The Evening critic., 1884-04-12
THE MORNING NEWS,

Local and General, Boiled Down,
worked Over and Furnished Up
Fresh.
The gas-lamps will 30 lighted at Gas p.
m. and extinguished OF 10 80 a. m.
Mr.. Tenney, of tho National Hotel, was
reported as much better yesterday.
Mrs. David G.. Swain had $500 stolen
from her room at tho Ebbitt House on the 9th
Instant.
Naval Cadet Alfred N. Hill, of Illinois,
fourth class, has resigned from the Naval
Academy.
DIR. Henry Latham, prominent ply
stefan, died at his home In Lynchburg, Va,
last night.
Joseph Agate, millionaire resident of
Honkers, N. y, committed suicide yesterday
by shooting.
The second wrestling match in Detroit,
Mich, Thursday night between Ross and Nc
Laughlin was won by the latter.
One of the men who broke into Picker
ing's gun store, Cincinnati, during tho recent
riot has been Indicted for burglary.
The business failures of the last seven
days throughout the country number for the
United States 175, and for Canada 80.
Mr.. d. L. Cahill, tho lawyer had SIS
worth of,wearing apparel stolen from his res
idencc, No. 227 u street, q few days ago.
Two men named DAILY and Egan have
been arrested at Blrkenhead, Eng, on the
charge OF treason.felony, being suspected OF
manufacturing dynamite.
Detective Carter yesterday recovered
from n pawnshop silver watch which was
stolen from Joseph Ennis, waiter at Dryants
restaurant, few days ago.
Fifteen hundred miners of the West
moreland and Pennsylvania Gas Coal COM
panies at 1rwln's Station, Pa, are on strike
against reduction OF wages.
Emily II. Hereford, by her next friend, NJ.
Roberta Hereford, has sued the metropolitan
Railroad Company for $4,000 damages no.
ceiyed on May 10, 1885, by being run over by
car No. % OF that road.
Juan B. Patron, a highly respectable citi-
zen OF Las Vegas, and ex-Speaker OF the Terri.
torial Legislature, was murdered on Thursday
night by Mitch Nancy, q cowboy. Nancy
will probably be lynched.
A special cable dispatch from Rome an
nounces that special police precautions were
taken yesterday to prevent threatened com.
munisic demonstrations and atheistic orgies
in the neighborhood OF the Vatican.
The new dispatch-boat Dolphin will be
launched at Chester, Pa, this afternoon. 1t is
nnderst9 9S that the Dolphin win BIO brought
equipped before being put into commission.
Mr.. Hopkins, the chairman of the House
Committee on Labor, Will endeavor next week
to get the House to set apart Saturday next to
consider bills reported by tho Labor Commit.
tee. Among them is tho eight.hour bill.
The discovery of the body of Mrs. Celia
Murphy In the woods near her home, In Dor.
chester County, Md, reveals an atroclous muir.
der OF defenseless old lady for money which
the officers OF the law are actively inyestlga.
Ing.
Tho schooner Ann Cole Captain L. B.
Dlackman, with cargo OF $40 tons OF coal
from Philadelphia, assigned to Messrs.
Clarke Given, OF this city, was wrecked at
one O'Clock yesterday morning or Wacha-
loss. '''' ~' D Wv - '''"'
Major Moore, of the Salvation Army, was
arrested yesterday In Brooklyn, N. Y, charged
with stealing $500 of the funds OF the organ.
ization, to which no belongs. He was taken to
New Jersey upon requisition from the Gov
ernor OF that State.
The Mccormick Band of Mercy gave an
entertainment at the residence OF Mrs. Simons,
on l street, last evening, and a pound package
was brought by every one attending. This
was the children's contribution for the poor
women OF the neighborhood.
George N. McDougall, of Norfolk, man.
ager OF the Southern Telegraph Company, who
was arrested here Wednesday on the charge
OF ASCENDING with the company's funds, was
yesterday taken to Richmond In charge OF the
Chief OF Police OF that place.
The score at the second regular match Of
the Capital City Gun Club yesterday, fifteen
clay pigeons sprung from Ave traps, nc fltteen
yards distance, was as follows: Mills, 3 .
10; Wagner 8 3-13; sousa, o OIL; Ma
gruder, 5-10; Wilson, o 40; Bailey
Blagrove, 5 4 4-13; Hosford, 90; Good
rich, / go; Eldridge, 2 2-5.
The fair and entertainment to be held by
the District OF Columbia Aid Society OF the
Garfield Memorial Hospital on Easter Monday
and tho following evening will be the affair Of
Its kind for the present year. Mrs. Ricketts,
and the board of managers have been inde.
fatigable In their efforts to make It a success
and all the arrangements promise well.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fleetwood, an aged couple
near Random, ILL.,, were murdered Wednesday
night. James Winklebach, hired man, who
slept in the house, has been arrested. The
daughter OF the old couple was aroused by
tho smell OF smoke, and found the bed on
which her father and mother lay on IRE, and
their throats cut. Winklebach had blood on
his clothes, and his bloody AK was found al
he bottom OF the we'll.
The Washington Commandery, No. /
Knights Templars, at their sixteenth annual
conclave last night elected the following Of
ncers for the ensuing year: Eminent com.
mander, William q. Moore; generallssimo, A
Nj. Tubman; captain general, Warren II. Or
cult; prelate, Daniel McFarlan; senior warden,
William G. Henderson; Junior warden, John
II. 0lcott: treasurer, John Keyworth; recorder
II. Harvey Hazard; warder, John II. Brough
trustee, James p. Willett
A Change of Base.