The Evening critic., 1882-06-02
THE EVENING CRITIC.
LACONrC LOCALS.
EsTABLIsIIT

A RED ticket given to 81 buyers. Young's.
THE price for meals at the New York
avenue Hotel Will be $40 per month from
juno 1.
J. q. MYERS received permit to-day
70 invest 5000 on repairs to building 72S
Seventeenth street.
A BRICK STORE and dwelling will be
luilt by Mr.. Henry Stopsack on Pennsylvania
avenue, between Sixth and Seventh streets,
at q cost OF S2,bOO.
THE committee appointed to schedule
bids for general suppliesiwere at work all day,
but could make no announcement as to who
were the successful bidders.
The police raided disorderly house
conducted by Annie Fitzgerald, on v street,
between Ninth and Tenth streets, last night
and arrested the proprietress and two girls.
The latter were committed to tho workhouse
by Judge Smell to-day and the former fined
S25 or sixty days.
IN THE Circuit Court day, in the case
OF Mr.. p. Il. Browning, who sued the District
OF Columbia for $4,000 damages, the Jury
returned q verdict for $500. Mr.. Browning
owns the brick residence at the corner of Third
street and Missouri avenue, and in July, 1877,
and several subsequent times, his property
was flooded by water backing up from the
sewer, for which damages were claimed.
THE commencement of the Junior classes
OF Howard University took place last night in
the college chapel. The hall was well filled
and the order of exercises was listened to
with great interest. Suspended above the
platform were the words "Respice Finem" in
flowers. The Following programme was rem
dered: Prayer; music; Grafton, alexander
Hamilton-His Influence on American Insti-
tutions," T. s. d. Berger, Christianburg Va;
oration, s'No Element of Civilization Can be
Destroyed" S. G. Collins, Holly Springs Miss;
music; oration, "Tho Bullet and the Ballot"
ID. @. Deans, Portsmouth,, Va; oration, "rhe
Indebtedness of the World to Science" Scott
Wood, Staunton, Va; music and benedictlon.
SPECIAL LICENSE AGENT RAFF to-day
swore out warrants against the Washington &
Georgetown, Metropolitan, Columbia and
ADacostia street railway companies, for vlolat-
ing the license laws by failing to procure
licenses for each car for the present fiscal
year. The companies were recently nncd by
Judge Smell for this orense for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1881, and tho cases In
stituted to-day are for the year ending on the
Both instant. The Belt line is the only COM
pany which has procured tho license for the
current year. The license officials Will instl-
tute proceedings for the year 1888 in July II
the licenses are not taken out for that year by
July 10, the year beginning July l.
UPON the recommendation of the exam
lining committee tho following applicants were
today admitted to the bar OF the District:
Matthew G. Emery, 5r.; Eugene Roses, Henry
Calver, Thomas 1. Johnston, Henry N. Low,
Edward r. Williams, John A. Perry, Charles
p. Smith, Jason Yurann, Francis Tourney, A.
Q. Richards, Thomas E. Rockfort, James p.
W. r. Deeble, A. G. Fowler, T. D. Carson, Will
lam II. Kent W. d. Roberts and Lafayette Fitz-
hugh. In the case OF j. A. johnson and L. W.
Noyes, whom the committee reported as hav-
ing passed a most creditable and satisfactory
examination, but had not studied for three
The matter was submitted to the discretion OF
the court. The matter was then taken under
advisement by the Court.