The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1883-03-17
News Notes.


Karl Marx, the revolutionist, is dead.
1t is reported that emigration from Great
Britain to Canada is increasing.
A cold rain in Western Texas last week
inflicted heavy loss on the sheep-growers.
Frank S. Bond, formerly president of the
Texas Pacific and Reading Railroads, has ar
rived at the City OF Mexico.
The British Government has offered q re-
ward of 1000 for Information of the authors
OF the explosion in tho government ofIlces on
Thursday night.
Hulda Schmul, the missing emigrant
girl, who was passenger on the ill-fated
Cimbria, turned up in Now York yesterday.
She had married Gustav Boesk, fellow-pas-
senger on the lost steamer.
There were 4,223,0OO hogs packed in Chi
cago during the year ended March L, 1888, a
decrease of $4,000 compared with the pre-.
ceding year. The number Of cattle slaught-
cred during the past year was 774,57S.
The New York Court of Appeals yester-
day gave its decision in the Troy police case In
favor OF the reform force. Tho Cavanaugh
police thereupon vacated the headquarters
and station-houses, and the reform force took
possession.
The case of Charles Lee, colored, on trial
at Richmond, Vs., charged with the murder OF
Daniel Miller, colored, was submitted to the
jury yesterday evening. Barbara Miller,
widow OF the murdered man, is also under In
dictment as an accessory 10 the murder.
Judge Latham, of the Hastings Court, at
Lynchburg, Va, yesterday sustained the de-
cision OF Justice Smith requiring a bond OF
$1,000 from Colonel l.. s. Marye to keep the
neace, and refused to release him. The
Marye. Hubbard difficulty has been amicably
settled.
Colonel M. Il. Thornton, publisher of the
Atlanta Ca P0st-AppedL, went TO the ONCE OF
| j. II. Norwood, one OF the publishers OF the
Atlanta Onion. A quarrel ensuod over mat.
| ter OF business. Norwood called up the fore
man and they forcibly elected Thornton. Pts
| tolls were drawn. Thornton has sued out war
| rants for assault.
Early yesterday morning passenger
train on the East Tennessee, Virginia &
Georgia Railroad, at Limestone, Tenn, ninety
miles east OF Knoxville, collided with a freight
train, wrecking both engines and demolishing
eight Sass' william whitlock, one OF the
OF the passenger train. No one was killed.
The Mississippi River has fallen 10 inchec
during the past % hours at Memphis.
force of thousand men is at work repairing
the Memphis Little Rock Railroad, and
travel over that route will DO commenced By
next Thursday. The outlook for fine plant
ing season throughout the Mississippi Valley
is encouraging.
In pursuance of the notice posted Thurs
day at the Koontz mine OF the New Contra
Companr at Homecoming, the drivers In tina
mine began strike yesterday on demand To-
s2per day. There were Fl OF tho strikers, ant
The company called upon as many miners h
| take their places, threatening TO discharg
them II they did not comply. The miner
| called on refused 10 take their places and tn
mine remained idle. The Midlothian mine o
the came company, which has been idle 10
some time past, started up yesterday, IN
drivers there working as usual. The com
pany will make further effort 70 replace IN
KOontz drivers, but are not hurried, as on
mine is all they need work at present.
| Plain and Fringed Easter Cards
at VIII. yeerhoff's, OLE Seventh street.