The Evening critic., 1882-06-12
WEST WASHINGTON.

The Band OF Hope held large and inter.
esting meeting at their halo saturday after
noon last. Tho roll OF membership OF this as
sociaton now numbers over, four hundred,
and ie still increasing. The lituo temperance
disciples propose holding, on ,Ns ,wednes,day ns,a,
second street, strawberry festival 70 aid
them in purchasing an organ, and IL is hoped
that they Will meet with tho patronage com
mensurate with the good they are doing In
this community.
Some time between and @ p. m. yesterday
thieves succeeded, during the absence OF the
family, In Directing an entrance into the
house Of Mr.. George W. Lucas, No. 3237 NJ
street by forcing the shutters and breaking
a pane OF glass. They got Into the kitchen,
house, Notwithstanding their violont efforts.
They ohly succeeded In getting few eatablos
An effort was made TO enter this same
house few weeks ago, but tho thieveS were
scared of by the neighbors.
About o'clock last night horse attached
10 buggy owned and driven by Mr.. John
away at the corner OF NJ and Thirty-second
street, throwing out the driver, who was
bruised and scratched about the face, but not
seriously injured, and making n complete
wreck OF the buggy, after which he kept on to
the country.
The canal packet Excelsior made her usual
Sunday trip to the Great Falls yesterday, and
was loaded down with passengers. Tho Little
Nell made two trips to the Little Falls, carry
Ing full loads on both trips.
There were twenty boats with coal, lime
stone and wood, by tho canal last week.
Tho canal boats Samuel Jarboc, with 2,20O
bushels corn and 1,5OO bushels wheat, to j. &
J. g. Waters, and Matte, with $4,000 brick, 10
II. L. Cropley, arrived by canal this morning.
The canal.boat william Jackson, with limo.
stone, this morning ran Into the lock gatos ut
Rock Creek, smashing two gates, and became
jammed into them so tightly that 1t Will re-
quire two or three days TO extricate her and
| repair the broken gates.
| The Potomncs had out on Saturday the two
| four.oared shell crews which Will take part In
the regatta at Fredericksburg on the 4th prox ;,
| viz: In the senior race, Coughlin, stroke; APP
| pleton, No. 3; Pearson. No. 2, and Bailey, bow
In the junior race, Hollister, stroke; Fry, No
| 3; AL Wilmington, No. 2, and Harrison, bow
Morgan, McKenney and Robinson were out in
singles, and the pleasure boats turned out tc
| the number of eleven. Tho Columbia regatta
came on promptly on time, i've boats enter
gi Signal, zcirier and % Briggs; % KENNEDY, Msckal ali
and Pedrick; Mystic, Downing and Da-
| Wis, and Riggs, Kerr and James Young
,hS the, race being Mon BY the Vixen With IN,
| fourth. In the race between four-oared-shell.
the first heat was won by the following crew
4 Olds, bow. In tho second heat the crews ex
| changed boats, and the heat was won by tn,
other crew-composod of Thompson, stroke
| Kintner, No. 81 Williams, No. 9; Hender
son, bow. After the regatta tho large numbe
OF guests present INDUCED In dancing until I
late hour.
From Passeno's there were out Bode OF th
| Ildte anu tulIty pledsuro pohlS. IRON
| Johnson Bakers were Somers and Coburn
in singles; Clarvoe and Martie, and Roger
and Lowcroft, in doubles; all Of the Plate Prin
tiers, and sixteen pleasure boats.
Excitement is running high in regard to tn
race of the Plate Printers on Saturday even
ing next, and 1t is predicted that Bode, th
winner OF the last race, Will have IL toug
time with Somers, whose friends are backin
him strongly He is in good practice and ha
made great Improvement in his method, a
have, in fact, all of the mon who are goin
into the race.
High tide: 5:O2 this afternoon and :27
m. tomorrow, 18th inst