The Evening critic., 1884-05-10
THE MORNING NEWS,
Local and General, boiled Down,
Worked Over and Furnished Up



Fresh.
Roar.Admiral Baldwin was entertained
at a banquet by the Sultan yesterday.
The Duke of Marlborough has offered to
sell 10 the British Government twelve pictures
by old masters for $2,000,000.
The Pope has confirmed the decree di-
viding the Diocese OF Portland, Mo-, and erect
ing n new See In Newhampshire,
The business failures throughout the
country In the last seven days number for the
United States 109 aud for Canada 80.
A mission of the Lazarists Fathers will
commence mt St. Mary's Catholic Church at
Rockville, Nd, on June 8 and continue forone
week.
Tho Now York Froe-Trade Club last
night adopted resolutions condomning the
action Of Congress in defeating the Morrison
MIR. Sargent will leave Berlin for Amer.
lea on the 25th instant Before his departure
the American colony In Berlin will tender him
a banquet
The London Times ascribes tho Kissing of
Mr.. Gladstone In public on Thursday 60 the
growing feeling or discomfort with hts admin
stration OF Egyptian anairs.
The vestry of Silver Spring Parish, Mont
gomeiy County, Md, have elected DR.. Jas. II.
Davidson delegate, with Woodbury. Blair as
alternate, 10 the diocesan convention.
The Philadelphia cricket team, which is
to go to England, yesterday played picked
team OF New Workers at Philadelphia and do
feated them by one run and ten wickets.
Herbert Spencer says that he will not
visit Australia, as his trip to America has In
Jured his health too seriously to Induce him
10 undertake an experiment on larger scale.
During game of baseball at Chillicothe,
o., by the Chillicotho and Portsmouth clubs
yesterday, the grand stand, containing two
hundred people, fell, injuring about twenty
persons.
A white man named James Edwards
was struck by q train on the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad near Hyattsville, yesterday morn
ing, and slightly injured. He came 70 this city
on the next train and was sent to tho Provl-
| dence Hospital.
The London Times says: "a noticeable
feature OF the loss OF tho steamer State OF Flor
| ida was the very large number OF the crew as
compared with tho small number OF passen-
| gers saved. The panic on board the vessel
explains, but not credltably, the great loss OF
| life.
Eugene J. Woodward, tho missing treas
urer Of the Philadelphia Precbytely and Gem
eral Assembly Of the Church, whose accounts
were reported short q few days since, has no.
turned TO his homo, having been found by
friends. His mind appeared TO BIO wander.
ing.
Henry Jaeger yesterday entered suit
against David II. Cissel, John I. Ford aud
Nathan o. Bond, claiming $4,000 damages for
injuries received from a board fence railing
sylvania avenue, which they had placed there
| for advertising purposes.
| The announcement published yesterday
| TO the effect that Pope Loo XIII. had appointed
| Bishop O'Hara, OF Scranton, to succeed the
| late Archbishop Wood, and Rev. VIM. Kteran,
| rector and president OF st. Charles TheQlaNt
cal Seminary, 10 succeed the late Nsnsfgnor
Hostlet in the American Collegc, .R5he, is gen
delphia.
PARAsoLs stir&sg's, 7oG eth street.
The ApsssMonopoly Association met las
eveplsT, Joseph Tanning presiding. Messrs
| George and s. p. Knutt were appointed dele
| gates TO the National Convention. They wor,
| instructed to urge upon tho convention suf
| lrage in the District, the enforcement of tn
| eight-hour law and the prohibition of.tho I'm
por;ation OF foreign pauper labor under con
| tract.
The reorganization of the Continental
| Guards into two companies with total nom
| bership OF "A men, was effected last evening
Twenty.four men were dropped from the com
| pany. George L. Tlmms was elected captain
OF Company ana Frank Yermilllon captain
OF Company b; Ellis Clapp lieutenant OF COM
| pany A and John Smallwood lieutepaht o
| Company d. II was decided TO Aayea battal
ion drill next Wednesday, piefft.
dozen. chesiesIs zfy, r126 Seventh st. n. w
Thspresident will sprobably go, in few
Legs, on the fishing excursion TO New Rive
| with Senators Camden, Vest, Hampton, Kenn
and MCPHERSON. Secretary Lincoln and Gen
| eral Sheridan Will also go fishing next week
and are TO meet party OF friends at Sandusk
and spend few days at the new club house q
Point Sheridan, Point Pelee Island, LAX
Erie. The party are all Chica5oans, and 10
| cludeS Mr.. George NJ. Pullman. Mr.. Marshal
Field, MIR. Arson Stager and Mr.. j. W. DOanC