Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-08-17

other points relative 70 the minors rstsrning %
Messn. Turner end Mullen, the oommitsss
rsprSsenung the national executive board Of
me knights Of Labor. have been iuvestgating
nave bold conferences with the mayor and
prominent oitissns, and Will meet ihe mill
The window glass manufacturers and work.
Hon u fttsourg WILL to-day hold the first con.
Terence Oh the year on the wsge question. II 10
~ per cent advance for the gatherers. Neither
slSe seems 70 aPprehend contest.
psrtidc e sa cigar factories IN Havana working
men having struck tor higher wasss
nom Charlotte. n. e., says Mr. john Ford. Q
farmer who lives in the neighborhood OF Clear
Creek church, had . goose that was setting In
toe meadow, fndustriously brooding over four
eggs. A few days ago Mr.. Ford visited the
goose and was very much sstonished TO md
which had coiied itself Xround the nest. The
o9ose had become very much exhausted from
such an anectionate embrace on The part Of the
was the fact that the snake had swallowed the
eggs. The snake was killed and cut open and
the eggs were found unframed. The eggs were
again placed under the goose, and Ia course Of
the she!ls Each one OF them possessed psir
OF biood-red eyes. They lived four days and
each one died.
MEXICO Nor EfcITED.-A dispatch from the
city Of Mexico says: An examination of sixty
newspapers from the interior OF the repubiic.
including Journals of all shades OF opinion,
interest outside the press Of the capital aud the
northern frontier.
ALLEGED REINSTATEMENT OF THE Jrsurrn-
dispatch from Montreal says: The pope hos
published . decree, dated July H. reinstating
upon IL by his predecessors ever since its
foundation, Notwithstanding the decree OF Pope
Clement XIV pronounced against IL In l773.
CAPT. SoMKRs Transformer Holt OF
bridgeport, Conn, was notified yesterday That
the government supply steamer John Rogers
who was drowned at Black Rock on Thursday
parted to see about the proper disposal OF the
remains. There Is very little doubt that Capt
Somers committed suicide.
BURNED THEIR MOTHER TO DEATH-A dis.
patch from Paris says: An imbecile widow,
named Leboi, residing In Selles ST. Denis, has
met with q horrible death. Her sons endeayored
TO obtain admission :or her in n madhouse, but
failed They did not want To support her, and
her and burned her TO death. While the woman
was suffering the sons sprinkled holy water
over her, and when arrested told the police thss
they had burned their mother because OF relig.
ious motives. The woman was 60 years old
and had the reputation Of being sorceresA
THE DEN OF A MAsropoN-While blasting
was in progress at McAfee n. Y, on the line Of
the Lehigh and Hudson River railroad, a seam
III Tue rOCks was Optucu, discussing the lAif Oh
some Wild animal wherein human and animal
bones were discovered, some OF them petrified.
1t had possibly been the den of q bear. DIR. w.
b. Bridner, OF Warwick, vouches for some OF the
bones being human. There are pieces OF Yer.
tebfse OF an animal bigger than AL ox-probs-
bly, mastodon.
CURE FOR RATTLEsNAKK BIrE.-RaftlesnakO
Jim, OF Wooster, Ohio says that the only re-
liable cure for the bite OF q rattlesnake is tur-
pentine. He says that bottle of turpentine
held over the bitten spot, the uncorked mouth
down, will draw out the poison, which can be
seen as IL enters the turpentine ia q sort OF blue
flame. Although he has never been bitten, he
has tried this cure on his dogs, always with sue.
cess.-Zoled0 Blade.
PUTTING ARMED GUARDS ON AN AMERICAN
VEssEL-A Halifax special states that sdvices
from st. Johns are TO the effect that the Amen.
can schooner shiloh was one OF the four fishing
vessels that put into Liverpool last week 70 en-
able their crews to visit their families. Capt.
Quigley, Of the Terror, would not allow them TO
land Armed guards were placed on board,
and they were compelled to report 70 the Gus.
tom house. The Shiloh put to sea, and arrived
at Louisbourg on the l1th instant, where she
landed . disabled seaman, and WAS still In port
Saturday night, with custom officer on board.
but otherwise her crew was enjoying the liberty
OF the port.