The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-12-22
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.

FoRTy-rHREE arrests were made by the
police during tho twenty-four hours ending at
Ga. m.
IDA HABTING was to-day appointed admins
tratrix on the estate Of Charles 1Iarting on
giving n bond OF $500.
JOHN LANCASTER, n colored lmbccllc, was
sent to the workhousc to-day for twenty days,
on the charge OF carrying razor.
EDWARD LANsDALE, n contractor, for leaving
an excavation open NJ night without light
was fined 80 by Judge Smell this morning.
GEO. INGRAM, n colorcd tramp, Of long ex
porlence ia the profession, has been assigned
To n cell ut Gen. Crockcr's popular resort for
vagrancy.
WIN. LEE and Sherman Edmonston were ar
ralgncd In the Police Court to-day for assault
ing Charles Wise and committing highway
robbery. Tho cnso was continued.
EVERYBODY should attend the great oxhl.
billion OF Matching chickens by artificial means
nj 3i1 Pennsylvania avenue, on the 23d inst.
Daily exhibitions from 10 n. m. to p. m.
WM. FLETCHER, the wol-known contractor
and member of the firm of Bailey Fletcher,
was charged In the Police Court to-day with
obstructing the sidewalk. The case was dis.
missed.
JEROME l.. Sullivan, was on trial In the Pc.
lice Court to-day, charged with using official
envelopes In the transaction OF private bust
ness. He was fined 5000 and an appeal was
noted.
A vICfoUs-LooKING black deyll, named Allen
Watson, was sont down for six months this
morning for beating woman over the head
with n poker. The poor woman presented
pltiable picture.
JOHN AND HENRY STAFFORD, two colored
men, were arrested yesterday with eight
watches I'm their possession and were to-day
committed to.jail for sixty days each for re-
ceiving stolen goods.
"THE MELANCHOLY days have come, the
saddcst Of the year." because OF the great In
crease Of suffering induced by colds, coughs,
asthma. otc., all OF which Or. Bulls Cough
syrup VIII promptly cure
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Barber No. Cos A street southwest, yesterday
afternoon, destroyed about 5000 worth OF wear.
Ing apparel and did slight damage to the
building No alarm was turned In.
LARGE NUMBER OF warrants have been
issued for parties occupying the sidewalks,
who have removed the distractions, and to.
day Judge Smell dismissed number of these
cases on receiving testimony that the ostruc.
lions had been removed.
WE DESIRE to call attention TO the notice In
another column that, under the law recently
passed, the banks VIII observe Monday, Dcceni.
her 26, and Monday, January ., as legal holi.
days, and all papers falling due on those days
must be paid the previous saturday.
LuCIus COURTNEY, conl-black, tough-look.
ing citizen, was up before His Honor Judge
Smell, this morning, ON two different charges
one for fast driving, and the other for disor-
DERBY conduct. The Judge gave him permits
sion to spend Christmas and New Years with
Gen. Croker.
JERRY BERRY, a colored man, forced an en-.
trance to the store Of Thomas Melia at Twen-
tieth and NJ streets, and had removed quantity
OF meat, etc. on to the sidewalk, prior TO carry
Ing II of, when he was arrested. The defend.
ant was held, In default OF $500 bonds, to await
the action OF the grand jury
WIN. HUGHES, colored, driver for johnson
Bros wood and coal dealers, was up before
Judge Smell this morning on the charge OF
swindling his employers. william, by way of
increasing his Christmas exchequer, collected
money for coal he delivered and pocketed It,
'Slx MONTHS" shouted the Judge, sand
Hughes left the courtroom whistling Yankee
Doodle"
EDMUND HEIGHT to-day instituted n suit
against George Goldberg, claiming $1,000.
The parties to the suit keep second. hand
stores on ID street, between Ninth and Tenth
streets northwest and for some time trouble
has existed between the two families and
criminal prosecutions ensued, growing out of
n iiowcr'pot fight. Hecht got hit on tho head
with u pot thrown by Goldberg, which he
claims injured him 10 the extent of the
damages demanded.
JUSTICE WYLIE yesterday dismissed the
petition OF John II. Bray and Moses Cockrell
against the tug George W. Pride. In the spring
of this year when the Ice In the river broke,
the tug carried n tow down the river, and the
captain OF the schooner Bray made fast to one
OF the vessels, and his schooner, with another,
made fast to one of the vessels In the tow
When some distance down the river the line
parted, and the Bray and other vessels dropped
behind. The tug went on with the tow and
carried its vessels to open water in safety
The schooners left back got wedged in the Ice
and when the tug came back 1t did not extri
cate them, but passed on up the river. The
Bray was cut through by the Ice and sunk
and last summer the owners libeed the tul
for 81, 200 damages, which libel the Judge dis
missed.
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