The Evening critic., 1882-05-12
News Notes.

The Prussian Diet was closed yesterday
by royal message.
The situation in Egypt is critical, but the
Khedive still retains his place.
King Alphonso, of Spain, has givea tho
royal sanction to the treaty OF commerce with
France
The Chinese Ambassador to Madrid (also
to Washington yesterday presented his Gre
dentials to King Alphonso.
A return has been issued showing that
1852 agrarian outrages wore committed In Ire
land during the month of April.
A terrible coal-mine explosion has oc-
CURED at Boelurm, Westphalia. The bodies
OF SO victims have been recovered.
The colliers brought from Scotland last
week to take the place of the strikers at the
Cape Breton mines havo Joined the Miners
Union, and work has not been resumed.
The New York Grain and Produce Ex-
change has decided that trading In contracts
for future delivery In grain between members
of tho Exchange must cease after p. m.
The Boston & Albany Railroad will
discharge next week onefourth OF the en-
ployes In the Springfield, Boston and Albany
shops, on account OF the dullness In freight
business.
Jacksonport, Ark, on the White River is
flooded and heavy rains have caused a wash
ut on the Memphis x Charleston Railroad at
uddy Greek, seyeDty-flve miles east OF Mem
his, the track being under water for three
miles.
The convention of the Pennsylvania Con-
stitutional Amendment Association adopted
the formula OF proposed amendment to the
State Constitution prohibiting the manufac-
ture and sale OF Intoxicating liquors except
for medicinal, mechanical and scientific pur-
poses.
The next meeting of the Society of the
Army OF the Tennessee, recently in session at
st. Louis, Mo-, viii be at Cleveland, Ohio,
October and A, 1883 Bishop samuel Falion,
of the Reformed Episcopal Church, Chicago,
was elected orator for the next occasion.
General W. I. Sherman was elected president
OF the society.
The kentucky Association closed its
arst race, two miles, was won by Pope Leo
Pathfinder second; time, A :00k; the second
the Blue Ribbon, for three.year -olds, one-and
ond; time, 2:54; tho third race, mile heats, by
Rufus L.; the fourth, nve-eighths Of mile, by
Wandering. The track was heavy.
In the Southern Baptist convention at
offered and referred looking to missionary
work among the Hebrews in this and otner
osye,ea = resolution. which WAS adopted' nro,
vfding for q committee 70 consider the condi-
fiOn OF the Board OF Home Missions, and to
work. resoiution was adopted for the ap-
pofntment OF committee TO confer with other
Baptists with view 70 new translation 10 %. oi
the Bible. A meeting was held al night IN tho
interest OF foreign missions
At Boston yesterday, in the Catholic
Young Mems National Union resolutions were
offered and referred protesting against tho
publication by prominent publishing mouse
of slanderous smisrepresentations Of the teach
lngB Of the Catholic Church, against the ex-
clusi0n OF Catholics from Ofiice by the constt-
tuition OF New Hampshire, commanding the
ufferances OF the Cincian council as TO hu-
man freedom and protesting against the STRIFE
1ures on the parochial schools In the report OF
the Massachusetts, Bureau OF Statistics, etc. II
was ordered that all addresses and publica-
tons should be referred for revision 10 Right
Rev. Bishop Keane-