The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-07-27
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS
About People and Things in wash
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PATRoN1zE Drivers summer garden to-
night.
THAT boy of Dams" ut the Theatre
Comique is immense.
ABNER caters to the million at his at
tractive summer resort
JUDGE SMELL sentenced John Green TO
n fine of $50 or 80 days in Jail for carrying a
pistol.
THE ROOFING of the new addition to the
State War and Navy Department building
is nearly completed.
HENRY COMBS, ofthis city, has purchased
the Green Hills farm near Lconardtown,
Maryland, for $4,000.
HARRY RICHMOND, referred to in a
larceny case, is not the Harry b. Richmond
with Julius Lansburgh.
You CAN attend the excursion of the
Liquor Dealers Association this evening by
leaving on the Moseley at $780,
NEXT SUNDAY the steamer Excelsior will
make an excursion to Piney Point, u very
charming trip to take. The Marine band
has been engaged.
III. II. TILGHMAN, of s06 NJ street, while
fishing off the Long Bridge. near the Vir-
ginia shore, yesterday, caught black bass
weighing two pounds and n half.
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to-day fined s., for trespassng on park.
Judge Smell announces his intention of
squelching this species of depredation, about
which complaint has been so general
ALEXANDER JOHNSON, colored, was be-
fore Judge Smell to-day, on u charge of
cruelty to animals, in hitting % steer in
the forehead with stone on Sherman ave-
nue., in the county, and disabling it. Fined
$50.
REUBEN HILL, Richard White and
Charles Nelson, colored youths, were to-day
hauled up for entering an unoccupied house
and tearing out the water pipes and gas
fixtures. Hill was sent to Jail for one year
and the others discharged.
Work on the construction of the pro-
posed new iron works at Alexandria, Va,
progresses slowly. The company feels en-
couraged, however, over their promising
prospects, and shortly furnaces will start
up to be run by the vapor process.
Mr.. o. G, PRUDEN, one of the Executive
clerks who has been spending few days at
Ocean Grove, returned to the city last night
and resumed his duties at the White House
to-day. He was welcomed with open arms
by the crippled and manifestation force
ABRAHAM EDWARDS, sailor in the
navy, who robbed Commander Graham OF
$50, has been sentenced to one year in prison
and to be subsequently dishonorably dis
charged from the service. Edwards will be
confined on the cob dock at the New York
navy-yard.
ABOUT midnight last night burglars en-
tered the residence of Mrs. Laura V. Con
don, No. 1858 Ninth street northwest, by
forcing one of the rear windows. They ran
sacked every room in the first story, ant
left things in great confusion, but carried
away nothing of much value
J. d. O'CoNNELL, Michael Burke, Pat
rick O'Connell, Caleb Adams and William
Ryan were charged to-day in the Polio
Court with occupying Canal street Illegal,
with boxes, barrels, garbage, &C., and main
tanning a nuisance. The occupation wa
admitted and the case continued for argu
ment.
JACOB KEoBEL, who lives at Fifth ant
Ridge streets northwest, was fixing an avn
ing in front of his store yesterday after
noon, when he slipped from the step-ladder
and fell, striking his back on the ston
doorstep and causing injuries which Dr.
Bond, who was summoned, says may result
very seriously.
The FIFTH EXCURSION of the NatiOna
Rifles occurs tomorrow night. The steame
Corcoran has been chartered, and the ex
cursonists will be taken to Marshall Hall
where several hours will be devoted /,
dancing and general good time The ex
cursions of the Rifles are always very selec
and well managed
CAPTAIN BARKER, who resigned his posi-
ton as captain of tire Arrowsmith, has beer
succeeded by Captain Thomas p. Ross, whit
first brought the boat to this city from New
York. Mr.. John Menshaw, supervising in
spector of the third steamboat district, ha
examined her boilers and engine, and pro
nounced them perfectly intact and in excel