The Evening critic., 1881-11-22
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS
About People and Things in wash
inrfDn.

About People and Things III wash
ingfon.
Toys wholesale at $50 Seventh street.
THIRTYTHREE arrests were nude by the
police yesterday.
STREET.LANfps will he lightcdot u. IN. ana
extinguishcd at II. m.
THE body of u stillborn child was found
in an n.h heap in the rear of NO. 6Wi N
street, last night
DouBLE.wIDTm Atwood cashmere. 3jc.
lIutTs Black Goods Store. NO. 'lj seventh
street northwest
ON recommendation of the examining
committee. Mr. W. W. Wishart was to day
admitted to the District Bar.
IT is intimatcd that Judge Stockbridge of
the Interior Department, Is TO succeed MIR.
Marble us Commissioner of Patents
THE residence of Gen. George Z. Shrlc
was robbed the other evening of valuable
books and pictures by unknown thieves.
Mrs. ANNA ToLsoS was accidentally
knocked down. but not injured. by u wagon
belonging to Hamilton & Shedd plumbers,
at Ninth street and Mount Vernon place,
last evening.
MARY NOLAN appeared in the Police
Court this morning against her husband,
whom she charged with threats of personal
violence. Judge Smell sentenced Nolan to
six months in Jail.
In the case of Shiles VS.. Wheeler the
counsel, Messrs Mcconnell and Wilmarth.
today made the following entry In the
order book: CLERK will enter our .disap-
pearnncc in above case"
ANunreported burglary occurred ON sun
day night at the unoccupied house OF Mrs.
Mary a. Denison, No. 1921 Corcoran street,
from which the gas fixtures, lead pipe,
spigots. etc, were all stolen.
WE REACH for riches and we grasp mill
stone, unless in health to enjoy them. A.
Cough or Cold quickly works our physical
ruin unless we are careful. Use DR.. Bulls
Cough Syrup. Price % cents.
THE horses attached to a carriage contain
ore t.ap nj N IN III
friend and Il colorcd driver, ran away la't
evening and were stopped in front of City
Hall before serious damage was done.
REV. HARRISON, I" the boy evangelist of
this city Is n very sanguine youth. In Il
recent sermon he said he did, not believe
that he would ever die, but when God
wanted him in Heaven lie would he borne
thither by angels.
Baltimore Il Ohio Railroad, ~as accidcn'
tally run over by II freight car near Queens
town, Nd, and his leg crushed so badly
that 1t was amputated by DR.. Eliot ut the
Providence Hospital last night.
WIN II. BOSWELL, boy. and Daniel
O'Connor, n large man. were tried to-day In
the Police Court for fighting mt the corner OF
Four-and-a-half and l. streets last evening
The boy was dismissed and his adversary
fined IS.
THE plate glass store window of l.. Rich
Odds boot and shoe store, i9l Pennsylvani.
avenue was smashed by thief last night
The thief made good his escape. srh'
damage and loss to window and stock Is es
timated at $3.50.
THERE are on file in the Clerks office o
the House Is 900 Southern claims that have
been rejected by the Southern Claim:
Commission and brought to Congress fol
action. There are also about 1000 cases
disbared tor non.prosecution, which have
never been acted on In any way, on file.
ANDY JOHNSON n colored thief, returned
to this city about ten days ago, having just
been discharged from the penitcntilry
containing 1855 from Mrs. Gabriel V. n
Ogden, to which he pleaded guilty in the
Police Court to day and was committed tt
action of the grand jury.
THE Virginia Republicans meet tonight
at st. Georges Hall to make arrangements
for II grand screnade to senator Malone
juster leaders early in December 1t is OK
pected by the Nirgininns in the city tina
the other State associations will lend {
helping hand and give rousing reception
to the breakers of the solid South.
THE particulars of fight between tw,
men on canal boat, near the Seven Locks
noted last evening, seem TO be that samuo
Ensmanger;; Of the , canal boat Clinic,
boat Laura had quarrel, during which til,
former fired twice ut the latter, the secont
shot taking. effect In the arm, which wa
amputated by DR.. Smith Townshend.
pleasant meeting was held last evening
ut DR.. Bancroft's, lies j. street. where ches
and checker club was formed. Having ap
pointed II committee to attend to matters
OF Importance, and witnessed several Yer,
line games of chess and checkers, the clul
adjourned to meet Mt the same place OF
Tuesday next, the 10th. The member lis
consists of siXty-four nance, among whicl
may be mentioned II. Lyman, Theophilu
Gaines, Jacob Russell, Myron NJ. Parker
Thomas NJ. Redd. S. ID. G nldwcll and Drs
Donaldson, Schaeffer and Bancroft.
MIR. ROBERT =. PORTER, chief of tn
Wealth. Debt and Taxation Division of tn
Census Office, has accepted the cditorship O
the international Reclelr, and will ente
upon the duties of this new position on III
LIST of January. The u. sociatc editor of tn
Rerie,D will be Mr.. Henry Gannett, geogra
pher in the Census Office. Mr.. Porter
identified with the most able statisticians q
the country. and in accepting the editor
ship of the RerieW he still retains also hi
position rs associate editor of BrddstrcetS.