The Washington critic., 1888-08-09
WASHINGTON CRITIC.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Matters of Interest Boiled Down for
Hasty Reading.


five daughters, whose ages ranged from 5to II
years. Investigation showed that they had
been murdered. The only other person In the
house at the time Of the fire was young Ger
man who had been engaged as a farm hand.
AS he has been missing since the fire, and as
his remains were not found I'm the ruins, the
theory OF the nelghbors aud local police is that
ne outraged young Marie and then murdered
her with the other four sisters and then fired
the premises. The mother was away at the
time.
1t is said that more leaf tobacco was sold in
Danville last week than during any week since
the first Of March. The average price paid
for leaf was $l1 per thousand. The tobacco
sales from October to July 81, taken with all
tho heavy receipts of the past week, would
seem TO Indicate that the sale from October,
1887, to October, 1883, will run over the high
est estimate OF few months ago, which was
3O,000,000 pounds. The tobacco sold last
week was In good order, aud there was a no
tlceable absence of nondescrlpts.
Tony Pastors troupe gave performance
at Lelands Ocean Hotel Theatre Long
Branch, Monday night Mrs. Langtry came
in late with the Baron and Baroness Blanc
Porter Ascho and Frederick Gebhard aud took
box. Rice aud Barton sang their topical
song, "If We Only Had Our Way" They
had begun the verse, "lf we only had Mrs;
Langtry and Freddie" before Rice discovered
the party in Mrs. Langtrys box. He stopped
Barton by stepping on his toes. The audience
shouted with laughter and the two artists fled
from the stage.
District Master Workman Quinn of District
Assembly 49, Knights of Labor, of New York,
was dispossessed of his office at Pythiagoras
Hall yesterday. He went responsible TO the
trustees for the rent of the building. Though
the hall was owned by the District Assembly,
the latter body paid rent to the trustees, who
are opposed TO Quinn. Quinns salary has not
been paid for several months, hence his refusal
to pay rent.
A lady in San Francisco recently went to a
GUNNER resort, leaving at home her jewel case
containing $4,000 worth of diamonds. Her
daughter, fearing that they might be stolen,
carefully concealed them In the coal hod, and
they were thrown into the garbage cart aud
found their way to the public dump. rag
picker found part of the jewelry, o brooch
valued at s., 500, aud sold it for $40. This was
traced to the purchaser and recovered, but the
rest OF the jewels are still missing.
Judge Cochran of Charlottesville has pur-
chased 5,657 acres of land on Coal River from
the heirs Of James Il. Wilsman, deceased, of
Charleston, s. G. One tract of 2,S0O acres is
the land which General w. s. Rosecrans op-
Grated when he resided on Coal River at Man
ningsville. The other tract of 1857 acres is
on Joe's Creek ana White Oak Creek of Big
Coal River.
The second annual convention OF Organized
Labor OF Virginia was held in Lynchburg
Tuesday. Resolutions were adopted con-
demning Representative Hopkins and all
other Virginia Representatives who voted for
the Mills bill, and pledging themselves to en-
deavor to defeat them should they run again.
There were only twenty-five delegates present.
DIR. 7. j. Turpin, well-known physician of
Powhatan, Va, while walking In his hay-loft
stepped into hole which was concealed by
the hay and fell to the floor below, sustaining
fracture of the thigh. He is reported to be
In very critical condition. Dr. Turpin is 65
years OF age, and is brother-in-law of Mr..
Augustine Royal of Richmond,
Messrs James H. Gambrill and ID. G. Wine
brener of Frederick, Md, were in Baltimore
yesterday, and arranged with the B. and o.
Railroad Company for excursions to farm
ers' harvest picnic to be held on the fair
grounds at Frederick, on August 10. This is
the first pinnic of such extensive proportions
over held in the county, and it is proposed to
hold them every year.
The proposed Mount Vernon Railroad Com
panv finding the amount of damages they
would have to pay to run through Alexandria
very large, have concluded to abandon that
route, and they put their surveying corps to
work yesterday to run line commencing at
st. Asaph junction and running west of that
city.
A new railroad is to be built at an early
date from Alexandria, Va, to Charleston, w.
Va. 1t will be 300 miles in length. The act
of incorporation has already been taken out
in the State of West Virginia. Senatorelect
Barbour of Virginia, one Of the directors of
the Richmond and Danville road, is the presi-
dent OF the company.
Professor William Pepper has presented his
valuable medical library to the University Of
Pennsylvania, and has also added $4,000 to his
subscription to the library fund. The uni
versity is about to erect great library build
Ing, and will have probably the finest speciality
library in the city by the time the work is COM
pleted.
DR.. Francis II. Glover of Charlotte, N. c.,
died suddenly Monday. He was one OF the
most prominent MasonS in the State, and al
the time of his death was worthy master OF
PhalanX Lodge, besides holding the third
highest position in the Grand Commandery,
Knights Templar.
A reunion will take place in Peoria on
Friday night next of the survivors of the
dreadful railroad wreck and holocaust on the
Toledo, Peoria and Western Road, near Chat
worth, year ago, In which nearly hundred
members OF large excursion party were
imprisoned in wrecked cars and burned to
death.
The National Zeit,tno says that Prince Bis
marck has expressed the greatest pleasure a
the result of the meeting of Emperor William
and the Car, and says 1t will have the effec
of establishing relations of confidence between
them, by means of which, as far as human
calculation goes peace, lasting many years
will be inaugurated.
The shipments from mines Of the Cumber
land coal region for the week ended August
were 1862 tons, and for the year to dat'
2,059, ,191 TONS an increase Of $40 tons over
-tuo corresponding pcIiOu VI iuop Jcai' ih'
canal shipments to date are 1857 tons, al
increase of 16, S02 tons over last year.
Walter Jones, the negro who was five time
tried in the Hastings Court of Petersburg
Va, for an outrageous assault upon a littl
colored girl, and who was finally discharged
from custody and from jail on Saturday uude
nolle prosequi, died Monday.
Commodore w. S. Schley, chief of I'm ite
States Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting
is quite i'll at his residence at @ anonicut, r.
He was expected to visit and inspect thu
naval training station Monday or Tuesday
but as yet he has been unable to do so.
Special Deputy Sheriffs Rayner and Elliot
attempted to arrest two desperate character
named Olison and Ward, Monday, on a pas
senger train near Wallis Station, Miss. OH
son resisted and was shot through the brail
by RaYner and Ward surrendered.
An amended bill in equity filed by the com
painants against the Keey Motor Compan
states that an agreement was reached b
which Keely agrees to tell the officer of tn
court all he knows about his mysteriou
power.
The "Bordlington" farm, in Queen Anne
County, Md, formerly belonging TO DR.. jaime
Bordley, deceased, and recently to the lat
Charles Spencer, containing 29O acres, hi
been sold to w. L.. Lowe for $ll 900.
Mira. Mathews of Lynchburg, Va, who wa
charged with eloplng with her cousin, ha
published card protesting her innocence an
asking a suspension of opinion.
A man named Hopp, from Nevada Ohio
died suddenly at Battle Creek, Mich, yestel
day His symptoms gave rise to the repol
that he died from Asiatic cholera Physician