Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-09-12
Final Heats Of the Oarsmen.

Little Rhody" showed yesterday on the
Potomac what little folks can do, for she won
away from ali the other states three out of the
five eyents-namely. the single sculls double
SOULS and Fights Holmes seems to have made
IL clear that he is the amateur champion of the
country, though all he put Buckley behind him
was but half a length at the finish. By the way.
is not New York running behindhand at the oar3
What is the matter on the Harlem, the Hudson
and the Kill Won Kull? 1t used not to be so when
there was hard racing to be done. She will have
to pull over to the Seekonk and find out how to
win again.
And even her best known professional has
seemingly at last had his measure taken Before
courtney rOwed at Lachine he had beaten no
professional of note save Riley, Plaisted and
trenchy johnson. But the sharp drive he gave
| Hanlan at Lachine and marvellous stories of his
performances in practice. taken with his talk of
| race with Trickett and his challenge to
| Elliott, the British champion; the hesitation
| too, of Eph Morris and the other crack
| professionals of the country about facing
| MIN. at once pushed him to the front
as the only man we had at all fit to cope with
Hanlan. while his course at Chautauqua and
Washington far from settled the doubt i'm this
| direction. And now to the surprise of thous-
ands, while he dispOses in his trial heat of his
| oid-time adversary Riley, of Weisberger. and
| especially of Trickett who for years held undis-
puted the championship of the world. he is i'm
| turn led at the finish 10y a comparative unknown
l-COnley. But the interesting side of this is
That IT. leaves the result of the final struggle
to-day in even greater doubt than before. For
the final heat. instead of being limited to Ross
COnley and Lee, the winners of their several
trial heats. lets in also the seconds of to-day
namely, Ten Eyck. Courtney and Hamm. This
really puts Courtney not only as well off but
better off than if he had been first in his trial
heat, for whether his poor steering
Yesterday was Intentional or accidental
it plainly lost him considerable distance,
which he Is about sure to save
to-day, and perhaps he did not do
his all because he did not need to. Yet Conley
account for his victory over Courtney So to-
days real struggle looks like almost match
between Ross and Courtney, with q very lively
unknown quantity in the shape of Conley to
keep them up to their work. Should Courtney
win will it show that he can beat Hanlan? For
Ross beat Hanlan on the Seekonk, and if Court
ney can beat Ross why may We not infer that he
can dispose of Hanlan, too? But. fortunately
or unfortunately, that principle never did seem
to hold good in rowing:.N T. Herald, Saturday.
MARvIN's TALENT FOR DECEPTIoN.--Dr. ]. ID.
Button, physician Of the Auburn On. Y peni-
Tertiary, has written a letter to the sheriff of
Richmond, Va, giving his experience with Thos
A. Marvin, now under arrest for bigamy and
forgery, and who, it is claimed, served a term
IN the Auburn penitentiary. DIR. Button SAYS:
During twelve years experience at this prison
no convict was ever known Of equal ability at
".
was an expert in all kinds of deception; but his
nrst failure at his entrance here rendered all his
efforts futile" 1t is said that the Identification
OF Marvin as the man who married Miss Turpn
OF Richmond, is now thorough
The REMOVAL OF SITTING BULL and his band Of
Indians from the Standing Rock agency has been
safely accomplished. The band was surrounded
by squad of soldiers and forced, step by step.
down the bank and into the boat, and started
for Fort Randall. A nephew of Sitting Bull
made some resistance and was Knocked down
with the butt end of q musket. squaw, rem
dered desperate by the removal killed her child
and tired to commit suicide
The REUNION OF THE ARMY OF THE CUMBER.
LAND will take place at Chattanooga, Tenn, on
the 21st and 22d of September. A society of ex-
confederate soldiers has been Organized to ex-
tend welcome to the federal soldiers.
ONE MILE FROM BRArTLEB0RO', VT, the regu-
lar freight train was thrown from the track Sat-
urday morning. Thirteen cars were wrecked.
some of them falling a distance of fifty feet
Three brakemen jumped from thOtrain. and one
of them, named David Topliff, of Windsor, was
killed, and another (Savory) fatally injured.
JEREMIAH HARRIGAS, murdered q man named
Dennis Shea at Herkessin. Del. Saturday. An
alteration took place between the two. in
which Harrigan drew q British bulldog pistol
and hred. Shea was killed instantly, the bullet