The Evening critic., 1881-09-24
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS
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FRANK CoNNERs was fined $50 by Judge
Smell to-day for assauting Officer Smith.
FfrTY-THREE arrests were made by the
police during the twenty-four hours ending
at o u. m.
Work on THE new wing of the City
Hall building seems to be ut complete
stand-still.
ALL the offices of the City Hall were
open to-day, but there was very little stir
among them.
STREET lamps will be lighted at 6:30 p.
IN. and extinguished at 4 n. IN, both to-day
and tomorrow.
WIN. SMITH, colored, was sent to Jail for
ninety days for attempting to cut John
Thomas with razor.
LAURA NOBLE, colorcd, for stealing %
cents from Emma Tyler, colorcd was this
morning fined So or 10 days
EARL MAREE, large boy, was fined $40
by Judge Smell to-day for beating Edward
Conry, a younger playmate.
HENRY MILLER, for an assault on Hen
ricttc Higgins, was required by Judge Smell
to-day to give bond in the sum of 800 to
keep the peace.
CHARLES JACKSON, n young colored man,
was to-day fined $50 or sixty days for car
rying murderous-looking weapon known
MS u "black. jack"
ALL the theatres throughout the country
will close by mutual agreement on Monday,
the day of national fasting and prayer in
memory of the dead President.
THE private Waterman of the Pension
Office saw the drapery in front of Cochrans
cigar store catch fire last evening and turned
in an alarm. No damage was done.
HENRY JOHNSON, colored, was caught
LII ~. N.
ton with revolver concealed upon his
person, and was to-day fined $50 by Judge
Smell.
DR.. KING, of the Navy Department, had
his pocket picked of n valuable gold watch
near the st. James Hotel yesterday after
noon. Tho case has been reported to tho
detectives.
MICHAEL j. KEANE, of South Washing
ton, was arraigned in the Police Court to-
day for keeping his bar in South Washing
ton open on Sunday, and the charge was
dismissed.
THE CHURCH OF THE INCARNATION will
be closed tomorrow, owing to improve
ments and repairs now in progress. 1t will
be opened for divine service on Sunday, Oc-
tober 2.
THE Fifth Precinct station entertained
eighteen visitors last night, five of whom
were dismissed as soon rs sober and the re-
mainder appeared in Judge SHELLS variety
troupe this morning.
The WILL OF julius c. Eastwood was
filed to-day for probate. Hegives all his
estate to his wife and appoints Alphonso j.
Eastwood and Mary j. Eastwood as exec
utor and cxecutrix.
BARBARA PINoKErT, an old white
woman, was charged in the Police Court
to-day with picking up n little child named
Florence Duffy by the ears and shaking
her. She was fined 81.
ALICE ADAMS, colored cypran, COM
mitted an assault on officer Block last night
when he was about to arrest her for pro-
family, and to-day she was sent down for
sixty days by Judge Smell.
G. w. STAFFORD was hauled up in the
Police Court to-day for failing to display n
light on building material left by him in
the street, and was released on his personal
recognizance to do so no more.
VIM. w. WILLIAMS, a well-drcssed white
man of middle age, was before Judge Smell
to-day charged with disturbing the quiet
ude of South Washington by his disorderly
behavior. Fined S. or seven days.
JOHN II. MURPHY was found at Eleventh
and streets last night lying on the side.
walk, having been shot twice in the leg.
His wounds were dressed, but he refused to
give the name of his assailant. The wounds
are not serious
AT 10 o'clock last night q pair of horses
belonging to Mr.. j. p. Lanhaurs ran away
Mt Eighth and f streets southeast, and
smashed the vehicle to which they were at
tached and tree-box with which they col
lided. Damage $50.
THE detectives have in their possession
an old-fashioned silver watch, with blue
cnameled decorations on the case, which
also bears the letter w. 1t is the impress
sion that the watch was stolen at the Capt.
toll yesterday afternoon, and the detectives
are anxious to find the owner.
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