The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-06-07
MORNING NEWS,
Local and General, Rolled Down.
worked over and Furnished Up

General Gordon Is still at Khartoum.
The London Globe severely criticiscs Eng
lands policy In Ireland.
Spain rcpudiates the French proposals to
reciify the Moorish frontier.
General ]. Watson Webb, the ancient
New York eGitor, Is sinking rapidly.
Mr.. Sargent had an audience with En-.
peror william IN Berlin yesterday, and pre-.
sented his letters OF recall.
The Kennesaw Manufacturing Company,
Memphis, Tenn, has made an assignment,
with liabilities OF $4,000.
Measures have been asked for in the
House OF Commons to protect the British pub
lie against American bogus butter.
The Federal Council at Borne, Switzer-
land, has rejected the petition OF tho Roman
Catholics against the exclusion oftho religious
orders from the public schools.
At tho American Institute of Instruction,
Cottage City, July o, Ex-Governor Chamber
lain is to repeat his now famous address on
the study Of the classics In reply to Mr.. Charles
Francis Adams, jr.
An order was granted in the Circuit
Court yesterday In tho case OF Ex-Governor II.
o. warmoth against General Joseph II. West
for 1900, borrowed money, for Andrew Hero,
jr., to take testimony in New orleans.
Meade Post, Grand Army of the Republic,
met laet night at Seventh and l. streets, aud
after transactins routine business called IN
body on the Hon; John A. Logan, and offered
nominated TO the Vice.Presidency.
William II. Davis and David Smith, in
dicted for stealing horse from Mr.. william
Smiths farm In Loudoun County, Va, and
victed in the Criminal Court yesterday and
sentenced to two years each In the peniten.
tiary.
Confederate Memorial Day was celebrated
IN Baltimore yesterday by strewing flowers
meeting at the Holiday Street Theatre at
night, at which General Fitzhugh Lee de-
iivered an Grafton on "The Battle Of Chancel-
lorsville."
A caveat against the admission of the
Will Of the late John Moore, conveying n guam.
tity OF real estate in the District, was nled yes
terday by Virginia Weaver and q. d. waggener,
undue influence and incompetency OF the
testator TO make will because OF mental weak.
nees.
At the Theatre Comiquc last night three
rounds OF the great wrestling match between
Edwin Bibby, tho Grmco.Roman wrestler OF
England, and Matsada Sorakichi, tho Japanese
champion, took place. The first md third
falls were won by Bibby In catch-as.catch.can
style, and the Jap won the second round, Japa-
nese style.
A deed of trust was recorded yesterday
from W. S. Roose, Thomas ]. Fisher, A. A. VII.
son, Frank Hume and; Jesse Z. Ergood, trus.
George F. AppleDy and W. E. Edmonston, trus.
tees, TO secure bonds to the amount of S11O,.
COO, dated June 4, for twenty years, and bear
Ing interest al six per cent.
A sparring match has been arranged be-
tween John L. Sullivan and Mitchell, the Eng
lish pugilist to occur at Madison Square Gar
den, New York, June 80. The contest will be
four rounds, the winner TO take 90 and the
loser 35 per cent. OF the net receipts. Sulli-
van will train down 80 pounds to 107 and will
go into training on Monday next
The Marine Band will render the follow
ing programme at the white.House grounds
this afternoon: Selection, 'Falka," Uhassaign;
valse, Tics Sirenes," waldteufeI; collocation,
"Lohengrln (by reduesp, Wagner; gavotte,
.Stephanie, CZesbulka; mosaic, "Carmen,"
Bizet; ballad, why Do / Weep for Thee?"
Wallace; gallop, "La Male des Indies" La.
motto.
The Uniformed Battalion, l. o. o. F., at
their annual meeting, have elected the follow.
ing officers: John Il. Chauncey, chief captain;
W. 7. Galliher, first captain; j. A. Shackel-
ford, second captain; T. Walter Fowler, third
captain; Joseph Burroughs, fourth captain;
+. W. Fowler, ad1utant: j. Ii. Richards, quar-.
termaster; W. J. Redstrake, chaplain; j. W.
Hughes, color-bearer.
The Miner High School held its grad
uating exercises last evening at the High
School. DR.. O. d. Purvis presided. After an
interesting programme OF recltations and vocal
and instrumental music DR.. Purvis conferred
diplomas on the following graduates: Marcel.
lima Brown, Clara Il. Chase, Matte b. Cook.
Eliza O. Davis, Charity A. Heathman, Beltist.
Hundell, Laura V. Jordan, Hattie Y~,1ss6, Hat
tie Norman, Sarah Il. Ntclifres s<6dfy A. Ross,
Erminie +. schimm, AQlaaThornton.