The Evening critic., 1882-10-20
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.

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THE street.lamps will be lighted at 1o45
y. m. and extinguishod at 115 n. m.
THE bond of John A. Moss, Justice of the
peace, was approved to-day by the court III
banc.
MocKnEE & Co., corner Twelfth and
streets, has tho bost assortment OF mems shoes
in tho city, ranging from 81 to so. Call and
look at their stock.
JOHN Fairfax and Isaiah Hillery,
colorcd boy and a colored man, had fight on
the street yesterday and tho man was nned to-
day for making an ARRAY.
AUGUST BROOKS, alias L. III. Dent, with.
drew his plea, formerly made, of guilty OF
grand larceny in stealing horse, buggy and
harness and pleaded guilty. The sentence
was suspended and he was permitted to go at
liberty,
Mrs. GESEvIrvE MCKENZIE got after
little girl named Fannie Turner, last oven.
ing, and undertook to spank tho child tor In
terferlng With one OF her own girls. Judge
Smell fined tho woman 50 or 15 days In Jail
for the assault.
CONSIDERABLE interest Is felt in tho
boat race to take place tomorrow evening be-
tween Messrs Kearnoy and Fisher, OF the Coast
Survey, and Sommers and Bode OF the Plato
Printers Rowing Association. Tho race Will
be over throc-mile course and VIII DO closely
contested.
THE Contract Division of the Postofllce
ipsp @ par aas Sa
arete be lot on tho Sd of March next. The
great bulk OF them are In the States of Illinois,
Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and
Missouri.
A coLoRED woman, named Ford, was
charged in the Police Court to-day with lar
ceny, and pleaded to be let OF because she
was about to be confined. The clerk stated ,t,t
tice by this representation, and that 1t IL
merely q trick which she resorts to.
JOHN HALL, n colored thief, was con-
yicted by Judge Smell to-day OF stealing
a. DnnuIa Harnaa.
When arrested he had with him several brass
hose couplers supposed TO have been cut from
hose belonging to tho Fire Department. Judge
Smell gave the young offender six months In
jail.
JOHN WATSON, brutal negro of large
proportions and formidable appearance, was
fined yesterday for assaultlng Richard Butler,
10 his place Of business and pounded him and
was In the Police Court again to-day. Judge
Smell dismissed the case, as Watson denied the
charge.
PHILIP HERMAN, q long-haired aesthetic
Irishman, who appears In the Police Court at
short intervals for assaulting his wife, was
charged today with pounding her with a coffee;
her." Judge Smell said he would not allow
husbands to beat their wives and then forco
the women TO periuro themselves.
A scERTIFICATE of incorporation has
been filed with the Recorder In the name of
the Potomac Printing and Publishing Com
pany. The objects are the owning OF printing
material tuc OF paper OF
papers, sc. The capital stock is fixed Mt
$4,000, divided into shares of S25 each. Tho
trustees are II. Il. Hayden, W. s. O'Dlll, Thomas
McFeely, II. d. Avery and Edward Baltzby.
MRS. CHARLOTTE LAVENDER was charged
In the Police Court to.day with Keeping n dan
eerous dog. The evidence was that large
New Foundland dog owned by the defendant
was chained In her garden aud gang Of little
colored boys came by and hit the dog, when
the animal broke It's chain and jumped over
the fence and savagely attacked one OF the
boys. Judge Smell suspended judgment, and
took tho case under advisement.
SOME days ago young colored man
Was admitted TO the lectures OF the law De-
partment of Columbia University. His color Is
go slight that II was not discovered when he ap-
piled for admission. The other students were
told OF II, and they have signed request to
the faculty asking that the coored man be re-
moved from the class, and saying that IL he IL
not they Will all leave the class. The request
is now under discussion with the faculty.
COMPLAINTS are rife again concerning
the failure OF the street-sweeper TO properly
carry out his contract 1t is alleged that +
street from Ninth to Fifteenth streets has not
been swept for long time, and the recent
rainy spell has not assisted to any extent In
accumulated along that thoroughfare. The
street is absolutely filthy in some places, and
the attention of the proper authorities is d.
rected to the fact.
son, two OF the sable bellies OF South Washing
ton, had an alteration yesterday, which re-
suited In Priscilla being charged In the Police
Court to-day with assaulting Annie. Priscilla
made an elaborate statement, In which she
said that she had "penetrated the whole
mystery and witnessed the whole difugelty,
and convinced tho Judge that she was not
guilty OF assault, but was guilty of contempt
OF court. The woman was fined 50.
HUGH MURPHY appeared in the Police
Court to-day against his brother, Edward
Murphy, and Mr.. and Mrs. Beverly, who re-
side In tho house with him. The evidence,
however, showed that the complainant won,
home drunk, burst open the doors, abused the
women and raised Hades generally, and wher
the trouble was over he had an indlstlnct rec
objection thar somebody had been abusing
him and swore out wrrrants against the whole
family accordingly. Judge Smell dismissed
the cases.