The Evening critic., 1882-09-15
THE EVENING CRITIC.
LACONIC LOCALS.

FIFTy.rIvE arrests were made by the po-
lico yesterday.
JOHN BALLS residence on the Conduit
road was slightly damaged by flro yesterday.
THERMoMETRIc readings at Prentiss'
drug store: z q. M, COZ; IL n. M, 76o; Up.
M, 49,
MAJOR LYDECKER, who has been suffer-
ing with elight attack OF malarlal feyer was
at his oflce again to-day.
WILLIAM II. MURPHY has been APP
pointed special policeman for duty at the
Government Printing ONCE,
IT is reported that an unknown colored
boy was drowned in the Potomac River at
Georgetown early this morning.
GEORGE REAvEs, q colored man, was in
the dock at Police Court this morning charged
with beating his wife when she asked him for
money.
THE Sanitary Officer has notified the
Commissioners that tho fund for Transports
tion OF intfigent persons to their homes Is OK
hausted.
r. MCCARTNEY received n permit to-day
TO build q brick dwelling on street between
Twenty-n fret and Twenty'second, which VIII
cost $2,S00.
TIE Manhattan and Douglass mines, the
crack local colored clubs, played n match gnmo
OF baseball yesterday. The former won by
score OF 10 to2.
SEE George Spransys advertisement of
new fall clothing and his advice to early buy
ers. No. 507 Seventh street, opposite Post
ofllco Department.
THE police deny the reports that num-
her OF houses In East Washington, which are
temporarily unoccupicd, have been Invaded
by burglars recently.
JOSEPH PADGET forfeited collateral at
the Police Court to-day on charge of vio-
iatIng the laws governing tho sale Of produce
by selling certain articles by measure instead
OF weight
Mr.. s. p. ROUNDS, the Public Printer,
has called the attention OF tho Commissioners
In n N ~ nj ura. In no
lamps, etc., in tho alleys in tho vicinity OF the
Government Printing ONCE.
THE report published in the Baltimore
Sun OF this morning that the colored woman,
had their fatal quarrel, had hung herself, Is
pronounced by the police TO bo hoax.
THE will of Joel Harris, of Lewiston, N.
Y.,was flled with the register yesterday. All
bequeathed to the widow, Abigail Dow Har-
ris. In case OF her death, then tho property
is to be divided equally between the children.
THE District Commissioners to-day at n
Fourteen street road without delay, and In.
structed the Engineer Commissioner to take
necessary steps to accomplish tho work, for
which al appropriation OF $4,000 was made
by the last Congress.
ANOTHER long haired crank has struck
the town, and wanders about tho principal
streets with his hat In his hand discussing the
Book OF Revelation. Tho seedy tramp deliv-
cred stirring address to the statue Of Lincoln,
in front OF the City Hall, this morning, and
niterward addressed the multitude on various
street corners.
TINY DORSEY, a colored Maiden got
mad at Mary Temple and went to her house to
lick her yesterday and broke in the front and
rear doors OF tho house and threw bricks
through the window, and finally got In and
pounded her rival energetically. Judge
Bundy sentenced Tiny to thirty days In Jail
for the assault and thirty days for destroying
private property.
THE full text of the verdict of the Cor
oner's jury as to the cause OF the death of VAL
entine Dingle was ''that the said Valen-
tine DiDgle came to his death between the
hours Of and Z o'clock p. m. September 10,
at his residence, III N street northeast, from
fracture Of tho skull and compression of the
brain produced by q blow OF tho fist at the
hands OF Robert B. Williams"