The Washington critic., 1886-11-22

advertisers OF the i19 columns of
the Times, 3G were devoted to adver.
tisemcnts; 81 of the 50 columns Of the
star were similarly filed; % Of the 9j
columns of the IrijUHc, and 90 OF the
81 columns of the sum Take II all in
all, 1t was field day for the papers
that have the swing Of the advertising
patronage, and even those Of more
conservative characteristics in this re.
spect, show forecasts of brisk
holiday trade.
OVER $4,000 has been raised In
Chicago and elsewhere for the as.
sislance Of the condemned Anarchists,
and 1t is believed by their friends and
legal advisers that stay Of execution
will be obtained between now and De-
cember 8, the day set for their eXecu.
tion. In such event 1t is not at all
probable that final determination
would be reached by the Supreme
Court before spring. Mr.. Foster OF
their counsel rests his case upon the
assumption that the men are guilty of
nothing more serious than conspiracy.
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IT is stated that Mr. s. B. Elkins
and others, who arrived In IIagerstown,
Nd, Saturday, are engaged In an in
speCtion Of the bed of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal, with view to deter.
mining its suitability as the location Of
railroad, to connect with a road re-.
Gently opened in West Virginia. The
opinion has been often expressed by
engineers aud Others that the conytr
sion Of this canal into a railroad would
be The best use t. which IL could be-
put.
Two HUNDRED divorce suits are on
the docket for trial in the Rhode Island
courts Ibis week, AMI there will doubt
less be no lack Of hullards at the M
savory feast The New York sun says
that the society circles Of that city cou.
tribute their full quota to the docket
and that "the scandals which darliGn
the air in connection with these dlscor.
dant matrimonial brois are a disgrace
TO the age in which we live"
THE consolidation of the Richmond
ard Danvile and Richmond and West
Point Terminal Railways was the SEN
sation Of Wall street Saturday. 1t
places about 200 miles of road under
one management and foreshadows
other important changes throughout
the South. Nor is its importance at all
lessened by the generally accepted
understanding that Standard Oil money
is at the bottom of the movement.
An incredible report has been put
into European circulation by German
correspondent to the effect that the vot
ing Of an appropriation of $40, 900
by France for military and naval sup
plies, will be considered by Germany
as equivalent to declaration of war
Boundless as Bismarck S audacity may
be, it isincapable of proceeding to such
an arrogant and preposterous extreme
as this.
THE coming season in New York
promises to be q busy one for house
carpenters, bricklayers, stone masons.
painters and the mechanical trades gen.
orally. Plans were placed on record in
that city last week alone for the cree.
tion Of seventy.siX buildings to COST
$1,27G,0 900. Somebody should start M
eight hour agitation just about the
time the season opens to enliven it up
THE New York Eceaiag Post is dis
appointed by Mr.. Cleveland 8 action in
the Benton case. 1t suggests that the
Presidents July order ought to have
been worded to this effect: That Of
fice.holders might be rs active in poll
tics as they pleased, provided that theil
activity did not, IN HeN jWaJMeHt, in
terfere with their official duty"
THE New York H9old, whicl
prints column or more of interestin,
matter about the National Drill In 1t
yesterdays edition, also has a gOOC
woId to say for the project editorially
This is one thing, at least, that New
York doesn't want and is willing t,
come TO Washington to see.
No IMMEDIATE danger need be ap
pretended from Editor Cuttings pro
jected invasion Of Mexico. But some
thing worse is threatened. He an
nounces that he has made I'll Paso tn
base of operations from which t
inaugurate lecturing raid througl
the North and West.
Gov. Gordon ON state Rights.
AS was to be expected, Governor Gordo
Of Georgia has provoked more or less crit
cism on account of the declarations he mad
concerning State Rights in his inaugurs
message That he does not consider him
self justly amenable to such criticism h
relyns avi1nnt in n lnttar yhioh ba raoaptI