The Evening critic., 1881-09-17
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS
About People and Things in wash
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About People and Things in WASH
ingtOn.
THIRTY-sIx arrests were made by the
police during the twenty-four hours ending
Mt . q. m.
NONE OF THE courts at the City Hall
were in session to-day, either for regular
business or motions. .lf.
THIS WAS field day in the Police Court
in the cases of parties keeping unlicensed
bars and keeping open after hours.
A QUANTITY of silvcrwarc and valuables
were stolen from No 1925 V street, occupied
by Mr.. J. j. Key, on Thursday night.
LAWRENCE CLARK was fined $40 by
Judge Smell, to-day, for keeping his bar, at
Seventh and l. streets southwest, open on
Sunday last.
THE regular weekly military rife match
occurred yesterday at Benning's Mr.. Wood
Bell won first prize, with q score of 80; Mr..
Iantz second, 90.
STREET-LAMPs will be lighted at 6:35
to-day and extinguished at las. TO-mor-
row they will be lighted at G:35 and ex-
tinguished at 2:45 a. III.
AUGUSTA BoEHLMAN was to-day dis
missed from a charge of keeping an un-
licensed bar on FOur-and-a half street south
west, in the Police Court.
SERGEANT MASON has issued an address
to the people explaining his act in shooting
at Guiteau, and saying he would repeat the
act II the opportunity presented ITSELF Z
A BUNDLE Of silver watshes, knives and
forks, dropped by thief in the yard OF
house No. POS Massachusetts, avenue, is
held for Identification at Police Headquar-
tiers. 1l .II.it
CORONER PATTERSON gave certificate
this morning of death from natural causes
in the case Of Lucinda Hawkins, who was
found dead in her bed yesterday morning at
lilo q street. tt r-4.,.-.Ff .-l-f.t..
ARMIsTED WILLIAMS (colored) was
charged by Major King, S. p. c. A., with
drivinga horse with sore back, on G street,
between Second and Third northwest.
Fined $25 or 60 days.
CHARLES RICHARDSON was charged in the
Police Court this morning with assaulting
DIR. Mickle, an inspector of the Health De-
partment, and firing that gentleman out
Richardson was discharged.
A CORRESPONDENT calls the attention OF
the proper authorities to the dilapidated
condition of tree-boxes located in certain
sections of the city, more especially that al
Sixteenth street northwest.
J. J. MILLER, a stranger who came to
Washington to see the sights last week, was
day of gold watch and about $50 in money
He has no idea how it was taken.
EX-SENATOR CHRIsTIANcY has ordered
the printing of several thousand cards, with
an accurate description of the stolen jew
els, to be scattered broadcast, to head off any
attempt to sell the articles stolen.
GEORGE A. CAswELL Intendent of the
Washington Asylum, burst a blood vessel
yesterday, during coughing spell, and has
suffered serious hemorrhages which cOnfine
him to his bed.
DAVID r. BELL applied for medical aid
at the Fifth Precinct station last night,
stating that he had been cut in fight with
Joe Williamson. Four ugly wounds on his
arm were dressed by DR.. Markriter, but
Bell refused to prosecute his assailant.
THERE WAS FORWARDED from here yes.
terday to II. G. Barnum, cashier of First
National Bank of Port Huron, Mich. treas
urer of the Michigan Sufferers Relief Fund,
adraft for 81, 21655-cash collections to date.
Considerable more has been pledged.
MIR. G. w. KNOX has been awarded the
contract for carrying the mails from the
City Post Office to the branch offices on Cap
itol Hill and in Georgetown. Deliveries are
to be made as often rs required. The SER
vice will 60 into effect October Is, and the
price stated is at the rate of $3.50 per an
mum.
THE STEAMER MARY WASHINGTON
which has been running between this city
and Occoquan Falls, was offered for sale
yesterday at Alexandria. w. w. Wright, OF
this city, was the only bidder, and his offer
of "a, 100 was considered too low, and the
steamer was withdrawn. The trustees
wanted $500.
A HANDSOME japanese table and screen
30 tta -,ttio t, IL. H.,
Milne d Proctor to be rallied for the ben
eft of the sufferers by the Michigan fire.
An elegant screen was sent for the same pur-
pose and object to the General Post-officc
by q lady of this city who docs not wish her
name mentioned.
PHIL BAKER, catcher Bob Barr pitcher;
A. G. JOY, first base; Thomas Ewers, second
base; Clinton Robinson, third base; Warren
White, short-stop; Herman Clark, left field:
Charley Kalbfus, centre field, and George
Noble, right field are the Washington nine
who represented the National Club in a
friendly game at Richmond, and beat the
Richmonds two games out of three. The
gentlemen returned yesterday in excellent
spirits, and reported very pleasant trip
They have been absent several days
MAJOR KING, agent $. p. c. A., has been
the recipient, in the last few days, of mum
Der of communications from citizens, calling
his attention to suffering animals, thus
clearly showing how earnestly the public
cooperate in his efforts Among the letters
is one that will receive his particular atten
ton. 1t calls attention to the fact that the
traces Of the car horses on the Metropolitan
line are unnecessarily long, and ut every
step strike the horses on their sides, which il
the course of time makes the sides of thu
animals sore. 1t is claimed that II til,
traces were couple Of inches shorter the,
would not touch or irritate the horses.
Purpose of the American Lane
League.
Patrick Ford, editor Of the Irish World
published ia New York, on Monday tele
graphed to Mr.. Parnell, in Dublin, tn
greetings of the Irish World and 5000
francs, with the following, addressed to tn
League - 'In the name of 800 branche
of the Land League, who make the Iris
World the channel of their donations; il
the name of the exiled race evicted by land
lords; In the name of Davitt, who Is Il
chains; in the name of Justice, humanity
and self-intcrest. adjurc the convention
to unfurl tho banner Of No Rent, Hol,
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