The Evening critic., 1881-08-13
summary of Morning News.

John S. Gable, the pioneer in the leaf
tobacco trade of Lancaster Pa, died Of apo
plexy Thursday.
Strong measures are being taken to
suppress the anti-Hebrew riots in POmera-
MIA. Twenty-one arrests have been made
at Koslin.
Rensselaer, G. Howard, prosecutor of
pension claims ut Jersey City, was arrested
yesterday on the charge of forging the name
of an ex-soldier, julius Wersing.
The schooner Gertie, of Lockport, blew
up while lying at anchor on bank Queero,
at Halifax. A spark from the cooks pipe
fell into keg Of powder.
Two young men were drowned in the
Hudson river, at Poughkeepsie, last night,
while trying to row boat in front of an
upward.bound steamer.
The post-office at Sassafras, Kent
County, Md, was robbed Thursday night.
The office was kept in drug store, and
the thieves secured about 5000, of which
$75 was in postage stamps.
The will of the late Gen. Robert Pat
terson, OF Philadelphia, leaves his entire
estate, estimated to be worth one million
and a-half dollars, to his family. There are
no public requests.
1t has been determined that the official
language in the Transvaal shall be Dutch,
and that no other be allowed in the law
courts. This places British residents and
natives at further disadvantage.
The excitement over the carbonate dis
coyeries nine miles from Deadwood, Da.
kOta, continues. A new town has sprung
up called West Virginia, which is we'll rep
resented in all branches of trade, and sup
ports daily newspaper.
Five mon, supposed to be MOllie Ma
guircs, were arrested ut the Dunbar mines,
near Uniontown, Pa, yesterday, on sus-
pici0n of being concerned in the assassna-
tion of Maurice Healey, of the Dunbar
Furnace Company.
President Crocker, of the Southern Pa
ciflc Railroad reports that the company is
laying mile of track every day beyond
Ell Paso, and that 125 miles of road-bed has
been graded and sixty miles Of track laid
west from San Antonio.
Two gendarmes from Italy, who arrived
at New York by the steamer Alexandria fol
the purpose of identifying the Italian bandit
EspOsitO, went to LudlOw-street Jail yester-
day and without hesitation picked out the
prisoner from n line of twenty-four other
in which he was placed.
Two lads, aged 5 and9, sons respectively
of Martin Fitzpatrick and jerry Riley, IN
Coventry, r. l., were missed on Thursday
Search was made all night, and yesterday
| morning their bodies were found in q sand
pit, buried by caving bank.
While the Royal Mail Company
| steamer Nile was at sea, on her passage
| from Southampton to Barbados, her coal
| were discovered to be on fire. Among the
passenger baggage cartridges were found
| The vessel had very narrow escape, and {
considerable portion of the cargo was dam
aged by water used in extinguishing tn,
| fire.
--Rev. Drs. Jewott and Hatfield, whit
were appointed committee of the Rock
River ull.) M. Il. Conference to formulas
and prosecute charges of heresy agains
Rev. w. ii. Thomas, ID. d., have performed
| their work. The charges are brief, and &C
cuse the doctor Of denying the doctrine Of
the atonement and teaching that OF proba
ton after death. The trial will be held il
Chicago next month.
Mana and his band are still a
large, and the five companies o
United States troops now in pur
suit of him have not yet been able t.
head him off. He is said to be driving
herd of 100 horses in front of him, and viii
probably get them safely into Mexico
Three companies of United States infantry
are guarding the Atlantic and Pacific Rail
road at points within the circuit of the raid
President Garrett, ofthe Baltimore ant
Ohio Railroad, denies the correctness of tn
statements of Mr., VIM. ii. Vanderbilt, a
published in New York paper few days
in which the Baltimore and Ohio Road wa
accused of cutting rates in order to secur
its eight per cent. of the trunk lines freight
| from New York Mr. (iurratt nrOmisps n
an early day to submit documentary evi
dence to prove that Mr.. Vanderbilt's state
mcnts are contrary to facts