The Evening critic., 1882-06-01
THE EVENING CRITIC.
IBLIsHED AUGUST. 1865.
LACoNIC LOCALS.
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THE price for meals at the New York
avenue Hotel will be 500 per month from
June 1.
TINY Dorsey, colored woman, was to-
day sentenced by Judge Smell 30 sixty days in
jail for receiving "A portion OF tho wardrobe OF
Miss Kate Grifith. tho opera singer, which
was stolen from the basement OF Ford's
who has Just been indicted by the Grfnd Jury
for the larceny.
THE Grand Jury to-day presented indict-
ments against the following parties: John
Price, alias Willinm Parks; larceny. Henry
jackson, James Coleman, alias James Nc
Intosh; larceny. Charles L. Carpenter; en-
bezzlement; two cases. James +. Shea; de-
posting obscene matter In tho mails. Tho
Grand Jury was then adjourned to the 18th
instant.
ALBERT SHIPLEY and John Fitzgerald
were charged In the Police Court to-day with
making an ARRAY. Fitzgerald forfeited col
lateral and Shipley's personal bonds were ac-
cepted. The evidence was that Fitzgerald
10 m S wth nd large stone ana
himself with hatchet, to the great damage
OF Fitzgerald.
In THE Police Court this morning Cora
Hayes and Mary. Turner pleaded guilty to
charges OF keeping houses OF prostitution,
Nos. 1913 and 1915 D street, and submitted to
fines Of $50 each. The ranches conducted by
these women in the Division were raided last
night by Lieutenant Arnold and officers, asd a
number OF men and women captured. The
women held as Witnesses were Bessie Turner,
hend, Bessie Clark and Emma Swift.
THE bids for supplying the District gov
ernment with general supplies during the
next fiscal year were opened to-day at noon In
the Commissioners, ONCE by the committee,
consisting Of Lieutenant Hoxie, Joe Rock,
Chief Cronin, Major Brock and Water Inspec-
tor Larman. The bids were on thirty-four
classes OF articles, and there were eighty-four
bidders, including nearly all the prominent
merchants OF the city. The number of bids
on separate articles numbering several hun
dred 1t Will probably require week to deter
mine the successful bidders.
OSCAR LEE, colored, was charged in the
Police Court to-day with assaulting with intent
to kill Henry Butler, another colorod man, In
Georgetown, on Tuesday evening last at 8
O'Clock. The defendant furnished $500 bonds
for the Grand Jury. Butler testified to hav.
had come to reason with him with a pistol
and had shot him in the neck with q pistol,
tnnicting very slight flesh wound. The de-
trouble between the men, who are brothers
fn-law, and that Lee had shot Butler with a
toy pistol, the missile being pebbleor bean
and that the shooting was In selfdefense.
VoLNER EDWARD HIcKocK, a young
man who has hitherto enjoyed a good reputa
tion has recently developed disposition tc
steal everything that came within reach
has brought him Into difficulties from which
his friends have been unable to extrlcate him
Htckock' s first onense was the larceny OF eigh
teen pairs OF uniform pantaloods from the ar
mory OF the Light Guard, for which he was
arrested, but his friends raised money to gel
the pants out OF "hock" and Induced the Light
Guards not to prosecute. He had not been al
liberty but q few hours when officers OF the
Fifth Precinct took him Into custody. In the
Police Court today he was convicted Of steal
Ing some jelly and Holsters from stall in the
market and three lamps which had been put
ON distractions In the street by the Post build
ing. Judge Smell imposed sentence of six
months in one case and thirty days in the
other.