Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-09-28
News Briefs

Quebec, where IL is visible ATTAIN,
The late Caleb c. Dickinson, OF Hatfield, Mass.
i =, apgHa Sivo Tor founding charity hospital
There Were five new cases OF yellow fever at
sixty new cases and six deaths are rcnorted sr,r
Pensacola, Fla.
one-third Of the employees in the department OF
construction and repairs at the Portsmouth (N III
navy yard were suspended yesterday for the NJ.
mainder OF the month, on account OF lack OF funds
oh ~ TUESDAY evening, at Victoria, b. c., upward
OF l,ooO persons were presented TO the governor
general and Princess Louise.
Inc local inspectors OF steamboats, at Wheeling
nnished their report on the collision in the ONO
river on July T. by which the steamer Scioto WAS
sunk and over nlty lives lost They recommend
that the license OF Keller, the pilot OF the Scioto
Mrs jeremiah Rowland, or Mnler's Place. IT.
was attacked with spasmS last night and an ex,
animation proved that poison had been put In her
The Ford brothers-Charles and Rob-who are
on eNhipiuon at cheap show In Brooklyn, were
ance OF woman closely yelled, whom they as
serted was the wife OF Frank James
Joseph Dearborn, OF Biddsord, Me-, yesterday
acceded 10 the demands OF the shoemakers In his
factory, who left their work at O'Clock and waited
upon nm, asking an increase OF wages amounting
10 about IS per cent
Mr.. Eugene Schuyler. United States consul gen.
eral 10 Roumania, has gone 20 Athens
telegram from Dublin announces that serious
DMyer Gray, who is suffering acutely from an
anectlon OF the chest, which has been Aggravated
Dy his connnement In prison.
Mucn anxiety Is felt at Great Darlington, Mass
regarding Prof Myers, who went UP In the balloon
In place or Madame Carlotta, as he was dressed
uhy IN lighI clothes, without an overcoat and has
no anchor or graphing irons.
william d. Beveridge, who has been prominent
as Richmond politician, was yesterday found
tempting to extort money by threatening p A.
haskins, colored man, with arrest for an offense
against the state, and was fined sl00.
SnOck or earthquake was distinctly felt at
Springfield, ILL.,, yesterday about 4 O'Clock In the
morning, and at Centralia half hour later The
snock seemed 10 come from the west, and was ac-
companied by rumbling sounds.
Inc iron steamship Nuphar, which has been
ashore near Seavle, n. j., since Saturday is full
OF water northeast gale prevails, and the sea
Rev Mr. McCleniheim, pastor OF the United Pres
oyterlan church OF Ayondale Coshocton county,
Ohio, was yesterday brutality beaten with a club
by Robert Hood. one OF the elders OF the church,
trial.
Eight Grand Army posts took part in the f,rst
annual held day sports at Meriden, Conn, yester.
Gay. The experiment was great success
AT tne National Council OF the Order United
american Mechanics, at Wilmington, Del, yester.
Gay, amendments were adopted making persons Is
years OF age or over eligible TO membership The
council adjourned to meet at Lynn, Mass, next
year.
A constable from Thomaston, Me-, was yester-
day looking for Baptist clergyman OF that place.
his congregation. ~
A fight occurred last night on Eden street, Bal
uHoIc, growing out or political discussion I'm
which Robert Boss, aged 81, was shot and died n
few minutes.
K: c. Frost. who has been arrested for burglary
IN Troy, n. Y, was a member OF the Methodist
cnurch and had robbed his own pastors house.
Yesterday, at the breaking OF the ground for the
Cunton ana Point Caswell railroad, n. c., nfty
young ladies from six counties threw the first dirt
While crowd OF i've thousand persons looked on
number OF convicts confined in a house near
Raleigh. n c., made an attempt to cut out Tues
DAY night, and nine OF them, GLIDING the guardO
got away.
The Oakland (Md.) hotel closed for the season on
Monday, Notwithstanding the lateness OF the
season there were forty guests at the hotel Thero
was heavy frost there yesterday morning.
AT 81. johns, Mimi, on the ST. Paul, Minpeapo,
lis and Manitoba railroad yesterday morning a
locomotive became unmanageable, and was aban-
Toned by the engineer and dreman. Ii ran into a
,aboose, killing one man.
"A Waterman named Carroll, at the u. s. arsenal
IL San Antonio, Texas shot and killed an employe
named Fritz Panley In self-defense.
. Kooert s. Fergus, weil-known journalist, and
ormerly captain In the army, died yesterday In
Jersey City. While stationed In Wyoming his
wife and only child were burned TO death during 4
Ire at the Officers quarters.
, QUARREL IN THE MEDICo- LEGAL SocrErY.-At
The meeting OF the new Medico-Legal Society in
New York last evening a uar, otav