The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-07-11
IacOnic Locals.

A NiADDoG was shot yesterday afternoon
by Detective McElfrcsh at Fourth and +
streets northwest.
Mr.. GEO. MORRIS, the Assistant Libra
rian of the Capitol, has Just returned from
Urbana, Ohio, to this city.
SERGEANT BREEN, who was seriously in
jured by his horse falling with him as it
ran away, is again on duty.
JAMES MARION was overcome by the
heat in Georgetown on Saturday, and was
successfully attended by DIR. Shckclls.
So FAR Washington is the only metropol-
itan city in the United States wherein there
have been no fatal results from the heat.
ROSE SANFORD, II colored woman, tainted
in car No. 20, of the Avenue line, last even
ing, and was carried into Duckett's drug
store.
AN AGENCY for the Potomac river steam
boats has been started by Mr.. Harry Bow
ers, proprietor of the st. Marc HOTEL at the
Office of the hotel.
THE rooms in tho rear of the Police Court
have been entirely renovated by painters
calciminers, and papcr-hangers, and are
again occupied to-day.
A coLoRED MAN named VIM. Anderson
was seriously cut by an unknown man, who
crept up behind him while passing the COR
ncr of Ninth and q streets northwest, carly
yesterday morning.
THE Local Land League and the knights
of st. Matthew, organizations composed of
Irish-American citizens, held meetings yes
terday and passed resolutions of sympathy
for President Garfield.
CAPT. HARDY, a well-knOwn Mississippi
Republican, resident Of our city, left New
York Saturday for Europe, where he goes
on Government business. He will be alb.
sent about six weeks.
THE TRIAL Of Mr.. Edmund Burke, COM
monwealth attorney for the County Of
Alexandria, who has been indicted for shoot
ing with intent to kill, was postponed in
the Alexandria courts from Saturday until
the October term.
MR. WALTER DENNIS, the well-known
actor, was the first one to call medical aid
the depot at the time the shots were fired,
and upon learning of the gravity Of the
wound ran to the Office of DR.. Smith Town
shend, the Health Officer, and acquainted
him of the fact.
THE sanitary department of the Metro
politan police disposed Of twentyone cases
during the week ending at noon Saturday
Five persons were sent to the Washington
Asylum Hospital, six to the Freedman's,
and five to the Providence. Five insane
persons were sent to the Government Hos
pital for the Insane.
JUSTICE WALTER S. Cox, assigned to
the Criminal Court, left the city on Satur-
day afternoon with his family for Nara
gansett Pier. He will not return until
about the 10th of September. In the mean
time the grand jury will be in session, and
the petit jury has been only adjourned to
meet Mt stated times. So that though the
judge is away the court is constructively
OPEN
| CANNOT the District Commissioners give
little more attention to the brute creation
during this torrid period? There are q
startling number of instances of over.
worked horses in street cars, carts, and
especially the so-called street sweeping ma
chimes Give the horses chance.
THE SOUTHERN MARYLAND RAILROAI
COMPANY are quietly but rapidly pushing
the work on their road from Washington tC
Point Lookout. They have locomOtiv,
and construction train Mt work near Brandy
wine laying iron. The road bed is graded
most of the way, and work will not b'
stopped until the road is finished and carr
running the full length of the road, tho
Dragging pronuncamentos of their noisy
competitor to the contrary notwithstand-
ing.
Mr.. HARRY FORD, of the New York SIN
formerly of the Baltimore american, WHIT
has been in the city during the assassina
ton excitement, returned this afternoon Il
| his most of duty in New York,