The Evening critic., 1882-01-31
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THE gentle glimmer Of the street lamp
will fail to illuminate the Washington
thoroughfare this eve.
THE Court in General Term met this
morning, and without transacting any
business adjourned until to morrow.
NEALE, druggist, corner Seventh and N
streets, having reftted and restocked,
makes speciality of trusses and surgical
appliances.
FRANCIS x. DooLEY, Stephen d. Castle
man and Isaac Padgett have been accepted
as talesmen in the Criminal Court to fill
vacancies.
GEORGE DENT pleaded guilty to an as
sault on Emma Walker in the Criminal
Court this morning and was sent to Jail
for seven days.
LEWIS w. WAYMAN pleaded guilty this
morning in the Criminal Court to assault
ing Policeman Philip Thompson, and
sentence was suspended:
WMtSMITH, colored, was to-day con-
victed of burglary and larceny in the Grim
nal Court and sentenced to three years in
the Auburn State prison.
WIN. G. SANDS and others to-day filed
chancery suit against James Ii. Sands,
praying the sale of lot IA, square 926, and
appointment.o of q trustee to make the sale.
THE seventh lecture in the Y. NJ. G. A.
course to young men was delivered last
evening at Masonic Hall by DR.. James Rca
on the topic, " Irelands; Its Many Maladies,
and Its One Cure.
ALBERT WINFIELD has filed o bill in
equity against Elizabeth Winfield and
others, for the sale of lot P, of Hall 6 Will
sons subdivision of square 297, for the pur-
pose of partition.
SAMUEL R. Cuttings, the hardware
merchant, yesterday made an assignment
to John c. Fay of all his property con-
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and AGA street.
THE ladies and gentlemen who are to
take part in the Y. M. G. A. tableaux,
Thursday and Friday evenings, will meet
for rehearsal at Lincoln Hall promptly at
1880 o'clock Wednesday evening.
YESTERDAY being the anniversary of
Tom Paine's birth, the Hon. Warren Chase
member of the California State Legislature,
delivered an address on the free-thinker at
Tallmadge Hall to large and intelligent
audience.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union of the District will give tea party
and sociable at Masonic Temple this even
ing. The young lady members of the
union, in novel costumes, will oficiate as
mattresses.
REMEDY resting on the basis of intrin-
sic worth demands the confidence of all.
DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup is known and used
most satisfactorily throughout the land, as
is attested by its great sales. Your drug
gist keepsit.
JAMES FLETCHER, a colored vagrant of
the mature age of 12, stated at the Police
Court to-day that his parents refused to
support him and he wanted to be sent to
the Reform School. The case was con-
tinued until the boys parents could be
summoned.
ONE of the horses attached to car 15 of
the Metropolitan line fell at the corner of
T
morning. suffering from blind staggers.
The road was blocked and travel impeded
for some time, but finally the horse was
gotten on his feet out of the way and travel
resumed
The annual meeting of the South Wash
ington Sunday-school Union for the cleo
tion of officers for the year 1882 resulted in
the choice Of the following Mr.. Charles B.
Pearson, president; Mr.. B. Stahl vice
president; Mr. Samuel M. Yeatman, treas
urer DR.. Millard +. Thompson, secretary.
THE Washington National Fair Asso-
cations officers and directors, at meet
ing last night, decided finally upon holding
q fair in the fall, and committee was ap-
pointed to arrange the date and other de-
tails. The coming fair will be highly sue
cessful if the flattering assurances of Com
missioner Loring and others can be relied
upon.
THE jurors in the Guiteau case returned
to the District Attorneys office yesterday,
and there made their affidavits. All of
them swore that they did not read a..news-
paper while sitting on the trial or see one
in their rooms and the jurors whose
names appear on the margin of The CRITIC
swear that they did not write it on the
paper and that their belief is that they are
forgeries.
JOHN MURPHY indicted for the murder
of Daniel Fitzgerald, was yesterday brought
into the Criminal Court and delivered up
by his sureties, Staunie Dyer and Daniel
Alworth. Mr.. Dyer heard that Murphy in
tended to leave the District, and procuring
a bail piece went in search and found him
on the way to the depot. He said that he
was going to Baltimore, where he had pro-
cured work.
The SNOW this morning obstructed
travel more than on any previous day this
winter. The early cars coming up from
the Navy-yard were nearly an hour be-
hind time. The street cars ran off the track
atvarious points, and extra horses were put
on by nearly every line. At Fifth and ID
streets northwest, where the F street car
turns up Fifth street from City Hall, a
horse attached to car No. IL slipped and
fell down, and was injured by the car run
ming on him.
THE.annual election of officers of the De.
Iartment of the Potomac G. A. r., last
evening, resulted as follows: Department
commander, S. s. Burdett; s. V. depart
ment commander, A. f. Medford J. V. de.
partment commander, Fred, Mack medi
cal director, Florence Donohue; depart
ment chaplain, Rev. Ben Swallow council
of administration, p. d. Haynes, Richard
Henderson, w. p. Seville, Levi Nagle
Peter Wynn delegates to national conven-
ton, Fred. Thompson, NJ. Il. Urell alter
mates, Thomas t. Allen, Thomas w. How
ard.
ROBERT GRANGER, colored man, wa
charged in the Police Court to-day will
attempting to kill Henry Henderson, but thu
charge was altered to simple assault and
fine of twenty dollars imposed. Henderson
was walking along Fourteenth street ol
Saturday evening with a little dog, whel
the aforesaid pup endeavored to bite Rober
Granger, who was passing by, and VIII
Immediately kicked the cur out into tn
street, when Henderson and two other mel
threw bricks at him and pursued him
and when Henderson overlook him
Granger turned upon him and cut him will
knife, inhicting serious wound.