The Critic and record., 1891-05-13
1849
Annual Reunion al Marshall Hall on THURSDA
rELrGRApHIc NEWS BRIEFS.

Eight more soldiers were arrested by the
military authorities at Walla Walla
Wash, last night for completely in the
lynching of Hunt. This makes sixteen
III custody.
Winfield II. Bossuot of Carthage, N. Y,
obtained verdict of $4,000 against the
Rome, Watcrtown and Ogdensburg Rail
road for injuries received in 1885, from
which he is now dying.
The Boston aldermen have decided that
no show or performance shall be adver.
tised by means of posters or placards which
in the opinion of the committee on licenses
are indecent or otherwise Objectionable.
The Rev. Robert G.. Ceburue, rector of
the Episcopal Church of st. John, at New
Orleans, La, died Monday at that place.
He was born in Ireland, and was brother
of General Patrick Cleborne of the Con-
federate army.
DR.. j. NJ. McBryde, president of the
South Carolina University has accepted
the dual position of president of the Vlr-
ginia Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege and director of the experiment sta
ton at Blacksburg.
Francis Lingo, the colored man con.
victed several weeks ago at Camden, N.
j., Of the murder OF Mrs. Annie Miller,
has been refused a new trial, the Court
being equally divided. The case will go
to the Supreme Court.
All business at the harbor of Ashtabula,
Ohio, is at a complete standstill OH ac-
count of the strike of the coal and ore
handlers. Nearly 900 men are out. A
few have attempted to work, but have
been prevented by the strikers.
Fifty thousand dollars were subscribed
at q public meeting in st. Louis Monday
night for the Yelled Prophet festivities
and illuminations, the exposition and fair
in that city. ltis proposed to spend $780,
Geo year for three years on autumnal
| exhibitions.
The graphite ring for proiectiles in
vented by Philip Holmes of Gardiner, Me, /,
intended to impart to projectiles the neces-
! sary rotary motion and conform it to the
bore of rifled guns, was tested at Gardiner
! Yesterday. The test proved satisfactory in
every particular.
L. f. Burgess shot and fatally wounded
Sam G. w. Atwood at Pleasant Valley
Church, two miles south of Alfalfa, Ala,
Monday. The shooting occurred in the
J church, while a committee of church
members was endeavoring to settle dis
pute between the two men.
A section Of Northern Michigan larger
than the State of Rhode Island, has been
burned over, and many villages have been
destroyed. II is feared some lives have
been lost. Railroad trains have been
abandoned. In Pennsylvania the fires are
doing great damages to the lumber and
farming interests.
Ex-President Cleveland was the guest
and speaker at the opening of the new ard
elegant clubhouse of the Cleveland Dem
ecracy of Buffalo, N Y, last night
Later he held a reception and attended 3
ball and banquet. In the afternoon he
held reception at the Mayors Office, al
which nearly 2. 600 Republicans and Demo
Gratis paid their respects.
James NJ. Turner of lansing candi-
date for Governor of Michigan in tbs
last campaign, and rated several times Q
millionaire, with large manufacturing
farming, mining, numbering and railroaC
interests, filed q bill of sale and deed ol
trust yesterday, covering all his real anG
personal property. His friends say hi
will meet all his obligations in full.
Mr.. Thomas A. Edison, the electrician
and inventor, says he will have ready fol
the Chicago Worlds Fair a ombinatioi
of photography and electricity whereby ;
man san sit in his own parlor and see de
picted upon curtain the forms of th'
players in opera upon distant stage anC
hear the voices of the singers. Eacf
movement and color will be plainly re
produced. The system can be applied tt
prize-fghts, the noise, blows, talk ant
everything being transmitted.