The Evening critic., 1882-03-01
News Notes.

A MOVEMENT has been naugurated in
London TO establish a college OF music for the
British Empire.
EZRA SMITH a wealthy farmer, of Fred
erick County, Nd, committed suicide yester-
day by hanging.
The conference of Liberals at Mr. Glad
stones residence on Monday has Improved
the spirit OF the party.
The Governor of New Jersey has set the
Both day OF March as the day for the execu-
tlon OF Martin, the Newark murderer.
Mr.. BAUcUs, Democrat, of Saratoga, n.
Y, was elected State Senator yesterday, 10 MI
the vacancy caused by the death OF senator
Wagner, by about 1000 majority.
1T is REPoRTED that Mr.. Parnell has
Just completed weeks solitary confinement
FOR an attempt to bribe the jail warden to
carry letter for him. He denies the charge.
. TEN OF THE Nihilist prisoners tried at
ST. Petersburg on various charges, including
one woman, have been sentenced to DEATH
The other eleven will be sent into penal SER
vitude.
In the New Jersey Senate yesterday the
the Central Railroad Company was passed bya
vote OF 10 to 3, Notwithstanding the objection
OF the Governor. There was no debate.
AT the annual meeting of the stock
holders OF the Lehigh Coal 4 Navigation
Company. in Philadelphia, yesterday, Joseph
$. Harris was chosen president, In place OF Z.
W. Clark, who declined reelection. Francis
G. Yarnall was elected ylce-president.
Al Id.y ytoltlusty,
an alteration between son OF ex-Sherir
Reels and a coiored man named James Hard
ware, the latter struck the former In the head
with brick, innicting serious and perhaps
fatal injuries. Hardware was arrested.
SUIT was brought in the United States
Circuit Court at Providence, II. l., yesterday,
by A. X. Fisk, OF New York city, against the
First National Bank OF Providence, upon n
matter which may involve the validity OF the
A. W. sprague mortgage deed ana assign
ment.
A FREIGHT CAR loaded with brick was
thrown into a ditch, eight miles from Joliet,
the time, two OF whom were killed outright
and the others go badly injured that their lives
are despaired Of The names OF the unfortu-
yates are not known.
IT was decided at st. Louis yesterday
that note given In consideration Of differ
enoe In an option "deal" is not void In the
been acquired before maturing and without
notice OF any Illegally. This seems 10 be just
opposite to the decision OF Judge Moran, OF
Chicago, made on Monday.
YESTERDAY the striking laborers at the
Union Iron aud Steel Companys works, Chi
cago, attacked a number OF men who had been
engaged TO MI the places left vacant by the
strikers. The police were called on TO quell
the riot, but were not in sufficient force TO pro
tect the workmen, who were hooted and pelted
by the mob.
Mr.. NJ. GooDIN, of Belmont Park, New
York, having determined TO retire from the
turf, sold his valuable stock OF trotters at auc-
tlon yesterday. The gray gelding, Grey Chief,
was sold TO Barney Demorest, OF New York,
for 1900. The bay stallion, Rlenzi, brought
S1,aO0 and the gray mare, Irene, with a rec
ord OF 2 20&, brought -, ,176
+. II. CUSHING, of the chronological Blu
reau cf the Smithsonian Institution, passed
through Kansas City yesterday, en- route fol
tie East accompanied by six Pueblo chiefs
from Western New Mexico, who are coming I,
the ocean to perform a religious ceremony
which has been handed down 10 them 10y
ffatfffop- liIf which they have mol nut the Cd
portuuiiy 10 observe for many genera
lions.
THE Norfolk & Western Railroad Com
pany yesterday, by Its agent Col. Boyce, paie
into the Virginia State treasury S1OO,OOO
being the remainder Of the 10000 for whicl
the States Interest IN the Atlantic, Mississippi
4 Ohio Railroad was sold 20 that company
The money realized from this sale Is 70 bt
placed 10 the credit of the public free schools
10 replace In part moneys heretofore diverted
ther0frOnl.