The Evening critic., 1881-10-01
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS
About People and Things la wash
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day by the police.
THE new Northern Market, at Seventh
and o stwets, opens tonight.
WHILE passing down Seventh street stop
aud try new icc-cold cider at Whitncy's
PROF. WEBER, of this city, furnished the
music for the ball at Waverly Hotel, Gull
pepper, Va, yesterday.
Mr.. Lou NEwMEYER will be glad to see
his friends and acquaintance at Katgen-
stems, $40 Seventh street.
THE REMAINS of WE. c. Gregory who
shot himself on Thursday, were taken to
Richmond at p. m. yesterday.
Mr.. Ii, HYATT, one of the oldest letter.
carriers, has been appointed a clerk in the
registry division, City Post-oflice.
THE Washington city Prcsbytcry of the
Presbyterian Church meets at Herman
Chapel, in Montgomery County, Nd, next
Tuesday.
THE BRANCH PosT-oFFIcE on Capitol
Hill begins operations next Monday, 1t
will be in charge of Mr.. Isaac A. Bassett.
Mr.. +. A. Grant will be chief clerk.
CHARLES GRAEGER, n white man, was
somewhat injured last evening, at Ninth
and + streets, by being knocked down by
wagon. He was taken to the Emergency
Hospital.
Two colorcd men broke open the shutters
of Mrs. McKenney's store at Twenty-sec-
ond and G. steets last night, and were
forcing an entrance when they were
frightened off.
GEORGE JOHNSON, colored boy, was
up before the Police Court to-day for steal
ing butcher-knife from Mary Collins,
with which he probably intended to carve
somebody. Fined IS or 10 days.
SCARCELY has the warm breath of sum-
mcr died away, when coughs and colds,
those avant couriers of dangerous disease,
show themselves. Dr. Bulls cough syrup
always cures them, and most quickly, too.
THE remains of David Major, of Wash
ington, ID. C., a carpenter who died at York
town several days ago of n congcstive chill
arrived at Baltimore yesterday on the
steamer Havana and were forwarded to this
city for interment.
LILLE LUsHAN was afraigned in the
Police Court to-day for receiving stolen
goods. Detective Coomes arrested the girl
while pawning pair of pantaloons stolen
from the residence of Henry Meyers by
Samuel Morris, a burglar.
SAMUEL YOUNG, copper-colored indi-
vidual was charged to-day in the Police
Court with threatening to shoot Catharine
Davis, bright mulatto, who sworc that
she was in mortal terror of him. Personal
DOnuS 10 keep tne peace.
THE CATHOLIC KNIGHTS, who will visit
Baltimore during the Oriole pageant, will
be received by the Knights of st. Vincent,
who have rendered them grand soiree on
the 18th instant Nearly if not quite all
the societies in this city have accepted the
invitation.
Mrs. MARY WEST and Miss Mary Ellen
West, colored, were charged with mayhem
in the Police Court to-day, having cut Ben
jamin Mabrys face and knocked four teeth
out with brickbats. The blame being
equally divided among the trio the case
was dismissed.
ONE HUNDRED AND sTXTY-sIX students
answered the first roll-call in the new halls
of the Spencerian Business College, Lincoln
Hall building, corner Ninth and ID streets
on Thursday. The removal of this huge
institution was accomplished in four hours
without disturbing single class exercise.
That's the way to do business.
EQUAL DIVISION, Sons of Temperance
last night elected the following officers j.
III. Jecko, w. p; James Hodge, W. A.;
Henry Noyes, r. S.; Simon Josephs A. r.
s.; j. r. Mcconnell, f. s.; Oscar Alexander,
Treas; Egbert G.. Barnard, Chap; ]. O..
Pugh, Cond.; L. j. Whipple, Asst. Cond.;
George L. Harris, |. s.; Il. A. Grant, o. S.,
and DR.. Frank r. Howe, p. w.. p. Lady
officeis-Miss Bette Robinson, Cond.; Miss
Agnes Mitchell, Sent and Mesdames Nc
Council, Jecko and Boyd, Assts.