The Washington critic., 1886-02-01
MINOR NEWS NOTES.

---bcstI uCtINc sluIlus are reppftcV III New
Hampshire.
M, Armand Baschct, the French au.
thor, Is dead.
Minister McLanc is reported to be still
confined to his room.
The outlook for spring trade in Rich
mond Is considered favorable.
1t is reported that Cardinal Manning
desires to be relieved of the cares Of his
diocese.
A loss of 100000 has been caused by
the breaking Of lcvce at Roberts Island,
California.
John Kirnan was killed IN New York
in n quarrel with Francis Mcdonald, his
brother-in-law.
Hon. Ncill $. Brown, Ex-Governor of
Tennessee, died Saturday at his home in
East Nashville.
Jacob Schaefer defeated Maurice Wig.
nauX in the billiard match in New York on
Saturday night.
1t is reported that Mr.. Gladstone has
determined to attempt an Independent So
luton of the Irish problem.
In a shooting aflray at Houston, Tex,
about young lady, Jack Crowley was
killed and Jack Hanlon was badly wounded.
"A rumor was prevalent in New York
last night that Mr.. Parnell had been assas-
sinated, but it was denied from Lon
don.
1t Is reported that the Platt aud anti
Platt Republicans IN the New York Legis-
lature are endcavoring to patch up a
peace.
There is much anxiety at Port Deposit
owing to fears of food, although the river
was reported last night from points above
to be falling.
I1,n g ,,I
rendered q decision confirming Mr.. Francis,
a mayor of St. Louis, and settling contests
to other city offices.
Henry p. Kidder, head of the we'll
known banking-house of Kidder, Peabody
~ Co., of Boston and New York, died in
the latter city on Thursday.
1t was reported In New York recently
that the Baltimore II Ohio Telegraph Com
pany will be leased to the Baltimore Il Ohio
Railroad Company for fifty years.
The Virginia Senate has passed the
House bill to define the true boundary line
between Virginia and Maryland, and to
designate the headlands of the Potomac.
Irritation has been caused among the
American colony at Rome by speech OF
Judge Stallo, United States Minister to
Italy, rejecting upon American civilization.
"A snow-slide at Thaynes Canyon, near
Park City, Utah, on Thursday, buried fou,
men and their teams-Lon Galland, VIM.
Sessions, Frank Ilorak and Willet Brockus.
Jacob Sharp and his associates have
been ordered by the courts to submit to an
examination with reference to the proceeds
Of bonds Of the Broadway Surface Railroad.
Colonel a. b. Spring of Charlotte, n.
c., president of the Atlanta, Tennessee &
Ohio Railroad, died In New York Wednes.
day from the effect of a surgical operation
--Governor Lloyd of Maryland has taken
action looking to an amicabe settlement OF
the controversy as to the right of the United
States to inspect the State oyster steam
ers.
The local option bill reported in the
Virginia House of Delegates has had sc
many amendments tackled on to it that iti
friends are growing uneasy over its emas
culation.
Colonel George NJ, Dallas, special mas
ter, decides that the Reading Railroad Com
pany has broken its covenant with Jersey
Central, which is, therefore, entitled to have
the lease terminated.
Mrs. c. c. Cuyler, mother of the late
Theodore Cuyler, aged W years, and Frank
Frederick Schneider of Philadelphia,
prominent German socialist and working
mems leader, died in Philadelphia Thurs,
day.
A coroner's jury has decided that thu
Newburg CIV. Va.) mine disaster was caused
by leaving an open door in the air passage
of the mine, and the accident was due Il
the negligence Of the superintendent of the
mine.
Cornelius Foley of Abingdon, Mass
has sued Nash IL Ramsdell of that city
| druggists, for $4,000 for causing tn,
| death of his wife by compounding pre-
scription of morphine in mistake for qui
| nine.
The San Joaquin River in California re
| Gently broke through a levee at Robert
| Island and flooded $4,000 acres of whea
lands and orchards, causing damages esti
| mated at $1,000 Smaller tracks hay,
also been overilowed.
Mrs. Adams of Westboro, Mass, visit
ing the family Of II. w. Page at Au Sabl,
Chasm, y. Y, escaped from her attendants
while delrious from fever, and jumped
into the ch asm at point where 1t is sixty
feet deep. Her body was not recovered,
Mrs. DR.. Julia Hunter of Carbondale
| Pa, and Mrs and Miss Stanton of Jermyn
while driving across the Delaware S Hud
son Railroad track at Carbondale, Fri
day, were struck by train. Mrs. Hunte
was killed and Mrs Stanton fatally injured
The Southern passenger committed
has finished its business at Atlanta
| Ga. The rates to the Savannah Centennia
We're fixed at one cent mile, and the Sal
Francisco excursion from Atlanta on,
hundred and ten dollars for the roun,
trip.
| Two hundred leading manufacturers
| replying to inquiries by st. Louis paper
say generally that the adoption Of th
| eight-hour system will not affect their bust
ness, but that 1t will end In a reduction o
wages and will be met with the piece sys
TEN and the method of payment by tn
| year.
Benjamin II. Hitchcock, who died a
New Haven, Coun,, yesterday morning
was one of the founders of Pdiladi,W anC
the journal and Courier. Until cighteel
months ago he followed the trade of Jour
neyman printer, and was said TO hav
been the oldest type-setter in the Unite,
| States.
The case of Mrs. Laura A. Rocker, wifi
Of Thomas n. Rocker, against Henry 5
King Il Co., bankers, of London, Eng,
for alleged violation of contract in connec
tion with the sale of $4,000 Utica, lthac
Il Elmira Railroad bonds, is on trial in tn
Supreme Court in New York city. Henr
S King was recently elected q member o
Parliament.
Narynus DahiIItatad Man