The Evening critic., 1882-05-11
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.

THE street-lamps will be lighted at 7:25
p. m. and extlngulshed at 8 q. m.
THE Criminal Court adjourned to-day
without transacting any business.
THE police made forty-three arrests
during the twenty-four hours ending al a. m.
JAMES WILLIAMS, white boy, fell over
an embankment on North Capitol street, be-
tween NJ and streets, last evening and broke
his thigh.
A WHITE infant about one day old was
left on the steps of st. AIMS Infant Asylum
last night and was taken In and cared for by
the Sisters.
DANIEL Dimes and James Keister had
fight this morning on Louisiana avenue, and
Dimes was fined 81 ana heister 50 In the Po-
lice Court today.
ROBERT HUGHES, colored, pleaded guilty
In the Police Court to stealing a barrel OF
flour from Messrs. Herr Il Cissel, md has
gone to jail for sixty days.
CHARLOTTE Cox, sable maiden, in-
dulged in an interchange OF compliments In
the shape of brickbats with Cornelia Dewey,
and has gone to jail for 10 days.
GEORGE JAMES, the suspicious charac-
ter arrested by Lieutenant Arnold, yesterday,
was to-day sentenced to jail for six months,
for stealing silk handkerchiefs from the
store of Mr.. VIM. S. Teel
THE Superintendent of Property and
his subordinates are busily engaged In ar
ranging samples, blanks, etc., and making
. other arrangements for the letting on Juno 1
of contract for general supplies.
MR.. GEORGE DRIVER will open his sum-
NOR garden on Monday night. He has re-
fitted the establishment and enlarged the
balcony TO accommodate ladies. A well-ap-
pointed stage has been erected, and panora-
mic scenes VIII also adorn the walls.
WILLIAM T. HENDERSON, through his
counsel, Messrs. Cook & Cole, has sued the
Baltimore 4 Ohio Railroad Company, claim
ing s25,ooo, damages for injuries received
March 10, 1882, by having the car In which
he was seated run into by another car.
REV. FRANCIS J. TEwEs has been trans
ferred by Archbishop Gibbons from Bryan
town, Charles County, Md, to ST. Mary's
of st. Charles College, has been appointed to
the place made vacant by the transfer of Rev.
Mr.. Tewes.
THE Arlington Building Association held
its eighteenth regular meeting last night,
George W. Hardness in the chair, and John
Joy Edison secretary. Seven shares were
drawn for, redeemed at S242.49 each IL dues
are paid up in full. The shares drawn are
numbered as follows: SO, 593, 531, 1868, 2S2,
S51 and S53.
GEORGE G. MEADE Post, No. 5, G.. A.. R.,
has installed the following newly-elected of
flcers Senior vice commander, J. D. Burke:
Junior vice-commander, j. A. Bryan; oflicer
OF the day, George o. Burke; officer of the
guard, H. G. Corlies; adjutant, ]. W. Conard;
Quartermaster sergeant, j. ]. Carroll. The
Post is In very flourishing condition.
CHAs. CLARK. the one-legged veteran,
appeared In tho Police Court once more to-
day TO congratulate His Honor on his renomi-
nation. The charge. as usual, was disorderly
conduct and loud and boisterous language.
When Clark was arraigned he said that he
would plead guilty, as he did not want the po-
lice officer to swear his soul to Hades on his
account.
THE Serial Savings and Building Associa-
tion held its fourth annual meeting last night.
The report Of the secretary and treasurer, Mr..
John A. Prescott, showed the association to be
in u nourishing condition An election of
officers for the ensuing year resulted In the
choice OF the following: President, william
Henry Browne; vice-president, Robert G..
Campbell; secretary and treasurer, John A.
Prescott; directors, John Cook, Jared d.
Terrill, J. W. st. Clair, D. G.. Dixon, Henry G.
Daley o. S. Firmin, and NJ. p. Callan.
The regular meeting of the Biological
Society to be held In tho lecture-room OF the
National Museum, tomorrow evening, Will be
devoted to memorial exercises in honor OF the
late Charles Darwin. The following will be
the order OF exercises: 'Introductory," Theo.
dore Gill: Biographical sketch," William H.
Dale; eThe Philosophical Bearings of Dar-
wtnism," John W. Powell; "Darwin's Coral
Island Studies," Richard Rathbun; 'tDar-
wins investigations on the Relations of Plants
and Insects,"C V. Riley; "Darwin as a Botan.
1st," Lester +. Ward; DARWIN on Emotional
Bbx,lp2ression," Frank Baker; "a Darwinian
trait OF Darwin" Henry Ulke.