Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-21

hiilN III ne CITY railroads are The iATaniS. not
the serN ants OF the iiUbic. They furnish loo icw
cars, and bad ana dirty Accommodations. aad pay
niue OF nothing into the city treasury. They
should at a.! times be Cl,nrh.led TO keen Uar.r
Tracks Wei paved. and cleaned irO!n dirt snow and
Ice without any aanOyanCe or injury SO the resi-
dents along their routes. They should at the yc;y
Ie1et pay large bonus TO the street clraniuE de-
piljihent or furnish sufficient boN-ClTs and inrtS
TO tdht. away al Tie GlrJ ANA SNOW which comes
upon Their tracks.
Washington Misery Kran~pIanteG.
From the Fl...ad, lphia Tin.cs
The horse cars of this town are filled with wet
nay and pneumonia aai people who cannot md
sets and genera discomfort This Is i part Of our
modern ci. illZ..tIOa.
FAT WcMANS TRnUElES.-RuGnel. the New
YORK Dine llU man. has eau III a tartar q; A
fat wG,aan. named Annie PetIlf VINO alleges in her
compliant thGt The defendant hired her 10 exhibit
heiHa.i IA various museums in..ndacd hy Gln Ia
New lolk- Ne" jersey and CaaHe,flcIt. At sl0 a
week. aid 10 be guaranteed SO week Tor the sale
o her rtot' graphs She alleges that The employ
ment Was Tor life hut that AFTER she had been on
exhibition three days at The Brooklyn museum She
was discharged. and demands 5000 damages
SHAPING ! PATENTS FAcE.-nr. Charles \. Gil
lin the lSa sur Oh Of the Connecticut state hos
fit H. Wt- saturday night discharged by the llr-t-
tors. White dressing the iimb Oh a female patl a
~ iooi his tea er aud slapped the pat IL face
against hlia. DE-. Gilun Is p wears Old, anu is a
graduate OF the New York University
TAXING RAT Poison BY MIsTaKE.-Seven men,
ber> OF Tie family 81 Henry Kendall, a resident II
lGtlSVlil5, KY. nave been poisoned by a prepara-
ton known as Rough on Rats which had btrn
put III biscuit bN mistake. Mir. Kendall AID one
son cannot Recover.
FORCED TO Marcy USDER THREATs.-NrS Debo-
rah Rei1 has MED p1ti ion Tor divorce, IN Pha-
delplila. stating that OF January lot when leaving
"A train At 9th and Columbia streets. She WAS ~
preached by Ralph H.Z.elt. who WAS employed by
her mother as farm lab0rer. Tie compelled her To
a company him 10 a house on Lombard street,
18th. where she was detained for eight days being
locked up in room during the greater portion ~
that time. On Sunday, the II Instant. Hazlett cont
peiied her 10 accompany hun 10 the otice OF mag
iStrate. with threats OF violence where they were
married. She remember, nothing nat was said by
the magistrate and received 10 certificate from
him.
THE SKELETON AND HIS LOST BfIDE.-Urtah
Clear has filed biz Ia equity. in Philadelphia.
against j. b. Garrison. the living skeleton. Clear
says that he is the father OF Bertha t. Clear. who Is
how and for a long uine has been lunatlc ana i'll
competent 10 enter into any contract lie CON-
plains that Garrison and Bertha. on January II.
went through the forms of natrimony. and he pra
that Garrison be enjoined from exercising any rights
or powers as husband over the state or liberty 81
Bertha. and that the marriage DE declared void
Garrison saturday received letter from Berlha. IL
which She said Il viii rejotn you next week.
SUICIDES AT Monte CARLo.-The English and
American residents OF Nice are. according TO a
cabe-ram from London. renewing their efforts 10
suppress gambling ar Monte Carlo. The news
papers AT Nice record fo,iT ViOln deaths that have
taken place al Monte Carlo Within a week. which
were the results OF gambling. clerk OF coin-
nlercal house after losing money committed SUI
eide 10y flr1ng a bullet through his brain IN the
street outside the gambling hell in which he SUI
fered Another loser hanged himself Oh a tree be-
hind the Hotel de Iondres and sthlrd put q bullet
through his BRAIN 1t the Hotel de Paris. Another
man. who was "A winner of 1.ylDf. robbed OF his
winnings and stabbed TO death in the gardens %
the Casino.
MONEY OR BLooD-The Cleveland, Youngstown
and PittSburg railroad having failed 10 pay lis
laborerS on the new division saturday night. sixty
Italians came from Minerva. armed with knives.
and took possession Of The superintendent ana
pavmaSter'S Office in Alliance. Ohio, demanding
that they be paid. The mayor read the riot act at
~ o'clock, and an armed body of one hundred cit-
zenS rescued the superintendent and paymaster
without h,oodSlled. Arrangements made
whereby each Italian received 81 and a fresh PROM
iSe made Tor tomorrow, Afn more trouble Is eA-
pected.
THE SPANISH CORTgS STANDARDIZATION CanOvas
del Castillo read decree In both the senate and
chamber OF deputies. AT Madrid. on saturday. SuS
pending the sir tings OF the cortes. The liberal Jour-
naiS which Were the org ans II the late ministry,
declare that the adhesion OF the liberals 10 King
Alfonso remains Ut altered H. rs (, eN a.ted L de-
cree diSSovtng the cortes = Issued Ia February The
elections Will occur III April and The nes cortes viii
assemble Ia May.
ACow- BOTS FATAL FUsILADE.-A cowboy named
Love. who woTStet in 4 hight with the nroDrie-
tors OF saloon Big Spring. Texas. outside
and commenced 10 shoot with pistol al the Iront
OF the saloon Charles Lite, who Was stanGing
The Sheriff was present, but The murderer es-
capped
CAPTURED BY VIGII.aNrES.-four Nipbrarl CSehN
vic1lanucs arrived at lankton. Dakota, Satursiay
having in custody Kid Wade. captain OF a Nlob-ara
gang OF horse thieves. whom they mad captured ar
La Mars. Iowa The yigi!anteS have been on WGde's
track since last Tail They proceed for Nubrara as
soon as achievements arrive.
Two DsFAULrERs CAPTrRED.--A dispatch from
Marshall. Texas. says: "EaSfon and CorInack. eX-
agents OF the Texas Pacific railway at sherman.
who defauted recently with large amount or
money. passed through here this evening in charge
or detective. They Were captured at Ocean
Springs Miss. They had everything in readiness u
start for Mexico"
CowHrpING N THE SoUrH.-There WAS consider
able excitement in Charlotte. y. G, saturday. over
the cowhidng ofG. W. Chalk by c. VI. g. Butt. teller
of the Merchants and Farmers National Bank.
growing out OF a letter written by Chalk To the
Gastonia Sa.stte, making crave Institutions
cashier OF the Traders National Bank OF that city.
Butt met Chalk In the law Office NJ I. VI. I1trman
and demanded written retraction, and upon Chalk
refusing. Butt began dealing blows with acowh1ie
Chalk m&de no resistance but called fsr the police,
and parties appearing upon the scene stopped the
proceedings. The parties were arrested and taken
before the mayor for breach Of the peace. Butt
was fined $50. while Chalk was bound over ia 800
to answer charge OF libel.
THE FRENCH REvoLUTIoNIsTs-Two meetings
held in Paris yesterday in furtherance Of the
were delivered In favor OF a social revolution. At
one OF the meetings IL was decided To organize a
fund to raise a monument TO the communists who
were shot.
FOREIGN RESIDENTS IN EGYPT IN DANGER--It Is
reported that there has been a massacre OF
Christians at khaTtoum, and that King John. or
Abyssinia, has offered refuge In his Kingdom for
the officials and foreign conSuls al khartoum. A
dispatch to the London Times from khaftOum.
dated January 49, says: sit is reported here that
number OF dervtSheS near here have summoned the
people to join Fl Mahdi- A great army is expected
to arrive In ten DAYS. English soyerelgns, which
were popular In the baZaars, are now refused
only taken at discount. This II regarded as
ominouS The bearing or the people Is totally
changed, and il Is thought there Is some strong
influence at work.
TRYING TO BRIGHTEN TIE WRONG WoNAN.-A
tramp applied, saturday. at the residence OF Mr..
Cook, ON Bayard avenue, South Norwalk. Conn.,.
for food. Mrs Cook, who was alone in the house,
told him she had nothing but some cold coffee. With
a fearful oath he said she must let him have some
yictualS She was speaking at an open window.
The fellow pulled out a revolver pointed IL at her
and said: 81 would blow your brains out If there
wasn't something wrong with the trigger OF this
pstoln Mr. Cooks rifle WAS In the room. Mrs
Cook at once seized this, pointed IL through the
window at the vagrant and said: "There is nothing
the matter with the trigger OF this weapon. and II
you don't disappear at once VIII pull il" HIS
trampship went
At meeting OF Irishmen In Cleveland yesterday
one OF their number suggested plan To destroy the
British navy with torpedoea