The Evening critic., 1881-09-01
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
About People ana Things I'm wash
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Abncr's garden
STREEr.LAMps will be lighted ut $50 p.
m. and extinguished at 3:i5 n. IN.
WALTER PARKER, white and n vagrnt,
was to-day sent down for 30 days.
MIKwAUKEE BEER, 5-ccnt stovcpipe-
rect from the wool. L. e. Knight 1872 Pa.av.
TwENTy-sEvEN arrests were made by
the police during the "a hours ending ut
n. m.
JOHN WILLIAMS, colorcd, for making the
street dumping ground for his rubbish,
was to-day fined 49,
THE principal part of the session Of the
Police Court to day was taken up with
minor cases of assault.
SAMUEL w. SANEsBUTrE was fined $40
to-day by Judge Bundy, for beating Louisa
w. Minor (both white).
In CONSEQUENCE of the sad ncws Of his
mothers death in Europe, Mr.. Hahn's store
will be closed until Saturday evening.
MRS. "OLIvIA" wants Maple Square for
the location of the East Capitol postal sta
ton. "Olivia" loves maple sugar tafiy.
TEMpLER's VIENNA ORCHESTRA. now
performing in Cincinnati, will shortly ap-
pear at Abner's popular summer garden.
PURCHASERS looking for school books and
school stationery can find complete stock
Mt Roberts, 1910 Seventh street northwest.
SCHOOL HATS in large quantities and
varieties can be secured at reasonable prices
mt Kings Palace, S14 Seventh street north.
west.
THE encampment of the Washington
Cadets last night at the Gcrmania Seduction
Park was very orderly affair, and the
receipts were more than were expected.
JOHN J. JEBBs and L. Gibbons, colored,
were accused of an assault on William H..
Parks yesterday in Georgetown, in the
Police Court to-day, and they were each
fined S25, or sixty days in Jail.
FIRST AND II STREETS northwest and
vicinity was treated to n splendid screnade
last night. The music was first class, and
was evidently appreciated, judging by the
number of ghostly, white.clad forms at the
windows.
The FOLLOWING Washington boys, grad
mates of the High School, will leave the
city this week to join the freshman class of
the Lehigh University for engineering
courses: Theodore W. Birney, Lafayette b.
Petersen and l.. Tolman.
In THE CASE for divorce of Frances Won
Haake VS.. Adolf Won Haake, Judge Wylie
ordered that defendant be required to show
cause on September 10 why he should not
be required to pay alimony pendente lite
and expenses of the suit.
II. j. AsHBY, at his antiquarian book
store, No. 1905 Pennsylvania avenue, has
school books and school supplies in great
variety. Students and readers will find his
circulating library valuable. Old books
are bought, sold or exchanged.
The SCHOOLS will all open again ON Mon
day next and school books will be in de-
mand. c. G. Pursell, at his well-equipped
store, 422 Ninth street northwest, has books
and supplies for every grade of public or
private schools. In fact, he has everything
for school use and at the lowest prices.
TOMORROW EVENING Col. f. A. Reed,
of the Masonic Committee on the Yorktown
Celebration, will arrive in Washington and
arrange with the Columbia Lodge, Mr.. w.
ii. Browne, Eminent Commander, for the
accommodation of the Washington lodges
at Yorktown during the coming centenniM.
THE City Post office was perfectly delugei
to-day by petitioners from East Washington
as to the location of the new postal station.
Every citizen has his idea of the proper
point, hut the greater portion ask for East
Capitol street This evening Postmaster
Anger will decide upon the locality, and
Third and East Capitol streets will probably
he the result.
The grand jury of the Criminal Court of
Baltimore yesterday indicted Constables
Edward A. Healey and Godfrey Koffcn-
berger OH the charge of assaulting Andrew
HOehl, u baker. HOehl was arrested on
August B. and brought to this city on n
criminal charge, when it was discovered
that he was not the man wanted, and he
was released.
Col. NJ. NJ. PARKER, Assistant City Post
master, to-day made very valuable pur-
chasc-a handsome meerschaum pipe highly
colOred and slvcr-mOunted. He evidently
bought it to make presentation, for when
asked: "Did you buy it for n meerschaum?"
He answered, "No, bought it for Post
MASTER" There is undoubtcd Anger that
he will make the presentation.
THE COUNTRY will learn with thrill OF
pleasure that Acknowledgement Mac
Veagh, who has been much depressed for
ten days, feels better" If he would take a
a dose of salts and an after-dinner pill now
and then he would feel comparatively WE'LL
Indianapolis Tribune. TwOuldn't do him
one smidgeon I" of good, for he would
work the salts instead of the salts working
him.--National Republican.
The contract for carrying the mail be-
tween this city and the Georgetown Post
Office, Is leased for such ridiculously low
figure-S230 per annum-that the contrac'
tor cannot employ decent vehicle or a
healthy horse. The present outfit is dis.
grace to our Government, being u ram
shackle wagon and an equine whose appear
ance is of a character to suggest the bone
yard. The Department proposes to make q
change and employ respectable-lookinl
conveyance.
"JEEMEs HESRY CANT" is the name OF
colored "crank" who divides his time
between beating his wife and preaching re-
ligion on the street corners. The mar
seems to think he will always be exempt
from punishment by the law because thu
doctors always pronounce him under thu
influence of liquor and refer him to tn
Police Court, while the Police Court con
siders him insane and refer him to the doc
tors. The old man was brought to a hal
in the midst of temperance sermon OF
Pennsylvania avenue this morning b,
Lieut.. Austin, and another attempt will b
made to have him handed over to tn
keeper of the workhouse.
For BETTER or Worse,
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