The Evening critic., 1884-04-08
THE MORNING NEWS,

prospects Of the indigo crop are very bad.
A political society has been formed in
Berlin to support German colonial policy
Alexander f. Lusby, of Baltimore, COM
mitted suicide in Philadelphia Sunday night.
Nine. PATHS husband, the Marquis do
Caux, denies the reports Of n reconciliation
wtl Patti.
No precise information has been received
in London OF the attacks upon American mis-
sionRrics In Armenia,
The Dublin Express maintains that the
story of conspiracy to blow up the Mountjoy
prison with dynamite Is absolutely true.
The stated meeting Of the Presbytery of
Washington city will be held In the Sixth Pros.
byterlan Church this evening at Z 80 O'Clock.
The corporation of the city of Dublin
has passed resolution OF coincidence With
the Queen at the death OF the Duke OF Albany.
The Nursery Maids Training School
will celebrate FrGbofs birthday anniversary
on Wednesday, and many of the kindergartons
will do the same.
Lewis Collins, by his attorney, Mr.. G.
Maurice Smith, yesterday entered suit for d.
vorce from his wife, Mary Collins, charging
her with desertion.
The Mignonette Pleasure Club will give
n reception at the Colored Cadets armory this
evening, TO which they nave extended Invita-
tions to the other clubs.
p. Haggerty, an inmate Of the Soldiers
Home at Hampton, Va dropped dead yester-
day while loading q box.car. Heart disease
was probably tho cause.
There Is an unusually large exodus this
spring OF French Canadian workingmen and
their families from Montreal and the province
to the manufacturing cities in New England.
Morgan G.. Bulkeley, Republican was re-
elected Mayor of Hartford, Conn.,, yesterday
for two years, being his third term, over
Charles NJ. Joslyn, Democrat, by $50 ma
jority.
In New York yesterday Matilda Paul
fterh yho had her foot cruehed batwaan n attn.
ton and train OF the New York Central Il Hud.
son River Railroad Company, recovered q
judgment OF $13, 101.
DIR. w. W. Godding delivered lecture at
the opening OF the spring course OF the Ma
tional Medical College last night on the sub
ject, "of what Use are Lectures on Insanity to
the General Practitioner"
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. II. Lamb will celebrate
the twenty.fifth anniversary of their marriage
at theih residence, No. 81 + street southwest,
tonight. Dancing will be INDUCED In, after
which'a handsome collation. Will BIO served.
At tho last regular meeting of the Laboring
Mems Protective Union, No: L, Joseph jackson
was unanimously elected president. Tho
union is organized for the purpose OF creating
good feeling between empioye and employer.
AT the annual meeting of tho stockhold-
ers OF the American steamship Company In
1883 showed receipts OF $6S1,766 and expen.
ditures OF 5000 97, leaving deficit for the
year of 1922, 131.
Messrs. James Coleman and @. +. Rowe
yesterday, as attorneys for VIM. ID. Benham,
entered suit against Captain Chas. r. Vernon,
Detective Joseph Carter, VIM. II. Porter, N. IL.
Miller and Ernest Hitchcock for false arrest
and imprisonment, and claiming 10000 dam.
ages.
The stockholders of the Corcoran Fire
Insurance Company yesterday elected the old
board of directors, as follows: j. II. Lanmau,
James d: Clary, Edward proop, A. Ii, Herr,
| Charles A. James, James l.. Barbour, George
A. McJlhenny, II, Clay Stewart and Joseph Il,
Caesin.
| The iron steamer Aooriano from Nav
York to Lisbon, with grain, arrived at Now
London, Conn.,, Sunday, Leaking. She steered
| badly and grazed Flood Rock while In charge
| OF He'll Gate pilot. She stopped the leak, re.
| paired the damage and gave certificate oil
clearance.
General Grant received tho good wishes
| ard respects Of the old eoldiers and eaiIor
yesterday afternoon in the reading.room at thu
Arlington Hotel, the numbers OF callers being
very large. MIR. George ID. Arnold briefly OK
expressed the purpose OF tho call aud ex
pressed the compliments OF the Veterans.
The Parking Commission have begur
| the spring planning of Young trees OH FIrtt
| street east. and the new streets recently
graded, and Will plant about 5000 trees be
fore midsummer. The trees will DO syca
more, linden, ash and poplar, and an appro
priation Of $4,000 Will be expended In this
Hon. James N. Burns gave a dinner ia
the missouri delegation last evening at Cham
| berlin's. The following were present: Soma
tors cockrell and Vest, Congressman Cos
grove, Graves, morgan, Eyap, oNell Davis
Hatch, Bnckner, Alexander, DocEery, Bland
Broadheao, cIaruy ana Messrs' Muhlord aut
| Coombs.
The ship st. Paul, from Liverpool, which
| arrived at New York yesterday, reports tina
on March 0 she sighted brig showing signals
OF distress and found her to be the Norwegian
brig varnaes, Captain Touuesen, from VII
, hg'on, a., o. ior r huii; she was IA His
aoieu cohaitlon. me captain anu crew, eign
,non III aii' "cro taheh W NO" horh Wy INC ~
raul
The regular monthly meeting of the Fal
River (Nass.) Spinners Union Will be held to
night. In his call Secretary Howard says tn,
union is willing to submit It's case to arbltra
| tion, and II the financial condition OF the mill
is found to be such that they cannot pay the
gu Prlges the UNION Will W VIKING W stahu U!
'he uecision'
Letters from CAPTAIN Eads, now in Lon
| don, give assurance that thore 10 O goot
prospect Of securing the steamer Great East
ern to take TO New Orleans the European OK
hibits for the exposition there. The steame
| will be used while at New Orleans during tn
exposition as a hotel, and when the exposition
closes will carry return cargo to England.
Tho Columbia Fire Insurance Company
| at their meeting Saturday, declared a sem
annual dividend of per cent, The folloWip
trustees were elected for the ensuing wear
John A. Baker, WIN. nj. Gait, Brainard
Geo. II, D, White, Robert /. Fleminc, Fred,
rick b. Mcclure and Henry A, Willard.
In r chew CSC late ossoo;ota od;.o
@ a,,o 9Sq'1 iaSo a aseooso 1u Iii
ut 3I3o o. m.. after lingering illness, Of cor
sumption, at his residence, zoos + stree
| northwest, Mr.. Shaw has been identified NOR
or LEES with the press OF Washington for I'll
past twenty years. He was an able writer an
Will be sadly missed by his late associates an
many friends.