The Evening critic., 1882-03-10
News Notes.

Navigation of the Hudson opens two
weeks earlier than usual this year.
DIR. Daniel King, an eminent physician
of Rhode Island, died at Newport a few days
ago.
r. III. Cornwall, a clerk in the Fourth
National Bank Of New York, has confessed to
defalcation OF 100000.
There was heavy snowfall in Wiscon-
sin yesterday, and the railroads are COM
pletely blocked by the drifts.
Andrew Riggin has been arrested at Girls
field, Nd, for an attempted felonious assault
upon Sallie Ward, a colored girl.
The Legislature of Maryland yesterday
elected Gen. James r. Herbert as his own sue
cessor in the Board of Police Commissioners for
six years from next March.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
announces that no commissions Will be paid by
Its line to Pittsburgh and points east.
Rev. Henry Branch, of Hamilton, Lou.
doun County, Va, has accepted a call to. the
Presbyterian Church at Ellicott City, Nd, and
will enter upon his pastoral duties about the
Mr.. R. F. Beirne, surviving partner OF
the late firm of Chamberlaine Beirne, edi-
itors and owners OF the State newspaper, pub.
lished at Richmond, Va, has become sole owner
of that paper.
The suit of Georgianna Davis VS.. the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, at Hagerstown,
Nd, terminated yesterday in a compromise,
the company agreeing to pay the plaintiff
In the British House of Commons last
night Mr.. Gladstone's resolution against the
inquiry into the working OF the Irish land bill
by the House OF Lords committee was carried
by a vote of 303 to 235.
In the Landtag Herr Windthsrst, the
ultramontane leader, has introduced bill re-
pealing the law Withholding emoluments from
the clergy and abolishing penalties for saying
mass and administering sacraments
Gorton Derahn, arrested in Chicago for
forging n nripat'a IN ha mn nd
turer, who In 1877 imposed upon the authori-
ties Of the Roman Catholic Provincial Semi.
as Belgian priest.
The Western Association of Window
Glass Manufacturers was In session at Pitts
burgh, Pa, yesterday, and adjourned finally
last night. 1t was unanimously resolved to
advance prices from to per cent accord
ing to the quality OF the goods.
Prof. E. ]. Wilmot, of Harrisburg, Poin-
sett County, Ark, was struck blow with a
Smith, from which he died. Prof. wilmot had
chastised Smiths son. who was his pupil, and
this led to the fatal alteration.
Christian Schafer, soldier who fought
at Waterloo under the first Napoleon, died AT
Mineral Point Wis, on Wednesday. Nicholas
Reney, another OF Napoleon's soldiers, who
also served in the war OF 1912, and In the late
civil war, died yesterday at ottumua, Iowa.
Mr.. Thomas j. Lamdin, we'll known
citizen OF Baltimore, died yesterday at hi,
residence, No. 3O7 West Lanyale street, aged
66 years. Mr.. Lamdin was In apparently good
health In the morning, and was stricken with
apoplexy, from which death ensued In a short
time.
A freight train on the Worcester Rail.
road, when approaching Snow Hill, Md, yes
terday morning, was thrown from the track by
switch which had not been properly closed
The engine and three cars were overturned
The engineer and fireman crept out OF the
wreck unharmcd.
VIM. Brown was arrested in Raleigh. N. G.
yesterday, for attempting to burn the Orange
cotton factory, In Orange County N. q. He had
some dinicaity With :. W. Holman, the pro
flames were distinguished before much dam
age had been done.
The Cork Manufacturer Association
representing nine-tenths Of the cork trade o.
terday. The object OF the meeting was the
nxing Of discounts, and. the result OF the
deliberations was an Increase OF about twenty
per cent. In tho price OF corks.
The woman arrested in Albany, N, Y.
on over twenty complaints for larceny, proved
20 bs the wife OF former sheriff OF Rensselaer,
County, The says that she has been made the
tool Of Mrs. Moore, OF New York city. The
prisoner gives the name OF Seymour but heI
real name is said to be McKoon.
There is considerable excitement al
Omaha on account o. the strike on tho Burling
ton L Missouri Railroad. 1t was feared al
one time that the strikers would sack the 0f
flces OF the company and the office OF the Dali,
Herald, but better eounsels prevailed. The
railroad depot is IN a state Of siege.
The Executive Committee of the Mary
land State Orange held its quarterly session II
Baltimore yesterday for the transaction O.
routine business. The members present were
Mr. Deyries, Of Howard County, master
Thomas II. Shepherd, Carroll County; e. L. II
Hardcastle, Talbot; John Dodd, Queen Anne's
George Thomas, st. Mary's, and George W
smith, Frederick.
The Greenback Convention In session al
81. Louis yesterday adopted a platform de
manding the abolition OF all State and nationa
banks, and declaring that II Is the duty OF Con
Rreee 10 provide for the Issuing OF unfundablt
fun legal-tonder paper money not 10 exceed
In amount the present stbearing funded
Indebtedness OF the United States 10 be sub
sutuied for the national bank currency and be
used IN paying the current expenseso OF the
G0vornmtnt.