Evening star., 1897-03-13

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Written Exclusively for tn" Evening Star.
There was a time years ago" remarked
an Old fish dealer to The Star reporter
when the only fish that ever sold in the
city markets in the early spring were
caughl in the lower Potomac All this is
changed now, and il matters not whether
the fish in the Potomac will come up early
or not. for supply now comes from the
south. and already they coming in
fast as hey are needed. The Potomac shad
and herring, except few now and then. will
hardly begin to arrive until April. In the
meantime elegant shad are obtainable from
North Carolina and even farther south
They are carefully packed in crushed Ice
and are as fresh when they arrive If
they We're but just caught in the Potomac
The Potomac shad. however, have d flavor
about them that make them much more
pc latable. than the fish from any SOUTH
ern river hay, and while North Carolina
shad good enough to fill in they DO not
sell at all when the Potomac fish are on
sale There is no river water where
herring grow ir such large numbers or are
toothsome as those which are seined
in the Potomac
Il have hedrl quite a number of stories
OF mediums but one came to a few
porter. which takes the pastry as far as
/ have heard. 1t appears young man, vino
is engaged in business In this city, during
the past winter began an investigation into
matters connected with spi-itualism. He
made Il number of calls upon medium
who. i'll this case. is married woman
In some manner the medium ascertained
that tle young man had been married. but
for some reason declined to live with his
wife. With this knowledge the medium be-
gan to get information from the spiritual
world for the young man and for which
she charged him 81 per sitting. After he
had paid her about S2y for Seances the
medium got Information from her control
that it was the duty of the young man TO
apply for divorce from his wife The in
fOrma ion also d Erected that he should Sc
cure the services of particular lawyer.
who is the husband of the medium He
did SO. and paid more fees. though the
application has not yet been filed. for the
reason that the young man has no legal
evidence of his wife's unfaithfulness.
though he has any quantity of spiritual
evidence which. however, does not play
any very strong part in the courts. Next
the young man was informed by the med
iun tia: he should take rooms and board
at the residence OF the medium. and that
She had spiritual authority from the young
mans grandmother, who is long since dead,
for directing him. This he demurred to
at first, but finally consented and moved
bag and baggage into the meciums house,
where he compelled to pay rather
stiff price for the same. The deserted wife
heard of il in some way. and employed me
10 look after her interests in the matter.
/ went to see the medium, also her huS
band. who claimed TO be lawyer, and the
young man. The next thing the young
man knew the medium and her husband
Jumped the town. leaving the young man
stuck for the rent of the house for Febru-
arr and March, which he will have to pay.
aUi several hundred dollars in ~ her
ways.
Dan Stuart promises that the ladies who
buy seats to witness the fight between Cor
bett and Fitzsimnons at Carson City. New,
will be- fully protected while they mis-
guests observed an old newspaper writer
TO The Star reporter, and from my ex-
perience at such an affair. think it is safe
to say he will be as good as his word No
sport. however hard, will dare to do any
thing about that fight that Stuart does
not want. for the very good reason that it
VIII be terribly ursafe to do SO, and they
know it full we'll A good many years
ago, was sent by prominent newspaper
10 write up the Collyer-Aaron fight down
the Potomac. 1t my first experience
at such gathering. and l was trifie ner-
vous WI en- l found myself at the side of
the ring There were half dozen other
newspaper writers present, all of whom
were provided with seats the lower row
of a tier not unlike some of the Inaugural
tion stands. though semi-circular in form.
Above US were seated some toughs from
Baltimore and Philadelphia, who were very
tough They amused themselves by throw
Ing cigar stumps and other things down on
our heads and on the board which served
as our table on which to write. The late
CHARLEY Hurdle and Jack Rooney OF the
Rams Head Were managers of the fight
cd for tipy,
Charley Hurdle. who up to his neck
attending TO the details of the fight outside
of the riag. announced that the newspaper
writers were his guests. and all gentlemen
must govern themselves accordingly or he
would know the reason why. This secured
better conduct from the toughs but finally
one of them threw another cigar stump
down on our table. This Jack Rooney
saw. As quick flash he jumped into a
seat beside us, and drawing out of his
pocket ugly old revolver. he looked up
toward the toughs and said If any gentle
man repeats that III shoot him as sure as
my nome is Rooney He spoke as if he
meant it, Anyhow. that was the end of
the annoyance. and for the remainder of
the fight the best of order was maintained
The fellows who follow prize fights have
the most sincere regard for the managers
OF the fights Consequently. anything
promised or desired by Dan Stuart is al
Tost certain to be furnished
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The boys who went to school to the
late Strong John Thomson in this city. il
assembled. would make. in numbers a
half dozen or more regiments one thousand
strong" observed one of the committee en-
gagged in organizing them for the purpose
OF placing a monument on his grave They
are of all ages. from sixteen to sixty, and
among them We have ascertained the names
of at least thirty who are over fifty years
OF age- They scattered all over the
nited States. though, of course, the larger
number reside in this city Though The
committee have secured a large number of