The Evening critic., 1882-01-10
THE EVENING CRITIC.
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS,
ESTABLISHED AUGUST 1865.

PERTINENT fRhAOHhF Toh
TEE POLICE made ifty-one arrests yes
terday.
A HORSE AND BUGGY belonging to DIR.
Rodgers were stolen from the corner of
Ninth and L streets yesterday afternoon.
NEALE, druggist, corner Seventh and n
streets having rciitted and restoclSed makes
especially of trusscs and surgical appliances.
SNEAK THIEVES robbed the house of
Mrs. Plummer, 901 Sixteenth street, on
Sunday night, of some overcoats umbrellas
and other articles left in the hallway.
JOHN BARBER and Charley Ford are the
first little boys who have fallen victims to
the law that forbds throwing snow-balls
and which charges 81 as penalty for the
amusement.
In THE Police Court to-day the case
against Mr.. Thomas E. Waggaman, charged
with being an unlicensed real estate
broker, was nolle prosed, that gentleman
having obtained license.
COAL OIL or petroleum may be very nice
for illuminating or lubricatng purposes,
but surely it is not the proper thing to
cure q cough with. DR.. Bulls cough syrup
is looked upon as the standard cough
remedy.
LAST EVENING an ore bank near Hano-
ver station, on the Baltimore IL Ohio
Railroad, caved in, burying Harry Fcrgu-
son, q colored laborer, who was seriously.
injured. Ferguson was conveyed to the
Frcedmen's Hospital.
Cor. WEBSTER has been confined to his
residence, 1871 + street, since Thursday
last by an affection of the liver and was
yesterday pronounced to be dangerously i'll.
To-day, however, it is asccrtain9d that
there is marked improvement in the
patients condition.
AT A LARGE meeting of the members of
the Mutual Fire Insurance Company, held
last evening, Mr.. James $. Edwards, the
popular gentleman and well-known law
yer, was unanimously placed in nomina-
tion for manager, vice Mr.. Samuel Nor
ment who declines reelection.
In THE cases of the District of Columbia
against the Washington & Georgetown
Railroad Company and Metropolitan Rail-
road Company to recover money expended
in paving on the streets adjacent to their
tracks, the Court in Banc yesterday made a
decision favorable to the District.
Mr.. ii. ]. RAMsDELL, who lost his case
against the District for injuries received by
falling on the ice, has filed n motion for a
new trial, the grounds being that the ver-
dict was contrary to the evidence, and the
Court misdirected the jury as to the evi-
dence.
PARKER SMITH, young white man,
started from the Washington Market this
afternoon with ffty-two pounds of butter
and large turkey in wheelbarrow. The
young man stopped to look into store
window for few minutes and when he
returned to where he left his wheelbarrow
it had been stolen.
IN THE POLICE COURT to-day Mr.. II
Miller was fined 50 for failing to remove
the snow from the sidewalk in front of his
house. The prosecuting attorney stated
that warrants had been issued for nearly
100 parties on this charge and collateral
was forfeited by ten persons this morning
for violating the snow law.
THE DETECTIVES are on the lookout foi
two young white men who entered the
house of DIR. William White, No. 1126 Con
necticut avenue, on Saturday, by means o.
arear window, and carried off jewelry and
clothing to the value of 500. Several par
ties have been arrested on suspicion, bu
none have as yet been identified.
THE ENTERTAINMENT at Willard Hal
last night for the benefit Of st. Andrew
p. Z. Church. was highly creditable to al
the participants. An excellent musica
and literary programme was presented ant
highly enjoyed. The recitations of Misse
Belle Bacon and Ida Kinds, and the song
of the Misses Harvey and Mr.. Warren S
Young, were particularly well rendered
the latter using SclectlOnS tnau ulSplayef
his rich and full baritone to good ad
vantage
MAN went into one of the largest store
on Pennsylvania avenue, this morning, an,
asked for change for ten dollar bill. Th
change was given in unsatisfactory denomi
nations, and was made again, and thel
changed until the fellow succeeded in s
puzzling the clerk that he was permitted +
take the change as well as the bill an
skip. The detectives are spotting tn
manipulation of this little game, who
supposed to be an adept confdence-ma
and sharp thief.