The Evening critic., 1884-01-08
Pith of the Morning News.

There are $4,000 weavers now on a strike
In Lancashire, England
A Catholic priest has been brutally as
saulted In street OF Paris.
The cold weather has put a stop to the
navigation or the Chesapeake, near Annapolis.
The trial of James Mutt will begin the
18th instant, and will probably continue
week.
The Ciyil-Service examiners are busy
examining applicants for Federal ofices in
Baltimore.
The Supreme Court of Montreal has dis
missed all suits against the Graphite Company
OF New York.
Tho Egyptian Ministry yesterday ten
dered their designations 10 the Khedive, and
they have been accepted.
1t is stated that Admiral Courbet is
awaiting reinforcements In Tonquin before
making further movements.
Rev. Robert T. Young pastor of the
Haddopneld Baptist Church, Philadelphia,
died Sunday, aged 81 years.
The Choptank, Third Haven, Wicomico,
Pocomoke, and other rivers OF Maryland are
frozen over, impeding navigation.
The Virginia Senate yesterday seated
George d. Keezle, Democrat, OF Rockingham
County, In place OF DR.. j. d. Webb, Coalition
ist, OF the same county.
The funeral services over the remains of
Herr Lasker will take place at the Temple
Emanuel, In New York, on Thursday. Carl
schurz will deliver an address In German.
A broken rail on the Omaha & Repub
llcan Valley Railroad, near Valparaiso, Neb.,
yesterday, threw an entire train down 5'foot
bank. Six persons were seriously injured.
Dora Usner, the 10-year-old daughter of
L. d. Usner, OF st. louis, who was abducted
on December ID by Usner's divorced wife, was
| 10 her father.
Lu Ling, a Chinese laundryman in New
| York, was found murdered at his place OF
business yesterday. There were fourteen
| etabs In his back, and the contents OF his
| trunk were scattered about the room.
| At the Conservatory Lake, Now York,
| the curling match between the Manhattan and
| Thistle clubs began yesterday, Wednesday
| Will be big club match day, and tho North
| will then meet The South, and the Americans
| will try conclusions with the Scotch.
In New York yesterday the General
] Term OF tho Superior Court granted new trial
In the libel suit Of Marie Prescott, the actress,
4 against Sinclair Toucey, president OF the
| American News Company, against whom Miss
Prescott had recovered a verdict Of $4,000
| for alleged libel.
Engineer Melville has written to his
daughter Maud, who left school at Westchos
ter, Pa, 70 spend the holidays with nor mothel
In Philadelphia, without his permission, that
he will not permit her 10 return to the schooi
and that hereafter she Will have 10 depend
upon herself for support.
The New York express train on the
Philadelphia 4 Reading Railroad jumped tho
track yesterday evening near Laurel Run,
Pa, while going down mountain grade OF 90
feet to the mile. The engine, baggage car
and passenger coaches were derailed, II IL
bought that no one was injured.
1t was believed that tho body Of the
young woman found near Elmira, N. ", sat
urday, was Mary deskell, residing at Wat
king, but that person put in an appearance al
EImira yesterday alive and we'll, as did also
an Elmira girl OF the same name, botWeen
whom and the dead woman there must AaYe
been strong resemb -anee.