The Evening critic., 1882-02-27
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.

PERTINENl fRhh1hRFHSs
THE strcet-lamps will not be lighted to-
night.
To-Day is Diamond Day" at the I'm
yortcrs' Tea Co., $40 Market Space.
THE police made sixteen arrests during
the tweniy-foT hours ending at 0a.nl.
JUDGE WYLIE will hold n session of the
Orphans Court tomorrow morning at II
o'clock.
THE case of Nicholas Miles, charged with
the killing Of Mrs Connors, is being considered
by the Grand Jury to-day.
ABOUT s., 900 damages was done to II.
and Pennsylvania avenue on. Sunday morning
by fire, supposed TO be incendiary.
WILLIAM NORRIS pleaded guilty to
smacking John Hamilton on the nose In the
Police Court to-day, and paid IS into Judge
snolls Golfers.
EDWARD HOWARD and Walter Motion
had duel with razors on street, near Four
and.a-half, yesterday, ana Motion, who "cut
de fustest," Will rusticate on the farm for u
short time.
CHARLES WASHINGTON, colored man,
was with gang who stole fifty pounds of iron
In pieces Of machinery belonging to George i.
Riley, and has been assigned apartments at
The Jail for thirty days.
JAMES WILLIAMS, tall colored youth,
assaulted Willie Lonier, little white boy,
yesterday, and kicked him ON the leg, hurting
him badly. Judge Shell to-day fined Williams
IS, and an appeal was noted.
THE carpenter recently employed at the
smallpox Hospital who was taken with the
terrible disease on Saturday, is reported to be
dying. Three patients were discharged from
the smallpox Hospital to-day having recov-
cred.
Now they speak of crude petroleum rs a
remedy for consumption; ,better not try it,
but take DR.. Dull's Cough Syrup-the standard
cough remedy OF om age. 1t is agreeable TO
the TASTE never fails 10 cure, and costs only
% cents q bottle.
THE Elks at their meeting last night
decided 10 have q social session next sunday
evening, and elected Mr.. William Dickson
chairman for that occasion. This will be their
first effort in. THAT direction, and extensive ar
rangements are being made TO have an enter
tanning and enjoyable AFFAIR.
JAMES BOOKER, by his counsel, Mr.. A. b.
Williams, today fled n bill in equity against
the widow ana children of the late Thomas L.
Hume, asking that a trustee be appointed TO
convey part Of lot /, in Beatty \ Hawkins
amended addition TO Georgetown, d. c., 10 the
plaintiff, in accordance with specific agree
ment.
AMERIcUs MURRAY, saflron-hued
maiden of large proportions, u lowed that she
would "make mince meat out of Louise John
SON. and the police would have to sweep that
unfortunate female up with broom and take
her to the station ON stretchcrs, and Judge
Smell put Americus on her personal bonds not
TO execute the threat.
AN alarm of fire was turned in about 10
O'Clock this morning from box 132, caused by
the burning of "bleach-box " I'm the rear of
the fourth floor Of Joseph Savages hardware
establishment, ON ID street, near Tenth. En-
gines l, 2 and O, and Truck d succeeded in
suppresslng the fire before 1t made much
headway. Loss, about 800.
THE United States, through the District
Attorney, today instituted suit against James
Eveleth and his bond, William ID. Baldwin aud
Josiah Dent, for $4,000, to recover tho sum
Of S2700. Mr.. Eveleth was superintendent OF
The construction of the nreproof roof on the
corner OF Seventeenth and streets north
west, and disbursed the appropriation for that
work and has failed TO account for the above
amount
THE fire alarm from box 1884, at lis to-
day, was caused by fire being discovered IN
the second story front bed-chamber Of the
residence of Walter Nicholson, esq, No. 1922
street northwest. The cause Of the fire is un
known and the damage TO the building an
furniture Is estimated at about $1,000. Tho
second and third stories Of The building were
entirely gutted.
WASHINGTON CITY has two estim ibl'
ladies' in the missionary fl..ld.-the Misse,
Perly-MIiss Fannie Perly with foreign Held
in the East indies, and Miss Lucy Perly in th'
home field, In Utah. These ladies' were mem
bers of the Assembly's Church. Last evening
the bi-monthly meeting of the Missionary So
ciety Of that church was held, at which inter
csting letters were read from both these de
voted ladies.
The case of William Kurtz, charged
with assaulting Mr.. Charles Wallace, the stag,
carpenter at the National Theatre, was con
tnued in the Police Court to-day until Tues
day, March Z. Kurtz was recently discharge,
from some position at the theatre, and on Sat
urday night endeavored to force his way on q
the stage when Wallace undertook To eec
him, and Kurtz drew n knife and cut Wallace
In the side, infiicting serious wound.
WILLIAM III. HAsLAR, through his at
torney, A. X. Browne, esq, has filed an answe
10 his wife's bill Of divorce, denying the allo
gatious therein contained, excepting that sh
admitted committing adultery with J. Roth, c
Bismarck, Dakota, prior to their marriage, bu
which he condOned on promise of futur
fidelity 10 him. He also filed cross hi
praying divorce from her charging that sh
had committed repeated acts Of adultery wit
parties unknown 10 him.
OSCAR CHANcEY was dismissed by Judg
Smell to-day on a charge of vagrancy. Chance
has been creating debts of various kinds b
representing himself 10 DO a relative of variou
influential business men in this city and
Brooklyn. number Of indignant hackmel
livery-stable keepers, landiadies, hotel-keel
ers and saloon-keepers have secured Char
cey's arrest Chanccy says that he Is onl
waiting like Micawber for something to tur
up, and fully intends to settle all the bill
which he owes in the course OF time.