The Evening critic., 1884-03-06


Fresh.
The eighth annual reunion and banquet
OF the Harmony Circle was held at Abner's last
night.
The remains Of tho late Kenneth Raynor
will be removed TO Raleigh, N. o., for intcr.
ment.
NJ. Charles Joseph Tissot, tho we'll
known French diplomatic and Archaeological, Is
ut tho point OF death In Paris.
The Canadian Pacific Railway Loan bill
passed It's third reading In tho Canadian Sen
ate yesterday and received the royal assent.
Mrs. Claudia Hamilton Marshall widow
Of the late James Keith Marshall, died at
Leeds, Fauquier County, Va, Tuesday, aged
so years.
THE Rev Henry Bailor, pastor of tho
Rehoboth Baptist Church, died yesterday
morning at his residence, 1913 Third street
southwest.
Mr.. Spurgeon, the eminent Baptist
preacher OF England, has fallen heir 10 a
large fortune, which was left by the iato Mr.
Jos. Pool, OF Leicester.
The Wednesday miscellaneous exercises
at tho High School yesterday consisted OF a
lecture on political economy by DR.. Gregory,
of the Civil'servce Commission.
Nells, the Irish informor who sur
rendered the other day TO tho Groenock 20.
lice, and who professed to give the names OF
the murderers OF the Earl OF Leitrlm, Is be-
lieyed to BIO lunatic.
In New York yesterday William T..
Brockway, charged with forging bonds OF tho
Morris n Essex Railroad Company, pleaded
guilty to forgery in the second degrce, ana
was sentenced TO I'VE years imprisonment.
Mr.. Samuel Thomas, one of the Oldest
| clerks In the Third Assistant Poetmaster-Cie
erals ONCE, recently slipped on tho ice and
| will cause him to BIO confined to his home for
some time.
THE military order of tho Loyal Legion
held Its regular monthly meeting at the Ar.
I'M Nrl.e
| eponded TO by Commissioner West, General
Absalom Baird, Admiral Ammen, Senator
Plumb, and others. badge OF tho Legion
was presented to Senator Miller by Senator
| Hawley.
At the regular monthly meeting of the
washington Light Infantry Corps last night
six active and i've honorary members were
shows that the membership is now about 900,
| including the stan. The cornerstone OF the
new armory will probably be laid, with I'm.
posing ceremonies, about May /.
A special dispatch to the Baltimore Sun
from Rome says that the German, Austrian,
| Spanish, French and other ambassadors al
Rome are receiving instructions to confer
| WIN tho italian Minister OF Foreign Affairs re.
garding European cooperation with a view 70
asking the United States Government to take
action against ayowed dynamite omissarles.
Nearly five inches of snow fell in the vi
| cinity OF Washington yesterday, accompanied
| by all the discomforts as well as by tho ploas-
ures which heavy snow affords, and last
evening and to-day the sleighs wore out In
| full force, the merry bells 1ingling on the Az
enue and the pedestrians slipping and sliding
on the sidewalks. Some delay was caused on
| the railroads.
The Potomac Boat Club held their regu-
lar meeting last evening and decided to open
their boating season April /. Eight now mem
beers were elected. The next meeting will be
held Wednesday, April 2, when the annual
solved to vote for the Post cup as the cham.
pionship trophy for four-oared shells and to
refrain from rowing for the Star cup.
Miss Roberta Fox, daughter of Robert G.
| Fox, OF the frm OF Fitch, Fox & Brown, aud
Mr.. William u. oberteufer, promising young
| business man of Philadelphia, were married
last night at the home of the brides father,
| 400 Massachusetts avenue. After a brilliant
reception and receiving many handsome gifts
d the young people left for a Southern tour, at
delphia.
Arthur Dudley Vinton, the law partne,
| of Hon. Perry Belmont, was arraigned In New
York yesterday on q charge OF perjury pre-
ferred by Erastus 5. Ransom, the former law
grew out OF long-standing litigation be
tween the parties over check for 800 giver
by yinton to the complainant In payment of {
loan, and which was refused at the Nationa
City Bank when presented for payment.
A COMMITTEE of the National Unior
League, consisting OF Colonel j. e. Bryant, oil
Georgia; A. NJ. Clapp, OF the District of Column
bia; General O. II. Grosvenor, of Ohio; Gen
eral j. s. Negley, OF Pennsylvania; L. @. Houk
of Tennessee; g. A. Boutello, OF Maine; Cap
tain j. j. Cooper, of Pennsylvania; Thomas G
Baker, OF New York, and Donald Mclean, o
New York, met last night TO consider the
political situation In the South. The commit
tee VIII report to the National Council, which
meets here In annual council to-day.
The insanity of Brigadier- Genera
Ronald s. Mackenzie necessitating his retire
, | ment, he was examined by n retiring board
atNew York yesterday. The vacancy In tn
| list OF EMBELLISHMENTS caused by his re
tirement viii undoubtedly be filled by tho ap
I | pointment of one Of the three following namet
officers; Colonel David =. Stanley, Breve
Colonel Thomas H. Ruger, Drevet Drlgedfsf
General, Tenth Infantry, enhd ColQpslse wesle!
I Military Academy.
FINE Easter capas,r ). y. Bould's al 9th ST