The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-03-11
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.

The will of the late Henson Brown was
filed yesterday. The deceased leaves his es-
tate to his son, Henson Drown,jr
JUSTICE MACARTHUR to. day granted J.
Parker Jordan. divorce from his wife, Lizzie
ID. Jordan. The charge was desertion.
AN important meeting of Worlds Arbi-
tration League Will be held tonight Mt the
Friends Meeting House on l street, between
Eighteenth and Nineteenth.
THE Young Mems Association of the
North Presbyterian Church last night elected
the following officers for the ensuing year ::
President, L. 4. Phillips; vice-president, II.
Toulmin; secretary, II. $. Cooper; treasurer,
q. Cafripgton.
ROBERT DoNNELLY has entered suit for
divorce from his wife, Elizabeth Donnelly,
and the papers have been Withdrawn from tho
Clerks oflice In order that the public shall
not know the charges on which the appitea:
tion Is made. ,Sse
THE little daughtqk Of bse'e editor of the
permanently ra}teve dllof'a severe cough by
three doses,sfDr. Bulls Cough syrup. 4 IS.
cent bcstfe OF this valuable remedy VIII cure
tks'Sorst cough.
CAPTAIN JOHN COLLINS, yardmaster of
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, In this city,
and for number Of years a conductor on the
Washington Branch, died Sunday night at his
home In this city, aged 60. Captain Collins
was well.known, having been In the COM
pany's employ many years, and having won
the respect OF tho officials.
The will of the late Eliza G. Baehe was
filed with tho Register to-day. The deceased
that he convert her personal property into
cash as soon as possible, and bequeaths IL as
follows; To George NJ. Bache, $4,000; DALLAS
d. Rache, $4,000, and tho remainder to her
granddaughter, Harriet Patterson Bache.
THE Raymond excursion party from New
England had a pleasant trip to Luray yester.
day, and devoted to-day to sightseeing In the
city, visiting the Departments, tho Capitol, tho
ttn 80 n la "a xuiIl al
Mount Vernon tomorrow. Tho party were
shown through the Secretary's rooms the
libraries and museums at tho Depart.
ments, &c.
THE first appointment from Tennessee
under the lvil.Servce law was that OF Miss
ed in one OF tho Departments. Miss Walker
was, formerly editor and proprietor OF 1He
Girls OpR Paper, Of that city, in which ca.
pacity she displayed much ability and energy
for one so young. Her many friends, both az
home and In this city, Will rejoice at her good
fortune.
THE police of this city were notified by
O. f. Hedbery, at the Baltimore Il Potomac
depot last night, that no had been robbed OF
500 on train. He stated that no was on his
way from New York to Macon, Ga, aud while
In Jersey City and Philadelphia he was APP
preached by man who entered into CONVEX
sation with him, and on the pretense of paying
the charge on his baggage no got witness 10
give him chonge for a S100-note, which turned
out to be only an advertisement.
MR.. ROBERT BRUCE has established direct
communication with OIL City, Pa, 10 tacili
tate his petroleum business. Orders can
be placed In that market or on the New York
Petroleum Exchange. He now has unsur-
passed facilities for placing orders for stocks
York or OIL City; grain and provisions, Chi.
cago, New York and ST. Louis. His connections
at all the points named are ilrst-class, aud
customers can rely on having their orders NJ.
tended 10 PROMPTLY and we'll,