The Evening critic., 1882-12-06

PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.

THE street lamps wilfbe lighted at $40
pm and extinguishod at :1o q. m.
DON'T go to the Bischofr concert Friday
evening, in Congregational Church, without
reserved seat bought at Metzerotts.
MARGARET WILKINSON and Rose Nc.
Dewitt, two OF tho oldest habitucs OF tho work.
house, were before Judge Shell to-day and were
given 90 days each.
WILLIAM CURRY and William Jones,
two powerful colorod men,werc charged In the
Police Court TO day with beating their wives,
and Judge snoll took personal bonds Ia both
casce.
COLDS yield to onions like magic, but
DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup Is n botter aud by far
moro agreeable means OF curing cold or
cough. You can buy n bottle for % cents at
any drug store, and we are suro II VIII do tho
work every time.
THE Washington Cadet Corps held its
annual election last evening, With the follow.
ing result; Captain, O. A. Fleetwood lrst
lieutenant, James A, Perry; second llouton.
ants, L. J. Brockenborough and wilford Mar
shall; secretary, John II. Brown; treasurer,
James II. Payne.
DURING tho progress of the Garfield
Fair charges were made that tho booths aud
tables were being robbed, and telegraphic 70.
ports were sent out TO that effect. Colonel
Corbin denies that such is the fact. In
quiry at the Capitol to-day from several watch
men developed that many petty thefts oc.
CURED, but were confined mostly to odibles
and small articles OF little value.
mUMFORD ana EDWARD
two colorcd men, were charged in the Police
Court to-day with assaulting VIM. Williams,
also colored, johnson was dismissed aud
the case against Mumford continued. VII
Iiams was attending a funeral In West Wash
ington In October when he was surrounded
by a crowd OF rufflans, ofwhom Mumford was
one, and was cut in the side, sustaining In
iuries from which he has been confined to his
bed ever since.
CAPITAL DIVISION, No. II, Sons of
Temperance, has been Instituted, and the fol-
lowing officers installed: Il. X. Mcintyre,
worthy patriarch; John II. Locke, worthy as
socinte; W. j. Webb, recording scribe; Ed. O.
Bartlett, assistant recording scribe; E. =.
Brown, financial scribe; O. A. u. Boyd, treas
conductor; Miss May Thompson, assistant
conductor; Miss Alice Thompson, inside senti
mel; f. II. Martin, outside sentinel.
THE Federation of Labor Unions have
determined to organize building association,
primarily for tho purpose OF purchasing lot
OF ground and the erection thereon OF q sulta.
BILE building, to be known as the "National
Mechanics Institute, " which shall contain a
hall for meetings OF the various associations
of mechanical Industry, n library and reading
room for subscribers, collection OF cabinet of
scientific apparatus and improvement In tools
and such specimens Of skilled industry as may
bo considered novel and instructive.
GREAT dissatisfaction exists regarding
the result OF the contest for the diamond ear
Tho contestants woro Miss Mary Dc Mowbray
and Miss Maggie Cowie. Whom the time for
secret voting arrived Miss De Mowbray had
236 votes and Miss Cowie 100. When Miss
De Mowbray deposited her secret ballot II was
opened by the friends of heropponent and the
amount disclosed, thus giving her opponent an
unfair advantage. 1t has since been discov
cred that n number Of votes intended for Miss
De Mowbray were placed to the credit OF Miss
Cowie or not deposited at dill. The result Is
In consequence so unsatisfactory that the
whole AFFAIR Will be placed in the hands OF the
Iowa commissioners for Investigation. The
earrings are at present In the possession of
Messrs. Harris and shafer, awaiting the flnal
result.