rome yesterday 10
sdZe upon the remains of Plus the Ninth ly-
ing IN slate. lie left behind bull authorizing
lhe cardinals 10 devlate from the established
procedure, but prescribing no new rules The
cardinals VIII consider the question of permit
ing absent cardinals To telegraph their votes
III Is thought the conclaye will last long time
Irlnce Bismarck has instructed the German
ambassador At Rome to refrain from any in
reference in the Papal Conclave After rhp
eleclloh germany may take action, and il a
moderate Pope succeeds, oyertuTeS will proba-
oly oe made lor an understanding.
A Young WIFE's ELoPEMENr WITH ,
COMIC ACTOR.-AbOut two wears ago Charles
gardner, hotel clerk, living in PittSburc
Ia, c9urted and married a handsome young
Slll, whose home was in GniOntOWn Pa Fer
some time after their wedding they lived to
gether IN peace and quiet AT the latter place.
until the husband received an offer from th,,
ol. IhafieS Hotel, IN PlttSburg, winch he ac-
copied. 1he pair then moved TO PittSburg IL
seems that the young wife complained of her
monOtOnouS and lonesome life her husband
Delng absent for the greater part of the time
attending 10 MS business. To while away the
tedlum OF her life she frequently reSorted To a
nelshb boring variety theaIer, where She met a
man man by the name of Joseph Miller, who was
hlling an engagement as a Dutch comedian AT
this place. The Dutch comedian wooed and
Won the LADY,, and TO avoid unpleasant eNpla-
nations the TWO decamped To Baltimore TAX
ing the pTec2ution 10 bring with them the
quoRdam husbands SilverWaTe. iewelry. Sc
10 provide against rainy day. The husband
on discovering the state of things used the
telegraph. and in reply 10 a despatch from De
tecilYe tTeeburger. OF this city, came over and
overlook the guilty pair. An agreement was
soon come to, however, between Mr.. and Mrs
Gardner, he returning 10 his home with the
purlOlned ValuableS and she Clinging to her
new mate. an arrangement that seemed per-
lectiy satisfactory 10 all parties cOncerned.-
lB0d0. american. l1th.
FALL OF A BRIDGE-About seven O'Clock
yesterday morning one of the arches of the
bridge over the Schuylkil river at South
street, Philadelphia, fell in, carrying with il
nine other arches and completely wrecking
3OO feet of the bridge. The portion which gave
way rested upon piles in marsh on the west
ern bank of the river, and this ping has been
gradually sinking in the mud. A large num-
Der OF wOrkmen were engaged i'm snoring the
detective arch at the time of the accident, but
they were warned i'm time and all escaped un-
injured. The bridge was built of iron and
granite, and cost originally $1,000 The loss
by the accident will be about 100000. The
occurrence created much excitement.
THE TILDEN INCOME TAN CAsE.-The argu-
ment on the demuI reT in the suit against ex-
Governor 1llden 10 recover sljO,00O alleged
back due taxes was resumed to-day before
Judge BlatchfOrd in the United States District
Court. Mr.. Thomas Harland, of counsel for
Ex-Governor Tilden, argued that the govern
anit meat assessor wa was judicial officer and his
cation of the court, and that the govern
ment was bound by his assessment. He said
this case was OF the deepest interest TO the
people OF this country. IL was renewal OF
the contest of the liberty of the citizen against
the prerogatiVeS OF the government, i'm which
was involved the right OF the citizen not TO be
law. The argument will probably be concluded
next Saturday-lN. Post. 9TH.
REV. HENRY WARD BEECHER. i'm his ser.
mon in Brooklyn last evening, spoke of the
late Pope as THAT dear and good Old man
VINO mad Just gone TO Heaven from the pOnti-
neal chair. when Plus TX. died" said Mr..
Beecher, that instant Gods angels bore him
gently as little child in the arms of its
mother into the presence of his Saviour. IL
was not because he was Pope, but because a
a a. frlA Ia ~.
OF the Pope was all love"
AN ALARMING FUTURE FOR vRGISIA.-The
Louisville C0urtef-JOurndi says" Virginia
some time ago levied tax upon every drink
OF whisky that is drunk i'm that state and now
she Is about to levy tax of one cent on every
know she will be coming down with a tax ON
every oath that is sworn; and il begins 10 look
as IL things will come TO such a pass after
While that Eirginian can't even kiss his wife
nor kick another fellow for kissing her for him
without having 10 settle with the tax collector
for it,
How THE VERDICT OF GUILTY IN THE RE-
TURNING BOARD TRIAL WAS OBTAINED-A
New orleans dispatch says: Louis MOntplaisir
and James Prince, the colored Jurors in the
Anderson trial, state TO responsible parties
their verdict-'Guilty, but recommended TO
the mercy Of the court WAS given under the
impression that this was tantamount To an
acquittal, and they were so informed by the
other jurors Both are extremely Young men.
neither being over twenty-five, and il is
claimed that Prince is disqualified as a Juror
having been born in 1858 Anderson has a
dispatch signed by John Sherman Stanley
Matthews, Garfield, Hale, and Ditty earnestly
protesting AnderSon's innocence OF any fraud
and denOuncing his trial and conviction as
the exhibition OF bitter sectional partisanship,
J. Madison Wells has been released ON slO.0tO
bonds.
TWO WOMEN kILLED.-Mrs. McGinpess-
vile OF a freight conductor, and her daughter
aged Il, were killed on Saturday by a freight
train on the Baltimore and Ohio RAILROAD
about half a nile east of Keyser. They were
walking on the track, and the en- gineer of the
train knew nothing OF the occurrence until
their mutllated remains were discovered.
Mrs. McGinness resided at Keyser and leaves
nine children TO mourn her untimely fate
BATTLE WITH MooNsHINERs.-A party of
revenue officers raiding i'm Jackson county.
Tenn, have had desperate conflict at Camp.
pei Morgans distillery. Morgan's party had
fortified themselves in the distillery and fired
from poTtholes on the assailants. Morgan
hnally surrendered after being wounded,
a nd the distillery was destroyed. Three other
Illicit stills were raided i'm Mason county.
INA BRUTAL MELEE i'm a house of bad re-
pute in Philadelphia, yesterday afternoon,
Emma Brown, the proprietress, was fatally
stabbed twice In the left breast and William
Rowan was stabbed to the heart and killed
II is said that both were stabbed by a man