The Evening critic., 1881-07-23
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS
About People and Things i'm wash
ington.

1nStOn.
Go TO Abners.
Go TO Drivers garden tonight.
HowsoN's ice cream, Sl.25 gallon; dis
count on quantities.
If YOU WANT all the news in readable
shape take THE CRITIC.
THE CoMIQUE caters well to the people
in search of amusement.
RosANNA MAY was fined by Judge Smell
for throwing water on Margaret Doyle.
THE remains of the late John Benedict
Burgess, who was drowned on Wednesday
last, were buried yesterday.
MARTHA JENIFEN, colorcd, struck Jennie
May in the eye with n stone last night and
went to Jail for thirty days this morning.
The CRITIC was ahead yesterday, as
usual. 1t was the first to announce the
defeat of Conkling and the election of lap
ham.
NATHAN JOHNSON, "a sick and destitute
negro of the alleged age of 90 was brought
from Brightwood and taken to the Freed
mems Hospital this morning. lfar
THE Christian Brothers of Washington
will 60 into a spiritual retreat at Rock Hill
College, beginning about the first of the
month and continuing for ten days.
GEORGE PARKER, colorcd, was arraigned
before Judge Smell to-day for assaulting his
wife and bruising and scratching her face
terribly. The case was continued.
NEHEMIAH H. MILLER, esq, of this city,
has been admitted to practice at the bar of
the Circuit Courtof Prince Georges County,
Nd, on motion of Richard d. Brandt, esq
Mrs. S. NJ. HARTsocK, wife of the pastor
Of Hamline NJ. L. Church, this city, will
deliver an address at Frederick, Md, to-
morrow night, on Female Missionaries and
their Fields"
THERE WERE number of parties before
the Police Court to-day charged with occu-
plying the streets with their stands boxes,
etc, in violation Of law, and their cases
were continued
r. L. BoAMAN, an extensive dealer in
horseilesh, has applied to the District police
force for aid in recovery of q very valuable
mare, stolen from his stables Mt Bryantown
Md, by an expert borse.thief.
THE total number of arrests in our city
since Sunday morning has been three hun
dred and nine. Tho majority of the cases
are for drunkenness and petit larceny, with
fair showing up for profanity.
ABOUT 6:30 o'clock this morning horse
attached to wagon belonging to Mr.. d..
Turner, Third and N streets southwest, ran
away from FOur-and-a-half and N streets
southwest, and the wagon was smashed into
smithereens.
A GRANITE MONUMENT to adorn the
grave ofeX-GovernOr Caswell, of North Caro-
lima, (the work of David McMenamin, of
this city, was shipped from here yesterday
to Kingston, North Carolina, where it will
be unveiled August 5.
ZoREMBo, the Waterman at the house of
the Russian Minister, in this city, who was
arrested for the larceny of various articles
from the house, and discharged for want of
prosecution, is preparing to bring suit for
damages against the Russian dignitary
JOHN DooDY, the violent landlord,
charged with trying to put his tenant, Mrs.
Murphy, out of doors, was fined 81 by Judge
Smell to-day. The severe cuts and bruises
which he had received from Mrs. Murphys
little hatchet shielded him from heavier
fine 9-il
ARrHER RITTER, awhile boy of ID years,
who ran q nail into his foot on tho 18th in
slant, and has been attended by Drs. Rey-
burn and Lincoln, IS reported to have died
at IL o'clock last night of lockjaw. This is
the ninth death from this disease recorded
by THE CRITIC since the 4th instant.
p SUSANNA AND ELIZABETH ALLEN and
Louisa Cooper had regular knock down
and drag-out fight in Tin Cup alley last
night, and when they appeared before the
Police Court this morning, it was ques-
tion from their generally battered cOndi-
Judge discharged them all.
A LARGE CROWD of people assembled Mt
the wharves this morning expecting a
pleasant trip down the river in spite of the
published statements that the ArrOwsmith
was laid up for repairs. There was great
disappointment when it was learned that
no steamer was going down before night,
and the crowd endeavored to charter some
other vessel, but they failed, and returned
to their homes or places of business
In SPITE OF the brncing of iron-rods,
&C. 1T would not be surprising if the walls
of the Police Court, purchased by the Com
mssioners above its value ON account of
fayoritism and religious prejudice, should
tumble about the ears of the crowd assem-
bled below. The ceilings and walls are
widely cracked in every direction, and
seemingly would offer but slight resistance
to the impact of storm.
THE Baltimore american says: San elo-
quent speech in favor of the Mardi Gras :
Put me down for $780,. How many of
our citizens will make it?" and THE
CRITIC says; AN eloquent speech in favor
of a jubilee in Washington will be, let's get
a hall and hold a meeting. Who of our
business men will be the first to make that
speech ?" Are the enterprising Washing
tonians going to let the dull Baltimoreans
get ahead of them
THE following licenses have been issued
since the 18th instant; To William Nc
Beth, 1450 Half street southwest; Joseph
Boyd, 342 Maine avenue; M. Pope, 1907
Fourth street northwest Timothy Duhey
POI G street southeast, for hacks; S. Bruins
wick, Augustus Budd, Daniel Duckett, John
Dorm and Charles Washington, for produce
in p street market and Henry Cook, 220!
III street northwest, and G. johnson, /
street, between Four,and-a-half and Sixth
streets, for produce at large.
HARRY RICHMOND well-known THE
and swinder, who has extended the field o
his operations through Richmond Washing
ton and New York, was arrested last nigh
aud ken to Lieutenant Arnold's station
The sNindles which this man has perpe
trated on business men in this city ant
elsewhere by forged letters of recommends
ton and pretended business connection
have been numerous. When arrested Rich
mond had on his person quantity of sill
obtained under false pretenses from GUN
nip, Day & Co., and a quantity of cigar
from other places. He will be tried OF
Tuesday on several charges.
DRAFTS on London, Dublin and Paris, a
II. ID. Cooke, Jr., & Co.'s, 1920 Il st.