The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-05-06
THE MORNING NEWS,
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are being made In st. Petersburg.
A ball Of ire from thunder-cloud OK.
ploded in London street yesterday.
Rain yesterday did much to prevent
the spread OF the forest lrcs In Pennsylvania.
The preliminaries of the Egyptian con-
arranged.
In the contested case of O'Ferral VS.. Paul
the former was awarded the scat yesterday
and sworn In.
1t is reported from Nantucket, Mass,
that Charles oOonor, tho great New York
lawyer, is quite Ill.
Fernandez, Governor Bowie's imported
jockey, who Is TO ride Bessie, took up his quar-.
tiers at Ivy City yesterday.
Ex-Judge William A. Beach, who has
been Ill at his country residence, near larry
town, N. ", is reported much better.
Dispatches from General Gordon declar-
Ing his Indignation at being abandoned at
Khartoum have been published in London.
The Reformed Catholic Pastors Associa-
tion OF New YORK yesterday appointed the Rev.
Father O'Connor delegate TO tho NJ. Il. Con.
ference at Philadelphia.
Rev. James Washington Wood, promi-
mont Presbyterian clergyman OF Allentown,
Pa., aged ~ years, was found dead In his bed
at an early hour yesterday morning.
The American Genealogical Association
Convention adjourned last evening, after an
interesting and well.attended session, at
which q number OF instructive papers were
read.
The London Observer expresses astonish-
ment that the City OF Rome did not follow up
the information received from a sailing YES.
eel regarding the rescued crew OF the State OF
Florida.
The Agriculturlsts' Association met in
| New York yesterday. Ex-Mayor Hutchinson,
| OF Utica, presided, and addressed tho meeting
| on tho necessity OF the farmers Joining tho or
| ganisa,ion.
| John Kister burglar and an old con-
| federate OF "Red" Leary, who IS now serving
In the New Jersey state prison, has had $780,
| COO left him by an aunt In England. He has
| 10 years TO serve.
Municipal elections took place yesterday
| In Raleigh, NewberD, Ashevllle, Greensboro,
Tarboro, Durham, Goldsboro, Greenvillo and
| other North Carolina towns. The Democrats
| were successful In all.
A swimming match is said to have taken
| place In the Eastern Branch yesterday from
| The workhouse to Bennings' Bridge between
| Henry Fowler, colored, and Frank Bennett,
white. The latter won the match.
George T. Knorr, well.known Phila-
| delphia printer, died IN that city yesterday,
| eyed 81 years. During the early years OF tho
civil war he was the editor and proprietor OF q
| weekly paper In Cumberland, Md.
The stockholders of the Moshannon &
| Clearneld Railroad Company and the Tyrone
| 4 CleGrfeld hallway Company yesterday
adopted articles OF merger and consolidation
| under the name OF the latter company.
L II.
daughter of the late Junius Brutus Booth,
| against Agnes Booth, TO recover part OF the
property left by her father, has been compro-
| missed. The terms have not been made pub.
| &c.
At Nashville Tenn, yesterday the first
nee, l mile, was won by Centennial; time
;53lh. Second, 11s milos, by Billy Gilmore
line, 099i. Third, IL, miles, by Ferg Kyle
tme, 2:22gl. Fourth, is miles, by Barnum
Inc, 2iO7.
Albert II. Hughes, Philadelphia pilot,
| was suspended yesterday for tho period OF six
months. He was charged with carelessness 10
running the steamship Lord Cough aground
The vessel had TO lighter $50 tons OF her
cargo, which cost 10000.
The grand jury in Richmond, Va, yes.
terday indicted Garter NJ. Louthan, school su
| perintendent OF Clarke County, for violation OF
tho law passed by the last Legislature pro.
hibiting school superintendent and certain
other State officers from active participation
In politics.
James G, Moifett,-of. Charleston, S. G..
died In this city yesterday dftsr o long illness
Deceased was employed In the House folding
room during the Forty sixth Congress. He
Will be buried tomorrow afternoon, at 4
o'clock, from tho New York-avenue Presby-
| terian Church.
| The action of tho Peruvian Government
In refusing to hold Official Intercourse with
tho ministers of the governments which had
| refused TO recognize II appears to have borne
prompt fruit, as, 1t is said, the United States
and Germany have both determined TO recog
| nize PRESIDENT lgleslas.
The Canadian railways have caused con.
| siderable commoticn among commercial trav
elers by abolishing the special privileges oil
the latter and placing them on an equality
with the public so far as tho 1,00O.mile tick
cts are concerned, with some modification re-
garding their samples.
The District Commissioners have re-
ceived letter from the management OF {
worlds fair, to be held in San Francisco II
| 1887, suggesting the appointment OF q com
missioner TO represent the District. The Com
missioners hold that they have no such power
but would give credentials to representative
OF the business interests here.
A human head was found yesterday II
the Wissahickon Greek, Philadelphia, nea
the place whore the trunk OF body, sup
posed to be that OF Frederick Stahl, wa
rs that OF Stahl. Albert Dieterle, a butcher
for whom Stahl worked, and upon who's
premises he was last seen, was arrested.
While Patrick Healy foreman of Howar
University shaft OF the new water works, wa
descending In the bucket about o'clock las
night, the engineer lost control OF the engine
and the bucket descended at lightnin
speed; Healy Jumped out and received CON
medical aid, and was sent TO Providence Hos
pital.
Nelson Spalding, master of the Britis'
barkentine Chelmsford, OF quebec, has beef
Arthur in recognition of his humanity In picR
ing up the master and crew OF the America
schoon Or william II. Phall, adrltt at sea De
cember ], 1888. Captain Spalding landed tn
shipwrecked crew AT Richmond, Va, Decem
her A last.
Moses Fraley, of st. Louis, notified all hi
creditors yesterday that he was prepared
| settle all his accounts by paying 100 cents o
he dollar, Hehas asked them to send thei
statements as he wants 10 clear or his indeb
! edness, His creditors offered 10 settle at 49,
cents on the dollar, but he declined the prop
B osition. His Indebtedness Is over $330.O0O
This, with margins paid prior TO suspension
1 makes his total losses over 100000.
The Wilmington & Northern Railroat
! stockholders at Reading, Pa, yesterday electe
he following Officers President, II. A, Dupont
, OF Wilmington, Deli secretary and treasurer
|, p. s. Ermold, OF Reading; directors, Georg
| Brooke, Charles Huston, A, l.. Foster, Richar
Ely, Charles Wheeler and John 8. Gerhart
| The length OF the road and stdings Is 10
miles. The receipts during the year wer
s3172SI and the expenses 1921 1882.
In New York, yesterday, Judge Wa
lace ordered that shipping Commissioner
O. Duncan should show cause why no shOul
not be removed from offlco. He said tho dl
3 | ties OF the Commissioner are not arduous, an
the law requires them to be performed /
himself with only necessary clerical assls
once. Commissioner Duncan appointed Nv
deputies, four OF whom wero his own sons,
\ $4,000 year, the youngest deputy beir
only 10 years OF age. The expenses OF IN
office have absorbed all the receipts sine
1875.
The Normal Institute, under the al
spices OF the Woman'b Christian Temperate
Union, held Its fret session at 80 o'cloc
yesterday afternoon at the Calvary Dapt
Church. highly interesting and instructiy
lecture was delivered by Elliott u. Ooues, A
D., on "The Human Mechanism" At y o'cloC
last evening Mr.. MCPHERSON, District Sppgrf