The Critic and record., 1891-04-21
TELEGRApHIC NEWS BRIEFS.
ZEN Dividend


The Grand Lodge of Maryland odd
Fellows is in session in Baltimore.
A fund for General Sherman's unmar-
ried daughters is being raised in New
York.
The barn of j. u. Eason, in Norfolk
County, was burned with 1000 bales of
cotton.
The Third Georgia Regiment has ar
rived in New York and is being enter
tanned by the Hawkins Iouaves.
A mad wolf ran amuck through an
Austrian village in the Duchy of Buko-
wilma and bit thirty-two persons.
The Portuguese in South Africa seized
British vessel, hauled down the English
flag and raised their own its place.
Ralph Hughes, aged 10 years, died in
Cecil county of consumption, thought to
have resulted from hazing at college.
The grand jury of Richmond brought
in eight indictments against II. Buford
Grymes, late chief clerk in the treasurers $
office, for altering the records in the audi
tors office.
Mr.. Chaplin, president of the British
board of agriculture, stated in the House
of Commons that two animals landed at
Deptford, England, from Baltimore, had
pleuro-pneumonia.
In his lecture at Johns Hopkins Uni
versity last night, Hon. John A. Kasson
advocated the use of the title Ambassador
instead of Minister by the Government
for its principal representatives abroad.
At Charleston, W. Va, Sim Johnson
Colored, who had been sentenced by
Judge Snyder to be hung, made desper-
ate attempt to kill the judge, but officers
| interposed. Judge Snyder was not ser-
| ously injured.
The British Government refused to ap-
| point Michael Davitt, the Irish leader, ON
| the labor commission because he had
| served term in prison, having been con-
| victed of treason felony while advocating
| lreland's cause.
The family of Rev, W. S. Flemming,
| at Washington, Pa. consisting of Rev,
| Flemming, his wife and little daughter,
and Mrs. Flemming's sister, Alice Will
liams, were poisoned by eating beef
tongue. Their condition is extremely
| critical.
| The Safe Deposit and Trust Company
| of Baltimore filed its report as trustee of
| the estate of the late Noah Walker, in
| which it is claimed that S. Hamilton
| Caughy and Noah Walker Caughy, the
former trustees, were indebted to the
estate in an amount exceeding $4,000.
Mr.. Albert Snooks and his bride, who,
with the other guests at their wedding in
1
from well in which large quantity OF
arsenic had been surreptitlously depos-
tied, are still at the Burnet House, Gin
cinnati. Mr.. Snooks' condition is very
critical, with the chances against him
His wife is in fair way to recovery.
John Johnson, a plumber, who was
working under one of the huge petroleum
oil tanks at the st. Paul (Minn) Electric
Railway pOwcr-house, ignited the gas in
the tank from the light he held in his
hand. The tank, which contained l4,00C
gallons of oil, was blown to atoms, and
nothing could be found of Johnson's re-
mains on which to hold an inquest. The
loss is about $1,000. All the electric car,
i'll the city We're stopped
DIR, Niles and his wife have been en-
gagged in a legal contest at Springfield
Ohio, for the custody of their children
-Four persons have been arrested ON
charge Of abduction, and one of them
Miss Ellen Talbot confesses that at tn,
instance Of DIR. Niles she stole the children
cut off the boys sunny curs, died thei
hair black and dressed them as girls
The children were then taken to Pitts
burg, Pa, and thence to Howell, hying
ston County, Mich, Forty dollars was TIN
| price for the work,