The Evening critic., 1881-12-31
LOCAL EVENTS
IN THE YEAR GONE BY.


some Enteresting Statistics-Facts
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anu Figures vi tne n"sness ="
District OMces-A Generai review
of Local Events.
7, "a vol ,o, ,,a ,o n,uao for N nnomont nj thu
10 "en ~. us ~ paao. .o AZ, III. -, ,,o
beginning OF announcer yeur 10 iooh p"oh W 'ho
record OF the year that Is dying, ana 10 con-
slider how far we are individually responsible
,or ,,a cod or 10 IN when haro sacts oro
w I've So ". ...,..,..a a.. ,,,,,,a a.
stated In tho shupo Oh s'h'is'ics ,hc ihihu 10
moro impressed than by generalitics, Just as
n person would be impressed in walking over
: ala -, ,,a,,,o ~, ,,,,r,ho,,r, tho doa1 ana
:, noi' V, u"','o ' ~. - a.. -,
dying' inc pulietih Oh the pa''ie, WIN aus coiu
but tho living inspectiop of tho battlefield
would piye thought as long as memory lasted,
So It IA that the record OF tho doings OF tho
a. r,,,,a, c,,,, O., ao,o ~ Ito Govorn
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ncntai departments VIII nave hVins in.ores.
TO citizens. Tho moro so that tho record VIII
show many sins of omission and commission
I'M, might have wcll neon avoidod and which
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can DC Buarucu against III the luturc'
The Work Of the Police Force.
IL poes without saving that the METROPOLITAN
Police force is one OF the best in the country
arrests; OF these, I1,O13 were males and
about 2,3CO females; of these there were
about 3.96i married and about sos single.
To show what tho proportion of dovlltry is
between male ana female, ,he records SNOW
.na, ,nero were nuou. o,lSl naics arlvs ,,,a
anu l,fou ieHalos ior oHonses uBalnst .no
person. ror ohonsvs ugalhst PIvPoiyi tno
inalcs sum Up o,1!z Unscs, anu ,no ielaios
only ioot up az. ~ wiii mus DO seon tnat tho
man, as Inr rs Bctting arrested ~ concerneul
mas greatly inc advantage OF the iemaie. Ana
then, again, tho record SHOWS that there is
something wrong IN pollticai economy, IL inc
satements OF the men VINO are authorities on
that subject are to BIO trusted, to wit: that
state OF marriage Is conducive TO the proven.
ton OF crime. NOW the records Indicate tnat
there wero about S,7S1 married people who
came under the strong grasp OF the law In
1881, ana only about 6,Z66 VINO were unmar MAJ,
ried. Altogether, the police record for 1881
Of city of 10000 Inhabitants, not counting
INC hou.rhs cranks, ID no. ulscroa.~olo'
There has never beon year within the his
tory OF Washington where the operations in
real estate have been more extensive or the
buildings erected have been more numerous
or OF u better class. As n place OF residence,
the city is growing In favor, and as 1t should
BIO for the capital city Of nifty millions of peo-
pie, 1t has acquired a cosmopolitan reputation
Id genus 0mne-can efface. Since tho beginning
OF 1881 there were absolute transfers OF real
estate to tho number of 5000, and I'm all these
cases there was an increase OF % per centum
over the sums paid shortly after tho panic OF
1873. And tho real estate agents say that
landed property here Is steadily appreciatlng.
The Attorneys office.
Tn tho n,at,,ct. At,orrov,a oo,co tho ,vorp I'm ID
aa,, h,od Nv, ,h rn,,on 60, ,Hn ,ri
~ tho oxcent,opoi crimipai ciuitoam inii
iia, sn,. tho honnGt 81 CIV ranortar ,vaa acnt Tor
by the assistant pistrie Attorney, but il did
no, come 10 hand In time Tor nse rho MN.
ho,. 80 Iintvod atataa coana d;annsod ~ Jnr,n
~ VI oi ~ o..oe uevo ui1poaou vi -,
nv So, no eaSos. vi yor hS parties
,aSaths ,,nrn - ,bba coIorn5 ro"a mr. ,o.,,,
lions omonnted IN Sbont aaven.tontha wh,ch
ia n nrottv good showinS Tor Tho Dis1,,,c, AZ
to,na,,,s oSpso IT, 90, 10 CT, do ,Li ~
tjon tiat no aoon oa thia Gwi,aou tr,n, 4, n,
tho work Of The Distr,ct kttarnev,s nr,,co w ~,
be immeIiately nnshed forward m consmm.
mo,tnr p"'''e'' 'oi wal" I" 'oii'uiii'
Worr,oros md n;vo.cos
rms Guy Is sort OF uretha ureen 10 the
young peopie OF tho auIaceni states VINO are
peht on matrinony. IneroDy inc clerk, mr..
Melgs, reaps pront. ~ 0nly COSTS dollar
10 get marriage license mere, ana IL costs
three doliars IN Marylahu anu virginia, ana
there Is IN these States, moreover, habit OF
asking unpleasant questions. Ana then,
again, when our virginia ana maryland
rlehusUWhether they are neelhs from some
uhKlnu 'pnrlehts, or tnere are obstacles IN
tne way Oh being loineu ior lie OF until Ill
vorce-maKe up thelr minds 10 get married,
IL Is very PHEASANT trip, ana inc lions OF the
oapilal city can DO seen ana the lop properly
dranne IN whnt rea,ns -, th 70 ,o vi m.
saunre"
Since tho beginning of the year there have
been Issued from the clerk's ofico D OSO mar
riage licenses. More than one-haif OF this
number Represented outside parties. and fully
one-half were people of color. LOOKING over
the hooks IL will he seen that nlthourh tho Re
yised Statutes require a clereyman celebra
ting marriage to make a return to tho CLERK,
office, In at least ono.halr tho cases wher,
marriage licenses are taken out no return
whatever is made. So that the marriage
license record Of the clerks ONCE of the
Supreme Court of the District is PRACTICAL,
worthless as evidence before any court IN
which 1t may DO produced.
And while marriages are being spoken Of II
Will be as well TO add something about divorces
a as =, S mas .no creul. !as iikewise lnul
n t, ~, UoinS ,rry scgoliiiouit,ng i9calily
M , ZIG @ M Vi ',io liiurlta tlo. ~ may
$1,000 a. .ruo' ~. w. n"ss ~ ieast no Proiessiohh
,,. sn a ur lawyers VINO cure 10 pt
, WI 20 sucm. oiico oanuary II 1881, lhcrt
, ,,n peo. siah.V o az ui'1rces, una durlnt
sio saie periou .licr9 iin Nv, Doon nIeu VI appii
os'ions iol uiFoIco ~ .lo yery largo halorlt!
vi .nese casos Ino ci,alscs uiiogeu were trunk
ohn.ss, eIuohty any non,supPorI .he graVel
9naI soLauu,tel yn,poins puI seiuohl uileseu
I'm ay oe snau, MIN r9,erunov ~ .hcso cases
Via. sno ,o vuusu sa1,Iselioraii.
sr , uuoIoe osen wnoro .mo eviuohce uoes
mu. eA"u.y suppor, WY pio,isions oi th'
sn,.u.u, ~ - e1nsin.ou .,,al .le coh,estint
pnrsivs Will w pot'oi "p"r' 'h"h 'iou icsais
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