Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-11
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

At Brazil, Ind, Eliza Stahleton, sixteen
years old, testified that her husband. sixty
five years old, is a witch, and had brought
sickness and distress upon her. She re-
lated many mysterious deeds which she
claimed her husband committed.
James Puyty, seventy-five years old, and
Mrs. Hester West, seventy, were married
rear kirkmansville, Ky. james Stamps,
the groom's best man, is a widower for the
second time. his wife having been daugh-
ter of Mr.. Putty and his second wife the
daughter of Mrs. West.
A Seneca Falls On. " iceman has placed
beneath thousand tons of ice roast of
beef, which he expects to eat in July.
The average annual amount of ivory re-
ceived in London from the African wilds
is AL tons. The average price is $500
per ton.
In Tompkins county, N. Y, which expects
next year to have a stock of 5000 animals
John Mellentree, "trusty," vino has
been serving a sentence in Jail at Park
ersburg, w. Va, for petty theft, WAS
sent to a jewelers. store by some of the
women in the jailer's family after small
piece of jeweiry. Melentree pocketed the
money, stole about $1,000 worth of jewelry,
picked the turkeys pocket, stole the
jailer's gold spectacleS and decamped.
G. H. Hauschild while at work opposite
Victoria few days ago unearthed
small bronze medal On the face is the
bust of human figure, encircled by The
words Major General George B. Mcclellan,
war of 1S61." On the other side is inscrib-
ed. Henry Broderick, Bait. D. End Art.
Pa. Vols, Philadelphia, Pa"
The Illinois legislature is discussing a
bill to prohibit married women teaching in
public schools
Street car fares were cut to half a cent in
savannah the other day. Judge Speer has
decided court can interfere to prevent
competition running chartered public cor.
poration and the electric company author
lied to use or scent fares, as it may
choose.
Ohio has 10, 1S5 saloons, the revenue from
which is 81 ,295, 9O5.34 This money was
distributed follows: To the state general
revenue, $259, 40; local police funds, $751;
753.75; municipal general revenue, S4O6, Ii;
poor fund, $295, SS9.34.
There is now lying in public elevators in
Chicago 25.26f, 600 bushels of wheat. There
is probably 100000 more in private eleva-
tors and of this fully 200O0,000 bushels is
under contract. 1t is charged much Of this
wheat is below grade and an investigation
is to be made.
meets this week in Baltimore. This asso-
citation is composed of the canned-goods
packers and brokers of the New England,
middle and South Atlantic states.
The Southern Memorial and Literary So
ciety has decided to put the Jefferson Davis
mansion at Richmond, Va. in thorough re-
pair, at cost of $4,000. and convert it
into museum for confederate relics.
passed a bill divorcng Ellen Fighter from
her husband. Mrs. Fighter considered the
matter settled and three days later mar
ried Frank Dougherty. When the news
reached Dover the senate refused to con-
cur and Mrs Fighter now has two hus-
bands, and is guilty of bigamy.
The Cincinnati fire department is max
ing arrangements to add a portable tele-
phone outfit to every fire engine.
The Omish church forbids its members
going to law without first giving the
church a chance to arbitrate. At West
Elkton, Ohio, the church suspended John
Block for beginning a lawsuit, and he
hanged himself.
repeated stories defamatory of several
young ladies and finally attributed them to
James and Martin LintZ. The Lintz boys
are dead and Coleman mortally hurt.
Tom Johnson heated an iron bar red hot
in the stove in his cell, in the Middleboro
KY, Jail, and burned out the lock. Then
he liberated all the other prisoners and got
away.
Maggie Wachter and George A Grindall,
witnesses for the defense in the Hayward
charged with perjury.
Train Robber Jim Cummns'' has been
removed from Jail at st. Louis for trial,
and told the story of his career.
Mrs. Richards, station agent at Kimber-
ly, Mimi, recently overheard a plot to
wreck and rob all express train. She shot
at the plotters, then gave the warning by
wire, saving the train.
Baron Sudeley and Lord Thurlow, ac-
cording to London advices, have lost big
fortunes by company promoting.
Ten thousand shoe operatives have quit
work in London.
For the first time in fifteen years an
American vessel, the Hamilton Fish. has
cleared from Bergen. Norway.
Directors of the Baltimore Sugar REIN