The Evening critic., 1883-02-05
News Notes.

Reports come from Siberia of the suffer-
ings of political prisoners there.
The court ball given at the Winter Pal
ace, st. Petersburg, on Wednesday was n
brilliant event,
A meeting of Socialists, held at Marseilles,
yesterday, protested against the conviction
of Prince Krapotlline.
The Governor of Alabama has offered q
reward of 5000 for the capture Of Vincent
the fugitive State Treasurer.
Hungarian medical students in Paris
have, it is announced, been summoned to
do duty IN the Austrian army.
The conservation of Bishop Hugh Miller
Thompson will take place on February "a,
at Trinity Church, New Orleans.
1t is said that over one hundred persons
suspected of belonging to secret organiza-
tion in Dublin have left the city.
Nine. Christine Nilsson was given recep-
tion Friday evening in Cincinnati, at the
house of Elliot II. Pendleton, brother of
Senator Pendleton.
The gas-blowers working in the bottle
factories of Pittsburg have been notified
that, in view of the dull trade reduction
of 10 per cent will be made in wages.
MAJOR j F. Martin, agent of the Memphis
& Charleston Railroad at Stevenson, Ala,
had both legs cut off by railroad train on
Friday night, and win probably die.
Adrian North, well-known sporting
man of Louisville KY, died suddenly in
Memphis Tenn, Friday, while en- route to
New Orleans. He left a fortune estimated
at 100000.
A French merchant has been authorized
by the Mexican Government to organize n
company, with capital of four million
dollars, to bring to Mexico twenty French
colonies, aggregating 5000 families each.
The sales of leaf tobacco at Danville. Va,
for January, 1883, were 2,Si0,O00 pounds
averaging $l0,89 per hundred weight. The
sales of the preceding January were o.
$4,000 pounds averaging $500 per hun
dred weight
The Original Jubilee Singers of Norfolk,
Va, We're arrested last night at Clark
Peck's Opera House, New Haven, Conn,
for singing in violation Of statute of 1876,
which prohibits concerts, theatrical enter
tainments, &C., on the Sabbath.
At Providence, Il. l., on Saturday, in the
case of u. Chatiee, trustee Of the Sprague
estate, VS.. the Quidniclz Company, the Su-
preme Court vacated the decree granted a
few days ago appointing C. b. Farnsworth
receiver of the Quidnick Company.
The shoe shops of the Goodyear Metallic
Rubber Company and the Goodyear India
Rubber Glove Company, at Naugatuck,
Mass, are to be shut down indefinitely Feb
ruary TO- throwing out nearly 1900 hands.
The firm of Ferry & Bro, at Grand
Haven, Mich, which is composed of Senator
Ferry and his brother Edward, is embar-
raised, and was reported on Saturday to
have failed on account of the sinking of q
large sum Of money in silver mine in
Utah, and the liabilities are said to reach
several hundred thousand dollars.
A caucus Of the Democratic and Green
back members of the Michigan Legislature
was held ON Friday, and adopted a resolu-
ton absolving the fusiOnists from any fur
ther obligation to vote for Mr.. Stout for Sen
ator. This action of the caucus added moth
ing to Mr.. Ferrys strength in the ballots
taken on Saturday. 1t is rumored that the
Republicans are about to present new
candidate,
A firm known as Matthews, C0rley S
Staley, who have been doing a letter and
package delivery business in st. Louis for
the past month in direct competition with
the Postofiice Department closed up on
Saturday ON receiving notification from
the United States District Attorney that
they would be prosecuted If they continued.
1t is estimated that they diminished the
revenue ofthe postoiilce fully $1,000 dur
ing the period covered by their operations
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