The Evening critic., 1881-11-07
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS
About People and Things in wash
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police yesterday.
MR.. WIN. TBom, n wcll.known citizen OF
East Washington, died this morning, after q
protracted illness.
SNEAK THIEVES cmpticd the money
drawer of the store No. 800 Pennsylvania
avenue on Saturday.
GEORGE BRANT was found lying sick on
the Brentwood road yesterday and taken to
the Freedmans Hospital.
CHILDREN set fire to the fence surround
ing the Miller school building on Saturday,
and the police cxtinguishcd the flames.
THE Coroner has been notified of the
sudden death last night Of Albert Miles, a
colorcd man, at No. 374 Pennsylvania ave-
nue..
ROBERT RoANE, large colorcd man,
was fined S. by Judge Smell to-day, for
striking his brother Richard with coal
shovel.
A SLIGHT fire occurred in house No. 1903
L street, owned by M. +. Avclinc, late last
night, and was cxtinguished by the
neighbors.
A NUMBER of cases of. overcoats stolen
from Railways on Saturday and Sun
day were reported at Police Headquarters
this morning
TOMORROW Tuesday, night, at Ham.
line M. Il. Church, q grand sacred concert
will be given In aid of the choir fund. IL
will be pronounced success.
ELLIS TRIcE was fined IS to-day for in
sulting and kicking colorcd woman
NAMED Catherine King, when she was re.
turning from church on Sunday.
The Fish Commission will send large
Number of young German carp to Peters
burg, Va, some for the public park and
others for free distribution to private
parties.
LIFE Is short at most and our duty is to
prolong it. Use, therefore, DIR. Bulls Cough
Syrup for Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis,
Hoareness, etc. Sold everywhere. Price
only % cents
THE MASS MEETING to have been held
tomorrow night at McKendree Chapel to
organize a Methodist Episcopal Church
Union has been postponed. Due notice of
the meeting will be given through the
columns of The CRITIC.
d. F. SHANKs, policeman, was seriously
cut in the face last night while in an alley
on l. street, near First. The police officer
was cndeavoring to arrest boy, when Mas
sey Roach, colored man, attacked him,
cutting his face badly, and then made his
escape,
GEORGE GATES and Marion Thompson,
who were severely injured by the recent
explosion ut the Navy-yard, are getting
along quite we'll. Gates came out last Fri
day for the first time since the accident, but
is unable to resume work. Thompson is
still confined to his bed.
BY A QUEER COINCIDENCE the biblical
text of the sermons preached in the Metho.
dist and Catholic churches yesterday were
the same, being from Matthew xxii
Render therefore unto (under) Caesar the
things which are Caesars and unto God the
things which are Gods"
WILLIAM T. JONES, q col0red thief, was
arrested and taken to Lieut.. Gessfcrls sta
ton this morning. The man carried q bag
in which twenty chickens We're found, all
of which had their heads wrung off, but
some Of which were not yet cold. The
negro will be held in hopes the chickens
may be identified.
NOTWITHSTANDING the rain of to-day
there is every reason to believe that the
race-mceting will be held on Wednesday
and continue throughout the week. Judge
III. II. Blackburn, of the Fair Association,
said to-day that this rain would benefit
rather than injure the course if tomorrow
is clear day. He said that the races
will take place.
Two WHITE BOYS named Buckley and
Normille were sent to Alexandria this
morning by Lieut.. Eckloff, of police head.
quarters. One of the boys stole $25 from
his father on Friday and came to Wash
ington with his friend to spend the money
and have lark. Officer Kearney arrested
the boys on suspicion when they were
seeking change for a twcnty-dollar bill
WE don't mind the correspondents In The
Row, who are too lazy to work for their own
papers and cheat their employers by their
Incidence, padding their nightly dispatches
from the news in The CRITIC, but we
think that occasionally they might give us
credit for what they borrow. We call the
attention of Mr.. Edward Fleming, of the
st. Louis Republican, especially to this re-
minder.
YESTERDAY afternoon. while a number
of boys were swinging on guy-ropc at
tached to " Bud Egglestons tent in East
Washington, one of them, Willie Willsin-
son, aged seventeen, lost his hold and fell
to the ground, distance of fifteen or twenty
feet, breaking his left leg above the ankle.
The sufferer was picked up by Sommerfield
Martin and VIM. Peak, and carried to the
office of DIR. Keech, who set the broken
limb, after which he was conveyed to his
home, 800 Fifth street southeast.
REV. GEoRGE o. LITTLE, pastor of the
Asscmbly's Presbyterian Church, yesterday
entered upon the eighth year of his pas
eoi"'c Al hio scriHou yesterday he re-
viewed the history of the church and gave
many interesting details. The growth of
the church has been steady and the finan-
cial condition is highly satisfactory. During
Mr.. Little's pastoratc the church debt has
been paid and many improvements made.
The church has the largest and best selected
libraries of any church in the city. They
are in charge of Mr.. J. c. Strout. of the
Library Of Congress.
Mr.. JOHN w. ALBAuGH, the popular
manager of the Holiday street Theatre has
purchased a beautiful farm of 200 acres in
-. Mary County, adjoining tho farm be-
longing to Secretary of War Lincoln. Man
ager Albaugh, does not, fortunately for
baltimore theatre goers propose to give IN
theatrical management and become an
active farmer, but if he understands how
10 manage real estate as well as he
knows how to run theatre, his invest
ment VIII be popular with his neiphbors
and profitable to himself which we have
Sefte. ''o'o ""-
"A GENTLEMAN named G. Il. Jones. in
attempting to cross Ninth street. near II
Saturday afternoon, stumbled and fell mn,
der the feet Of horse, driven by q. n
Bailey, and was considerably bruised about
the back.'-N National Republican, The met
Is not correctly stated in the above. Col