The Evening critic., 1882-02-25
THE EVENING CRITIC.
srABLrsHED AUGUST rsss.
LACoNIC LOCALS.

FOURTEEN police officers are Off duty in
consequence OF sickness.
THE police made thirty.two arrests dur
ing the twcnty-four hours ending at ga. m.
PETER WINFIELD, burly colored
tramp, has been referred TO Gen. Crocker, aud
Will be at large in three months.
WILLIAM JONES raised the echoes of
Hell's Bottom with n torrent of profanity that
is seldom equaled even in thatiielectable To-
calfty, and went down for fifteen days to-day
per order Of Judge Smell.
A wEIL-ATTENDED German theatrical
performance was given last evening at Abner's
Music Hall. oNrathilde," n drama In four acts,
with Mrs. LOWE Fellman, OF Baltimore, In the
title role was presented.
A PLEASANT surprise masquerade party
was conducted at the residence OF Miss Fannie
Gather, 1922 Ninth street northwest, last
night. The attendance was large, and some OF
the costumes quito original and becoming.
DECIDED steps ought to be taken to cure
n Cold or Cough at once. We should recon-
mend Or. Bulls Cough Syrup. This valuable
medicine is indorsod by the physicians and
you can rely on Its doing the work every time.
REPRESENTATIVE AND REV. HYATT
REV. Dr. Faunce, at the E.street baptist
Church, tomorrow morning. Rev. Hyatt Is
one OF the great lights OF the Baptist denoml-
nation.
DIR. L. M. ScHAEFFER will deliver an in
teresting lecture In the y. NJ. @. A. Chapel Mon
day evening, having been postponed because
the heavy rain last Monday evening pre-
vented microscopes being brought to the
chapel.
THE monthly social of the Assembly's
Presbyterian Church was held last evening at
the church, corner Of Fifth and streets north
west. The lecture-room was crowded and the
literary exercises werc highly interesting
and entertaining.
THE complaint was rheumatism where
with Mr.. J. W. Walker, of Waterloo, md, suf-
fered for fifteen years: after trying great
many remedies without being relieved, he was
finally cured by st. Jacobs OIL. He says he
feels like new man.
JAMES FORSYTH, a powerful-looking ma
rine, left the hospital to go to marine bar
racks yesterday, but visited seven bar-rooms,
had two fights and one flt on the road, and was
so completely used up that Judge Smell turned
him over to Gen. Crocker to-day for repairs.
OFFICER NICHOLSON made a successful
raid on the policy shop of Ezekiel Kade, Mt
Eighth and X streets, and arrested the pro-
prletor while the game was In progress and
seized a quantity of paraphernalia. In the
Police Court to-day Kade through his attor-
ney, Mr.. A. d. Williams, submitted to the usual
sentence of sixty days in jail without the case
being tried.
WILLIAM ARTHUR, Charles Scott and
William Lewis, three colored boys, started on
piratical cruise around the business portion
by Onicer Jones. The youths were seen to at
tempt to steal crockeryware, clothing, ETC.,
from in front Of stores, but were frightened OF
each time. The trio were given ninety days
each at the workhouse.
THE SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION will
hold a regular meeting at the parlors of the
Spencerian Business College, Lincoln Hall
building, Ninth and d streets northwest, this
evening at 80 o'clock. Mrs. Lucinda b.
Chandler will read paper upon "The Rela-
tions of Social Science to Charities, Religion
and Government which will be briefly dis
cusse1 by members OF the society.
FREDERICK w. SPRAGUE, the Rhode
Island crank was sent back to Newport this
morning by friends in this city. Sprague was
tVatt hA HAT I,.. 90
be sent home and not to the Insane Asylum,
but as soon as he become easy on this point,
he commenced to demonstrate his doctrines,
and produced copy of his pamphlet which
he thinks proves conclusively that the birth
ofGeorge Washington was the second advent
OF Christ. The pamphlet is very incoherent,
and filled with poetical and biblical quota
tions
LAST NIGHT the following officers of the
Hamline NJ E. Sunday-school were elected
superintendent, D. G. Reinohi; secretary, e. !.
Booraem; assistant secretary, G.. H. La Fetra /;
treasurer, J: W. Davis; librarian. W. E. Corbin;
Dom, William GIL; organist Miss Cora
Hodgekins; assistant ofganist, Miss Mamie
Maui. This school is in a fourishing condi-
tfon. The whole number Of officers, teachers
and scholars enrolled is follows Onicers
IL: teachers, Al scholars in the main school,
562 number OF scholars who Joined the school
during the past year, 146.
EVER since the Light Guards left East
Washington there has been quiet stir In
favor OF organizing company in that section,
which has finally broken out into lively
movement. Petitions are being circulated for
signatures, requesting the Light Infantry
battalion to accept a company OF East Wash
tngtonians as an additional company to their
battalion, and a roster OF carefully selected
names Of those young men desiring to con-
meet themselves with the company is being
prepared TO accompany the petitions. Col
TAFT Gen. Hunter, John Ransom, esq.,, cor
respondent OF the New York Truth, and other
prominent gentlemen are Interested in the
movement
A PETITION for libel against the schoone
Annie Gibson and owners was filed in tn,
Admiralty Court yesterday by Leah A. Chiffon
The paper states that on the night of Februar,
II, 1882, while the schooner Robert Jane
was on voyage down the Potomac River, an,
when near Matthias Point she was struck o.
her toward bow by the Annie Gibson, abou
four feet above decks, breaking the foremas
In three pieces, carrying away the maintoI
mast and doing other injury. The officers Q
the Robert James claim that they had prope
lights burning, and the collision occurre
through the carelessness of those In comman
OF the Annie Gibson, and damages are claime
TO the extent of $129.75.