The Evening critic., 1884-09-24
THE MORNING NEW s,
Local and General, Boiled Down
Worked over and Furnished Up
Ereah.

Local. and General, Boiled Down,
Worked over and Furnished Up
Fresh.
Congressman Lore was renominated at
the convention at Dover, Del, yesterday.
IL Is stated that thousands of workingmen
are out OF employment IN Franco and riotlng
Is feared.
Mr. Blainos reception in Philadelphia
last night was one OF the grandest over wilt
messed there.
Twenty one persons have been arrested
In Vienna, charged with completely In an.
archist schemes.
The Republicans Of the Nineteenth Penn
sylyania District yesterday nominated d. L.
seitz for Congress-.
The eleventh annual convention of tho
Brotherhood OF Locomotive Firemen opened
at Toronto, Ont, yesterday.
The winning horses at Louisville, Ky,
yesterday were Lady of tho Lake, SAHARA,
Revoke, Lady Maynard and Billy Gilmore.
Mrs. James Scanlon. professionally known
suddenly in New YORK Monday OF heart
disease.
The British gunboat Wasp was wrecked
| on the northwest const OF Ireland yesterday
and flity.two lives were lost. six persons
| were saved.
A cable message from Lisbon, Portugal,
announces the death OF Henry W. Diman, a
native OF Bristol; II. l., and late United states
| Consul at Lisbon.
|
yesterday, and the race for the Great Foal
stakes was won by tho Duke of westministers
colt Cambusmore.
Hon. b. M. Townsend, OF Athens, Ala,
| committed suicide Monday by shooting him.
self through the head with pistol. No cause
| Is assigned for the act.
Rev. Professor John Lord Taylor died
yesterday at Andovor, Mass, aged 20 years.
Congregational Church. ... ..
Frederick s. Nichols, editor-in- chief of
the Memphis Auaidnche, died yesterday OF
paralysis OF the brain at Davenport, Iowa,
where he had gone on a visit.
After an exciting meeting last night, tho
| Young Republican Club, of Brooklyn, by
| vote OF about IS TO /, passed o resolution to
support the Republican National ticket.
Captain w. II. James, United States as
sistant engineer OF the upper Cape Fear River
improvements shot himself through tho head
Ct Wilmington, N. o., yesterday morning and
| died In a few minutes.
The Republican State Committee of Penn
| syivania yesterday selected General William
Lilly, OF Mauch Chunk, to flll the Vacancy ON
the electoral ticket created by the death of
Judge John Leisenring.
Complaint Is made that tho waters Of An
| tfetam Greek arc polluted with the carcasses
of dead hogs. 1t is stated that at ono point
| thirty hogs which had died OF cholera were
| thrown Into the stream.
Earl Spencer, Lord Lieutenant of Ire
| land,h has reduced the extra police tax assessed
upon Limerick, which the corporation OF that
city refused to pay. He will Insist upon til o
payment OF the reduced amount.
A conflict took place yesterday at Rown-
die, In the Province of Saratov, Russia, be-
tween German Inhabitants and Russian peas
ants at the annual fair. Eleven persons were
killed and thirty were wounded.
The Republican State Convention of
| South Carolina met at Columbia yesterday.
There were a number OF contrasting dolsga-
tions, and the convention adjourned TIL to-day
10 await the report OF the Committee on Gre
| dentials.
A special from Fort Mckinney, Wyo-
ming, says tho lifeless and mangled body OF
Gillie Leigh, member OF the British Parlia.I
ment, has been found at the base of clirr In
Big Horn Mountains. Leigh was out there
with an English pleasure party.
Mr.. Herman Benzler celebrated his
tbiriieth birthday last evening at hts residences
on New Hampshire avenue. There were about
| nifty persons present. The Eolian quartet
| and VIM. Seurerle served 10 enliven the even.
Ing with vocal and instrumental music.
In Petersburg, Va, yesterday, Judge
Menn issued IN order In the suit OF Williams
and others against the Planters & Mechanics
Bank, inetructing the trustees OF the bank 10
inquire where the money belonging TO the
| OF the bank amount to $4,000. +
In the shipysrd Of John L. Thomas &
Co, In Berkeley, Va, yesterday, scaffold on
which Messrs. Henry Phillips and Jefferson
| Brownley, OF Portsmouth, were at work, gave
| way and both were precipitated to the ground.
MIR. Phillips neck was broken, and Mr.. Brown.
ley broke his right thigh and was injured In
ternally.
A train on the Brattleboro & Whitehall
Railroad was thrown from the track down
2Ofoot embankment yesterday near West
fatally and his vito and daughter seriously
injured. Mrs. George Hastings, Miss Dom
nelly, James Underwood, Melan Davidson and
about fifteen other passengers were more or
lees injured.
Justice Field in San Francisco yesterday
In the Chinese habeas corpus cases, decided
that a Chinese wife could not enter the United
States on her husbands certificate. Collector
Sears, OF San Francisco, holds that Chinese
merchants resident In the United States, who
Sisi, any foreign country ;S must procure ne
tore they can re.enter THE country.
An important land transfer In New Mex
leo has been made TO New York parties
through the department OF immigration OF the
prises 10000 acres IN Mora County, near Las
Vegas Springs. The purpose is to found an
| Episcopal colony OF Eastern people, In cOnnec-
tiou with which an educational Institution will
| be established.
A circular has been issued by Miss Louise
Pollock announcing that q free kindergarten
Thanksgiving Day, November 81, Til Uecem.
! Der 3, TO raise funds for kindergarten build.
Ing. Contributions may be sent to her house,
020 Eighth street, or In care OF Mr., l., s,
Emery, OF the Associated Charities.
Part of passenger train on tho Chicago
& Alton Railroad was wrecked Monday night,
| near POntlAc, llI,f by freight train running
| into II. The passengers IN the sleeping.clr,
which was covered by the wreck of several
freight cars, made their escape by hole cut
In the roof. j. Z. Zeublin, OF the Baltimore K
OHIO Telegraph Company, had his ankle badly
sprained. Robert jackson, q porter; CON
ductor Carson, Brakeman Clifford, Engineer
Waters and Fireman Jones were more or less
, injured.
Robert Brewster, State register OF voters
NrN-ouisiana, WAS arrested IN New Orleans
Etsterday at tho inst5nce OF the United State
Nnpervisor OF Electons on the charge OF pre-
venting him from examining and copying tue
books OF registration. He was held In ball for
HIS appearance before the United States court.
Brewster says he was willing TO ALLOW the
supervisor 70 examine tho books, but could
not permit the work OF reglstratlon to be inter.
fered with.
. The Cincinnatis and Umpira Jennings
= yesterday succeeded after hard struggle Ia
defeating the Nationals by score of 10 o.
10 The single score made was In the first inning
by GIAscock OF the visitors. He had had two
strikes ana failed to strike at n ball directly
over tho plate. Instead OF calling him out OF
\ strikes, the umpire called a ball on th'
pitcher. He made a hit 10 third, and on Burns
hit 10 right and passed ball he succeeded
IN scoring. The game was tho best played o
the season.
Developments in the Newcomb. Buchanan
d. whisky failure at Louisville indicate that thu
nrm made Improper q the money eon