The Evening critic., 1882-12-23
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.

BISHOP ANDREWS will preach at Nc.
Kendreo Chapel tomorrow morning.
FRANK QUEEN was given ninety days in
tho workhousc to-day by Judge Smell for va
grancy.
ONE gallon of catawba for 81, Mt McCau-
ley Il Dellwlg's and Dcllwg 4 McCauloy's,
Capitol Hill.
THE "Bud Eagleston' Fair opened to-
day at 4 o'clock, to give Christmas purchasers
an opportunity Of patronizlng 1t.
THE Dashaways will be addressed to-
morrow night at Masonic Temple by Messrs.
u. ii. Warner and II. Ross Perry.
SIDNEY DEsPERT was sentenced to ninety
days in Jail by Judge Smell to-day for on.
deayorlng to cut James Finch with a razor.
HOLD on to the truth, for it will serve
you well and do you good through eternity.
Hold on to virtue, It Is beyond price to you Mt
all times and places. Hold on to DR.. Bulls
Cough Syrup, for there Is nothing like It to
cure q cough or cold.
ALBERT CARPENTER and Charles Jones,
two colored men, were charged In tho Police
Court today with having an ARRAY I'm tho
public street. The testimony showed that tho
light was q savage one, but that Jones was the
aggressor. Jones was giyen the extent OF the
law
SARAH SMITH was charged in the Police
Court today with throwing a teapot at her
husband and also biting and beating him.
She testified that she was only trying TO show
the old man that She was boss, whereupon
Judge Smell released her on personal bonds to
keep the peace.
The recent concert held by the Public
School OF Hillsdale was very pleasant af
fair. Miss Susie Bryant received the flrst aud
Miss BERTHE Washington tho second prize for
selling the largest number of tickets. The
Bethlehem Baptist Church fair will commence
December %, 1882.
THE lecture of Professor Dali which was
to have been delivered at the now National
Museum this afternoon In the young folks
course, has been indefinitely postponed.
Next Saturday Professor True Will lecture,
and on the following week Professor CHECKER.
Ing VIII deliver the last lecture ir tho course.
THE annual water rents will be due
January /, 1888, and the law requires pay
ment within thirty days; otherwise the flow OF
water Will be stopped and penalty OF 80 I'M
posed before 1t can be restored. The law In
question Is mandatory and admits OF no discre-
ton.
The kindergarten schools of Mrs. Louise
and Miss Mary II. Pollock held u Christmas on.
tertainment In the lecture-room of the Con-
prcgational Church last evening. After the
rendition OF an extremely well-selected pro-
gramme which was effectively rendered, tho
children presented gifts of their own manu-
facture to their parents.
JAMES BRYANT and Isaac Jacobs, two
colored men, were charged in the Police Court
to-day with the larceny OF u laprobe from
Edwin j. Townsend. Bryant was sentenced to
sixty days In jail and Jacobs was dismissed.
Bryant was then charged with stealing knife
and fork from J. V. Dickson, and was sentenced
JAMES JOHNSON, well known to the po-
lice, was charged before Judge Smell to-day
with stealing twenty-four yards OF lace from
the store OF Guinnip x Co. Mr.. Guinnip identi-
OF the Fifth Precinct, testified to seeing the man
enter the store and secrete the lace under his
Overcoat. Sergeant Boyle arrested the man as
soon as he left the store. Tho case was con-
tinued in order to prove former conviction.
MAJOR KING, on behalf of the assoca.
tion for the prevention OF cruelty to animals,
paid over yesterday to Lieutenant Gessford
The sum Of $40 as a reward to omcors VII
OF tho First Precinct, for their energy In cap
turing John Mills, colored, who In May last,
In flt of passion, knocked horses eye out
ually was captured at night In his bed in
South Washington.
THE Commissioners have issued the fol-
lowing: ordered, that all officers and en-
ployes OF the District are prohibited from fur.
nishing information relating to the AFFAIRS of
the District, unless the same be communi-
Gated through the Commissioners, or is pro-
vided for by the existing laws and regulations;
provided this order shall not prohibit news be-
ing given to the press on matters OF public In
terest and concern whom duly authorized by
the Commissioners.
"AH! / SEE you have been to New
York." said one richiy-attired lady to friend
whom che met on the Avenue. "Such stylish
ottoman circular as that never could be pur.
| chased anywhere else in the country I" "Oh 4"
to Taylor Hufty's. You will be shown the
latest thing that has appeared In New York,
and you may depend upon being told what Is
the latest thing, too. Mr.. Taylor does not lose
single item regarding new fashions, assure
you." She told the truth.
How natural it is to be suspicious. Truly
this is an ago OF suspicion. Nevertheless, Cap
| tain i. NJ. Howes, of the steamer William
| Crane, Merchants Il Miners Transportation
| Line, between Boston aud Baltimore, who sur
| fered severely from rheumatism, caused by
| the exposure incident to his profession, was
| cured by st. Jacobs Oil. This Is no suspicion.
DICK MURRAY, well-known Swami
| poodle rough, was before Judge Smell to-day
| charged with vagrancy. Police officers testl-
| ied that the man was a notorious ''yag," and
| had been drunk for the past week. Dick then
| took the stand and told His Honor In piteous
| tones that he had spent the last seventeen
| Christmases In jail or workhouse and pleaded
| to be allowed to spend this Christmas at large.
Judge Smell said the prisoner ought to have
| thought OF that sooner, and gave him thirty
days. The prisoner was led away, exclaini.
| ing as he went, "Thirty daysl Great G-dl
Dick goes down for another Christmas, but It's
| all right"