The Evening critic., 1882-10-24
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.


MIKE BRADY was fined s. to-day by
Judge Smell for fighting In tho streets.
MEssRs. BENJAMIN +. WATSON and
Josiah r. Fitch were to-day admitted TO the
bar OF this District.
EDWARD HOWARD, an aged colored va
grnnt, was sent the workhouso to-day Tor
ninety days by Judge snell'
PHnBE BIRD, n riotous and disorderly
colorcd woman, OF South washington, Wus
fined IS to-day by Judge snell'
WILLIAM FLARITY, n white man, for in-
sultlng lady In Georgetown, last night, was
fined $40 to-day by Judge SMELL
LIZZIE NETTLE, colorcd for disordorly
conduct In Willow Tree alley, in South Wash
ington, was taexd 50 to-day by Judge SMELL
JOSEPHINE JOHNSON, n mulatto woman,
was sent down for sixty days by judge smell
for being n drunken and disordorly vagrant.
THE citizens of Colorado at present in
tho city are requested 70 meet at tho United
States Hotel at o'clock this evening, TO form
a State organization.
A NEW coating of paint is TO be applied to
the window blinds and exterior walls OF the
old rookery on the northeast corner OF Ninth
and L streets northwest.
EMMA WILSON and Lizzie Bailey, two
coiored women, were in the Police Court to-
day, charged with breaking tree boxes.
Judge Smell fined each Of tho ladies SO.
MARTHA JOHNSON, shrewd-looking
young colored woman, was IN tho Police Court
today, charged with larceny. She was placed
under 5000 bonds TO appear before tho Grand
Jury.
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, from Ninth
to Eleventh street, is tall broke up" in conse-
of tho relaying of the sidewalk on the north
side. Pedestrians passing along that thorough.
fare are compelled to walk In tho middle OF
Mr.. WILLIAM J. MURrAaH was this
morning excused as q Juror In tho Circuit
Court, and the following talesmen summoned
INN p Siblpy JarDD ID. Hutton, II. MI, EnDrey
and John A. Edgar.
A GRAND visitation of the Grand Lodge,
Knights OF Pythias, Will occur tonight at
Timms' Hall, corner of Seventh and ID streets
northwest, tho meeting place OF Excelsior
Lodge No. Id. II is expected all the members
Of Excelsior Will be present.
REV. DIR. BARTLETT will be installed
pastor OF New York.avenue Presbyterian
Church this evening at z 80 o'clock. Rev. Dr.
Sunderland Will preside, and Rev. DR.. John
Hall, OF New York city, preach the sermon.
The exercises promise to be very interesting.
THE training school for nurses was for
maliy opened last night. interesting ad.
dresses were delivered by the President, DR..
j. NJ. Toner, by Judge Macarthur and DR..
Prcntiss, cach OF whom spoke In laudatory
terms OF the great good accomplished by the
school.
AN alarm of fire was turned in at IL
O'Clock last night from box 10, caused by fire
being discovered at 712 Second street north.
west owned as n grocery store by Joseph Har-
bour. The engines responded promptly, but
their services were not needed, the ilre having
been extlnguished by buckets OF water.
THE President enjoys the quiet and SO.
clusion OF his cottage at the Soldiers Home
so much that his stay there Will probably be
prolonged until the demands OF the social
season make his return to tho White House
an absolute necessity. He spends much of
his leisure roaming about the grounds and
chatting with the old soldiers, with whom he
has already become great favorite. Perhaps,
when the great American oi1lce-seeker learns
the road out that way, the Presidents rural
retreat may be deprived OF some OF Its
charms.
ILLINOIS ladies who will assist at the
Garfield monument fair organized last night
by electng Mrs. Senator Logan as president;
Mrs. Electa E. Smith, vice-president; Mrs. q.
W. Lyon, secretary, and Miss Belle Cowlane
to thoroughly canvass the city and endeavOr
TO interest all Illinois ladies' In tho enterprise.
The Board OF commissioners for the States OF
Iowa and Connecticut met and transacted q
considerable amount Of business, as did also
tho executive committee OF the board OF d.
rection, Mr.. John W. Thompson In the chair.
For several days past misunderstand-
ing has existed between Tillie Hart and Ruby
Lee, inmates of Madam Coleman's hostelry, In
the Division. The girls frequently resorted to
physical arguments to settle their difficulties;
but Tillie Hart, who 10 q buxom female,
Weighing nearly two hundred pounds, always
got the better OF her antagonist slckly-look-
ing little mulatto scarcely Weighing seventy
i've pounds. Yesterday afternoon an ofIicer
was sent to the house TO quell the rioters.
Tillie heard Of his arrival and ran upstairs TO
Ruby g room and administered to her q sound
logging with horsewhip. The two girls were
In court to-day together with another Inmate
of the establishment TO testify. Miss Hart
stoutiy denied the assertions OF her accusers
but Judge Smell anyway imposed ilne OF SO