The Evening critic., 1882-04-05
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.

lower temperature IN tne Two lHtter ulStrictS.
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.
ALL styles of wall paper and picture
frames at veerhon's.
JENNIE WILLIAMS, charged with steal
ing S64 from Harriet Glascock on the dth of
last March, pleaded not guilty In the Criminal
Court this morning, and bail was fixed In the
sum OF $500.
PHOEBE ANDERSON, colored. pleaded
guilty in the Criminal Court this morning to
the charge Of stealing $74. 10 from the house Of
william n. II; Hoover on the 9th Of january
penitentlary for one year.
ANDREW J. BIEDLER was charged in the
Police Court to-day with cruelty to animals,
which consisted Of having turkeys kept in
coop which was not sufficiently high 70 per
init them to stand erect. Judge Smell held
that IT was not a case Of cruelty, and acquitted
the defendant.
WHAT has become of the Safety Commit
tee2 Buzzard's Roost still stands with all its
crime, misery, want, Nth, lewd women and
girls and drunken men unmolested IL is u
disgrace 10 the city. THE CRITIC thought 1t had
done it's full duty In the matter when It uucov
cred this den of vice. II necessary II viii fol-
low It up.
THOMAS G. Cook, young man, hired
borse at Sinshimer's livery stable the other
day, and whom the horse was returned 1t was
80 badly bloated and swollen and worn out
that charge OF over-driving was preferred
against the young man In the Police Court to-
day. Judge Smell dismissed the case for want
of evidence.
PARKER's bookstore, No. 6I7 Seventh
street northwest, was entered by burglars be-
tween S , midnight and o'clock this morning,
the store, lifting quantities of books and boxes
from the shelves and putting everything in
pens and pencils, paper, books and other sta
uonary to the value Of 81 200. The robbery
was not discovered until the proprietor re-
turned to the store this morning, and there is
as yet no cluo to the thieves. rhe detectives
have gone to work on the case.
PASSION WEEK services are in progress
at St. Paul's English Lutheran Church, corner
OF Eleventh and H streets northwest, and Will
be continued every night this week ut 7 :45
o'clock. Services also on Good Friday at IL u.
growing interest is manifest from evening TO
evening. On Easter Sunday morning, confir-
nation and communion services. On Sunday
evening, Sunday-schoel Easter service, In
charge OF Lucils d. Alden, superintendent.
The excellent quartet choir OF the church will
render some choice selections Easter morning.
In THE Police Court to-day the case of
obtaining money under false pretenscs was
called for trial, and the defendants Messrs.
Stone, Thorp and Mcknight answered to their
Waen anea otone wlSm WI ian d, Al Uook ana Nh oere
stated that he would be unable TO prosecute
the case to-day, as he had just received tidings
Of the death OF an uncle In Pennsylvania, aud
would be obliged to leave the city this even
ing, and he supposed this case would take
two full days for trial. Messrs. Cook and VIII
called as soon as possible as the reputation of
the gentlemen charged was at stake and thirty
was pending. Judge Smell continued the case
until noon tomorrow, In order that Mr.. Ran
dolph Coyle might be prepared to prosecute
the case In Mr.. Moores absence.
A SUBSTANTIAL citizen was walking up
Pennsylvania avenue Saturday morning, evil
IDENTIFY unconscious Of the fact that the tail of
OF his coat was decorated with a gaudy calico
streamer some three feet In length, when an
omcious stranger. stepped up to him and called
his attention to the decoration. ''Excuse me,
Ha Fna ,hs Sas soy 6st this
who evidently has no respect for age, has tied
piece of cloth to your coat tall" "who yer
calling age, sirr roared the substantial citi.
zen. "Im running this wardrobe, sir, and
IN have You know, sir, that II choose I'll
walk the streets with whole dry goods store
xpriliFooi yourself. .sirl@and d. the p Speaker
strode on and left the oficious stranger star
ing hlankly after him. But when the sub
stantial citizen got around the corner he
stepped into doorway and tore or the
streamer and trod upon II, and used language
of the most frightful character.
GEORGE THoMPsON,s white, on the 4th
CT November last undertook to dispose OF
thirty-hve volumes Of miscellaneous works
the property of st. Peters Library Associa
in the bookstore while attempting to dispose
of them, subsequently indicted for grand
larceny and this morning placed at the bar
guilty, stating that he had the books in his
possession and was trying to dispose OF them
when arrested. In answer to an inquiry oil
the Court, he said that he did not steal the
books, but they were brought to him by q col
ored man named Henderson to have them
sold, and he tried to do 1t. Henderson had re
sided in Uniontown, D. c., but since the de
fendant had been confined in jail, he under
stood that the colored man had been drowned
while on his way to Norfolk. At the suggestion
OF the Court, the defendant withdrew the plef
of guilty and substituted one Of not guilty
Mr.. A. X. Browne took hold of the case, ant
promised to look into the circumstances anC
see II they are as represented.
AT the annual meeting of the Medica
Association Of this District last evening, tn
following officers were elected President, DR.
A. Y. p. Garnett; vice-presidents, DR.. W. W
Johnson, DR.. A. +. A. King; secretary, DR.. j. L
Hartigan; treasurer, DR.. G. l.. Magruder
board OF counselors Drs. W. G. Palmer, j. W
Buckley, J. T.. Johnson, W. II. Taylor, d. G
Patterson, Z. NJ. Schaeffer, @. W. Framzoni,
j. Murphy and Smith TowHshend; board o.
censors, Drs. ]. o. Stanton, t. E. McArdle,
q. Smith; delegates to the American Medca
Association to be held at st. Paul, Minn., fl
June, Drs. W. v. Marmlor, G. H. Kleinschmidt
Smith Townshend, p j. Murphy, johnson
Eliot, d. II. Hagner, F. A. Ashford, j. E. MOI
gan, s. G. Busey, William Lee, A. Y. p. Garnett
r. 8. L. Walsh, L. Mackall, J. F. Thompson, ]
o. Stanton, ]. W. Bayne, ID. @. Patterson, w. "
Johnston and j. NJ. Anton. The following
were elected to full membership OF tho assc
citation: Drs. A. A. Hoehling, United State
Navy;F. G. Van vliet, l.. W. Clapp, Rober
Reyburn jr., VIM. H. Howkes, John Il. Msnk
and Ii. b. JOlley. DR.. Charles IT. Caliwell wa