The Evening critic., 1882-05-18
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.

MARY KING, q vagraut, has gone to the
worlhouse for ninety days.
THE strect-lamps will be lighted at 7;30
p. m. and e7tlnguishcd at Sa. m.
HENRY WAGGrMoT, a tramp, was to-day
sentenced TO the wcrkhouse for ninety days.
THE work of rosurfacing Seventh street
from Market Space to street is in progress.
THE police made twenty-three arrests
during the twenty-four hours onding at q. N.
SAMUEL JOHNSON, for carrying a pistol,
has been sentenced TO sixty days in Jail by
Judge SMELL
NfEssRs. ]. T. and 7. II. Harbin will
build two brick dwellings on Seventh street,
near a, southeast.
JOHN HAWKINS, alias "Slim jim" for
being loud and boistcrous hos paid s. into
Judge Snelrs Golfers.
WILLIAM EMERSON, white boy, was
charged in the Police Court with throwing
stones, and was fined 81.
THE vital statistics for the past week
show that there we're 20 deaths, 81 births, II
marriages and still births.
JAMES DAVIS was fined s. by Judge Smell
to-day for whltewashlng the face of George
Stuart, colored man, with whitcwash brush.
THE police have received no explanation
from Mr.. Bcrgevin concerning the recovery OF
his boy, who was abducted yesterday morning.
MEssRs. WooD and Steele, the most ac-
compllshed roller skaters In this country, open
at the Theatre Comlque this evening, In a1di-
tion TO the regular company.
AT Warrenton, Va. yesterday, u gold
medal was awarded Fisher Harris for being
the best drilled man In the Warrenton
Rifles. Colonel Moore and Captain Miller, Of
the Washington Light Infantry, and Colonel
Lightfoot, of Bethel Academy, acted as Judges.
THE Sovereigns' Cooperative Association
has elected trustees for the ensuing year, as
follows j. W. Grifin, William Van Vlock,
william Bremen, William p. Seville, James
Prntz, c. b. Brookes and j. b. Gri1ln and II.
e, Bryan, James I. Bolton and John Q. Burger
were elected auditors.
YESTERDAY afternoon a collision occurred
at the corner Of Third street and New York
avenue between two buggies, one Of which,
driven by MIR. John Bailey, chief clerk of the
House of Representatives, was upset, and that
gentleman was thrown out and sustained a
fracture Of the collar bone.
THE party of officials from Providence,
r. l.. including the Mayor, Chief Of Police,
ETC., who were in tho city yesterday to inspect
the improvements with Wow to adopting
some Of them In Providence, left the city last
night. The gentlemen, In company with
Major Brock, visited the iail and inspected
every portion of IT and inquired into every
detail Of the discipline and management
Guiteau received the visitors politely and was
unusually talkative.
THE following gentlemen have been
elected the board of directors of the National
Rifles under their new Incorporation Colone
30 p. Burnside, James II. oyster, j. o. Man
son, j. II. Ralston, George W. Evans, James II
Clear, n. W. Fitzgerald, James A. Sample
Charles d. Bailey, Henry X. Sampson, +. NJ
Thornett, Jesse NJ. Bassett, William G. keech
Z. A. Goodwin and Robert B. Cuttings. Ther'
Will be a meeting OF the Rifles at the armor!
this evening at z $50 o'clock for the purpose o
signing the articles of incorporation. As thi
is a matter OF great interest to the company
there Will be a large attendance.