The Evening critic., 1882-12-22
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.

THIS is free country! sure, but you
can't get DR.. Bulls Cough syrup FREQ OF charge;
It costs YOU quarter every time.
BUD RTpGELEY was given fifteen days
by Judge Snell to-day for being disorderly and
bolsterous on the street late at night.
SAMUEL ALEXANDER, q burly negro,
pleaded guilty in the Police Court to-day to
stealing sS from drunken companion named
Charles Rullln. Judge Smell gave the prisoner
sixty days In jail.
THE Ladies' Union Relief held pound
party at their rooms, In the orphan Asylum
building, to-day, commencing at a. M, aud
continuing until 8 p. M, for the be4elt OF tho
poor. The citizens did not forget the needy,
and n good many donations wore made.
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not extolled as ''cure-all," but admirably
fulnlls slngleness of purpose, being n most
potent specific In those chronic weaknesses
peceliar TO women. Particulars In DR.. Plerces
pamphlet treatise on diseases peculiar to
women, 90 pages, sent for three stamps. Adj
dress WORLDS D1sPENsARY MEDICAL Asso-
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CHARLES ScoTT colored boy. was
charged In the Police Court to-day with steal
ing an umbrella from In front of Maurice
Prices store and running away with 1t. De.
spite the inclemency OF tho weather aud the
approach OF Christmas Judge Snell gave the
youth sixty days In Jail. Scott was then ar.
raigned for stealing apples and grapes from
the stand OF an Italian named Joseph Mari
nelli and he was given sixty days In jail for
this case also.
JAMES WATKINS, Anna Watkins and
George Carter had q social glass OF gin to.
gether yesterday and before parting Mrs. Wat.
kins had been hit back of the mock with n
broomstick, Watkins had his head split open
with an axe and Carter was bruised and bat
tered from head to foot. The parties didn't
know how they got hurt when they tried to
explain the matter TO His Honor Smell, this
morning, and Mr.. and Mrs. Watkins wore put
under personal bonds and Carter got go days
for assault and gave bonds for vagrancy.
JOHN BArTLEFoRD, alias John Schools,
was charged in the Police Court to-day with
assaultlng John Clark In August last Battle
ford was one OF gang that pounded Clark with
stayes Off a tree-box and was given fifteen
days. Battleford got drunk after the ARRAY
and fell asleep In park, and was awakened
by John Scott, who Kicked him In his Efforts to
arouse him. Battleford charged Scott with as
saultlng him, and Scott was acquitted. Battle
ford was then fined $40 for contempt of Court.
AT n meeting of the stockholders Of the
Virginia Midland Railway, last night, the fol-
lowing directors were elected TO serve for the
ensuing year: John L. Hurst, VIM. G.. Young,
Robert Garrett, Lewis N. Hopkins, Robert y
Baldwin, s. Spencer, James Sloan, IT,, VIM. f.
Frick and John IT, Bland, OF Baltimore; John
McAnernly, NJ. d. Brown, John Parsons, and
@. j. Osborne, OF New York; j. NJ. Logan, W
II. Payne and John Il. Lowell, OF Virginia
John s. Barbour was unanimously elected
president.
ANNIE MURPHY, neatly. dressed
woman, was In the dock at Police Court to-day
10 answer charge OF threats. The woman's
husband and son testified against her and
complained that she abused them and had
threatened to put poison In their coffee. The
old man testified that his wife drove the boy
out OF doors on Wednesday night while 1t wa:
showing and locked him out for the night
although the boy was only partially dressed
Judge Smell, after hearing the evidence, sen
| the woman to jail for six months in default o
500 bonds.