The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-11-08
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS
About People and Thugs In wash.
fugtOu.

HuFF's black goods store, 5l3 9Th st. N. W.
FoRTy-THREE arrests were made by the
police yesterday.
JOHN +. KING was to-day granted n
patent for cash.carrier and farc-collcctor.
THE running races have been postponed
TO the 18th, 10th and 18th insts nj the
National Fair Grounds.
THE will of Mrs. Euridice +. Smms has
been filed with the register, and tho prop
crty, real and personal, Is left to the chill
dren.
A PARTY of nine of the Sacs and Foxes
Indians, in their gaudy and brilliant attire,
were quite an object Of interest rs they
walked through the streets to-day.
THE annual visitation of the officers OF
the Grand Lodge to the b. Il. French
Lodge occurred last evening. An address
was delivered by Rev. j. Clark Hagcy.
WIN. II. CANT was sentenced to thirty
days in Jail by Judge Smell to-day for the
larceny of two gallons of whisky and
some articles of clothing from Henry A.
Knoll.
JAMES THORNTON was sent to jail for
sixty days to day by Judge Smell for steal
ing two silver dollars and some small
change from Charles Yostus, drunken
companion.
HE LalISI utttiuDttu buikHiiito III
Georgetown were at the houses of M. Il.
Keliher at Thirty-fourth and p streets and
John w. Wctzel, on the opposite corner.
Both were unsuccessful.
ROBERT II. JONES, colored man, was
tried in the Police Court to-day for stealing
eighteen chickens from the farm Of Mrs.
Osborn, in the county. Jones, who is an
old offender, was sent to jail for six months
JOHN HOWELL, colored herb-doctor,
was arrested by Detective Coomcs this
morning on suspicion Of being connected
with larceny committed in Georgetown
some time ago.
TIE Star, in its account of the doings OF
the committee investigating the conduct of
the Ninth Massachusetts, Regiment, says
that "Mr. Lawrence stated to a Star re-
porter" &c. There was no "Mr. Lawrence
with the party, but the gentleman meant
was probably Mr.. Daniel II. Dolan, of Law
renee, Mass.-RepuJlicdn
A GRAND sacred concert will be given
this evening at Hamline Methodist Episco-
pal Church for the benefit of that popular
place of worship at s o'clock. Some of the
best musical and vocal talent in Washing
ton will participate, and the affair promises
to be one of pronounced success. Aside
from the worthy object of the concert, the
splendid voices ana deIlghtful music are
sufficient attraction to command an ex-
tensive audience.
THE WORK of dredging the Potomac be
tween the Long Bridge and the Arsena
Points has been commenced by the Nationa
Dredging Company, and for the past ter
days dredging machine has been en-
ployed in excavating an approach to the
tramway for carrying the mud over the
flats. The cars and locomotive for trans
porting the mud, which are nearly com
plcted, will probably be placed on the
tamway this week.
QUITE number of persons, many Of
them Departmental employees, are in the
habit of picking and eating the mushrooms
which grow in the White lot and Monu.
ment lot, As that locality is largely in.
fccted with toadstOols they should be very
careful in their selection. The most certain
way to detect the presence of impure
mushrooms or toadstools is, when the mush.
rooms are boiling, to stir them with silver
spoon, If they are unhealthy or if toad
stools are present the spoon will be tar
ni5hed