The Evening critic., 1882-09-18
THE EVENING CRITIC.
LACoNIC LOCALS.
EsTA BLIsHED AUGUST 1858.

THE police made twenty-five arrests yes.
terday.
THEBMoMETRIc readings at Prentiss'
drug store: z a. M. 00o; IL a. M, 76o; Up.
m, SOo.
NEARLY all the principal District of.
ficials arc engaged upon tho preparation OF
their annual reports.
CHIEF CRoNIN, of the Fire Department,
returned to the city last evening In company
with the Chief of tho Y. Louis Fire Depart.
HENRY THOMAS, n young colored man,
was convicted In tho Police Court OF making
Indecent propositions to young lady and was
committed to the workhousc.
A NEW one-horse police ambulance has
been put into service and tho old two.horso
vehicle has been repaired. Both ambulances
arc to be driven by Custodian Edward Weeden.
HUTTON COLBERT, q colored man, who
was arrested by 0nlcer Bast on suspicion, was
found to be armed with revolver, and has
been sent to tho workhouso for sixty days.
THE Tabernacle was crowded yesterday,
both morning and evening, 10 hear DR.. Hicks
preach tho gospel according TO tho 10Th
century. He takes no stock In dark age no.
tions.
CLAUDE WRIGHT, small boy, fell off
the ferry wharf on the Eastern Branch into
the river. yesterday, and would hayo been
drowned, had not Mr.. j. &. Raymond jumped
Into the water and rescued him.
MARY THOMAS, q young colorcd woman,
was arrested on suspicion by Detectives
Coomes and Voss to-day. The woman had n
gold chain, n locket and gold ring, which
che said she had found and was trying to sell.
THE COMMISSIONERS have received IA
request to notify the authorities at Lancaster,
Pa, II any clue is found to the whereabouts OF
Walter Il. Kelley, q young man of good habits
and reputation, who disappeared mysteri.
ously fiom his home.
BIDS were opened by the Chief of Police
to-day for supplying uniforms ana hats for the
police officers. rho only bidder for supplying
nd fnr mi mo
were Messrs. Rosenneld & DuMott, of Balti-
more. No report was made by the committee
on bids.
The SON of u prominent United States
Senator from tho South, who has never read
the story Of "Old Dog Tray" or II he had ho
has evidently forgotten 1t, went to Baltimore
on Thursday 70 the oriole In company with q
couple of washington crooks and got himself
locked up on suspicion for about twelve hours.
The present week promises to be an in
teresting one In politics. Eight State Conven-
lions VIII meet. on Tuesday the Massachu'
setts Democrats Will assemble in Boston. The
Republicans In Massachusetts, Connecticut,
New York, Nebraska and Missouri hold their
conventions on Wednesday. Tho. New York
and Colorado Democrats mect OH Thursday.
SUIT was entered to-day by John w.
Jones against the. Washington & Georgetown
Railroad Company for 5000 damages. Tho
plaintiff declares that on the 10th OF Septem-
ber, 1880, while in tho employ of the COM
pany and discharge OF his duty, through the
carelessness OF other employees In causing q
large timber to fall upon him, steel file was
driven through his hand, entirely destroying
the use OF 1t.
II FRANKLIN M. PROCTOR has entered suit
on the law side Of the court against Edward
Temple and others, trustees of the Bank of
Washington, claiming $4,000 damages. The
declaration sets forth that tho bank and tho
defendants in the course OF It's business held
n promissory note drawn by the complainant
for the sum of $135.50, dated April 10, 1882,
and payable sixty days after date. In pursu-
ance OF notice from the bank Mr.. Proctor, in
accordance with tho notice, on the day OF the
maturity OF the note, rendered to tho bank, the
sum Of S135.50, which was refused and the
note protested for non payment. The publ.
cation, he claims, injured him, his business
and his good name to tho extent OF the dam
ages claimed,