The Evening critic., 1884-01-29
THE MORNING NEWS,
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Fresh.
Three distinct shocks of earthquake were
felt Sunday night nj Rothesay, N. d.
Mr. Joseph Williams, formerly a con-
tractor In this city, is in tho city on visit.
The explosion in the mine in Rhonda
Valley, Wales, throws thousand mon out OF
employment.
The remains of the late Commander Do
Long and his dead companions arrived 10 Mos
COW yesterday.
Tho trial of George Alfred Townsend for
libel OF Josh Hart, with damages set ut 800
600. began In New York yesterday
Tho Virginia Legislature having secured
the requisite number of votes, is now passing
bills over Governor cameron's veto.
Adam Luckabaugh, an employe Of tho
Codorus Iron Company, York County, Pa, fell
killed.
An unknown Hungarian, out of work
and starving, committed suicide at West Now
ton, Pa, Sunday by jumping into an air-holo
In tho Ice.
Michael Newton, of No. 227 Pennsylva.
MIA avenue southeast, reports that his store
wns broken open Sunday night and six bottles
OF whisky stolen.
Rev. DR.. Addison, of Trinity Church,
yesterday christened Hallett Kiloourn Mac
Knight, the infant child OF j. A. MacKnight,
loto U. s. Consel at 81. Helena.
r. N. McMurray, of No. Ills V street
reports that his house was robbed OF a lady's
gold huntiDg.c case watch and gold ring be-
tween the 25th and 2Sh instants.
The Department of Superintendent of
the National Educational Association will
hold special session In this city, commencing
February ~, and lasting Cor three days.
Chief Cronin, of the Fire Department,
has recommended that fire alarm box DO
placed at tho lumber yard or Willett & Libbey,
corner OF Sixth street and New York avenue.
The board Of directors Of tho "National
Topographic Company" met at Its ofIiee last
evening and elected tho following officers: L.
q. Hine, president: T.. Kurz Johnson, treas
urer, and NJ. j. Wine, secretary.
Patrick Gallagher, tried in the Police
| Court n few days ago for killing horse, was
! examined yesterday by Drs. Palmer and Wool
haupter, who pronounced him insane. Gala
| CHER Will be transferred to the Insane Asy-
| lum.
A man named Webb became involved in
| difficulty In jackson County, Ala, yesterday,
| with three brothers named Milburn, aud he
| killed two OF them and fatally wounded tho
third. The quarrel began about q trivial
| matter.
AtCincinnati yesterday Emil Trumpeter,
who has been twice convicted OF the murder
| OF Anthony Delano, once In the second degree
and the last time In the 1rst, was arraigned
for the third time and pleaded guilty, leaving
the Court to tx the grade OF crime.
| The centennial anniversary of tho per-
| maDent establishment OF the Methodist Church
| In America was celebrated by a mass meeting
| OF the Methodists OF Washington at Nick endree
| Nj. T.. Church last night. Bishop Simpson aud
| Chaplain McOabe addressed the meeting.
| At the trial in San Francisco yesterday
to set aside the Indictment for forgery against
| Aggie Hill and William Nelson, In tho Sharon
divorce case, the grand Jurors wcre committed
| for contempt OF court In having refused to
dfvulge the secrets OF the grand jury-room.
A meeting of the Republicans of the
Seventeenth District was held last night and
the following delegates and alternates were
elected 70 the Republican Central Committee
of the District: Delegates, James Small, DR.. S.
A. Sumby and Samuel Z. Jones: alternates,
Henry Miller and James A. Ford.
At Cleveland, Ohio, yesterday, Andrew
Mango, aged years, while poking shavings
into stove, set IRE to his clothing and expired
after horrible suffering. He was tho last OF
i've children, the others dying within short
time OF diphtheria. The mother became a
raving maniac upon the death OF her last
child yesterday.
Further reports of the recent gale in
England and on the British coast show the
\ damages TO have been more widespread than
| at first supposed. On the Letterkenny Rail
\ road In Ireland train was overturned, and
near Londonderry an embankment on the
Northern hallway was swept away and the
mail train narrowly escaped destruction.
The second days session OF the New Eng
land Free-Thinkers Convention opened at
Boston yesterday. A Free-Thinkers' associa-
tlon was formed, with bylaws, demanding
ton. that the judicial oath should be abol.
| ished that all laws enforcing the observance OF
the Sabbath and Christian morality should DO
repealed; that the Bible should be removes
from public schools, and that GoverpRfental
aid should be refused to sSctariaR see66cls.
BgyB. H; Douglae BezeeSs' oapsicum
Cough Drops for your ffen; they are harm
lees, pleasing To- 1871 ~ and Will cure their
colds: y SssSd TradS Mark on every drop.
Ebhers Hall was beautifully decorated
last evening and crowded by well.known men,
bere OF the scheutzen verein and their ladies,
| the occasion being the annual ball OF the Yer.
elm. The committees to whom tho success OF the
affair Is due are; Observation-Disclosures
Helmue, chairman; II. Kronheimer and II.
| Springguth. Responsibilities Gran, chair
man; John L. yogt, Simon Wolf, Charles Ebel,
| George Seufferle, j. j. Appich, William Much.
lessen, George O. Walker, q. Ruppert. Floor
II. Kronheimer, chairman; II. Benzler, II. +.
| Bauer, Charles Losekam, George Motifs, George
Breitbarth and Henry Ross.