The Evening critic., 1882-04-06
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.


THE bad places in Ninth street are being
repaired to-day.
THE police made thirty y-three arrests |
during the twenty-four hours ending at n. m. |
CLARA COLEMAN, vagrant, homeless |
weman, has been committed TO the Workhouse |
by Judge SHELL
SAMUEL ID. PHILLIPS violated the build
ing regulations, and paid SO. Judge Smell
made the assessment.
The Coroner examined the body of an
infant found in Browning's brlck-yard, and
found 1t TO be n stillblrth.
CHARLES WEST and George Strange, two
little boys, stole set of harness and have
gone TO jail for thirty days.
JOHN KEARNEY will be tried in the Po-
lice Court on Monday for obtaining S17. from
Richard Carter under false pretensos.
The Commissioners have declined to
erect street lamps on Eleventh street, between
It and Boundary streets, as requested
MARTHA CHASE, a colored servant girl,
robbed Mrs Crimmons, her employer, of sew
eral articles OF underwear, ana was to-day
sentenced TO sixty days in jail.
BENJAMIN ToLIvER, tho youngest thief
on record, was among the victims ut Judge
Snell's matinee to-day. Bennie stole seven
sacks from push-cart and ran on with them.
COMMISSIONER BUNDY yesterday dis
missed the charge brought by jacob |. Rover
against William ii. and Frank Douglass that
they had infringed on his trade mark Of Red
Syn.
Mary Riley last saturday and was tried In the
Police Court to-day, but Judge Smell thought
1t was an April fool joke and accepted James
personal bonds.
DANIEL WEBSTER, as an orator, is not
as much appreciated now as previously. He
endeavored TO deliver an Grafton last night in
Tincup alley, and was fined to-day for being
loud and bosterous.
Mr.. J. G. ENTwIsTLE claims place
among the most successful fishermen Of the
season; Mr.. Entwistle, with friend, succeeded
in catching $50 nne perch In an hour and u
half at the Chain Bridge yesterday afternoon.
THE District Commissioners to-day, in
response TO a letter requesting the grading,
Baayip]g ] and improving OF the, the alley In square
they have no appropriation which is available.
CHARLES HERToN, of Albany, N. Y, has
appealed to the Supreme Court OF this District
Patents rejecting his application for a patent
for an improvement in the manufacture OF
solid emery wheels.
JOSEPH S. SETTINIUs and wife filed
bill in equity yesterday afternoon against
Margaret Settinius and others seeking tho
sale. Of part OF lot eighteen, square 400, and n
distribution OF the proceeds among those on
titled TO receive share.
Mr.. MOORE, the favorite henchman of
"Chum Bliss steared Francis NJ Jones and
VIM. c. sowell before the Grand Jury this
morning to give testimony against Albert L.
Boone and others as TO straw bonds on some of
Boone's contracts for Southern routes.
Mr.. Z A. NEWMAN, as attorney for Ida
T. Scaggs, has filed Chancery suit against J.
j. johnson and Reginald Fendall, trustees, b.
B. SHINES, and others, for an injunction to
restrain the sale Of part of lot II, square 451,
which she alleges will be prejudicial to her
interests.
FROM the enthusiastic way the morning
papers speak of Mile. Rentz, the chief eques-
trian card Of the great Forepaugh show, we
Judge the boys all were enamored Of that
pretty brunette equestrienne. She is not only
pretty and of handsome form, but she Is a
great rider withal
A NUMBER of requests have been re-
celved by the Commissioners for young trees
10 be planted in various parts of the city.
Willow trees have been requested to be planted
within the parking In several places, and n
large number of young naples to be planted
in lie Droit Park.
THE COMMISSIONERS have responded to
letter from prominent citizens of George
town, requesting that High street be paved
with granite blocks from Thirty-fourth street
TO the boundary, by n communication, in which
they decline TO grant the request for want of
the necessary funds.
MIR. RAFF, the Special License Agent, to-
day received letter, signed by twenty Ave
prominent merchants and grocers, In which
they say: "We, the undersigned business men
Of the District Of Columbia, heartily thank
you for your vigorous action in suppressing
the Importers Tea Company gift enterprise. "
FRANKLIN PARK has been overhauled
and put in shipshape for the hot weather
almost on us. The fountain in the centre Of
the park has been fixed up, the basin being
patched up to make 1t waterproof, new cop
ing Of fesh-colored granite laid around it, and
This morning the water was running at full
head, filling the basin.
CONRAD FAUNCE, the captain of an
oyster boat, appeared In the Police Court to-
day against a deckhand named william Win
sey, who stole a pair of leather pantaloons
from him. Faunce said he did not want Win
sey committed, as he was "middlin honest
and had only stolen from him once before
and the case was dismissed.
A VERY pleasant musical and literary en-
tcrtainment for the benefit of the First Baptist
Church was given last night at the residence
OF DR.. Clarke, 800 First street northwest. The
as follows: Piano solo, Miss Craig; recitation
Mabel Bailey; solo, Mrs. Ellis; recitation
Mrs. Nailor; song, Miss Matte Fristoe reci
pa2o duet % Ike Misses se haaeton aG ts song pr
Samson; pantomime, "The Bachelor Choosing
Wife," song, Mrs samson; song, Mr.. Ellis
concluding with a charade, by Mr.. Franl
stoat, Mr.. Elliot Coburn, Mr.. Frank Coburn
Miss Alice Bayley and Miss Emily FELTON,. Th'
parlors were thronged, and very pleasan
evening was spent by all.
THE total mortality of the District o
Columbia for the woek ending Saturday, Apri
], 1881, was 70, being less than during tn,
preceding week, or at the rate of % per 1,O0t
per annum. OF the decedents 22 were whit
males, II white females, 2i colored males
and 81 colored females, showing an annua
population and 81 for @ the 'e eolored. Forty Q
the decedents were natives Of this District, q
OF other parts Of the United States, and IL o
foreign countries; white and % colored wer
ored were go and over. There Were 90 birth
reported, VIZ: 1S white males, II whit
females, IL colored males and ii colore
females, making an annual birth rate OF IA.
Per 1000 for the white and 20.6 for the co
cred population. Marriages rerOrted, 7
white, A; colored, 3. Stillbirtt l0-whltt
4; colored, @.
MFR. Gross Death.