The Evening critic., 1883-01-15
NeMs NOtes.

Eight cases OF smallpox are reported in
Calvert County, Md.
The Roman police have arrested 125 SYM
pathizers with the late overdank.
Rumors of an uprising of the Mussul-
mans in East Roumelia are confirmed.
1t is reported as possible that Mr.. Glad
stones e1Rerprise may lead to reopening of
the Eastern question.
The German Relief Committee of New
orleans have collected 50, 200 for the sufferers
by the overflow of the Rhine.
The steamer France, from New York for
London, reports having lost 207 head OF oxen
and 107 sheep on the passage.
Three hundred persons attending a cir
Gus in Russian Poland, on Saturday afternoon,
perished by the burning of the building.
A statue of tho late Prince Imperial of
France was unveiled at the military academy
day.
On Saturday George Ruhl, of Cumber-
land, Md, attempted 10 kindle fire by pour
ing coal oil on 1t, when the can exploded, burn
ing him badly about the face.
In Baltimore Charles Anderson. colored,
shortly after midnight Saturday, slashed
Martha Johnston, colored, over nifty times
with razor and then cut his own throat.
The smallpox has broken out in the lum-
bering shanties In Upper Ottawa, Canada, and
the woodmen are dispensing TO neighboring
districts. The disease has also appeared In
Atlanta, Ga.
The interest of Captain w. L. Truslls in
the Memphis Ardldncie has peen purchased
by Mr. I. s. Nichols, one OF the owners of the
paper, and there Will be no change In the man.
agement.
The proposed railroad from Middletown
TO Frederick, Nd, 1t is estimated can be built
for S139,OO0, and at meeting in Mlddletowu
on Saturday the stock subscriptions TO the en-.
terprise were reported to be increasing
Gov. Butler has refused to interfere in
the case Of Joseph b. Loomis, sentenced to be
hanged at Springfield, Mass, on March 8 for
will accordingly take place on the day named.
The North Carolina House of Representa-
tives adopted resolutions on Saturday in
structing the representatives In Congress
educational purposes: The vote stood 9S to o.
Ruder Moore, of Waterford, who killed
himself a few days ago at Erie, Pa, confessed
before his death that his false testimony con-
victed Charles Stafford eight years ago of an
offense for which he is now serving a twenty
years term OF imprisonment.
A mass-meeting was held at Camden
Me-, on Saturday night to express indignation
at tho appointment OF w. B. Rich as post
master over the present incumbent, Alden
Miller, jr., a wounded soldier, who did not pay
the assessment on his ssaary.
1t is now reported, on the authority of
the captain OF the Goldhuder, which was towed
In the Delaware Breakwater with only the
captain and mate on board, that the four
sailors died from "Russian. fever" The
mate says the disease was yellow fever. None
OF them were frozen to death, as was at first
stated.
Rev. Lawrence Walsh, of Waterbury,
Conn.,, treasurer OF the Irish Land League OF
America, reports the receipts for the quarter
ended January 10, $S,744, OF which amount
S2,302 came from New York State, 81 1902
from Massachusetts,, 1907 from Rhode Island
1904 from Illinois, $605 from Connecticut and
5000 from New Jersey.
At yesterdays meeting of the Central
Labor Union, In New York, the draft OF bill
was presented for consideration, the design Of
which is to protect tenants. 1t provides that
tenants cannot be dispossessed without three
months notice, and that rents shall not exceed
a sum returning 10 per cent. profit ON the
actual worth OF the property. The bill Will
be laid before the Legislature.
In the Court of Common Pleas at Phila-
deIphia on Saturday Judge Elcock granted a
new trial OF the suit OF the widow and children
OF james Dealy, an engineer on tue Reading
Railroad, who was killed in January, 1880, in
an accident occasioned by the negligence OF a
telegraph operator. suit against the rail-
road company for damages resulted In yer-
| dict for the plaintiffs for $4,000. Judge Ell
cock In granting new trial said tho em-
ployes were fellOwservants, aud consequently
the defendant was not liable.