The Evening critic., 1882-04-26
News Notes.

The Princess Theatre at Portsmouth,
England, has been destroyed by fire.
Minister Lowell will be one of the pail
bearers at the fqperal of Mr.. Darwin.
There is a fine prospect in Nebraska for
an immense Yield OF wheat and other grain.
The Bank of Montreal, at Montreal, Can.
ada,1ast year earned 1917 per cent. profits on
Its capital stock.
Edward Stanley, conservative, was YES
terday elected member OF the House of Com
mons FOR West Somersetshire without opposi-
E. W. Hall, who is collecting a fund for
the family Of John Brown, of Harper's Ferry
fame, is arranging for mass-meeting ii,
Philadelphia for their benefit.
The Princess Helena, of Waldeck, the
nance snr o. Iae Duke OF Albany arrived at Wind
was received by the royal family.
In the British House of Commons yester.
day Earl Granville justified the course Of the
uhileu states government in making repre-
sentatfons in behalf Of DR.. Lamson.
A company of miners from Arizona are
building steamer at Victoria, b. c., and In.
tend 70 pass four years In prospecting the
coast-line as far north as Alaska for gold and
silver.
Richard Baldwin, brakeman ON a
freight train on the Philadelphia, Wilmington
* baltimore Railroad, fell from the top of one
Of the cars near claymont Monday night and
was run over and killed.
i ne COuilltLee Oh bne 1aculty OF the Uni
yersity OF Virginia have awarded the Jefrer-
son Society medals, the first TO Charles w.
Kent OF Louisa Courthouse, Va, and the
second to W. =. Trent OF Richmond, va.
The Count de Blois, a French nobleman
selourning at Montreal, has lost his patents OF
nobility through a robbery. man named
Edmond stole them, along with a valise ana
300 in cash, and left for the United States.
The water at Morgan City, La, is falling
at the rate OF three Inches a day, and land is
BEGINNING 10 appear the nDQpf Side of tho
toWD, Thirty thousand Government ratfons
,s wsre ysSsterddsy Sd distributed to the inhabt
represented 10 be very great.
There was killing flost throughout the
trucking section at Norfolk yesterday morn
ing; ing The snapbeans, 'cucumbers, cymblings
ana anu olher tender vegetation was killed. Green
peas were much injured, and the Irish pota-
ICES all turned black and were cut down.
beans.
Inc commencement exercises of the
Princeton IN. ~ Theological Seminary closed
yesterday. or the 126 students 40 Graduated.
ald received their certificates and diplomas
An the presence OF the board of directors and a
large audience. The alumni meetlne was
held In the chapel, and the dinner took place
in Stewart Hall, which closed the seventieth
commencement OF the Princeton seminary.
The Land Leagues of Boston are max.
Ing preparations for an Indignation meeting
70 protest against the course Of Minister Low
ell toward American "suspects." gentle
man connected with the movement says he
was Informed by q member OF the committee
which recently waited on President Arthur
and called his attention to this subject that
the President expressed his Intention OF re-
moving Mr.. lowell In short time.
The movement recently inaugurated for
the organization OF an association TO provide
suitable memorial to Longfellow, 70 be
Rlaeea "a the open space opposite Cralgie
House lir. L0ngfetlow's hOme), In Cambridge,
Mass has taken definite shape. James RUS
sell Lowell has been chosen president OF the
wendell Homes, john @. Whittier Charles w.
Alioi president Of Harvard: DR.. Charles
Deane aud Alexander AgaHsiz. The secretary
urer.