Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-11-15

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Amusements. etc., To-Nixht.
NATIONAL TukATKR-Mnsn Opera company ir
"fugolettor
ALssreH's GRAND OPERA HousE-Abbo,t com
pany IN I'll Trovatore."
FoRD's orERA HousE-"The Boop M eola-
THEATER CoNIoUE-yarieties
phans.'
News Briefs.
=, MI. Samuei N. Evans, for years one OF the best
Known republican politicians OF Baltimore dIec
his age.
Christian Christensen, from California. Is the
Bls. American victim OF the cholera reported FROM
The Vermont legislature yesterday elected seven
supreme court Judges. Hon. Homer E Rozee, OF
81 Adams, was elected chief Justice.
Dlphiheria prevails 70 an alarming extent In the
town OF Newton. y. Y.
-. A shock q earthquake occurred in England ias,
As NJ hear Manchester.
The trouble at the Worcester, Mass. Technical
lns,itute Is ended Eleven students who put the
professors horse in the chapel made n coufessiou
yesterday. and IS Others who were under suspen-
Sion, were reinstated.
THE MINISTER'S vALIsv CH.Serp Rev NJ
peterson. prominent member OF the Virginia con.
ference, went into the once OF the Norfolk anc
al YESTERDAY. 10
buy ticket 10 Lynchbure, where the CONFERENCE
IS IN session, leaving his valse containing All OF MS
conference papers and other vaIusb.es In the SIT
Nhg rom adjacent When he came out q colored
man handed him valise, which In his hurry he
loon 10 De his own. he aid not discover the mis-
take until he got IN the car. His own valise was
then gone. and has not been since found In TIE
Vailse which was handed tie reverend gentlefnap
was leund huge cabbage, and nothing else The
iosS OF ais conference reports is a serious matter
ana ouJ for this fact his friends here would reel
disposed TO make merry over their exchange for a
big cabbage
PROTECTING TIE OYSTER BEps-Gov Cameron OF
Virginia, was IN Norfolk yesterday and inspected
lhe oxster-eoat Chesapeake, which was built In
Norio!h TO protect the oyster beds OF virginia wa
teis rom depredations 10y dredgers She viii be
provided with two rifled guns and two Gatling
guns, and Will Oe able 10 protect the h.vslyes from
guns arrive.
NEGROES DlsPI.ANTtNG CHINAMRS IN CALIFORNIA
MI. r. W ownoey, OF Bakerfleld, Cal, arrived In ST
the conveyance over the Union PACING on i sal
negroes from Tennessee TO California He Is work,
Ig lor Hoggin ard Texts. who are large farmers IL
Kern county, and VINO have tried the plan OF EN-
ploying negroes on their farms instead OF China
men. The Cinnamon get about SOS a month and
MIRO hieh are employed at sic month and board
the women az IS and the boys al Sc About 800 OF
them have already been tried on the farms with
admirable results lot OF cotton was success
lully raised the past year as an experiment. Mr.
Owneey says that since the success OF the negro
pan he expects great many California planters
w duopl IL ana thus drive out the Cinnamon, who
cause more trouble than they worth
PROPOSED NEW ELECTION Law IN VIRGINIA
Inc virginia state senate has passed the bill
KNOWN as the McCormic election blu, which places
the appointment OF all registrars ana fudpes az
election In the hands OF local boards 20 be chosen
" the legislature. As soon the bin can reach
Ile mouse IL will be passed by that lOdy In the
senate Cen Wickham, an anJi-S ahone republican
c0uea I1r the measure The ouse directed the
report whether In their opinion steps should be
taken 10 remove Attorney General +. s. Blair from
his Office for mafeasance in the performance of the
duties thereof He is accused with charging excess
sive fees.
THE WORK OF THE PLENARY CorscI.-The first
general congregation OF the Third Plenary Council
was he'd IL the cathedral in Baltimore, yesterday
afternoon at O'Clock with closed doors All the
psnops, aobots, theologians and all the members
OF TIE council were present In IL some OF the mat
.ers DEBATED at The meetings OF the committee.
was in session nearly two hours. Last night ct
the cathedral Most Rev. c. c. Seghers, archbishop
OF oregon, preached On the subject OF .Indian Mis-
slons." Tomorrow the second solemn session of
the council VIII be held In the Cathedral after the
pontlncal high mass, which win be sung by Arch
preached by Archbishop Elder. OF CINCINNATI and
Will be on THE Priesthood" There Will be no pro-
cesson through the streets as on last sunday.
FIRING AT RAILROAD TRAIS-A farmer named
Atkinson was placed under bonds yesterday az Maj.
tawan. " j.. 10 await the action OF the next grand
jury upon the charge OF having fired shotgun &C
train on the New York and Long Branch railroad
Thursday. j. W. Merritt and WIN Iloyd or Ella
beth, were slightly injured by the shot.
ROBBED BY MASKED MfN.-Masked robbers Wed.
nesday night entered the residence az Mansneld.
Pa, OF Capt. John Morrow, an aged Invalid, and,
after binding and gagging Mrs. Morrow ana lady
friend NAMED Mccoy, ransacked the house and Sc
cured $500 In cash and other valuabes The ladies
freed themselves the next morning and gave IN
alarm Both were terribly Injured and Mrs Nor.
row may not recover.
MURDERED AND PLACED ON A RAILROAD TRACK.
Late Thursday night the mangled remains OF Ben
lalnin Shorten. OF Berea, Ohio a young man or %
were found on the Lake Shore track His head had
oeen entirely cut from the body and rolled away
from II, While the right arm and left foot had been
amputated 10y the car wheels. There are circum.
stances connected with the case which point
toward foul play. Shorten was known TO have both
money and revolver on his person, yet when
found both were gone, and his pockets had been
ri1ed. Ii Is thought that he was robbed and muir
dereo by tramps, and his body placed on the track
CATHOLIC TOTAL ABSTINENCE USros-The lee.
ture ana publication bureau or the Catholic Total
Abstinence Union OF America met yesterday at
Barnumis hotel. In Baltimore. All the members
P Pep present. M,s VIZ R Rev Bishop Ireland OF ST.
president OF the union, Rev. James F. Mealia, or
Brooklyn; Vice President Rev Thomas Mcmillan,
delphia, general secretary of the union and John
d; Campbell, president OF the c. I. A. Union OF
rhllaae!phla- An extended plan OF operations for
the winter was mapped out
AN EDITOR BURNED OCT.-The residence OF John
Foord, the editor or the Brooklyn Union at Sea
GIN, Long Island, and chapel adjoining, bult In
memory OF Gen. Garfield. Were burned TO the
ground last night The loss is about IS, 600 The
IRE Is supposed to be OF an inoendiary origin.
ASKING HIS CoUNTRY's PRoTKcrIoN.-An Amer.
can, named Bruce, who was formerly a Baptist
minister, made his escape from an English lunatic
asylum and went to q. S. Minister Lowells house
In London yesterday TO seek his protection On the
advise OF Mr. Lowell Mr. Bruce returned to the
asylum, but MI. Lowell promised him that fun Ia.
Quiry should be given TO his case.
The Journal or Inebrfety gives the results OF Dr.
NapierS inquiry into the nature OF diet the object
OF which was 10 solve the question or how far GER
tain foods encouraged prevented the craving for
drink. he concluded that naccaroni. beans dried
peas and lentils antagonize In q marked degree The
leslre for alcohol In the treatment OF alcoholism
farinaceous foods should be used In preference TO
all Others
DON'T IRRITATE YoUK LUNGS with O stubborn
cough when safe and certain remedy can be had
III DR.. Jayne's EXpectorant.
MAffffED.