Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-29

Professor LEM, OF Nuremberg Germany. has
received an order to cast bronze statue OF the
late President Garfield, which is TO be erected IN
San Francisco.
Prof. hlinkerfues. the German astronomer. shot
nlnSelT In The observatory IL Gottin5en Germany,
yesterday
The trial OF George Alfred Townsend for libel OF
joseph Hart, With damages Set at $4,000, began In
The Will of DR.. John r. Lee. OF Hartford. Conn.
among other bequests leaves $1,000 10 tie Hampton
Va) Normal and Agricultural school.
An unknown Hungarian. out OF work and stary-
Ing, committed suicide at West Newton Pa SUN
day, by jumping into an air-hole In the ice,
4 man named Webb became involved IN diff
Guilty In jackson county, Ala, yesterday, with
three brothers named Milburn. and he killed two
OF them and fatally wounded the third.
All the cOmpoSitOrS employed in the Erenfn1 Selrs
office, Philadelphia, Were notified Saturday that
their services We're no longer required, and their
places We're soon afterwards supplied by non-u union
men.
The amount Of subscriptions received by the Bos-
ton Post TO be given Lieut. Rhodes. OF the cutter
Dexter for gallant conduct In connection with the
City OF Columbus disaster. is S1,1S0.
Agnes Murphy, OF Raymertown, n. Y, died Sum-
stances In the case which point to its being lie
insurance murder
Wing Lee, wellknown Louisville Chinaman.
was married In that city Monday 10 Miss Nellie
Burton, proposing white girl.
A MYSTERIOUS MURDER.-The mutilated remains
OF Harvey Stacker, prominent young man OF
Elizabeth, Pa, were found yesterday morning near
Peters creek trestle two miles from Elizabeth.
Blood was scattered over the snow for distance OF
100 yards, and there was evidence OF hard strug-
gle. There is no clue to his murderer.
THE OLD. OLD STORY.-Tilden G. Abbott. for ten
years cashier OF the Union Market National bank
OF Watertown, Mass. has absconded. taking funds
OF the bank aggregating as far as known So, 100.
The bank Will not open its doors to-day, and should
there be a run 1t may close permanently. Abbott
was OF pleasing address. member OF the Baptist
church, and until within six months ago was
treasurer OF the Watertown Savings bank. He is
about forty years old, and has wife and four
tc f1aaf &C.
A Young WoMAN's DEATH FROM MALPRACTICE
Margaret Sauer aged 2l, died sunday al the resi-
dence OF her married Sister, Bertha HaufG, In New
York, from the effects Of malpractice. Dr. VIM. P;
Merxes, who attended her; Mary Bachert, alias
Preston, and Jacob Bachert, the brother OF the
preceding and the alleged lover OF the VICTIM We're
arrested and held for examination.
TWIN BABIES FROZEN TO DEArH-A dispatch
from Liberty Mills, Ind, says: .The twin babies or
Isaac and Rebecca Martin were frozen TO death
Thursday night In their crib. which had been
placed IN fre!ess room. They were three months
Old. Martin visited the crib during the night and
found one babe dead. The other was suffering
severely, and soon died. The clothing was frozen
to the bodies or the infants
PART OF THE BCZZaRD BAND ARRESTED-NrS Abe
Buzzard. wife OF the notorious OUTLAW. ami three
members OF the gang, named Hainey. Hornhergcr
and Breneiser, We're arrested on Ephrara NOUN
tain near Lancaster, Pa, Friday. the men being
charged with feloniouS entry and larceny. and Mrs
Buzzard with receiving stolen goods. The arrest
was eileCUtu vi lue lHlofllatlon oi Il fllladtlpna
detective, who Joined the band January and haS
been travelling with 1t since.
SAD EFFECT OF THE EMMA BOSp TRiAI-There IS
queer climax 10 the Emma Bond case. one of the
jurors weeps constantly at home, and refuses To be
comfOrted. Another one starts and runs whenever
he hears any unusual noise and another, Boone
Isaacs, who was engaged TO young lady, has been
Tilted, and is now overcome with grief.
SOME MODEST REFoRMERs.-The second days ses-
sion OF the New England Free-ThnkerS' conven-
ton opened at Boston yesterday. Tree thinkers
association was formed with bylaws demanding
that churches should not be exempt from taxation:
that the judicial oath should be abolished that ali
laws enforcing the observance OF the Sabbath and
Christian morality should be repealed; that the
Bible should be removed from the puDlic schools,
and that governmental aid should be refused 10
Sectar1an schools.