The Evening critic., 1881-10-24
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS
About People and Things In wash
tngtOu.


TwENTY-EIGiTT arrests were made by
the police during the twcnty-lour hours
ending at 9 u. III.
ELIZA THRILLING was badly hurt by be-
ing thrown from wagon on Saturday, and
removed to the Emergency Hospital.
RICHARD TILLMAN was fined $40 by
Judge Smell to-day for knocking down his
wife in Cow alley yesterday afternoon.
THE cornerstone of the Garfield Memo
rial Church was laid yesterday at the corner
of Patuxent and Canton streets, Balti.
more.
A SLIGHT fire in the house of John Rab.
bit, ut Sixth and Il streets southwest, was
cxtingushcd by the police carly yesterday
morning.
THE dead body of an infant was discov-
cred in the river at the foot of Ninth street
yesterday by Richard Hunt, and the Coro-
ncr notified.
Mr.. +. n. PAGENHoFF has received 800
damages from the Inland x Seaboard Steam
boat Company for oiectment from one of
their steamers.
Il. ID. DAILY can be found until further
notice Mt his old stands, Nos. 112, 113 and
la Centre Market. The finest qualities of
creamery and print buffers sold.
JOHN BROWN is at the Frcedmcn's Hospi
tal under treatment for injuries sustained
by rolling over an embankment near the
Schcutzen Park early yesterday morning.
Mrs. DAHLGREN has Suspended the work
on the handsome chapel which she is hav.
ing erected on her estate at South Noun
tain, Nd until the spring, and has returned
to this city for the winter.
JOIN AuGusToPHER, who has u store at
Fourth and q streets southeast, was fined
by Judge Smell to-day for maintaining n
nuisance in the form of n pestiferous odor
which cmanates from his lot.
THE Rev. Mason Noble, pastor of the
Sixth street Presbyterian Church, and n
retired chaplain of the U. S. Navy, died
this morning at his residence, 036 b street
southwest, after brief attack of chills.
The Capital City Guards of this city,
numbering seventy-five, will leave shortly
on q prolonged Northern tour. They will
be met in Philadelphia by the Invincibles,
and be rendered the courtesy of the city.
Col. CHARLES II. BELT, one of our old
est and best known citizens, one of the
most prominent members of the old Levy
Court, died yesterday at the age of 80
years, having lived in the District for so
years.
CARDS are out for the marriage of Mr.
William Fisher, of the Census Office, and
Miss Matte Watson. The wedding will take
place Wednesday evening of this week at
the Fourth-strcet NJ. l.. Church southeast,
Rev. Mr.. Lecch.
THE Eighteenth (Pittsburg) Regiment,
of Pennsylvania, has presented the National
Rifles, of this city, with set of very hand
some silk guidons. The Eighteenth were
the guests of the Rifles while here during
last Inauguration week.
THE REGISTER OF WILLS has appointed
l. tl,nf ~
coran Art Gallery, and James r. Young, n
Washington correspondent, to appraisc the
goods, chattcls, library, picture gallery and
other personal property of the late George
w. Riggs.
WESLEY FRYE, venerable colorcd dwarf
who has been for some time in the habit OF
sleeping on the soft side of plank in some
undergrad and eating what he could sue
coed in begging, was sent to the work house
to-day for ninety days by Judge Smell on
the charge of vagrancy.
THE MAss-MEETING of the Dashaway
Reform Club at Lincoln Hall last night
was n monster gathering, numerically
Stirring addresses were delivered by Mrs
Walker, of Ohio, Col. Meacham, DIR. Norton
and Others. A large number of new names
were added to the pledge book.
THE hearing in the Christiancy case
Saturday, was confined to the examination
of Charles Goodman, who accompanied Miss
Mary Chamberlain to this city December %
1879. He cOrroborated her testimony, and
stated that he received $50 from Giro foi
his expenses on that occasion.
THE management of the National The
atre have made arrangements with the diff
ferent street railroad companies to hay,
sufficient cars in waiting after each per
Torrance to convey everybody home with
out being compelled to wait on the street.
CAPT. HowGATE did not appear in court
this morning as was expected. His counsel
having been informed that three other in
dictments would he found against him. con.
cluded to wait until that was done and then
settle the question Of bail In the mean
time Capt. Howgatc will remain at the
Hotel de Crocker.
IN THE case of Farr and others against
Keyser ct al, in the Supreme Court of the
District, Justice James delivered the opin-
ion of the Court to the effect that the stock
holders of the Washington Fire Insurance
Company were responsible for the judg-
ments against the company and could be
proceeded against to recover the same.
THE NATIONAL RHYMING AssocIA.
TIoN has been incorporated in this city in
opposition to The Mitchell Individual
Rhymer." Its officers consist of: President
Lew. Washington; secretary, jim Long
treasurer, John Alexander. 1t holds its
meetings in its elegant apartments at vii
lard's, and bids fair to be one of the mosI
popular institutions at the National CAPITAL
THOMAS STARK, John Clark, Louis Jones
stephen Douglass John White, DAME
Jones, and William Jasper, all coored, wer,
arrested fer disorderly assembly aud dis
turbing the quiet Of the neighborhood o
the red quarry on the Columbia road, il
the County. The three last named for
ieited collateral this morning, and the othe
four were fined for loud and bosterous talk
ing and.disorderly conduct.
PARENT from Youngstown Pa. ha
written TO the police here with view {,
recovering son who ran away and went /,
Yorktown. Anxious inquiry is also bein.
made for two youthful Pittsburghers VIII,
served as bootblacks through the yorktown
campaign, and have not returned to thei
home, and the police yesterday arrested n
he depot, on his return from the celebro
ion, and shipped to his home Albert Ben
on, refugee from his parents, who rcsid
1t Alexandria.
Col. LEW WASHINGTON, of the bankin,
house of johnson & Co., has returned to thu
city after delightful trip to Boston, Col
Washington is now a full-pledged asthete
and has repudiated his native city for tn