The Evening critic., 1882-08-30
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.

THE Police Court van conveyed five
prisoners to tho jail and eight TO tho work
house.
EQUAL DIVISION, No. g. S. of r., will
participate In the Rcchablto celebration. The
Division will hold public meeting next rues
day night.
AT 1Iyattsvillc yesterday the Athletics,
OF this city, defeated tho Hyattsvillc baseball
nine, 10 70 4. The visitors from Washington
were handsomely entertained.
THOMAS BROWN, young colorcd thief,
stole carriage whip from the wagon OF Con.
tractor DTG sGS TSr rtY a Sss been ar
THE old Holmead estate has been plated
OFF north OF the Stone property. II includes
thirty acres, and has been subdivded Into lots
80 by 100 and 80 by $50 feet In extent.
ALBERT CLARK, an elderly colored man,
was charged In tho Police Court, today with
assaulting and kicking small white boy
named charlie Bright, and was fined 80.
WALTER d. PLowDER, another colored
curbstone broker, with headquarters at DR..
bonds at the Police Court to-day for his ap.
pearance tomorrow.
AMANDA STUART, q colored woman, was
committed TO Jail for thirty days by Judge
Bundy to-day for stealing I'VE white shirts
nom Daniel Buckner, also colored, who lives
in the same house with her.
ALBERT JOHNSON, John Vincent and
VIM. Walker. three moro of the army of little
colored thieves that infest the markets, wore
sent TO tho workhouse by Judge Bundy to-day
for vagrancy and suspicious.
EDWARD GIBBONS, dealer in fruits and
melons on High street, Georgetown, was before
the Police Court today, charged with obstruct.
ing the sidewalk with watormclons, and lwds
fined s5 under tho provisions OF an ordinance
passed In 1903.
MARTHA JOHNSON, colored woman,
and Robert G: Gross, white boy, were charged
In tho Police Court with disturbing tho quiet
OF Georgetown. Robert had some pears anu
Martha undertook to relieve him Of them, and
the subsequent colloquy resulted In each
party being fined SO for profanity.
MARY KELLER, n young woman of rather
unusual beauty, was In tho dock at the Police
Court today charged with using profane Ian.
guago to passers by on Seventh street last
dition. Judge Bundy sentenced the young
girl to So or fifteen days, and she was com
mitted to jail In default OF the fine.
JAMES ROBINSON, q colored thief, who
was committed in the Police Court on tho I'd OF
August, 1881, Tor larceny, was before the court
again to-day and pleaded guilty TO tho charge
Of stealing silver watch from Henry Allen.
Grand Jury In default OF $500 bonds. Tho
prisoner is well known In police circles, and
regarded as dangerous thief.
A 12.YEAR-oLD son of the late Joseph
Daniels the fireman killed some time ago by
the overturnlng OF his engine, has been pro.
vided with employment In the Senate folding
room by the superintendent, Lycurgus Dalton.
There are fifteen other lads in tho department.
all OF whom, with commendable thoughtful
ness, add their mite In keeping the distressed
family by generously assisting the little fellow
in his labors.
MR.. J. II. PEAKE, q painter, living at
1905 Eighth street southeast was driving in
from the country Monday night with his
family, who had been summering In Mary.
land, when the horse took fright at the Zap.
ping of the carriage curtain and ran away.
Before he could BIO checked the carriage was
upset and Mr.. Peake's infant child thrown 10
the ground with such violence that 1t died In
a few moments.
DIR. THOMAS L. HAMMOND. the agent of
the Baltimore & Ohio Express Company, was
charged In the Police Court to-day with
cruelty permitting horse to be driven which
was suffering from tumor, and was, conso
quently, unit for labor. Judge Bnndy de
cided that as 'the company had compiled
with the directions of Major King and taken
the horse out of service, the law had been COM
piled with and he would dismiss the case.
MANIFEST injustice has been done by
tho published statements that n verdict of
censure on the Baltimore Ohio Railroad
Company was given by the coroners jury In
vestigating the death OF Levi Plumber yes
terday. The verdict rendered at p. IN. yes
terdaY, and published exclusively In THE
CRITIC, was that mir. Plumbers death re-
suited from hiS own carelessness, and not
from any neglect ON tho part of the railroad
= -eiilaials.-
The West Virginia Republicans held a
meeting last night Mt the oillce OF Major 7.
Gaines, In the lie Droit building, the presi-
dent, Major Gaines, In the chair. The Com.
mittce on tho Revision OF the Constitution aud
Bylaws OF the association made their report
and the constitution was adopted as revised,
excepting one clause providing for the assess.
ment of all the members In proportion to their
salaries, which was stricken out. The former
officers of tho association were reelected to
serve during the ensuing three months.