Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-12-12
News Briefs.

lied contract with Capt. Eads for a ship rail-
way, and the bill has gone 10 the president fol
his signature.
All addition to George Eliot's memoirs has
been discovered, relating to the most active
period OF her literary life. The work is about
John Alexander, colored, convicted of the
murder OF his wife last February, at Stanton
plantation, seven miles below Algiers, La, was
The friends OF the deceased wife's sister bill
are confident OF carrying the measure through
parliament at the coming session,
The news of Vanderbiits death drove Charles
II. Fisher, engineer in chief OF the New York
Central railroad into violent stage Of insanity
and he was taken to the Poughkecpsie asylum.
Rev. Cephas Bennett, an American Baptist
missionary, died at RangOOn, Burmah, Novem-
Der 1G. Mr.. Bennett had been in Burmah since
1928, and was in his SD year when he died
The steamer Urunda which was held at Hall.
fax for some days at the action OF several
been allowed to proceed to Baltimore condi.
tiOnally.
Emma Brcen, assistant cook, and Mary
killeher, a kitchen maid, at the Metropolitan
club. in Montreal, were arrested yesterday on
| susi icion of being implicated in poisoning the
game soup served at dinner in the club.
mines of NJ. $. Kemmerer & Co., at HazletOn,
Pa, cased in yesterday, causing great damage
and throwing four hundred men out of employ.
ment.
AT Kennebunk, Me-, yesterday, Ralph Nc
Kenny, aged ID, accidentally shot and killed
While Goodwin, aged 8, while they were out in
Two coIored men and two colored women
were drowned by the upsetting of a boat Wed.
nMesuay nignt Whiie returning from trolic in
The New York board of aldermen yesterday
adopted the report OF Its railway committee
pany on Fifth avenue.
Nureddin Etfendi, brother of the sultan, is
dead.
The INSTRUMENTATION congress held its
last session in Cincinnati yesterday, with Rev.
l.. w; Joyce Ia the chair.
City yesterday searching for q young woman
named Alice Burns. who lodged there on We'd
neSeay nlght. and attempted to hang herself in
Grace aged 8 years. a daughter of Addison
Thompson. was shot dead at Hunters Point, L.
l., yesterday, by Howard. the 1O..year-old son
OF captain Josh Miller, while playing.
Saturday Smiles.
Time is money. A trotting horse that could
go in 2:19 was recently sold ut the rate of 1852
| second. 1t will be readily seen that horse
able to trot mile an hour ought to be worth
just $3.50, 200. Figures never He.-Minmeapoiis
Tribune.
keep it DARK as Burlington girl remarked
when her lover turned down the gas and kissed
her.-BuTifJlgton Free Press.
There are no insane asylums in China It is
also said that there are no street musicians
allowed In the fowery kingdom. OF course
there Is no connection between these two facts,
but they merely happen to come TO mind at
THIS time-Boston Transcript.
Talk about women being Eighty! Look at
bank cashiers-L0,peU Citizen.
MORE TRUTHFUL THAN He KNEW. - An
honest but rather f1iiterate old farmer, while
addressing a schOolhOuse audience on temper
ance confessed that he had been drinking
man; but, my friends" he said, II never
drank 10 succeSs."-Iemperance Times.
Two ladies, well known In town as collectors
OF Old furniture and ANTIQUITIES, were discuss
Ing prices the other day. "Oh! never buy
rom -. he charges too much" "He doesn't
turers prices."-New PORK Sur dr. '''0 ''''''''''
Papa, do they always find gas when they
pore LOT lt: asked Bob. Eyes, Robert, you may
depend upon II, where there is bore there is
Republican.
II is sud that only one woman in thousand
nusoand Is the one who receives the bills, and
OF course he is the one to WHISTLE o,skers
statesman.
FIRST Sitizen-You always stay home in the
evenings, now? second CitfzenEYes, my wife's
Iat9er gave her $500 for birthday present,
anu am teaching her how to play draw-pOker.
-f"ftddetphtd Progress.
Inc reports Of the Secretaries of War and the
Navy arc not exciting reading.-tHal
YnPeF.l Inc Secretaries are writing facts, not
oilne noVels.--Roston Post.
6utcner-"Porter-house steak madam?''
.@Huiaoy-"No; boarding house. -1td-B0s.
a correspondent writes: az send you little
PV =. caited The Lay OF the Lark II accepted
icy me Know. Rejected with thanks. II you
WI, sSn9 rev specimens Of the lay Of the hen
"e WIZ Observation-Disclosures ksce Press.
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