The Evening critic., 1883-01-12
News Notes,

Edwin Booth made his appearance in
Berlin yesterday.
The masts, tunnels and bowsprit of the
sunken City Of Brussels will be blown up.
Mr.. Pigott charges that there are 100000
of the Land League funds unaccounted for.
The French Republicans have decided
not TO issue an address on Gambetta's death.
Sheehan, the New York defaulter, has
agreed to return from Canada without extra
dition papers.
Nothing is known by the Rus sian
authorities OF the reported discovery by Mr..
West OF the remains Of Lieutenant Chipp's
party.
Mr.. Davitt, in speech at Birkenhead,
said that the Irish people had had enough of
futile agitation and that they were going to
nght 1t out this time.
A caucus IF the Republican members of
the Massachusetts, Legislature was held yes
terday, at which the merits of the various can
didates for the United States Senate was dis
cussed. No vote was taken.
The convention of the Bricklayers' Ma
tional Union at Providence, Il. l., yesterday
elected Henry o. Cole, Of New York, president;
and L. Carpenter, OF Ohio, secretary.
At Middletown, N. Y, yesterday, Mrs.
Seybold, who sued the Erie Railway Com
pany for the loss OF her husband, postal
clerk, who perished In the railroad disaster at
Tioga Center, N. y, two years ago, was award
ed $1,000 damages.
The testimony of the defense in the
Melville habeas corpus hearing at Media, Pa,
yesterday contradicted nearly every point
raised by the plaintiff. Mrs. Melville de-.
clared all the charges made against her by her
husband to be false.
There was dedicated at Dover, N. H.,
yesterday, new Uniyersalist church, to be
known as the Pierce Memorial Church, the
gift Of Thomas W. Pierce, Texan railroad
King, and native of Dover. The church was
built in memory OF his father and mother, and
cost $4,000.
Auditor Stats annual report, Just COM
pleted, estimates the receipts of the State OF
Delaware from all sources for the coming year
at $170,64S, expenditures for the same period
S9S,6S5, showing probable surplus OF SILL
963. The total sum In the treasury to the
credito Of the State is $i5,454.Sf.
Walter L. Lincoln obtained summons
in the Jefferson Market Court, New York city,
| yesterday, for Henry Prouse Cooper, the Filth
| avenue tailor, lately released from lunatic
| asylum, charging him with attempting to
| shoot him. Lincoln reported that when he
| gave the summons to Cooper he tore 1t up,
| whereupon the court Issued q warrant for
| Cooper's arrest.
| The annual meeting of the Federation oi
| Ho.ning Pigeon Fanciers OF America was held
| In New York yesterday. The following, OIL
| GERS were elected for the ensuing year: Presi
| dent, George v. Cresson, OF Philadelphia
| vice. president, j. Il. Hasson, of New York
secretary, Mrs. E. s. Starr, OF the Hominl
Pigeon Exchange; treasurer, j. II. D. snoot, o
|
| Governor Butler was interviewed yester
day In regard to report that conference o
| Democrats and Butler Republicans had beef
| held In his office in Boston on Wednesday, a
| which II was decided 10 put him In the flelC
| as candidate FOR the United States Senate
| General Butler said the report was In ever,
| respect a falsehood, and that no such meetinl
| had ever been held.
On complaint of the Western Union Tele
graph Company's manager at Wilmington
Del, the Telephone Exchange has cut tue tele
phone wire running to the Mutual Uniol
Telegraph Company's ofllce IN that city on tn
ground that the Mutual Union Company ha
violated its contract by using the telephon
for the receipt OF telegraph messages to b
transmitted by its lines. The matter Will
probably be contested in the courts.
The st. Louis Cotton Exchange ha
adopted resolutions requesting the Senator
and Representatives from Missouri TO oppos
the transfer OF the meteorological work OF tn
Signal Service to the Interior Department, an
asking them not only to secure, II possible,
more permanent organization OF the Sigma
Service as branch OF the War Department, bu
20 urge appropriations OF sufficient money
enable the Signal Service to furnish the cottoI
belt weather reports throughout the entir
| year.