The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-05-29

THE MORNING NEWS,
Local and General, Boiled Down,
worked Over and Furnished UP
Fresh.

worked Over and Furnished UP
Fresh.
The gas-lamps will be lighted at 7:ij p.
m. and extinguished at 2 a. m.
General Logan has agreed TO speak at
the Decoration Day exercises ut Hagerstown.
Placards were posted In Moscow yestor.
day warning the Gar of ronowal OF Nihilistic
agitation.
The Paris tribunal has non-suited Count
Brionte in his action for alimony against his
wife, who is the actress Madame Schneider.
Messrs. Charles G. Duncanson, Il. w.
Woodruff and Elias 3. Hutchinson were electo
members OF tho Charity Organization Society
last night.
Mrs. Maggie Cook, of Bladensburg, Nd
died suddenly yesterday from homorrhage OF
the lungs. She was In her usual health up TO
the moment ofattack.
At the third annual sale of nursery year.
lings at August Belmont's Babylon IL. ~
farm, yesterday, Patroclcs, bny, was sold TO
II. III. Hall, OF Maryland, for 1926.
General James S. Peck, ex-Adiutant.
General OF Vermont and President OF tho
Vermont state 0nlcers Association, dropped
dead In tho AdirondnckS yesterday.
The damage caused by the floods In
Southeastern Spain is very great. Four hun.
dred and nine dwellings have been destr Dyed
and old Injured In the Province OF Murcla
alone.
Thirty-fve Indian students who have
DttIl louT ytHIh III inc hhnDtOn NOMINAL SCHOOL
have left for their homes In charge OF Captain
Brown. Anumber OF now scholars will return
with Captain Brown.
The District of Columbia Appropriation
iii was reported back to the Senate yesterday,
having been amended by the Senate Commit
tee by adding SS7, 900 to 1t. One-halt of that
sum was for street paving.
The annual meeting of the Pacific Mail
steamship Company was held In Now York
yesterday. Tho gross earnings for tho wear
ended AUrfl IN. 1884 inrIulfno "a
were s1,7S7 S0S; expenses, S3,301,fIS.
Representative Cox presented petition
In the House yesterday, signed by several
hundred citizens of New York, asking Con
erees to make an appropriation for Noros and
Ninderman, two surviving seamen of the
Jeanette expedition.
Charles Walther, the young man who
robbed Mr.. McDaniel's restaurant, No. 2O2
men such lively chase, as described in THE
CRITIC, was brought back to this city from Bal.
timore by Detective Cox last night.
Officer Costello brought to the Seventh
Precinct Station yesterday n colored infant
several months old, which was found near the
corner OF Now York avenue and First street.
Tho post-mortem examination revealed the
fact that the child had been drowned.
John Murphy and William Lewis, sail
ore, have been arrested at Annapolis, charged
with mutinous conduct on tho United States
practice ship Dale, lying at the Naval Aca1-
envy. The Naval Academy examinations are
In progress, and the board of visitors Will be
received Saturday.
chased the duion Line steamer oregon. She
Will mako her frst trip from Liverpool on tho
Cunard Line on June z, and will be COM
mpnded by Captain McMickan, now OF the
Gallia. The sum OF 81 800, 900 is the price re-
| ported to have been paid for 1t.
Tho sacred silver vessel containing about
one hundred particles of the consecrated
| bread was stolen yesterday from st, CHARLES
/ HOrrOmnOa Ohnrch RrnnkIvn.
bread was scattered over the street by tho
thief. Fathers Brosnon and Ward picked ur
the bread and notified tho police.
Tho following additional awards OF
prizes were made at the New York horse show
yesterdays Hunter, mare or gelding, carrying
221 pounds, first prize TO Leo, Frederick Cob.
hard owner. Special prize for hunters was
also awarded Leo. Tho match pair, Frank aud
Pete, belonging to Cyrus W. Field, got first
prize.
Considerable excitement is reported In
New York over the abduction In Central Park
Tuesday night of two little girls, Lille Greg.
ory and Irene Kuhn, each aged o years, aud
residing at No. 162 East one-hundred-and.
fifteenth street. They were last seen with a
stranger apparently % years of age. An
alarm has been sent out.
The Commissioner Of Internal Revenue
has received letter, signed by Martin schnei-
der, of Williamsville, N. Y, saying that the
farmers Of that vicinity Will forcibly resist ell
efforts TO enforce tho laws against private dis
tllleries where the farmers do their own dis
tilling In small quantities. An attempt to GU
force the laws, tho writer says, Will cause q
terrible calamity.
The National Greenback Convention met
at Indianapolis Ind, yesterday, oil the States
being represented except Delaware and Mis-.
eissippi. strong fight was made against
Gen. d. +. Butler by some OF the delegates, es-
pecially those from tho South, but the senti-
ment OF the majority was evidently In his
favor. The convention adjourned till to-.
day without making nomination.
The board of managers of the Charity
Organization Society met at tho new ofllce In
Lincoln Hall last evening, and satisfactory
reports were received. The cooperation OF
eleven churches and one mutual RELIEF asso.
citation has been secured. Major Dye has fur
nished the society with the history of 2,715
families, or neaf.y 10000 individuals, Ia
| whom relief was Afforded during the past
| winter.
| A general order has been issued by Can.
| tain Tappap, commanding tho Union Veteran
| Corps, First Company, giving details OF the
| trip to fredericksburg on Decoration day. The
| corps Will be accompanied by their honorary
members, the washington Continentals and
| George G.. Meade Post, No. 8, G.. A, r., ant
| after decorating the graves VIII visit the tomt
| OF Mary Washington, the mother of George
| Washington.
Ferdinand Ward was visited at Ludlow
street jail yesterday by HIS brother, w. s
prison authorities Indignantly deny tho
truth OF the report that Mr.. Ward left the jail
on MONDAY lust as was 6lulou ny some or tho
papers, which asserted that In company with
Sheriff Davidson he drove from the jail 20
General Grants residence, ana that the Con.
eral refused to see him when he sent In his
card.
Charles O'Conor's will bequeaths to tire
New York Law Institute oil the bound vol
umes in his library marked "My Opinions
and all those marked "My own Cases;" 500
600 In money and two silver testimonials 10
Mrs. Elizabeth W. Johnson; Miss Gulielma
folger, Rose Brnyton and Miss Isabella Chat
lin, 10000 each; to the last-named his house
and lot at Nantucket; TO Anna Ross So 900. He
divides the residue OF his estate as follows
Pardon Mullany.
The Mexican Pension bill was taken IN
IN the United States Senate yesterday anu de-
| paled AT considerable length. phe amend
| ment proposed by the Senate Committee q
| the House bill, restricting the pensions Ia
| those who depended on their labor, was laid
| on the table by vote OF yeas 40, nays 90
| number ofamendments Intended TO defeat the
| bill were voted down. Ono OF this character
introduced by Mr.. Hoar, extending the PRO
n Visions OF the bill so as to include ''all sol
,piefs OF the Union Army who served in the
u ar for the suppression ~ tho rebellion" was
under discussion when the Senate adjourned
bronze bust of Stephen Girard, the
| philanthroplst, OF philadelphia, was presented
| 10 the High kchool yesterday afternoon, and
| the exercises Intending tho presentation were
| interesting. President Warner and the Other
| mdny distinguished guests occupied seats or
/ IA Ia fHarn dnn nj "a n M