The Washington critic., 1888-01-16
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

Mrs. Anna II. Chcatham, widow Of the
| late General u. i. Cheatham, who pre-
Ccdcd her as postmasterin Nashville, died
at her residence in that city Saturday.
Mrs. Garfield the mother of President
Garfield, who has been i'll for some days
at Mentor, Ohio, is growing weaker, and
! il is thought she can live but u few days
Mrs Martha Fayard died near Biloxi,
Miss, Saturday, of cancer. She was 1866
years old and had ninety living descend
ants some of whom are prominent men.
The National Association of Amateur
Oarsmen, at q meeting in Now York Sat
uiday denied the application for rein.
statement rs an amateur of Ira Little OF
Fredericksburg, Va.
Howard Douglass, supreme chancellor
of the world, Knights of Pythias has sus-
pended the entire jurisdiction of the
Grand Lodge of the State of Pennsylvania
for disobedience of orders.
A young German named Jacob Her
miller was arrested i'm New York yester-
day on the charge of Turing his 15-year-
old sweetheart Celia Hake, into a house
of ill-iame and attempting TO assault her.
Harvey Coursen killed his brother-in-
law, H. u. McAllister, eleven miles north
of birmingham, Ala, Saturday, firing
both barrels of shotgun into his face.
Family troubles was the cause of the
tragedy.
V. j. Horton, ex-Member of Congress,
died at Pomeroy, o., Saturday, i'm his S8th
year. He was the iather-in-law of Gem
Cral John Pope, and TO him is given the
credit of having placed on the Ohio River
the first steamboat for towing coal.
The Church of the Redeemer at Mime
apolis was burned yesterday, causing u
loss of $4,000 The firemen fought the
flames with the mercury ranging from
itVa ixpf, ~.
Nine firemen were overcome by smoke.
The Anti-Poverty Society gave CON
cert in the Academy of Music, New York
last night, for the benefit of Miss Munier
leader of the Anti-Poverty choir. She
will receive from the receipts about
81 800. Miss Munier lost her position in
the choir in st. Stephens Church through
the stand she took in defense of Dr. Nc
Glynn.
Henry Vaughn died at Chattanooga,
Tenn, Saturday. from the effects of poison
in bread and coffee of which he partook
| for dinner. He boarded with Hattie
| Lightfoot, and Frank Lightfoot Hatties
| husband, is accused of putting poison in
| the water and flour used IN cooking. Five
other persons were poisoned, but will re-
cover.
The Supreme Court of Tennessee has
decided the case of Hahn vs.. the State in
|
| State debt proper bonds which had been
| funded under the act of 1882 to the State
| Funding Board. The board offered to
| fund them on 50.3 basis, but he refused TO
fund them as State debt proper bonds un-
der the act of 1888.
| w. ]. Gallagher who was concerned in
| the notorious ballot-box fraudsin Chicago,
| was released from the penitentiary Fri
| day, and at once rearrested upon an old
/ tV,1 l,s nl.n hat
eight years ago he forged the name of
| Abraham Thompson, o member of the
| City Council of Philadelphia, to a note
for small amount.
| A convention was held in New York on
| Wednesday last of representatives from
| the districts and local assemblies of the
Knights of Labor in that vicinity. A cir
cular was issued setting forth that the
provisional committee of New York"
| has been organized for the purpose of
| purifying the order and securing the main
tenance of its principles under the consti-
| tuition.
| The Catholic Archbishop of Toronto
has written a letter to the Lady Mayor
ess of Dublin, expressing sympathy with
her husband who is now serving out q
sentence in prison for printing in his
| paper, the Nation accounts of meetings
of proclaimed branches of the National
| ItuBue. luS hiCliDlouOp ucCldIto blldI
Mr.. Sullivan twill have his reward in
honors in this world and glory in the
next"
Three professional burglars - James
Hogan John Francis and VIM. Dink-
house-incautiously discussed the pros
pective burglary of tailor-shop, Satur-
day night, in Bowery eating house, New
York, where detective overheard the
conversation. The detective called assist
ance, proceeded to the place mentioned
Philip Hefner's, at 142 East Thirteenth
street--and captured the three burglars
after they had forced an entrance and
were packing up their booty.