The Evening critic., 1882-10-09
SOUTH WASHINGTON.

Yesterday afternoon, about 4 o'clock, Onlcer
Lewis entered the yard OF Lconora Edwards,
colored woman OF Goliath proportions, who
was disturbing the quiet OF the holy Sabbath
Tho woman resisted arrest, and assisted by
threo other women, man and vicious bull
dog, Violently assaulted the onlcor. Fortu-
nately Onlcor Hutchinson camo 90 his assist
ancc, ana the two brought In Leonora, tho man
and her three female assistants, allowing tho
dog 10 escape.
Tho third, fourth, NTH, sixth and seventh
grades OF boys schools of tho Fourth District
were provided with apartments to-day In tho
Jefferson building. This makes twontythree
classes now In the building.
twenty-five arrests wero mado by tho ofl-
GERS OF the First Precinct In the last forty eight
hours.
Ladies' desiring to buy shoes for their fami.
lies would do we'll to call on Adler & Bros,
corner Four-nnda-half and Il streets. Their
store is stocked with an immense variety Of
new goods, which are sold remarkably low.
Work has been commenced on tho now
echool building to bo erected on the corncr OF
Sixth and streets by Contractor Corrigan.
The school will be used for both sexes.
For the past week tho Baltimore & Potomac
sidings have been crowded with freight cars,
many OF them from distant parts OF tho Ma
tlon, loaded with coal, lumber, wood, ma.
chincry and produce for our merchants. Only
fifteen miles OF track have now to be built be.
fore theB.& h P. Will be double tracked en-
tlrely TO Baltimore.
Bass fishing is reported to be excellent on
tho river. Parties who went out Saturday and
Sunday succeeded in catching large numbers
very large three .masted vessel was towed
TO West Washington this morning. The num-
her OF largo vessels coming In tho Potomac In
creaaes as winter approaches.
The Tabernacle was crowded at both scr-
Vices yesterday TO hear tho elegant sermons Of
tho Rev. W. W. Hicks. Many OF the visitors
woro from tho northwest part of tho city, and
each Sabbath the crowds from that section
seem TO be growing larger.
Tho followingnow arrivals are reported at
the wharyes by Harbormaster sutton:
tons Ice for Independent Ice Company
steamer Mary c., Captain Spedden, 100000
feet lumber for Thomas W. Riley; barge j. H..
Jarboe, Captain Tarman, III tons coal for
whiting, Captain Blank, 40 tons coal for
Potomac Steamboat Company; barge Detroit
Captain Myers, Id tons coal for Inland & Sea-
board Coastlng Company; schooner Mary
Ann Shea, Captain Ashton, 40 cords wood
for Johnson 4 Bros; schooner Perl, Cap.
X Bros. steamer Sue, Captain Geogho-
gan, merchandise far stephenson & Bros;
sloop Rowing Arrow, Captain Dickson, 800
bushels oysters for market; sloop Lucy, Cap.
W. Driver, Captain southerd, 800 bushels oys-
ters; sloop Magomy, Captain Philips, 200
bushels oystors pungy William u. Coleman,
Captain Ellis, 500 bushels oysters; pungy
Martha Z. Travors, Captain Butler, 200 bush
els oysters; pungy John Henry, Captain Gesh.
agan, 200 bushels oysters; schooner Bob sut.
ton, Captain Hart, 200 bushels oysters.
j. W. Barker, manufacturer and dealer In
Stoves tin and shoet.iron ware, tin.rooing
guttcring, spoutlng, plumbing and gas-iltting
| at Nos. 401 and 103 Seventh street southwest
| has one Of tho leading emporiums of tho kind
| in the city. Mr.. Barker makes specially OF
| keeping on hand largo supply of tho cele
| brated Arlington stoves.