The Evening critic., 1882-03-25
EAST WASHINGTON.

The East Washington division which frmef
tho vanguard ~ the eiEhi-huur procession ilsf
night formed promptly a. the apruinfnI NHuf lu
front OF Odd.tellowa Hall. This difilian Fas
marshaicd by the following rcnilHmruI d. D.
Lmmons, chief marshall urprge nrennan, Y.
y. Russell, John Buckingham and William
Hardestcr, assistants. The ilnn wa hrllrI
by the Second Artillery hand. The i1ai WHah.
ington delegation numbered ~ least fnl men.
Torches ana transpnrcncice were lntofsrHrfsl
throughout tho division. on one ilrfH trans.
parency was n painting of oencral Grant AMI
the Inscription, :" He cnfofccd The elfhthuur
law, and clinched u with = nfoelnmatini. Neo
Section Revised statutes ass Tho Iaaf.
cin delegation carried n full supply ~ rnthu.
siasm ana fireworks with ihcm down town.
Referring TO the statement IN morning
paper that the cight-hour pruccsslnn vas
snubhed by certain diRnitnrirs last night
weli-known East washingtonian who ptrilri.
pated Informs us that he Jailed o. nntlc'
anything In the nature % q snuh. He added,
"ltwon't do fot any digihtary, IN rlliner
words, public servant, 20 snub the element Uf
this country represented by last nlghts pr.
cesslon, and they know IL. Therefore, . dnn't
think they Intended 30 do any snubbing.
"whar is dat peace monument whar do eight
hour men is gwino 10 dissemhlo to'niic, ne
"why, yondcr It Is. Can't you read dat sub.
scription ON lt, 'Fust In peace
"Thank you, sah." III walt an dc obsiruc
And he Is waiting yet, unless some Capitol
policeman told him TO move along.
An unusual number OF workhousc terms OK.
Dlftu tllN Wttk. Sofnt ol lUNtf NlHfM Aftfl
are already candidates for readmisslon, Th1ru
Is something Of magnetic nature at the work.
house. Probably II Is that d. t. soup.
At 9 O'Clock yesterday afternoon Emerson
Miller brought to the Eighth Precinct station
The skeleton OF an Infant, which ne found iu
the garret Of house No. 400 street south.
east. IL was wrapped in picco OF old carpet,
and had evidently been In tho garret about
three months. An Investigation Of the case
Will be made by the police authorities. tt IA
not known whether the child Is of white or
colored pareniage.
An East Washington mission Of tho Mount
Vernon Place NJ. Il. Church, South, has been
established. Sunday-school every sunday NJ
0 O'Clock Is held In odd.Fellows' Hall, Mcssrs.
I. Z. Clark and II. W. Best superlnicudcnts.
After April l regular services Will Lo held nj
same place.
Interesting Lenten services were held at st.
| Feter's Church last night.
Capital and Eagle Tents, l. o. r., held meet,
| ings at their respective halls last night
'We all like THE CRITIC, and we are all
going to take it, observed one Of tho mar
shals In the eignt-hour procession last night
Professors Pistorio 4 McCoy's dancing
| academy presented n CHEEKY aspect, last even
| ing, with its full attendance OF the fair and
| manly. The minuette lanciers were lndulged
In several times during the evening, and not
| withstanding the complicated nature OF this
new dance, tho pupils executed 1t excellently
viii the man OF pumps please pay Union
| town visit and repair an obstinate victim
| which refuses to supply the citizens OF tina
| town with water?
Eight chicken heads and n pile Of feathers
| We're discovered near the Congressional Gene
| terry this morning. Who's roost has been Wis
| tied
| The fellows with boats for hire are repalnt.
| ing their signs and whitewashing their craft
| Tor the early spring trade.
The Mrs. Dougherty, whose death wa,
| noticed in this column yesterday, is the wifi
| of Major Dougherty, so well.known in connec
tion with the District militia during the lat