Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-08-31
Charged with Hefrrotloyy.

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Charged with Heterodoyy.
REV. DR. THOMAS AND THE METHODIST CHURCH.
The trial of Rev. II. W. Thomas upou the
| charge of hereticai and unorthodox teachings
| the most important trial of the century i'm the
| Methodist Church in America, will begin this
| week in the First Methodist church. Chicago
under the presidency of DR. Willing The origi-
| nal prosecutors in the case were Rev Drs Jew
etf and Hatfield. but they have received rein
| iorcement in the person of Rev. J. c. Hough-
ton. OF Peoria. Next Thursday the accusers
| and the accused. with his counsel will be ON
hand, and the former will begin work hy read
| ing the charges and specifications The
accused VIII then put in his plea OF answer. and
| the proceedings viii at once commence In will
| devoNe on the prosecution to prevail or at least
| one OF their three specifications and upon the
| accused To show either that the alleged heretical
| statements were never made. or that they are
| not In conflict with the articles of religion and
heretica
As DIR. Thomas has never seen fit to DENY the
| authenticity andyerbal eXactness ofhis published
sermons. 1t is not TO be supposed that he will do
so on the trial. The defense, therefore. will be
| that the doctor has not departed from the
beaten path of orthodoxy This. of course. will
necessitate going to the root of the whole mat
ter and determining whether the church of DR.
| Thomas adhered to the articles of religion and
the established Standards.
| TEXAS PTcNIC.-A Texas correspondent of
| the Louisville COurir-yo,ona draws this
picture of picnic on the borders of wood
| frlnSed stream in the Lone Star state: ma
jority of the ladies had a baby or a snuffboy.
| more frequently both. and nne-tenths of the
| men were whiting and chewing tobacco and
endeavoring to catch glimpses of the girls feet
Alter we had been only a short time seated and
| most of the crowd had expressed the usual
| wish that they had not come and a determine
| ton never to he so foolish again two rather
| good looking girls. with their attendant beauy
| seated themselves near us. took out their snuff
boxes and prepared to take comfortable dip"
| Inc men We're. from their dress. evidently cow
| boys. Every one was well-dressed but COWBOYS
on all festive occasions excel in this respect
Iheir appearance was striking. and certainly
thought them fne-looking specimens of the
| Texas ranger, with their broad -brimmed hats
Ornamented with star. cord and tassel long
| boots reaching TO the knee worn outside of the
/ pants large, juggling spurs fancy striped shirts
and Jackets After chatting merrily for few
minutes the girls dippingfuriOusiy all the while
some sort OF compound made popular by the
| name. The girls took mouthful of it. and
| flnslng their mouths with il. spit it out and
| drank the rest, and with it, / suppose. goodly
portion OF the snuff. After the lemonade had
| Deen disposed OF the rangers disappeared again.
and presently returned with Very large white
| striped and red sticks of candy which the young
ladies'. who had resumed their dipping, de-
Voured. snuff and all.
THE SUIT AGAINST THE Potomac, FREDERICKS-
| BURG AND PIEDMONT RAILROAD.-In Philadel-
phla. Judge Butler, of the United States Circuit
court, yesterday morning sat before an array of
cOunsel In the case of Samuel ID. Harms and Geo
| Z. Howe against the Potomac Fredericksburg
ana Piedmont Railroad Company and Others
Harms and Howe claimed to be creditors of the
road to the extent of about Sl35 600, which they
| had expended i'm the furtherance of Il 600 600
contract h,1ill nT
| from Fredericksburg to Orange Court-House
| Having heard that a sale of the road was to be
| made to the Atlantic and Ohio Railroad by l..
Harvey Richards, acting president and reputed
owner, the plaintiffs filed a bill i'm equity i'm
court, asking special Injunction to restrain
| the payment OF the proceeds of the sale to
| Richards until the ownership Of the road and
the rights of the plaintiffs could be determined:
also for the appointment of a receiver to whom
| the proceeds should be paid. Judge Butler
| granted these prayers and said the sale was not
| to be interfered with. but TO go on. The Guar
| antee Trust and Safe Deposit Company of Phila-
delphia, was appointed receiver, security to be
| entered in $4,000.
| AN OCEAN MYSTERY-The ship Heather Cant
David Decoste, arrived at st. Johns. N. F., re-
| ports falling in with the wreck of small vessel
| called the COrtie. She was of American build.
and probably schooner rugged. Her masts had
been sawed off close to the decks and with all
| her rigging. chains. anchor and boats. were all
gone. The mainsail, two sides of the cabin and
the bulwarks were smashed i'm. as if by means OF
crOwbars. Capt. DecOste reports that he was
| convinced that the vessel had been boarded by
pirates and stripped. Her stern was sunk too
| far under water to discover her name Gf there)
and port of register. The name COrtie that
could be seen, was on her starbOard bow rail-
The wreck was passed when about forty EIGHT
miles southeast of Scattelee, Cape Breton.
TRAGIC END OF AN ELoPEMENr.-On Monday
the body of Mrs. Amanda Henderson was found
In the Delaware and Chesapeake canal at st.
georges. Delaware. She had left her home. a
few hundred yards distant on FRIDAY night.
and had undoubtedly committed suicide
The deceased was a woman Of singular beauty
and rare culture, having been reared i'm the lap
OF luxury by her parents, who are among the
Wealthiest people of Buffalo, New York A
little more than year ago she elOped from her
home to marry Mr.. Henderson. man sixty wears
old, and engaged in the business of butchering
Inc iather and mother opposed the mad infatu-
alton OF their daughter, then girl of only
twenty, and warned her that she could never
again return to their home. Totally ignored by
her parents, with her husband, infant and her
self all sick. she became very melancholy, 80
that when she disappeared her friends were con-
WINGED that her body would be found in the
canal. Her parents were notified of her fate by
telegraph, but no reply was received, and her
remains were buried at once.
WIPE MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
Francis C. Pease, aged %, residing i'm Boston.
fired five shots from a revolver last night into
his wife, aged Is years. Two of the shots took
effect in the heart, killing her instantly Imme-
diately after he fired several shots into his own
body and, though still living, his injuries are
fatal.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY (MD.) NOMINATIONS
The full returns of the primary elections held i'm
Montgomery county, Nd, on Saturday last, give
the nomination for state senator to George
Peter, the present incumbent; house Of dele
gates, Joseph Dyson, Thomas Waters, of s.,
Joseph Henderson; county commissioners. w. |
w. Poole. Geo. I. Waters Solomon Dowden, I. /
e. Hardesty and Robert G.. Connell: sheriff, j. |
A. Clements; surveyor, Charles F. Townsend.
SERIOUS INcENDIARY FIRE IN SoMERsET.-A |
Princess Anne, Nd, dispatch to the Baltimore