The Evening critic., 1884-03-03
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WOEhtu OVcr anu FUrutSHen UP
Fresh.
The British troops occupied Tokar on
Saturday.
A missionary jubilee was held at Mount
Zion Methodist Episcopal Church by tho
sunday.school last evening.
The Democratic primaries in Pittsburgh,
Pa, Saturday resulted I'm tho choice OF Ran.
dali delegates to tho National Convention.
The alarm of fire from box 81 at 1880
O'Clock yesterday was occasioned by IRE in
house 1923 Nineteenth street. Damage $500.
At Hazleton, Pa, Saturday evening, VIM.
Nichols was fatally shot by Edwin Brotheras.
Brotheras charges that Nichols betrayed his
niece.
A human skull was found in an iron not
n one OF tho towers OF tho Corcoran Art Gal.
cry on Saturday, Nobody at the Gallery
knows how 1t got there.
At Grace Methodist Episcopal Church,
corner of Ninth and 8 streets, yesterday, the
anniversary OF tho Sunday-school Missionary
Society was celebrated.
Robert +. Walcott, an octogenarian, fell
dead In Boston Saturday. Thirty years ago
no was tho publisher OF tho Ltberdi0T, the or.
gan OF the Anti-Slavery Society.
Professor Harvey w. Wiley, of tho An.
National Museum, delivered a lecture Satur-
day upon "The Sugar Industries Of tho North"
The funeral services of the late Minister
Hunt Will BIO performed on Tuesday at tho
body Will remain until It is sent to this coun.
try.
Tho Penn Iron Works, of Lancaster, Pa,
shut down Saturday for an Indefinite period.
The high price OF iron and tho refusal Of
workmen TO accept reduced wages are assigned
as the reasons.
At the city election in Lexington, XIV,
saturday, only about 700 votes were poiled,
the Democratic being defeated for tho nrst time
In ten ycars, electing only four OF thoir twenty
two candidates.
Rev. w. w. Hicks, of the Tabernacle
Church, leaves for Florida next Wednesday to
be absent several weeks Rev. DR.. Petersen
Ing his absence.
The National Rifles will leave here on
Saturday evening, June7, on their summer
trip. They Will visit Chiclgo, Burlington, st,
Paul, Minneapolis, milwaukee, and other
place., returning on the 23d Inst.
The chief marshal of the societies which
Will participate IN tho st. Patrick's day cole
bration and his aids met yesterday afternoon
for the purpose Of adopting colors to be worn
by the mounted men on March II.
Mr.. Bradlaugh has sent letter to Sir
STAFFORD Northcote, charging him with having
violated tho law In having had Mr.. Bradlaugh
excluded from tho House OF Commons. That
ac,, Mr.. Bradlangh says, was mean and spite.
Hon. John Lowell of Boston. Judge of
the United States Circuit Court for the FIRST
circuit, has resigned to take effect In May. no
was appointed District Judge by President
Lincoln in 1866 and Circuit Judge in 1873,
A prize.fght took place near Omaha,
Omaha, and o. II. Smith, of Chicago. The
men fought thirty.three rounds, stripped to
freezing point. Smith was awarded tho light
on foul.
A black bag containing dynamite and an
automatic explosive has been found In the
cloak-room Of the Ludgate Hill Station, Lon.
m. rntI tunv rf,Iat
sist upon the inspection OF oil baggage left at
terminal stations.
In the Joliet Ill.) penitentiary Saturday
Frank Rand, desperate convict fatally as.
den, and seriously injured another oflcer. He
was fatally wounded himself by the oflcers
Rand has killed ten men.
The morning services at Mount Vernon
corner Of Ninth and s streets, were rendered
unusually interesting yesterday by the chill
dren's exercises In celebration OF the Sunday
school missionary anniversary.
Colonel Richard Q. Morgan was found
dead in his apartments in New York Thurs
day, having died from Bright's disease.
Colonel Morgan was in Washington at the time
OF Lincoln's assassination and assisted In ar
resting Payne, who attempted to assassinate
VIM. II. Seward.
The attention of Dr. Rankin, of the Con.
gregational Church, has been called to the
fact that various Western newspapers were
by him, lauding a certain patent medicine,
and he positively denied being the author OF
tho advertisement.
An election was held on Saturday in the
old Second Congressional District Of Kansas to
o. Haskell. Tho candidates were L. Ii. Funs.
ton, Republican, and Samuel A. Riggs, Demo.
erat and dreenbacker. Funston was elected
by about 1000 majority.
There was considerable excitement In the
qulnine market in Philadelphia Saturday In
consequence OF the great FIRE at the factory OF
Powers weightman. The price of the drug
foreign article, which had been quoted as low
as S1.1O per ounce, went up TO $3.50.
The rumored contemplated recall of Min
lister Sargent has been topic OF general dis.
sht In inc oiss2eg b ot Re3pe who de-
slightest foundation for the reports, which are
positively denied at the White House and
dictate that 1t is believed there that Minister
Sargent is anxious to be recalled.
About 10 o'clock last night cries of helm
at the foot OF Eleventh street brought 8. H.
Dietz and j. II. Watson, the watchmen at John
sons wharf, to the waters edge, where they
found man In the water with only his head
above the surface. He proved to be u. f.
Dudds, conductor OF the Washington &
walked into the river. He was taken to Provi.
dence Hospital In the police ambulance.
The temperance mass-meeting at Masonic
Hail Yesterday afternoon under tho auspices
or the Woman's Christian Temperance Union
called together a Jorge audience. Mrs. CLARA
l.. Roach presided. Mrs. Burrls read the
scriptures and Captain Tracy offered prayer
Miss Wheat presided at the organ. Mr. Moul.
ton asked for signatures to protest against
the passage OF sections o and ~ In the
District bill. Many were obtained. Mr., d, II,
jewell, OF the Sons or Temperahce, and Mr..
Charles Nye were the orators OF the occasion.
The first service was held In the new
Episcopal Church on the west side of Eighth
street, between and O streets northeast yes.
terday. The parish is to be known as st.
james parish, rector, Rev. j. W. Clark. The
sermon last night was preached by Rev. DR..
Leonard, OF st. Johns Church. During this
week evening services Will be held at z 80
Monday, Rev. Mr.. Perry, OF Baltimore; Tues.
day, Rev. DR.. Elliott; Wednesday, Rev. Dr..
Townsend, OF the Church OF tho incarnation;
Thursday, Rev. DR.. Hodgeg, OF Baltimore;
Saturday, Rev. DR.. Paret, OF Epiphany. The
o1feIings will be devoted to the furnishing Of