Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-02-26

MOUSE TRAPPBD.-A Brooklyn staoleman was
hoodwinked on Wednesday. and allowed q
belonging to Mr.. Renry lime. and valued at
$4,000. No sooner was the man In the saddle
than he dashed away at great speed. and was
so0e ea' , oil ssga the police fortunately
federates concerned In this bold act of horse
stealing.
THE FASTEST TINE on record for race OF
twenty miles was made on Thursday In match
SSetWeen q, the ice-ooats Shadow. Breeze, Scud,
Snowflake and Media on the Shrewsbury river.
The Scud won In 29m. 6s the Breeze being
second Ia 29n. sos, the Shadow third In 3em'
lss.. ana the Media fourth in som. Sos. The
for purse of.s10O was won by the Breeze
which made the twenty miles in som. 1sa
CowARnLY WORK OF MASKED MoB.-Dts-
patches say that On Tuesday night In the east.
ean part OF bartholomew county, Ind, a mob,
hung him until he was nearly dead. and stood
over him with cooked pistol trying to extort
from MIN confession that he had poisoned Or.
seven by poisoning. The mob utterly failed
and abandoned. the prisoner The agents O,
the law are now after the mob.
A DELIRIoUs CHURCHMAN'S LEAP-At Orange
n. j.. Rev. Dr. Kirk, "a retired clergyman, while
suffering from fever Thursday night, left his
from the second story to the front yard.
Before dawn he was found, unconscious on
The front StOop, where he had retreated. after
Delng In the snow some time. He was bare
footed and disrobed.
BALTIMORE BREvirIEs.-Zora E. Bramble, q
dentally run over by the Washington train at
CALVERT station yesterday and fatally Injured.
He died within an hour after the accident.
MRS: CathaTina Ludlng, aged a. living at No.
last night. There are no new developments
with reference TO the purchase of control
Ing interest in the Philadelphia, Wilmington
and Baltimore railroad. The institution OF the
suit against the Pennsylvania railroad by the
Bait more and Ohio railroad company is not
believed to have any bearing upon the arrange.
ment.-AneTic0n, today.
fANoTHER SCANDAL FROM PIrTsBURG.-A spe-
c1ai from Pittsturg. February "a, says:-A few
days ago Miss Craig, one of the assistants AT
the Allegheny Poor Farm, made a charge
against Superintendent Grubb5 Of acting i'm
properly toward her. Her charge was that he
had followed her around the building several
times and had addressed such words to her as
II love you thousand times better than any
woman ever knew" The superintendent de
Lied the statement. and said he had only ex-
and that she had misinterpreted his remarks.
To- Gay the members OF the poor board went up
to the place and held q secret investigation
They excluded all but themselves and the wit
neSseS. The result was that the Superinten-
dent and Miss Craig were both suspended
They will not tell any other facts. Grubbs was
a candidate for rec election and this, 1t Is
thought, will kill his chances efTectually. He Is
married man.
Near Albany, n. Y, a little child of Mr.. and
Mrs Shutter. left locked up with two other
children while their parents went to party,
got to playing with the fire and was burned to
death.
A Methodist preacher in Connectlc ut is re.
ported as saying that there Will n OF be as
many Congregationalists In heaven as there
are icicles In the other place.