The Evening critic., 1882-08-29
LACONIC LOCALS.

The police made sixty.one arrests during
the twenty'four hours ending at o. n. m.
THREE prisoners went to the workhousc
and five to Jail from tho Police Court to-day.
To be or not to be-without st. Jacobs
OIL is not tho question; must always have 1t.
IF YOU WANT to sec concentrated en-
ergy In motion, take look at ono of Unclo
Sans mowers on Judiciary Square.
WILLIAM MOORE, q colored man, said to
be over one hundred years OF age, died this
morning at No. 416 First street southeast
JUSTICE WYLIE to-day appointed David
Hagerty administrator OF the estate of tho
late Frank Hogerty upon fllng bond In the
sum Of $4,000.
The proposed erection of a Morgue in
connection with the Fifth Precinct station has
been abandoned as impractlcable until n
specific appropriation can be obtained for
that purpose.
MARION BERRY, a colored woman, who
rection Of a neighbor's kid named Charlie
Alderman, pleaded guilty to assaulting tho
youth and paid S5 fine to-day.
AN unknown colOred man fell in a fit
last evening on the corner OF Vermont avenue
and Fourteenth street. DR.. Hartigan went to
his assistance and sent for tho police ambu.
lance. The man was taken to Providence
live till morning.
PATRICK SULLIVAN, who had the con-
tract for cleaning b street, near tho Washing.
ton Market, ON each markosday, failed TO como
II. Buell. let the contract 10 the ST. Elizabeth
Asylum authorities, who will take the matter
in charge Immediately.
THIS morning Henry Kidwell, aged 5
years, was run over and painfully injured at
tho corner OF Ninth and II streets northwest by
his home, sO7 Ninth street northwest. Tho
driver, 1t is said, was not to blame.
MRS. FLYNN, wife of a laborer named
IIaIn nAuE I.y..N llxtl, IA A IgNt.
teenth street east was descending the stairs
In her residence last evening with coal-oil
lamp In her hand when she fell, and her
clothing catching on fire, was terribly burned.
Medical aid was summoned at once, but tho
extent OF the injuries'have not yet boon dctcr-
mined.
SOME time ago valuable saddles were
Aueustines Angus Church, and the police have been r
working for q clue to the thieves. Onlcer
Rhodes has recovered both saddles, and has
ssI Sandy Gibson IN with the larceny. @ BOTH Both men ,
havo been arrested, and the cases Will be
tried on Thursday.
Lucy V. G. DUGAN and John Henry
Gibson have tiled bill In equity against
Henry A. Clarke and others, asking that Henry
| A. Clarke be decreed to settle his accounts rs
| executor and trustee under the Will OF the late
Henry Gibson; that there be partition and
distribution OF the estate, and that the execu'
| tor be removed and some other person sub
| stituted in his stead.
| WILLIAM L. WARD, colored man, who
| appears in the Police Court at about monthly
| intervals on complaint OF his wife, was charged
| before Judge Bundy to-day with assaulting
| that lady and shamefully abusing her in va
| rious ways, but tho testimony showed that Mrs
Ward had been scolding her husband, and
| when no protested had pelted him with cobblo
| stones. The case was dismissed.
THE Pennsylvania Republican Associa
| tion elected fifteen new members last night
| and provided for their work for the coming
| campaign. 1t was arranged to circulate an
| address among tho Pennsylvania voters, urg
| Ing them to pay their taxes and register
| promptly. TWAS decided TO pay thoir polltl
| cal contributions TO the State Central instead
| OF the Congressional Committee.