The Evening critic., 1882-02-23
News Notes.

Lewis Raub, a brakeman on the Jersey
Central Road, was accidentally killed near
Plainfeld, N. j., yesterday.
Messrs. Z. Schoenberg & Co., of Balti-
more. are reported to have purchased Cuyken-
dolls cannery, at Milford, Del.
A special from Rice, Texas states that
j. w. Norris, postmaster at that place and a
prominent merchant, was assassinated Tues
day night.
The annual encampment of the Indiana
Grand Army Posts began at indianapolis yes-
terday. Col. Dudley, Commissioner OF Pen
sions Is presiding.
The session of the Pennsylvania Mill
nr ,ary "a academy at Chester recently destroyed
Wednesday, March i.
The London Jewish relief committee
are desirous OF directing the current OF Jewish
immigration from Russia to the northwestern
provinces Of Canada.
The racing meeting at Augusta, Ga,
closed yesterday. The following named were
the winning horses Barney Lyons, Col.
Sellers, Tom Montague and Bonnie Castle.
Frank Kirkpatrick, of South Coventry,
Chester County, Pa, aged 81 years, while
beastly intoxicated and being hauled home in
awagon from public sale on Monday, had
his neck broken.
Argument in the tax case of the Com
monwealth OF Pennsylvania against the Stand.
ard OIL Company viii begin at Harrisburg to-
day. The claim is for SO, 1891 arrears Of
taxes alleged to be due the State.
Three sailors of the Italian bark Raceco,
lying In New York harbor attempted to board
noon. The boat capsfZed, and when last seen,
the men were clinging to its sides floating
down stream.
Solomon Richardson, a farmer of Charles
town, Mass, was reported TO have been acct
dentally killed last Wednesday. After his
burial the son confessed that no shot his
father, and that he had carried the gun for two
days for that purpose.
1arnaq Cunninu uha,n In Ia "a, % d..
1amtn Layton, proprietor OF the Keystone
Hotel, Long Branch, committed suicide Tues
day at the hotel by taking laudanum, having
become despondent because OF inability 10 OBJ
tain remunerative employment.
The Temperance Home Protection party
OF New Jersey met at Trenton yesterday and
enected permanent organization and per
fected arrangements TO carry their organiza-
tion into every voting district OF the State. A
massmeefing was held last night
The flood is practically over at Cincin-
natl. Al midnight last night the river was so
lee. r ana !, laiing n @ tw9 sd Inches per hour The
ample warning OF this flood, and the damage
VIII be chiefly by delay to business. All trains
Will be running to-day.
At meeting of the Rhode Island His
toricai Society at Providence ON Tuesday night
tne ahnouncement was made that thirty acres
OF iand, covering the site OF the old French
lamp, p, nha been secured by a citizen Of Provi'
and would he given to the city for a public
park. The site Is the highest land in the city
and is very eifgibly located.
In New Orleans some two months AGO
Della McGraw eloped with Victor Eloi and
married him. Cruel treatment by her nus
band drove the wife To seek employment as a
nurse. On Tuesday, while passing down
Magazine street with her employers chtid she
encountered her husband, Who after exchang-
ing few words with her, plunged dirk
knife Into her breast, killing her. The muir
derer was arrested aud imprisoned.
Tue freshmen at Dartmouth College
celebrated Washington's Birthday by taking
an excursion 10 Montreal, wlstre a sclass' sup
per was enjoyed. When they were about u
take the train Tuesday evening II was discny-
cred that Lucas, the young man who was 20 be
The orator OF the occasion, was missing. They
went without him, and yesterday morning the
unfortunate youth turned up ut White
RIVER Junction. He had been captured by a
body OF masked sophomores while passing
through the college campus, hurried into d
sleigh which was IN waiting and driven 10
White River Junction. Four Of the party ac
companied him, and after making him promise
not 70 dfyulge their names, gave him money 10
pay his fare back 10 Hanover.