Evening journal., 1889-07-12
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News Notes Of Interest Carefully Cor
deuaad.

News Notes OF Interest Carefully Con-
densed.
Laura NJ Ashdown, a well known 81.
Louis society belle, has sued E. Il Allen, Of
Kansas City, for breach Of promise, claiming
$4,000 damages.
Williams hat factory, on South Orange
avenue, South Orange, was partly destroyed
by fire. occasioning loss Of 5000.
George Whitmore, Of Rochester, has COM
planned TO the police that he was robbed Of
81 015 by Ada Knapp, also of Rochester. The
parties were 70 have been married at Buffalo.
Wh.tnore had drawn 81 l00 from the hank,
and Ada persuaded him to let her have the
money They were accompanied by two
mutual friends named William Wall and
Charles Boyle. Whitmore went to get
minister to tie the knot, when Ada skipped
with Wall and Boyle, taking the cash with
her
Mary Brady, Of Jersey City, has been in
dicted by the court Of sessions upon the
charge OF being a common scold The old
ducking stool punishment is still in force in
that state, and il convicted the woman may
be ducked.
The Morocco Manufacturers National as
sociation has chosen the following officers.
| President, j Parke Postles, Wilmington
Del vice president, Henry A. Pevear, Lynn,
Mass. second vice president, w. j. Nc
| Clcary, Wilmington, Del. secretary, Charles
/ A. Meurer, Philadelphia; treasurer. NJ s.
| Atkinson, Baltimore; executive committee,
I George L. Rose New York W. s. Fitton.
/ Philadelphia; Percy a. Seeley. Newark. n.
/ j. W. r Mills, Glensworth, n Y. Charles
/ Baird, Wilmington, Del A. B. Martin,
I Lynn, Mass. N. s. Atkinson, Bal timore.
/ Col Clarke 1ias been elected secretary Of tie
| Home Market club, Of Bostcn, vice Herbert
/ Radclin
The engineers Of the Philadelphia and
/ Reading Railroad company have bten direct
ed to go ahead with the work Of constructing
the elevated road to Twelfth and Market
streets in Philadelphia. As soon as the
/ route has been surveyed and the stakes driv-
en- an army Of workmen will BEGIN tho task
/ Of tearing down the buildings in the line Of
the elevated structure
The secretary Of the treasury has appoint.
ed Robert d. Layton to be immigrant in
spector with headquarters for the present al
| Pittshurg; John J.. Morton, to be shipping
commissioner at San Francisco, and Henry
johnson, to be shipping commissioner al
Philadelphia. Mr. Morton is a son of Oliver
p Morton.
7. C. Evans, Boston advertising agent
has failed. Liabilities, $40, 600; assets, s25.
600. He offers fifty cents on the dollar.
Ancillary letters of administration have
been granted to Mabel G. T. K Bishop, il
the matter Of the estate Of the late Wash
ington Irving Bishop. The estate amounts
to SIS in money deposited in Philadelphia
bank
A naval court martial has been ordered e
convene at Annapolis on Tuesday, July 10
for the trial Of Capt Harrington for running
the Constellation aground near Norfolk
June ls
The National Confectionery association
has elected Jacob Buss, OF Cincinnati presi
dent; John s. Hawley, Of New York, vic
PRESIDENT Martin Dawson, OF Chicago, sec
retary; c 5. Miller, Of Philadelphia, treas
urer
The supreme council OF the American Orde
Of Steam Engineers has chosen J. Young
Jr., Of New York, supreme chief engineer
jeremiah Leahy, Jr., q New Jersey, frs
assistant chief; Charles 3 Jacks OF Massa
ohusetts, supreme recording engineer; W.
Warfield, Of Massachusetts,, supreme CORE
spending engineer; William E Jones, J. B
Blanchard and J. W. Diehl, executive off
GERS. The next council win DO at Philadel
phia next July.