The Evening critic., 1882-02-20
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.

MARY SWAN, colored vagrant, will
celebrate the Easter holidays IN jail.
THE police made twenty.one arrests
during the twenty-four hours ending at o q. m.
MACE BELL, a colored boy, was sent to
Jail for sixty days by Judge Smell for carrying
razor.
SLIGHT FIRE at No. ASS N street was ex-
tlnguished by No. 4 engine company on Sat
urday night.
THE dedication of the new Ninth street
Sunday morning.
ARCHBISHOP GIBBONS preached yester-
day at st. Augustine's Church to an overflow
ing congregation.
Mr.. w. c. DoDGEs communication will
be published tomorrow. 1t was unavoidably
crowded out to-day.
LIEUT.. JOHNSON has arrested q negro
named Johnson, who confesses to having COM
mitted twelve burglaries.
THE congregation of the Memorial Church
yesterday afternoon adopted resolutions for
the abolition Of polygamy.
A CASE against Edward Greene, charged
with keeping policy shop, will be tried before
Judge Smell on Thursday.
THOMAS DoNoHUE. a stay .out.all. might
young man, was turned over to Gen. Croker
for safe-keeping to-day for month.
MELvINA and Daniel Divine raised Hades
last night in the vicinity Of Goat alley, sand
went down to-day for fifteen days each.
SABBATH afternoon gospel meetings were
commenced under encouraging auspices yes
terday by the Y. n. G. A. at Tallmadge Hall.
A sPIRITUA LIsTIC seance at Ford's Opera
house last night was eniivened by the appear.
ance on the stage of DR.. Mary Walker as an
expert.
JOHN WARDoN, recently discharged
from a laborious situation at the work-house,
has returned to his old avocation, per order OF
Judge Smell.
THE wife of Chinese missionary will
lecture at the Metropolitan Methodist Church
on Friday evening. Chinese curiositics will
be exhibited.
THE PULPIT of the New York k-avenue
Presbyterian Church was yesterday formally
declared vacant Dr. Paxton preached his
closing sermon.
STEPHEN q. CAsTLEMAN was to-day ex-
cused from further service as u Juror In the
Criminal Court and has gone TO Arizona to
attend to private business.
To-Day IS THE eighteenth anniversary
OF the founding OF the Order of the knights Of
Pythias, and marks nineteen years since 1t
first saw light in this city.
THE ANNIVERSARY of Hamline Sunday
school yesterday was very interesting event.
1t was largely attended and an interesting
programme was carried out.
A CARPENTER SHOP, on the Blair road,
owned by Benjamin G. King, was destroyed by
fire yesterday morning. The loss was $500,
and there was no insurance.
MR.. JOHN w. KEARNEY was fined SIS by
Judge Smell to-day for calling "Halloo, Susiel'
as female acquaintance was passing the
National Theatre yesterday.
BILL HAS been filed in equity by
Isaiah johnson against Francis W. Eaton and
others TO substitute u trustee in n deed of trust
made vacant by the death of Daniel l.. Eaton.
MEssRs. CLARENCE NJ. BARTON, Hallet
Kilbourn, Frank D. Conger and others, wit
nesses in the Soteldo fratriclde, are giving
their testimony before the grand jury to-day.
INcLEMENT weather induced postpone
ment until next Sunday evening Of the annual
missionary meeting which was to have been
held at the Foundry Methodist Church last
night.
MAJOR JOHN c. KING, the indefatigable
agent of the s. p. c. A., is confined to his resi-.
dence IN Georgetown by severe attack Of
pneumonia. His physician pronounces the
Illness serious.
MEssRs. JOHN A. HAYWARD and Z. b.
Hay to-day, for Susan Hopp, filed a bill In
equity against Susan yiegle to foreelose a ven.
doris lien for the purchase money of lot 4, sub
division square 1913.
A REVIVAL meeting has been in progress
at the Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church
for several days. About twenty persons have
connected themselves with the church during
the series Of meetings.
TONIGHT the Washington Light In.
fantry Corps will have battalion drill. A
full dress parade has been ordered for wednes
day afternoon. The review will take place
in front Of the Arlington Hotel.
VIM. ROBINSON, q muscular darky, was
semitic iail to await the action Of the grand
larceny. Robinson stole large piece OF inca
from a stall in the Washington Market.
The visitation Of the officers of the Grand
Lodge OF Odd Fellows this week Will be as fol
lows: This evening Harmony Lodge, No.
and Thursday evening Union Lodge, No. IL
both located at OddFellows' Hail. Navy-yard
The trustees of the Foundry Methodist
Church Will ask at the conference sooI
10 be held at Baltimore that their pastor
Tie Rev. Mr.. Ward, be returned to thei
church, as this is his first year, and he is Civ
Ing entire satisfaction.
CHAPLAIN MoCABE, secretary of th,
Eyt atxrd dff fl,fa ftl,,
Bishop Simpson have signitied their intention
/, Of shouldering the responsibility of cancellini
the debt OF about 100000 hanging over tn,
Metropolitan NJ. L. Church, this city.
NETTIE CHEEKS through her counsel
Mr. W. j. Newton, to-day nled a bill for divorc
from her husband Peter @. Cheeks. He
married the defendant in the High.stree
Church, Baltimore, Nd. In February, 1870.
ROBERT TATE, gray-haired old negro
was charged In the Police Court to-day witt
sorry for the accident, and would never do s
any more, but Judge Smell failed to appreciat
the repentance, and sent the venerable THE
TO Jail to thirty days.
DANIEL MAILER stationed himself a
the door Of the colored church on
street, near Fourth, yesterday morning whe
the sermon was In progress, and started riyf
nye dollars Into the contribution box when
was passed around at Police Court to-day.
MR.. f. M. ScHAEFFER will lecture
at 40; subject, slower Forms of Life" I'll
lecture VIII be illustrated by the use of sever
microscopes, and those attending Will have a
opportunity OF seeing the specimens under ii
microscope. This Is the second lecture
DR.. Schaefler's course.
MORRIS j. ROACH and George Foley, tW
young mon, were charged in the Police Cou
To-day with making an ARRAY. The testlmon
was that Roach met Foley ON Saturday nigl
and was assaulted by him with a cane, whe
Roach In self-defense turned ON Foley an
pounded him. Judge Smell imposed a fine
81 In Roach's case and forfeited SO In Foley
case.
The National Jockey Club, of Washing
ton, hold an adjourned meeting this evening
7:3O,at Wizards Hotel, and large attendan nj
Is expected to be present The club started OF
under the most favorable auspices and has
rapidly increasing membership. Tonight Il
committee VIII report officers and bylaws al
the machinery OF the organization VIII be pl
In complete running order.
WALTER BROWN, Philip Handy an
Alexander Dorsey, previously convicted of a
sault with intent 10 kill Charles Gray, wei
to-day sentenced by Judge Cox in tho case
Brown 10 three years and Handy and Dorsf
10 two years In the Auburn State prison, an
in the case of Walter Peyton, convicted
simple assault, In the same fight, a senten
OF nine months In jail was Imposed.
A PLEASANT patty was given at I'll
residence OF the Misses O'Hare at Llnde
Grove, about two miles from this city, on Fl
day night. Among those present We're Miss