The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-06-25
THE MORNING NEWS,

worried over and Furnished Up
Fresh.
General Ward B. Burnett died in this
city yesterday, agod "a.
A white man named Charles Justice os-
capped from the workhouse yesterday.
The gas-lamps will be lighted at 7:i5
p. m. and extinguished at 10 ;45 a. m.
Tho Third General Pan Presbyterian
Council assembled In Belfast, ireland, yester-
day.
A riot between Jews and Christians oc.
CURED last Thursday In town In Russia and
nine jews were killed.
The cylinder of the steamer Payonia,
from Boston, burst yesterday as the steamer
was entering Liverpool Harbor. The chief on.
gineor was badly scalded.
A certificate of the amended charter of
the ohildren's Hospital, signed by one hun
tors, was yesterday nlod with the Recorder.
A colored boy named Leroy Coleman had
his leg broken at Jackson's lumber yard yes
terday by some falling lumber. He was at
tended by Dr.. Markriter at tho Emergency
Hospital.
The quarterly meeting of the woman's
Christian Temperance Union was held last
evening at st. Pauls Lutheran Church, Mr..
Roach presiding. Very satisfactory reports
were submitted.
has been conyoked to consider means for the
suppression OF tho cholera at Toulon. Neigh
boring governments have taken precautions
against the spread OF the scourge.
Judgment was taken in Now York yes
to-day by default against O. X. Garrison for
Pittsburgh, Cleveland h Toledo Railroad Com
pany and Endorsed by Mr.. Garrison.
Miss Henrietta t. Marin, eldest daugh-
ter of Captain NJ. O. Marin, United States
night, OF heart disease, She was well known
in army, naval and fashionable circles.
Rev. Charles 0'Reilly, of Detroit, Mich,
treasurer OF the Irish National League, has
received letter dated Dublin, and mailed at
Shanghai, China, which threatens his life un.
less no Immediately sends $4,000 to ireland.
At meeting of tho Erie shareholders In
London Monday much complaint was OK
pressed at tho fall OF the securities OF that
company, and an inquiry was demanded. A
committee was appointed to protect their In.
terest.
Ormond Rambo, young member of tho
Philadelphia bar, pleaded guilty OF libel In
obn c Eu vbo bad
printed In paper edited by Rambo and
others, called the Motor.
In letter TO Mr.. Cyrus w. Field Mr..
William II. Vanderbilt denies the report that
he has been selling his stocks, and says he
Will give 81, 900 for each share or stock with
which he is connected as director that he has
sold within the last six weeks.
The charge of manslaughter against the
uTuE CltTk 1utQcr y. ECnTOeubT, VINO Dy mis-
take compounded morphia for quinine, and
which was Instrumental in causing death, was
yesterday ignored by the grand Jury.
By o collision between freight engine
and passenger train yesterday on the
shamokin Railrond, between Sunbury and
Shamokin, Pa, william Malick, train dis
patcher, Shultz, fireman, and tramp were
killed and Engineer Umpleby badly scalded.
Miss Mary Randolph, eldest daughter OF
Tb0maa nandnlph M N
Observation-Disclosures OF Thomas Jefferson,
died at Edge Hill, the family residence, In
Albemarle County, Monday. She had been a
great sufferer for long time. She was buried
at Monticello.
An alarm of fire was sounded from box
613 at IL 80 o'clock this morning for tho dis.
covery Of flre in an unoccupied frame house
corner OF Twelfth and streets northeast The
| house burned with such rapidity that 1t was
| destroyed before the Fire Department could
| suppress the flames.
| The contest for possession of the prem
| Uses No. 1411 G. street northwest betweei
Brooke MackaII, IT,, and John Lynch, which
has been In progress for some time, termi
mated yesterday by Justice Cox giving deci
| Zion that Lynch was entitled TO possession and
| the lease OF the property.
While the Coldwater Army children
| wero giving an entertainment at New London
Conn.,, last evening, temporary pyramid
stage gave away and 70 children fell with II,
| but none were Injured. lighted kerosene
| lamp foil at the same time, and panic en-
| sued, but without serious result.
The agreement of tho joint executive
committee OF the trunk lines TO advance
| freight on East.bound business from Chicago
| TO twenty cents for grain and correspondingly
| for the other classes, went Into effect yester
| day, and will continue until July 81, when q
further advance OF I'VE cents will be made.
| Joseph Johnson, president of the New.
ARK (Del) Brick Company, absconded Monday
afternoon with $1,000. He telegraphed to q
| friend that he would not return, and the COM
papy made an assignment. The unpaid
workmen whom no had employed 10 grading
three railroad sections threatened to lynch
| johnson II he returned.
Captain Chichester, of the steamer i. G.
| Knight, reports that while on his trip from
New York last Monday he noticed the body Of
| man floating In the Potomac between Piney
| Point ana Blackistone's Island. Tho body was
that OF large man, OF light complexion and
light moustache, and had the appearance 81
having been In the wefer only short tjipstsr
ve May Win ssa S,ss tS SssSS
mend it tas1N. gRbtERT ". TowNLEY lex
ayanF1iizabeth, MI.
The Maine Republican Association at
meeting last night elected the following on
dent, John II. Rice; secretary, L. ]. Brookings
corresponding secretary, John /. Brown; treas
arer, sonn q. Aud; executive committee rep
Henry O. Higgins, General Ellis Spear, A. 4
Richmond, Horace J. Jacobs, George L. Corsou
General +. d. Sewell, v. d. stockbridge, A. Il
s, Davis, Amos Hadiey, ID. W. Lothrop, N. A
Robbibs, Levi Rosenbaum, John W. Brown
DR.. II. N. Howard, John W. Babson and W. 4
| Hudson.
The Electoral Count bill, which passe
the House yesterday, provides that In case {
objection In the joint convention OF the tw
houses OF Congress 10 the counting OF tho vot
OF any State for President or Vice Presiden
and In case more than one return shall hay
been received from State, the question, II
the first instance OF tho counting OF the vote G
the State, and In the second, OF which return
shall De received and counted, shall be submit
ted to the joint convention OF the two house
OF Congress by the presiding onlcer, and that
vote shall then be taken per capita commencln
| with tho State OF Alabama and the conyentio
ehall thus determine the question.
"The Hickey Ballast"
Ono OF the most interesting and valuable II
ventonB OF the day 10 one by a resident
Washington, Mr.. e. p. Hickey, head clerk
the 81. Marc Hotel, and one OF the most popl
lar gentlemen in the city. II 10 the "Hlcke
Ballast" and was patented by the inventt
l IN ais IA ax.da hal