The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-10-15
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FoRTY-Two arrests were made by the
police yesterday.
STREET-LAMPs will be lighted ut $50 p
IN. and extnguished at 1850 p. m.
GEORGE Balm was robbed of gold
watch and chain last evening while looking
ut the fireworks.
Mr.. WILLIAM j. Moses and Mr.. j
Schneider, of Alexandria, Va. testified be.
fore the grand jury to-day in the HowgatC
case.
EDMUND FITZGERALD pleaded guilty in
the Criminal Court to-day of running a
Sunday bar, and Judge Cox fined him $40
and costs.
GEORGE ROXY, a plasterer Mt work in the
Patent Office yesterday, was slightly in.
jured by a board breaking upon which he
was standing.
In THE Police Court to-day the five men
who attacked and robbed Mr.. Brown on {
street few days ago were tried for petit
larceny and fined Sl5 each.
THE CORONER has been notified of the
sudden death of Nellie Dugan, at her resi-
dcnce, No. 1870 Twenty sixth street north
west, early yesterday morning.
FRANK LEONARD, for keeping his bar
open on Sunday, was assessed by Justice Cox
in the Criminal Court to-day to pay line
of $50 and costs into the District treasury
REV. d. II. WHEELER, ID. d., LII. d.,
editor of the New York Methodist, will
preach at Wesley Chapel, corner Fifth and
+ streets tomorrow morning ut IL o'clock.
MICHAEL McBARRY, small boy, was
knocked and run over by Herdic coach No.
IS at Fifteenth street and New York avenue
yesterday and painfully but not seriously
hurt.
A LARGE number of arrests were made
for disorderly conduct last evening, and the
cases occupied the attention of the Police
Court for considerable length of time
to-day.
THE motion for a new trial in the case of
John Trowley, convicted of cruelty to ami
mails, was overruled by Judge Cox to-day,
and he was sentenced to pay fine of $50
and costs.
A YOUNG LADY, who was standing near
the Treasury last evening, was suddenly
taken sick and fell forward, cutting her face
and head quite seriously and was carried
home by her friends.
THE STORE and stables of Horace Waters
at Germantown station, near Rockville
were totally. destroyed by fire last night.
They were only partly insured, and his
total loss is estimated ut $4,000
Mrs. STEEL AND BERNARD LEONARD
undertook to run bars without taking out
license. The police got the dead wood "
on them, the jury convicted, and Justice
Cox to-day fined both Sl05 and costs.
II. s. BARBER, conductor on No Al car
of the Washington and Georgetown line,
saw man jump from his car and run of
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pocket-book with So and number of car
tickets had disappeared with his mystcri.
GUS passenger.
GEORGE w. KNOX, contractor for carry.
ing the mails between the City Post-ofice
and the branch offices at Georgetown and
on Capitol Hill, commenced service this
morning. lie has had made light mail
wagon with cover over the drivers seat,
as a protection against the weather. The
vehicle is perfect gem in its way.
A MULE, attached to garbage.cart owned
by Il. M. Draney, was being driven through
an alley near Twelfth and N streets, when
his forefoot struck the covering of the man
hole of the sewer-trap and knocked it off
The mules hind-feet slipped into the man
hole, and the animal was so badly injured
that it died in few moments later.
THE annual meeting of the Washington
Frebel Society was held at the parlors oil
the metropolitan Seminary, yesterday even.
ing. The officers elected were II. w. Fen
wick, president; Miss b. c. Graus and Mrs
nj. ID. Lincoln Bessie Beach,, vice-presi-
dents; Miss Il. G. Morton, recording secre.
tary, and Mrs. A. II. Mohl, corresponding
secretary.
WILLIAM SMITH, who not long since
robbed Chinaman, was before the Polio,
Court to-day, charged with burglariously
entering the. residence of John Whiteford
ON the night of the 18th instant, and taking
therefrom several articles of ladies' wearing
apparel. He was committed to Jail in de-
fault of $500 bail, to await the action OF
the grand jury.
In THE CASE OF Nathan c. Draper
against Anthony Hyde and Others, n GER
tiorari came down from the Supreme Court
of the United States to-day, directed to the
Supreme Court of this District, command
ing that they certify the deed of trust from
Nathan G. Draper and wife and Nathan G.
Draper and wife and johnson p Thomas
and wife to Anthony Hyde, which had
wholly been omitted from the record.