The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1882-11-29

The floods along the rivers Rhine and
Main are increasing.
M. de Lesseps is confident that the
Panama Canal will be finished In 1888.
General Heron, one of the Congress.
men-elect from Louisiana, died suddenly yesi
terday.
Agnes Clark, four.year-old girl, per-
shed in q burning house at Pittston, Pa,
yesterday.
Two letter-bags of Prince Bsmarck's
dispatches have been stolen while on their
way to Berlin.
Mr.. Gladstone said in the House of Com
mons yesterday that the Egyptian war had
cost about f3,500,0O0.
1t is stated that the violent utterances OF
Mr.. Dayitt Mt Navanon have been brought TO
tho notice Of the Government
William III. Joyce has been appointed
freight superintendent OF the Baltimore
Division Northern Central Railway.
At the meeting of the Privy Council
yesterday 1t was resolved to proclaim Dublin
under the curfew section OF the Repression
act.
Arab Pasha's trial has been set for De-
cemDer 2, and 1t Is reported that Lord Duf-
ferin VIII recommend the Egyptian Govern
ment not TO proceed with the charges against
Arab.
The Virginia State Canvassing Board
yesterday threw out the vote OF Gloucester
County, In the First Congressional District,
(Coalitionist)
The Diocesan Council of the Episcopal
Church OF Mississippi met Mt jackson yester-
day, and unanimously elected Rev. Hugh
Miller Thompson, OF New Orleans, assistant
bishop OF the diocese.
Governor McEnery has refused TO issue q
certificate OF election to Senator Kellogg,
elected 10 Congress from the Third Louisiana
District on the ground that he Is not a resi-
dent OF the district or OF tho State.
4. : 4 = L n
by the Canada Southern Railway over the Nj
ngara River, about quarter Oft mile south OF
the old suspension bridge. The new bridge Ia
to be ready for traflc by September /, 1888.
r. Porter Lee, the defaulting president
| OF the First National Bank OF Buffalo, N. Y,
was found guilty OF embezzlement In the
| United States Circuit Court at Syracuse yes
| to-day, Judge Wallace sentenced him 10 ten
years imprisonment.
The first of three iron steamships being
built at Roach's yard for the, brazilian trade
| was launched yesterday. The vessel f. 3I5
feet In length, 3SlI feet beam, n feet hold aud
| 1900 tons burden. The vessel VIII run be
| tween Newport News, Va, aud Brazil.
A vote was taken for Senator In both
houses of the Alabama Legislature yesterday
In tho Senate, General Morgan received %
| yotce, and Paul l.. Jones votes. Ia tho House
| Morgan received 81 votes and Jones 10. Gov
ernor o'Neil Will be inaugurated December
In the Circuit Court at st. Louis yester-
day decree OF divorce, with custody Of chill
dren, was granted TO Barnet Dixon, whose
VITO elopcd last spring with John Curtis, aged
| 20 years. Mrs. Dixon Is highly connected II
st. Louis. 1t is believed that Mrs. Dixon Il
now living near Philadelphia.
Rear Admiral James II. Strong, retired
died at Columbia, s. O., yesterday, from hom
| orrhage OF the lungs. Iie entered the NAVY
| February 2, 1920, nnd was placed on tho re
tired list August 1875, having been IN the ser
| vice nearly ffty-lyo years. Admiral Strong
after retiring from the Navy, took up his resi-
dence at Newburg, N. Y.
The formal presentation of tho statue o
| John Bridge, the Puritan, % the city OF Cam
bridge, Mass, by Samuel Bridge, llneal dc
scendant, took place yesterday. coione
Thomas w. Higginson made an address, an
President Eliot, OF Harvard University, too
part In the exercises. The statue is OF bronze
and represents a sturdy Puritan In the cos
tune OF $50 years ago.