The Evening critic., 1882-09-22
THE EVENING CRITIC.
LACONIC LOCALS.
TABLIsHED AUGUST 1858.


ONE of the Pension Office appointees is
glad that there Is paying Teller In the In-
terror Department.
If any body advises you to look at 1t
through smoked glass, Just .toll them they
can't comet over you that way.
J. HALL SIMMEs will expend $3.50 on
repairs and alterations to his building at
Twelfth and II streets northwest.
THERMoMETRIc readings at Prentiss'
drug store; a. M, 72o; IL a. M, 73o; 2 p.
m- 7diao. The equinox does not affoct tho
quality OF the soda wator.
COMPTROLLER LAWRENCE has rendered
decision that II public school teachers en-
ploy substitutes the salaries must be paid to
The substitutes themselves, instead OF the re-
gularly employed teachers.
FRANK STUART was charged in the Po-
lice Court today with assaulting cripple
named Edward Henry and striking him on the
head with stone. The charge was not sus.
tained and the case was dismissed.
THE First Comptroller has rendered q
decision that the practice OF paying teachers
their salaries, while absent from duty IA In
violation OF the law and should not be tolora-
ted by tho Commissioners In. future.
TIE Commissioners have been petitioned
TO improve and pavo street from Twenty.
first TO Twcnty-second street. street
from Twentieth to Twenty -second, and
Twenty.second street from Massachusetts,
avenue TO NJ street.
ANNIE GREEN and Louisa Detinger, a
colored and German domestic, who nro em-
pioyod at adjoining houses, had fight with
bricks and brooms, "oyer tho garden wall"
yesterday, and Annie Green was fined SO for
striking the first lick
HARRY LOWRY, young man of good
appearance, got on a spree last night and un.
dertook TO pound colorcd man named
tho assault and $25 for carrying a.pistoI were
the fines imposed by Judge Bundy.
L. w. COURTNEY, q private watchman
in the First Ward, arrested Edward Beander,
nN.s, at,n,. lac. ,l..t.s
leaving Mr.. Frosts house, 1416 Pierce place
with quantity Of property stolen from the
house. Mr.. Frosts family are absent.
THOMAS BOWLING, the well.known
lots in the subdivision of the Bryan farm ut
Hyattsvillo, Nd, recently made by George j.
Johnson and L.. d. Wine, of this city. Mr..
Harry Harkness Is another recent purchaser In
the same subdivision.
The third quarterly exercises of the
Bethlehem baptist sunday school OF Hillsdale,
D. O., will be held Sunday, the Oath instant, at
late william Godfrey Phillips and Hattie A.
Butler by Mr.. Frederick Douglass, IT,, Mr. j.
M. Shipper and others.
EDMUND CARRIcK has entered suit for
divorce from Violet Carrick on the ground OF
desertion, and the further charge that in Sep
tember, October and December, 1876, she
committed adultery with Richard L. Carter at
the house OF Mrs. Martin, on the corner OF
Thirteenth street and Rhode Island avenue.
FELIX SHANNON, saloon-keeper doing
business at 1000 street. will be arrested on
complaint Of Henry Ran for selling liquor
without o license. Shannon formerly con-
Quoted a saloon on Twenty.slxth street, and
endeavored to have his license transferred,
but tho Liquor. License Committee refused to
grant tho transfer.
BIDS for enlarging one of the old green
houses at the Government nursery, on the
Monument lot, and for the construction OF q
new one at the same place, were opened to-day
at Colonel Rockwell's office. Tho contract has
been awarded to NJ. NJ. Magruder for ~, ,007 .35,
he being tho lowest bidder. The other bid.
ders were Motley Anderson and d. j. Nc
Carty.