The Evening critic., 1882-10-04
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.

THE street.lamps will be lighted at G;10
p. IN. and extinguished at 12p. m,
THE total collections of general and
special taxes for September was S6S,512.ol.
The medical department of Howard Uni
versity opened last night with large attend
nnce. Professor John L. Drackctt delivered
the opening address.
COMPLAINTS are made again that the
street sweepers are not properly attending
TO the sweeping OF Ninth street northwest
north OF Pennsylvania avenue.
CHARLES A. CRAIG has filed chancery
suit against William T. craig and others Tor
Hawkins addition TO Georgetown.
The dock in the Criminal Courtroom
has been transferred from the south TO the
north side OF tho chamber. Tho object OF the
change Is to remove It from along sido OF the
sion for the prisoners, which the transfer VIII
accomplish.
ABOUT $50 o'clock last night Edwin A
Lipscomb was standing on the corner OF Ninth
street and Pennsylvania avenue northwest,
when he fell TO the pavement, cutting his head
seriously. He was taken In Drew's drug store,
Blair, and he was then taken to his home, No.
d21 street southeast.
OFFICER FRITZ, while attempting last
night TO arrest two drunken darklcs who wero
fighting on the street, ran into q post and was
thrown violently against the curbstone. lie
was taken Into Lynn's saloon, and after some
care he was so far recovered that he intended
but he was advised not to do so.
THE emi.annual meeting of the Medical
Association of this District was hold last night,
DR.. A. Y. p. Garnett presiding, and DR.. ). +.
was elected member and Dr.J II. Demorltt
an associate member. Several proposed
amendments TO the constitution were laid
over for consideration at special meeting to
be held next month.
MAJOR KING yesterday made four arrests
OF persons driving animals with sore backs,
viz, p. A. Devine, Q and Fifth street north
east; Jack Kelley, d, between Thirteenth and
Fourteenth streets; Thomas G.. Belts, Ninth
and II streets northeast, and George Matthews,
First, between and streets southeast.
d, The animals were cared for, and the owners
will be tried In the Police Court
BIDS were opened yesterday by the Su-
pervising Architect Of the Treasury for tho
supply Of boilers to the sub-rreasury and
Works, Boston, bid 80, 200 for cast-iron boilers,
with additional amounts for steel and half.
steel boilers the Whittier Machine Company
bid $500. and the Yarmouth Manufacturing
Company SO 631. each with additional amounts
for steel and half steel.
FRED. THOMPSON, colored, formerly n
messenger in the District Attorneys onlce, and
n colored barber named Cox had an alterca-
tion in front OF tho Philadelphia House last
evening, when Thompson struck Cox severe
blow over the head with cane, cutting cash
which laid barc the skull. Cox was taken to
Police Headquarters, where he was attended
by Drs. Townshend and Murphy. After hav
tertainment OF the Knights Templar.
THE District Commissioners have issued
an order notifying liquor dealers that appll-
cations should be presented as soon as pos
sible and they must be accompanied by n GER.
tiflcate of the Collector of Taxes that the IL
cense fee has been deposited. That appli-
cants must comply with existing regulations
and no license will be issued except at the dis
cretion of tho Commissioners. Applicants
who continue selling liquor after the expira-
tion OF the license year are warned that IL
their licenses are not granted they Will all be
prosecuted.
MR.. II. b. MoULToN, as counsel for
Moses Sinsheimer, has entered suit against
Police Oflcer Joseph Fineld, claiming $500
damages. The declaration sets forth that the
complainant was the owner OF bay mare,
valued by him at $500, and which went astray.
lie alleges that on the 2Sth of last August
0flcer Fineld took up the animal, and In
stead OF turning It over TO the property clerk
for safe keeping, did otherwise with It. by
his neglect and carelessness, and unlawful
conduct, Mr.. Sinsheimer claims that he has
suffered for the loss of his horse to the extent
Of the damages claimed.
SINCLAIR LUcKETT and William Ross,
two young colored men, living in Georgetown,
led stone battle on West street on Saturday
night, during which Wm. Warren, who was
passing al tho time, was painfully cut with q
stone. Luckett and Ross wero charged In the
Police Court to-day with assaultlng Warren,
and were fined 50 each. Luckett is q natural
curiosity who has attracted considerable at
tentlon among the medical profession by turn
ing white. The mans body and face Is partly
white and partly brown, the white being In
spots, which are rapidly increasing In size
and spreading all over his body.