Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-03-18
Tclegranl,ic Rrie1s.

A destructive mr. az Knife Falls. Carlton county,
Mimi. broke out last night in the mills OF C. y.
Nelson lumber dealer. The drying Kiln and A
quantity OF shingles were burned.
The steamer wyoming. which sails from New
$a@."o are 80 lar engaged for the Gallia which
ledycS to-InorrOW.
The stables of Matthias Soverel. on sprinvda,e
avenue, East Orange. Nj, were burned last night,
with ten valuable horses
The Mitchell Furniture company's factory. at St
Louis. WAS burned THIS morning. Loss S5D0gl
4 man nained :. VI. Mctlain. aged ~ years al.
tempted suicide THIS morning on the Pacific ex-
press when entering Altoona. Pa by cutting his
throat with un.k,.r lrir. From, n.n.ra fo,no IN
his posseSSan II II supposed that Nc, lam or Me-
Lean belongs to Philadelphia There Is no hope OF
his recovery.
At Plymouth. Mass. The striking naers at the
Robinson Iron company factory resumed work to-
day, iccedlnS 10 tiie company terIla
THE SCRE,NER GONG To BosTos-Secretary
Folger to-day received a telegram from Can't Ca
brielson, commanding the revenue steamer Dexter,
stating that strong n0rth,rly winds had DELAYED
Holl. Mass Capt. GdhrialSM SAYS that the
Screaln'r was bound 10 Boston, and that he VIII
convoy her 10 that port as soon the weather per-
mitS
PEEsoSAL-t;cncral and Mrs. Grant and Col and
Mrs F. ID. Grant arrived al the Arlington last
evening. senator Jones, or Nevada, and Ser
geant-at-af1nS tanaday were registered In New
YORK last n-ht-InIrrnal Revenue Commissioners
Evans has returned frum his visit 10 kentucky.-
r.. L. Beach ana T. Y. Dwycr. OF Washington, were
registered in -. Louis On sunday Repre-
sentative Einstrin ana Mr. G.. X MARITIME. of F. Ds
Riry u Co. New York. are At ChaDil.rm's-Mr
NJ. ". Bruce has gone Ia Nebraska on a short
yi,it---Mrs Annie Key TURNER, daughter OF
Banner. died al san Francisco. veSteriay.-S Sena-
tor Harrison Was Registered in Chicago Oh sun
aaN;--tN-N'''flarE h"'"n'h has gone TO New
York On professional bllsiness.-George B. Nc
Cart"''. eN-cIi,f of th" bureau nf engraving and
printing. and j. sanford Ross, of Newark. are at
the Ebhtt.-Mrs. +. IA. Allen and two children,
OF Washington, We're passengers by the central
overland train 10 arrive al san Francisco last Tues
day. Representative knley OF Ohio. ad-
1utant general VI that state, WAS At the Capitol To-
day.
"
President Arthur a Ghurchsnam.
From tie New York I in,s
There Il some faut-flndng in Washington BE-
cause the President gives dinners In Lent al which
other than Lenten lar. i provided. The President
Is a churchInan. although not high churchman,
and that according TO the censOrious is an aggra-
Walton OF his sin. The fact Is. however that Mr..
Arthur evidently out 10 20 through the list OF
persons eligible 10 Mhtte HOUSE Invitations. aud
has been surprised by the end OF the season with
his program Unfinished Which would be worse
(he has asked probably TO omit Invitations TO the
remaining unnvited or trench on the days OF Lent.
CuriouSly enouoh. even very high church people
think IL no wrong 10 have what called .sstag
parties" for dinners and SuIers during Lent. Here,
In New York mems dinner parties are now yery
frequent. and the wicked fellows seem 10 think
that they have far better time than at the formal
a1aI~ of the proper and conventional season-
with the observances of DAYS and seasons 1 know
aery rigid moraliSls who VIII break the orthodox
sabbath all To tnders without quaiIn, but who
revolt from doing on Good Friday that which
would not be nnIltous on SUNDAY.
Bring OD Your Foreign Navfes.
From the New York Sun. to-day.
machine that looked like a forty-foot brass
pipe mounted on a steel grder such as lie on tho
elevated railroad pillars rested the center OF tho
machine shop OF the Deamater iron works yester.
a acbfn IL ha bar md
when completed, Is expected TO sink, on occasion,
the largest man-of-war afloat and annihflate its
crew. The gun Is constructed OF brass and steel,
fitted In the most accurate manner at the Joints.
and capable OF sustaining pressureo OF 10p pounds
TO the square inch. It weighs but ton, and may
be carried by small gunboat. The proJectile n
encased In soft metal within q shell OF brass and
fitted with n wooden tail II weighs about one
hundred pounds The gun is constructed with q
powerful air chameer capable OF storing an
Immense force OF compressed air.
"ThS gum" said Mr.. HinSdalle, who Is super.
intending the construction, Will throw the cart
ridge three miles with a precision never attained
suppose a cartridge landed on the deck OF the
Thunderer, what would happen?"
"The vessel would De shattered and sunk bv tho
explosion, and every living being upon the deck
would be blown TO atoms'
THE CHESAPEAKE BAY MrRpER-The rnftad
States commissioner in Baltimore, before whom
Petersen. the sailor. who killed his mate IN tho
Chesapeake bay saturday last, was taken decided
that the ofense was not within the Jurisdiction of
the United states court, the state courts having
Jurisdiclloh over onenses committed In the Chesa-
peake Day The prisoner was taken I'm charge by
The state authorities, and, waivtng an examination
was sent TO jail 10 await the action OF the Crand
jury.