The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-06-24
THE MORNING NEWS,
Local ana General. Boiled Dow
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Fresh.
There is an epidemic of cholera in Tou-
Ion, France.
The gas.lamps will be lighted at 7:i5
p. m. and extinguiehed at 10: i5 a. m.
The cable steamer Faraday sailed from
London yesterday to lay the Bennett Mackey
cable.
The South Mountain Powder Company,
near Reading, Pa, has been bought out by tho
Duponts.
A creaking gallery in Methodist church
at Anglesea, England, caused a panic, and
many persons were trampled underfoot.
Twenty-Five Mormon missionaries, with
col converts, dO1 Scandinsyians andI 100
English, arrived In New York yesterday.
There will be game OF ball at Athletic
Park at 80 O'Clock this afternoon, between
the Pension ONCE and District OF Columbia
mines.
Dispatches from st. Petersburg deny the
reports current In Berlin TO the effect that an
anti Jowieh riot has occurred near Nizhnee-
Noygorod.
Cards are out for the wedding of DIR.
Charles L. Thompson, formerly OF East Wash
| iDgtoD, and Mics Kate Quayl, OF Denver, Col,
on the 25th Inst
Brother Morency. promising member of
| the order Of obiate Fathers, was drowned at
the head OF tho Lachine Rapids, near Mon.
treal, sunday evening.
Archbishop McCabe, of Dublin, has
written letter opposing the election OF Mr..
winstanleY to be Lord Mayor of Dublin, on
tho ground that no is a Freemason.
It is reported that the Canadian Govern
ment has arranged the terms OF reciprocity
treaty with the United States. The now treaty,
It is said, will follow the lines OF tho former
reciprocity treaty.
An explosion of dynamite in Brady's
Tunnel, on tho Hcmpheld extension OF the
Baltimore 4 Ohio Railroad, near Washington,
Pa, fatally injured Roger Kano and badly
bruised another workman.
1t is reported that Aguero, the Cuban
flibuster, has left CUBA. 1t is charged that
his expedition was In tho Interest of the
Spanish Government, and was intended 10 In
| fiuence the Cuban elections.
A match game of cricket was begun yes
eIday az ns S Esg OF Inc
| shire. The Americans went to the bat first
and secured 260 points in their first inning.
| Twenty-Five ladies voted at Clinton, N.
| y, Saturday on the question OF establishing
| water.works. Both sides brought them TO the
| polls. Women taxpayers are entitled to vote
| In Clinton under the general water-works act.
Collector Robertson, of New York. Satur-
day received $500 gold certificate, inolosed
| In common envelope, ana postmarked New
| York. The sender explained that he had de-
| frauded the Government out OF that amount in
| duties on imported merchandise, and desired
| TO safety his conscience by making restitu-
| tion.
| AT Central City, COL, Sunday, during a
/ severe hailstorm, Nicholas Newmayer was
| killed and James Lick and Frank Osborn "a.
tally injured by lightning while at q baseball
| game. Five miners near Central City were
stunned by lightning, and an engine-house de-
| molished.
About 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon a
| horse ran away and threw an unknown gem
| tleman out OF a buggy, and he became en-
| tangled In the harness and was In Immediate
| danger of being seriously hurt by being
dragged, but he finally extricated himself
and escaped unhurt.
In the game to-day with the Kansas
| City the home club Will put u strong nine In
| tho field. Manager Scanlou went TO Phila1el-
| phia last Sunday and engaged two new play.
Gunson, c.; JOY, b.; Evers, 2 b.; Larkin, 3 b.;
Dessley, 9. g.; Moore, l. f.; Baker, C. f., and
| Wise, III.
Mr.. Francis Vincent, author, aud a prom
inent politician and journalist OF Delaware
| died yesterday at Wilmington. Mr.Vincontha
| plan for uniting all the Anglo.Saxon natton'
OF the earth In one vast confederation. He re
| ceived q gold medal from the Golden CLUB oi
England, for HIS elaborate essay on this great
scheme. He also wrote and published his
tory OF Delaware.
Paul Sauvalle, editor of the French Jour.
nal TRAIT a. Union, at the City Of Mexico, was
arrested Sunday because he protested against
the recent stamp tax as Injurious to the
French merchants, who control the dry goods
trade, and accused certain oficials OF mlsap
Vera Cruz, where he was put on board OF q
New York steamer.
Caesar A. Rodney, of tho Yulcanized
Fibre Company, OF Wilmington, Dell commit
ted suicide yesterday morning about IL
o'clock by shooting himself. He had been III
for some time, but was reported yesterday
morning as being much better. He was about
45 years OF age and unmarried, and was de
scendant OF old Caesar Rodney, one OF thu
eigners OF the Declaration of Independence.
The bicycle races at Athletic Park yes
| terday afternoon did not come up to the OK
pectations OF the rather limited audience tina
assembled To witness the contests. Two OF tn
| professionals ana some OF the amateurs failet
TO appear. The irst race called was the anna
won by Crish in :22S and 8 :21%. In tn
flve-mile professional race, four OF the 81
entries started. The first heat was won b.
Prince In 10 :bS. In the second heat Woodsid
took the lead and kept It up to the fourth mile
when Higham and Prince passed him, and tn
latter's machine sustained an accident on tn
last lap, losing him the race, as he was dis
tanced, not crossing the line. Higham wa
awarded fret place In 16:47.