Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-02-17

4 MANS THROAT CUT AND Ills SISTER-IN-LAw PUT
IN AN IRON CAGE.
The Waco lTexaS) Teief,hone gives a full &C
count OF a domestic butchery which occurred
ten miles north of Waco on February Sth
About an hour after midnight Mr.. Rayburn'S
children and his siSter-in-law, Mrs. Victoria
Wright, were aroused by an unusual noise in
Mr.. Ray burns sleeping room. Rushing In there
they found him up ana bleeding profuSely from
cur IN ms neck, extending from the LETT ear
nearly around to the windpipe. He weakened
rapidly and could tell nothing of what had be-
fallen him. Two hired men who roomed near
the house were sent Tor the doctor, who re-
Sponded promptly and dressed the wound
Early in the morning Mr.. Rayhurn was able
to state that he had no knowledge who at
tackled him or how the assault was made.
lie was sleeping soundly, and AL he remem-
teIed was sudden, horrid sensation that same
thln& terrible was being done to him, aud then
he could recall no more. He stated emnhati-
cally that he did not see his asSailant, and did
not know with what kind of an instrument.
whether knife or not the cut was made Later
in the day the victims sister-in-law Mrs Veto
Tia Wright. was arrested and flung in jail SUB
SeQuently MI Rayburn said he knew that il WAS
she who tried TO Kill him. She presented a pitt
able appearance in the iron cage Of the Jail. and
between her SobS she said that She knew moth
ing OF the crime beyond hearing the cutlery on
the morning OF the murder. she Is ~ years Old.
The Waco Telephone says" There is another
female inmate OF the same room, a degraded
negro prostitute, serving out q county fine IL
does seem that there should be a separate room
i'll the Jail for female prisoners. Here Is white
woman, arrested Oh mere suspicion who has had
no trial. who may prove her innocence, and YET
she is thrust in the same cell with one OF the
West negro street walkers in Waco
How Not TO PREACH.-Some OF the STYLES of
modern preachers were recently portrayed by
Rev. DR.. Hurst, of Madison Seminary, in this
WISE" Ii takes ten minutes on some Sabbath
morning to annihilate Huxley, ten minutes
more TO knock Farrar'S eternal hope to pieces.
ten more TO do away with IngerSolI, and ab luC
IlFe 10 close up On the Second Coming WHAT
Is going TO become OF the poor, bardened soul
VINO has drlfted into the service with his be-
reaYementS. and broken future and penitent
1eeiingS?" Sound sense is this. II is time that
preachers realized that they are neglecting the
Gospel when firing away at enemies unknown
and Invisible TO most OF their congregations
Such discourses are but a waste Uf time and
ammunition. The simple Gospel OF sin, right
eouSneSS, judgment and mercy, when faithfully
and earnestly delivered, converts more skeotics
and other kinds Of sinners than all the argu-
mentS and denunciatiOnS in the word-EPaila
Record.
SEVERE EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS IN PERU-Are-
qujpa, Peru, was visited January Q by the most
severe shock OF earthquake that has been felt
the since the memorable earthquake which
DIES; royed the city August 13, 1865. It occurred
about 1850 p. m. The fright was general. Peo-
PIE Sprang from their oedS and rushed wildly
into the streets, fearing repetition or the de-
suuCtion. Fortunately nothing further &C.
cured, but IL was feared more serious shock
would yet take place. AT Iquique, on the night
OF the 18th ut, violent earthquake caused
much alarm, particularly in the theater, which
was fun or people at the time,