Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-12-13
The MARYLAND Sir, ,boo,,,y Ca.

sRRxsT or MISS pUKR-a STRANGE casK.
Tie CoIonerS ju1 ia the case OF Miss En-.
Hearl, OF pocomoAe City. Nd. who was shot
with pistol IN the hands Of Miss Lillian -
luer o. thS :, ne place rendered their verdict
OF tuesday night. Miss Hean died last Friday
afternoon, and SATURDAY Acting Coroner Jas. l.
Mock Summoned the cunOners Inquest They
adjourned over unlil TUESDAY. when al O'clock
p Ia. Trey returned a Neniici that tie deceased
came 10 hef death on the 9th 0f December, from
nervous prostitution. excited by ban lodged in
hef .eit upper Jaw bone. shot from pistol in
We hands 81 Miss Lillian \. nuer on the sIh OF
ieSVmter. ai the residence Of her father, James
l. He3rn. an Pocomohe IitI Worcester cOunyy.
Md ON Monday evening Last Miss nuer was
dies'ro, anu awaiting her examination gave
The Rsi I'm ITe 'pl :i.s &c, al court
particulars OF tie ease: Mr. James 7. NeaTn,
father oil t,ae deceased, states that has daughter
after the shooting. told him that on the Ocrs-
sion Of the shooting she went TO the door viii,
her visitor. where Miss nuer charged her .yifh
loving Mis-, tila Poster better than She did her.
Miss liuer.' Miss DueT attempted to Kiss NJ,
HeaTn. ard in doing tell. and then jumped
tn her icet IN an excited manner and rred
Ella IN this COM eISation told her father she dli
hV' tNltcs 10 recover ana there ore wished the
circumstances 10 be known. Mr Hearn states
81 his Own Know ledge that his daughter tried
IN vain 10 iepreSS Miss Ducrs visits. who ire
uuently begged Miss Hcarn 20 walk Ia the
woods OF remain in the parlur 81 Lio hen9a D.
some other room alone with her. Mr.. Nrlrn
also SAYS thai his daughter told him tina; once
in i'ic wood, Miss nuer fired a pistol which Sue
oaiG was 10 Tighten her companion. and in
duce her 10 return 10 her a. She WAS running an
Sftoie Miss iuer. however, denies this 5d-t
pViofe Tie shooting ne SlNS Miss nucr had fTtPt
10 lA0Ncc MS daughter TO walk With her In the
woods Miss hcaFn Mas nearly i years OF age
eu'ta'cd al Laurel hpi.. where her lathe
,"7o pV' "a. NhV was rather Stout. having large.
brown eyes and black hair. Miss Duer i ~
>-elhitf graceful n-trr. large. brilliant black
eyes ai.G dark binNn hair. ana il yrnre,enyp-t
10 lie vera beautiful She i about 4. year. M
| age, and fond OF books. especially nj Bvr,n.
aud II Is said She has been studying medicine
i
shooting MAS purely accidental, aud SAYS. i
called 10 see Ella Tor ID. purpose 81 taking q
walk. She did not wish 10 -. I begged her
She refused. tried 10 Kiss her had the ni,.
| tol In my hand after giving up the atterlpi 80
| kiss her, and WAS looking at the cartridge,
counting them- when the pistol Accidentally
went OF. am not q murdcitSS visited hen
| twice during her Illness. The first lime She
| heard my voice and called me: went into the
room ana she received me by putting her arms
around my neck. She then said. lii what's
| The matter With mes' | told her that She wts
| huit. 'Who hurt me- she asked. l. Ella
replied. III was | WHO did it, Then you did not
90 IL puInO>ely. did your The next time called
| she was derioUS Miss Duer then denied the
statement that she Miss DueT9 had left POGO
nloke CITY Tor Baltimore in male attire.
lIBERATING Hts SLAVES. - Senior Francisco
| AgramOnie Of this city. went 10 Santiago De
| cuba recently and liberated about eighty slaves
| on sugar estate that he owned. He invited
them 10 luncheon, and after the rdtionS were
eaten announced his determination 10 make
them Tree men. He then presented each indiyid-
pal or famlN with a manumiSSi0n paper. Many
negroes Wept, and nearly al eagerly Kissed
'helr hoeIaior's hand.-iA.F-Sp0.
- II is astonishing what WYOMING lies
Aonng folks VIII give and take during court ship
The trouble with good many marriages II that
| the parties quit ~ ing when thet enter matrt-
| mOnN.
"a Il. Louis woman who wants divorce
| alleges that her husband was 80 intoleTably
cruel that he actually said 10 her: .-Aou tor
| E.cnted your nfSj husband a. death. and you
| VIII torment me TO DEATH
! 60 Rev. {. H. Daniels recently preached az
! eloquent sermon on ''1he DaDgt rous Spots" ~
! cincinnati. Tell you what il il. "A one spot il
| three or four OF them get together. Is time u
| lay down your hand HdwksBr.
% The Bun OF the Woods and the Red Fox "
! TIE Roaring Lily. two distinguished kentucl.-
! ianS engaged ~ HE secluded Manufacture OF
! Whisky, have been captured. The BOb-Tailed
Bun OF Ballard. hE The way, Is member e,rct
/ OF Congress.
sE Evidence Of a iiCil deposit II coal. it il
J reported. have been recently fil-ro2 r,- n ,.--
! reii'o Gross Roads. in Hampshire county ".
Va, not tar froA cumberland aHd situated
! ABOUT four miles from e line al the Baltimore
/ and Ohio railroad
! Remember. nov. We have ~enar9ipd Al i
been remarked four times. aud about once NOR.
! VII convince me thai We can never live happily
together" said al the altar an Indiana woman
! 10 her husband gicn she married lin tor thy.
! nfth time.
az Two women in black. their faces shrauded
! in thick wells, visit Carson New tarO-bauk
ana play till early in the morning. limiting then
bets 10 II a card. They never Speai. adj utteflY
! disregard The surrounding profanity and Eui-
| garry which 'tcy cannot choose but hear.