The Evening critic., 1882-04-05
THE EVENING CRITIC.
ESTABLISHED AUGUST. Ises.
LACoNIC LOCALS,

ANNIE RYoN, an intoxicated woman,
fell on the Avenue yesterday and cut her hoad
THE police made twenty-eight arrests
during the ,wenty.four hours ending at . a. m.
MARIA WALpRoN was sentenced to jail
today for thirty days on the charge Of being
common prostitute.
THE street-lamps will be lighted for the
flrst time this month at 0ioo p. M, and eX-
tiDguished at 910 p. m.
THOMAS DRICKs. professional tramp,
was sentenced to the workhouse by Judge
vagrancy.
THE steamer George Leary ran into the
Nsh-laden pungy Carpenter yesterday at the
mouth of the Eastern Branch, and nearly
sunk the little craft.
WILLIAM FRIzrrr and Patrick Bowie
were found guilty OF doing business as liquor
dealers without licenses, iu the Police Court
today, and both entered appeals to the Grand
Jury.
MIRANDA BROWN colored woman, was
crossing the Anacostia bridge last evening"
when she came in contact with country
wagon and was knocked down, without being
seriously hurt.
JUSTICE wYLrE has announced that on
Monday next he Will deliver his soplnlon on the
motion TO quash the Indictment In the Star
Route cases. 1t Will be short, and cover all the
principal points involved.
THE Common Council of Richmond Va,
has selected a location for a park in the western
section of that city and named 1t the ''Corcoran
Park" in compliment to Mr.. W. W. Corcoran,
OF Washington. The great phllanthropist will
be invited to attend the formal opening Of the
park.
A LOCOMOTIVE attached to an outgoing
passenger train on the Baltimore Potomac
Railroad was overturned by misplaced
switch near Odenton last evening and thrown
down an embankment No further damage
was done than wrecking the engine and caus-
Ing delay OF about four hours.
THE Anthropoiogcal Society met last
evening in the hall Of the National Medical
College. Colonel Garrick Mallery, Z. S. A., in
the chair. DR.. Hawkes., U. $. A., was elected to
read paper upon the treatment of aborignes
by colonisis OF more civilized peoples. The
author drew his material from ancient and
modern instances, dwelling especially upon
the settlement of England, and by the subse-
quent intrusions OF the English into India and
South Africa.
The final meeting of the Yorktown Cen.
tennial committee was held at the City Post
office last evening. There were present Com
missioner of Agriculture Loring, Postmaster
Anger, nj. M. Parker, Horatlo Browning, Colo
mel Amos Webster, Mr. Edwards, and others.
The Chair read statement, by which it ap-
pears that the expenditures OF the committee
have been 81, S91. .IS, and the receipts from
subscriptions 50, 1870, leaving net balance
on hand of S242.92. humber of bills were
audited and ordered paid The committee
then, after a little informal discussion, ad-
journed and separated sine die.
The fifth annual meeting of the North
western Building Association was held last
evening at the Office OF the secretary, at No.
61S Twelfth street. The annual report showed
receipts, $5,313.1S; disbursements, $5,256.-
81; assets, allowing per cent. per annum to
borrowers, $5,253.74; liabilities, allowing 8
per cent per annum in redemption OF 81
shares outstanding $4,000; surplus of assets,
S353.74. The following were elected Presi.
dent, A. G.. Saxton; vice-president, John B.
Foster; secretary and treasurer, John Cook;
directors, c. G. Duncanson, Edward Hammers
ley, P. H. Weber, j. H. Eager, Martin o O'Connor,
A. ID. Cheseldine, S. J. Gass.