The Evening critic., 1882-10-30
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.

Bud EAeLEsToN has sold his temperance
tent for $11.5o.
ONLY few left of tho peacock-green
ovorcoats, prlco si5, good value at go NJ
Saks Il Co., 316 and 3lS seventh street.
DAISY ALLEN and Emma Mcdonald, two
coal.black maIdons, scratched each other's
faces yesterday to an extent that cost thom 70
each today.
THE Washington World and Citisea.sol
dieF appeared Saturday In Its now and I'm
proved dress. Tho Journal was as usual
spicy and replete with interesting reading
matter.
THE interesting meeting last night Of the
Dnshnways was addressed by ]. II. Hilton, A..
Eagieston, Judge Weed andC @. NJ. Nye. An
executive committee for tho proposed fair was
appointed.
WILLIAM BROWN, ono of gang of ju-
venilo thieves who mako a practice OF steal.
ing milk from milk wagons, was convicted to-
day before Judge snell and sentenced TO thirty
days In Jail.
THE funerals of John G. Baker, Mrs.
Charles 4. knight, Mrs. May L. Edlin and the
noon, each bolng largely attended. MIR.
Bakers funeral was conducted under Ma
sonic auspices and Mr.. Taylor's, undor tho di.
rection OF tho Sunday.school and congregation
OF Calvary Baptist Church.
JOHN MYERS, rum.soaked tramp,
stopped to watch n stonomason Mt his work on
Saturday and when he passed on carried some
OF tho mason's tools along with him. When
Myers was arraigned this morning for carry
Ing away the tools he said that 1t was only a
Joke, and Judge Smell gave him thirty days in
jail for carrying the Joke too far.
MARY SMITH, q colored woman, was
charged in the Police Court to-day with
stealing S11 from little girl named Agnes
Goodloe. Agnes testified that Mary induced
not return 1t. Judge Smell sentenced the
woman to ninety days In jail for tho larceny.
Sentence was subsequently suspended.
MIR. VIM. HUssEY has been appointed to
suporintend tho work Of sinking the shaft for
the new reservoir, and Will enter upon his
duties to-day. Mr.. Hussey has for years boon
successful contractor under tho District
Government, and his long experience renders
him peculiarly lifted for tho position TO
which he has been chosen. From his famili-
nrity with work OF this character and his
6 IN o Hadg %, sss
that there Will be no delay In forwarding the
work.
Ex-CoNsUL SIMON WOLF and wife cele-
brated their silver wedding ut their home,
No. 1125 Fifth street, Saturday night. 1t
was very pleasant event. Tho members OF
the Washington Saengerbund and the Schuet-
zen Ncrein were present, and the former
sang several popular German airs. Nearly
two hundred congratulstory kilograms were
received, among them ono from the Khedlvo
OF Egypt. There were also number from
prominent Egyptian officials The presents
were many and elegant. An association Of
two hundred prominent jewish merchants
sent nm cngrossed set Of complimentary reso.
lutions.
Miss Rosa BLoNDHEIM, OF Baltimore, was
entertained last night by Mr.. and Mrs. Her
man. 1t was merry occasion. Among tho
guests were Misses Matte Blout, Hennle Ad-
Ter, Cora Adler, Fannie Goodman, Fannie
Lowenberg, Rosa Goodman, Jennie
Smith, Hannah Nordlinger, Ida Guzdorf, Ida
Friedburger, Tillie Sonnehill, Lima Frankel,
of Baltimore; Rckee Cans, Mr.. and Mrs.
David Strauss, Mr.. and Mrs. S. Goodman, Mr..
and Mrs. Z. Stern, Messrs. l.. Herman, A. Her
man, A. Lisner, L. Blout, +. Freirick, G.. W.
Heller, II. Clark, NJ. Blondheim, OF Baltimore;
s. Herman, II. Well, /. Fleishman, 3. Ganss, L..
strasburger, /. Nordlinger, /. Goodman, OF
Washington.
On Saturday Willie King, light mulatto
boy, aged IL years Charles Hewitt, aged 13, the
son of Mr.. r. @. Hewitt, tho well.known feed-
dealer, and Curtis Gilbert, aged IA, were. out
shooting on Mr. Gilbert's farm, when Willie
King fired at n bird, but instead Curtis Gil
bert received the full contents Of the load In
his left breast. Drs. d. W. Bliss, d. B. Adams
and Park Young were summoned and found
that the shot had passed through tho lungs
and lodged in the region OF the heart. The
wound is regarded as q worry serious one, but
the physicians have hopes of ultimate recov-
cry. At q late hour last night young Gilbert
was resting easily. No blame can be attached
10 King, as the shooting was purely accidental.