Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-02-23

nor Mathews, OF West Virginia, and to his
Mrs. Judge Potter of New Hampshire,
daughter of Gen. John Mcneil (of LnnIy;s
i. iane ana ChlppeWa fame and niece of PreSi-
uent flerce, IS passing few days with her rel
awe Gen. Joseph Potter at Soldiers Home
MIS-: Potter was one Of the ladies at the Exec
MtlVe Mansion during the time of Franklin
Pierce.
The GREENBACKERs IN CONvENTIOS-The
hrst regular convention OF the greenback
party OF the United States met at Toledo,
Ohio nllo, Yesterday. Iwenty-eight states were
delegates, Illinois &c. Michigan, Ohio and In
diana being also largely represented. The per
manent officers included Judge Francis w.
hughes, OF Pa, and large number of vice
presidents, among whom were ID. c. Wilmer.
of Nd: w. j. Durant, d. c.: Thomas NJ. Ben
nett, W. Va: '. S. Stevens. Va: aud d. H.
Iltman, Ga Judge Hughes made Il speech
reviewing, the national banking SYSTEM the
problem of capital and labor, and in favor of
PrOtectlOn. A platform was adopted setting
iorth the depressed condition of business and
IaVOrlng the repea Of the resumption act the
femOnetlZatlon of silver. the taXalIon of bonds.
and the sole issue by the government of all
paper and com currency and corelative tinan-
both national and state governments of bn
feauS OF labor and industrial statistics and
against The contract system of convict labor
the Importation of Chinese cheap labor, eIc.
GIRLS SGFFERINGs FROM HYDROPHOBIA
q girll: IA years OF age, daughter of Michael
Hacket, OF Robinson Patch, near Mahanoy
terrier pup months Old, and is suffering from
hEdrIphobia; Thursday afternoon she was
;ltacked ;rt a;l with three spasms in succession.
The sight OF water makes her furious and She
snaps her teeth like an enraged dog. While
dellrl0uS she imagineS She..sees snakes dogs
ana toadS She cannot look At liquids of any
Kind. and the physician. DR.. BiSSe! states that
She IS suffering from hydrOphObia.
THE MINNEToTA BOOK FIEND BRIBERY
CAsE-Mr. Brandt, member of the lower
house OF the Minnesota state legislature hay-
ing stated to the committee appointed to in
yestlgate the alleged cases Of bribery that
OF New York, had paid him $50 as bribe to
vote for the bill repeating the Merrill text
DoOk law, now before the legislature, a reSo-
ton has been offered in the house to bring
Hall before the bar for contempt in bribng a
member.
A Postmaster IN TRoUBLE.-Mr. G. II. Big
Glow, special U. S. mail agent, is investigating
charges against Postmaster c. j. Patch, at
Hyde Park, VT. The charges are four in num-
per, with several specifications under each
charge The third charge is the fraudulent
sale OF postage stamps, and the proof upon
this charge IS said to be overwhelming.
MR.. SCHNEIDER's HORsE.-In the sth Dis
trict Court yesterday, before Justice Gedney.
Louis Douglass; the proprietor of the riding
John Schneider for the use of a horse, and set
up also as a claim that the horse had been
damaged While in Mr. Schneder's keeping
NSW what nat WAS was the condition Of the horse
inquired: Why. lawyer, ven drove up to
de door de pOys all cry, Tie knot in his tail
Schneider, or he will Slip out and loose him.
He yOS awful thin.''-IN. Y. Sum- ed
POISONING SUsPECTED.-One month sin ce
John Burton, of Liverpool OnOndaga county
n. Y, died under circumstances Which led
friends to believe he had been poisoned. He
had lived unhappily with his wife. Lately the
woman privately avowed, I'm going Is to e,ef get
rid of Joe as soon as pOsSible;@ and. sure
enough, the husband died a few days later.
Flying gGd all the evidences Of arsenic poisoning
dence Of poisoning came to light, when the
coroner directed the body to be disinterred
and the stomach subjected to chemical anal
ysis.
The TREASURES DESTROYED AT MARSH
FIELD.-AmOng the treasures destroyed by
Healey's fine portrait. of Daniel Webster a
marble bust OF Pope Plus TX: engraved like
nesses of Melbourne, Wellington, Burke and
Victoria mniatares of the ehiidren q usGn Mr
Webster. and scagliO table presented to him
by King Bomba. The house also contained a
lippe; part of the Rush silver,' tWo-thirds
OF which was presented by the late Mr.. Har-
yey to the Somerset club, and all the wedding
Vi q STdlluuduSutcT Ol MI, WEBSTER.
valued at $4,000. On these there was no in.
surance; fortunately, however, the pictures
and silver were insured for 5000. Mrs. Web
Ster, after the fire, became the guest OF Miss
Adelaide Phillips, whose house is near the
famous homestead which now lies i'm ashes
RESCUE OF A PRISONER CHARGED WITH
MURDER-A special from Fort Worth Texas.
says: Doc ShOckey, charged with the murder
OF mail contractor at Lake Charles, La was
rescued yesterday from the officers having him
in charge. The officers were taking him to
Louisiana, and when 10miles from Fort Worth
they were met by body of masked men, who
commanded them to halt. Shot were ex-
changed, during which Sheriff Reid of Calca-
Sleu parish, La, and Mr.. Eddleman, of Fort
Worth, received slight flesh wounds. One of
the attacking party was seriously wounded
While the shooting was going on Shockey was
placed on a horse by his cOnfederates, and the
whole party escaped. Every effort will be
made to capture them.
BEN WADE's AILMENT is a low tvpe of
typhoid fever. He is very cheerful under his
afffiction, and it is related of him that recently
he was given all elabora tely- figured dressing
gown to wear. After he had been robed in
the elegant garment he eyed himself from
head to foot in critical manner, and lin con
nectiOn with the Popes death, which had been
announced in the Journals of that morning, he
remarked, with slight laugh, "Well, 1 swear.
III they have got vacaltcy in the Roman
Catholic Church, believe I'm ready now TO
step in.n