The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-10-27
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS
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HuFF's black goods store, 713 9TH st. NV.
STREET LAMPS will be lighted at $40 p.
IN. and cxtinguished at i;40 n. m.
EIGHT HUNDRED bushels Of wheat have
arrived at Georgetown by the canal-boa
Caledonia.
THrRTY-oNE arrests were made by the
police during the twenty four hours ending
at o u. IN.
THE wills of the late Joseph Gerhardt,
Patrick Brown and Henry Nilsson were
filed for probate to-day.
SARAH JONES was acquitted in the Grim
inal Court to-day of the charge of u second
ofIense of petit larceny.
The number of arrests made and minor
ofIenses punished thus far during the week
is smaller than for like period in several
months past.
#. j. NASH & Co., No. 1880 Ninth street
northwest, furnish and deliver the finest
quality of oysters, butter eggs, and pure
milk. One dozen fried in box, % cents.
ISAIAH JOHNSON, colored orphan boy,
aged II, was charged by his guardian with
incorrigibility and sent to the Reform
School during minority by Judge Smell to-
day.
Woman's Christian Temperance As.
ISOLATION have missed one point in their
crusade upon the nti-Christ yclept alcohol;
Red rum" spelled backward, reads Muir
der" Look not upon the rum when 1t is
red.
An alarm of fire was turned in from box
II about $3.50 o'clock this morning caused by
a burning chimney ut the residence of Mr..
Il. j. Gait, No. AGA Louisiana avenue. The
Department responded but its services were
not required.
THERE was no session in the Christancy
case this afternoon, rs Mrs. Christiancy was
too i'll to attend In the case of the exami-
nation of the witness Chester, Justice Wy
lie has decided not to hear the matter until
next Tuesday.
IN THE case of the Phoenix Mutual Life
Insurance Company against Samuel A.
Peugh, on note Of $1,000, and which was
referred to William Il. Webb as referee. to
state an account, the latter reports Sl,775 as
due the insurance company. The court to-
day gave Judgment on this award.
julius FORD, an Irish lad, was arragned
before Judge Smell to-day for throwing
stones at a private Waterman at Heurichs
brewery. The Judge decided that the
Waterman had over-stepped his authority,
and that the boy could not be punished for
resisting an impertincnt interference.
THE Washington operate Society met
last night aud elected Mr.. John p. Sousa
musical director. There was n large at.
tendance present for the purpose of rehears-
ing the "Chimes of Normandy" which they
are preparing to present to the public
Prof. Sousa was present and highly com.
mended the work Of the members.
IT is amusing to read the statement that
the court. here had assigned "a young
lawyer to assist Scoville in the defense OF
Guiteau. Mr.. Leigh Robinson, the gentle
man assigned, is the peer of any counsellor
in the District, and Judge Cox knew IL
when he selected him. 1t is to the credit
of our District judicial system, the fairness
which it evinces in giving the assassin the
best of defense.
TIE musical and literary entertainment
at Mount Zion NJ. L. Church last night was
complete success The musical order oil
the programme was sustained by Mesdames
Winter and Chappell Misses Katie Scott
and Bender and Messrs. Yeatman, Kocch
ling, Kegerris, Lawrence and Kohr, and
the audience was also enter tanned by choice
readings from Mcssrs. John Twecdalc, +. b
Hay and ID. c. Bangs.
AT THE annual conclave of Gethsemant
Commandery, No. 3, knights Tcmplar, held
last night at their asylum, the following
Sir Knights were elected and installed
Richard L. Greencr, eminent commander
William II. Grimshaw, generalssimo
William }. Ellis, captain-general Richard
Richard ]. jackson, prelate; Jefferson
Thomas, senior warden; Nathan Addison
Junior warden Charles A. Lemar, treas
urer; +. C. Revefls, recorder; George w
Gamer, wardcr
THE suit of ex-Postmaster G. M. Alexan
der against Postmaster ID. b. Anger, claim
ing Si3 has been practically discontinued
by Judge Macarthur. This suit arose from
the fact that Col. Alexandcr's messenger
Arthur Vittars forged his name to two
moncy-orders and appropriated the money
The boy was sent to the Reform School fol
seven years. Col. Alexander sued Col
Anger personally for $43, claiming thai
that was the amount lost
THE MONTE MEN or Arlington guide
have returned, and to-day could have beer
seen in groups of two and three in til,
vicinity of the Peace monument, at the foo
of the Capitol, waiting for victims to turr
up. The Washington monte worker is {
low, mean specimen, and among profes
SIGNALS is known as flush worker," that
is, he operates from and about bar-rooms
The city as well as the Capitol policemen
walk by them without saying word, and
while they do not appear to cap directly
for them, there is every indication of
''stand-in." There is something wrong
somewhere. Where is it?
THE Consider is what you want.
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A Card.
CELLARS and cuffs Trov stvIe tha has