The Evening critic., 1882-09-30
Temperature ana Rainfall.
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.

THE street.lamps will be lighted at
8,15 p. m. and oxtingulshed at 915 p. m.
THE police made thirty-nino arrests dur
ng the twenty.four hours ending at a. m.
A NUMBER of tho Union Veteran Corps
will contest for handsome gold medal this
afternoon at tho Nnvy-Yard.
THE Coroner gave n certificate of acci-
dental death in the case OF Henry snyder,
killed by a falling embankment at tho Soldiers'
Homo.
estlng services for deaf mutes Will occur at
the Church of the Ascension. Rev. Job Tur-
ner, "a deaf mute, will onlciate.
CORONER PATTERSON has given certi
flcate OF death from apoplexy In tho case OF
Mrs. Eliza Miles, found dead with her head In
a tub yesterday at I'D street.
THERE will be meeting of the West
Virginia Republican Association Mt 1880
this evening. All members who intond TO go
homo TO vote are earnestly requested to be
present.
ABOUT $50 o'clock last evening w. +.
Moran fell from tho back steps OF his rosi-
dence 0f1 Massachusetts, avenue, and broke
his right thigh. He was attended by DR..
Towers.
CAPTAIN FLEETWOOD, of the Washing
ton Cadet Corps, Is making arrangements to
take his command to Philadelphia to particl-
pate in the Bi.centennial. He expects 10 take
seventy.nve mon and tho drum corps.
THE Whalen Seminary (colorcd theo.
logical institution), on Fourteenth street,
opened last Wednesday, with Professor King
and nvo malc and fomalo teachers as faculty.
1t is fostered by the white Baptist churches.
A VERY interesting game of ball was
played Friday evening on the Columbia Col
lege grounds, between the Prep nine OF that
college and the Columbia Baseball Club of
Washington, which resulted in a victory for
the latter by u score OF II to IL.
SPECIAL attention is called in another
column to the last concert OF the season, to be
given tonight at Abners Summer Garden, tho
IN mil n m mi n
include selections by orchestra, rs we'll as tho
farewell songs of Mr.. Conrad, tho tenor, and
OF the Tyrolean warblers.
vAIAJoR KING yesterday shot sick mare
belonging to colorod man named Burfett,
at the corner OF Second and l. streets SOUTH
west. The owner of the horse had deserted
animal was In n pltiful condition. The man
Burfett was not to be found, so the Major put
the animal out OF his sufrerings.
THERE has been filed in the Recorders
ofllce a certificate OF Incorporation In tho
namo of the Arizona Land and Water Com
pany. Its object is the buying, selling and
controlling of land and water rights and
privileges in tho Territory OF Arizona. Its
capital is S2,500,O00, with tho right to in
crease TO S25,OO0,OO0. The corporators are
Robert T. Hunter, Henry L. Mexico and Il.
Evans Petersen.
IT took the combined efforts of five brutal
men three-quarters Of an hour and any
amount of tall swearing, yesterday morning,
at the tile and stone yard near the ferry
wharf, to convince balky horse that his mis-
sion ON that particular occasion was to go for
ward. Both the men and tho animal were
nearly tagged out, when tho latter concluded
to go forward. This evidence OF his horse
ships sagacity brought forth round OF ap.
plause from large crowd OF lookerson, and
the men were heartily berated for their bru-
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