The Evening critic., 1882-10-02
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PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.

MISS MARY Il. ROBERTS has bccn ap'
pointed az teacher OF rhetoric and literature
at the High School.
JOHN DuLIN, q vagrant and habitual
drunkard, was committed 10 the WOfkhouse
for ninety days to-day.
GEORGE DEAN, colorcd, pleaded guilty
I'm tho Police Court to-day TO assaultlng Mag.
gle sullivan, white, and was committed TO jail
for fifteen days.
AUGUSTUS SHORTER, u young colored
thief, was caught In tho act OF stealing hat
from Kramer's hat store on Seventh street,
and has gone to jail jor thirty days.
CHARLES C. CARROLL, who was arrested
on Saturday night for stealing alamp from
Goldschmidt's variety store, on Seventh street,
forfeited collateral in the Police Court to-day.
The water main at the corner of Twenty
fourth street and Pennsylvania avenue has
been leaking badly and flooding the street for
some time past. IL has received no attention
from the authorities.
HEzEKIAK SEEDS, from New Jersey
blew out the gas at the fremont House last
night, and was found this morning in an un.
conscious condition. Restoratives were ad.
ministered, and ho is now all right.
GEORGE ADAMS, an old colored man, was
nned by Judge Smell to-day for profanity. The
old man said tho children had boen abusing
him and saying he had "Junc-bug face, "
and he could not help swearing about 1t.
THE ladies from Kentucky residing in
this city, who arc willing to aid the Commis-
sioners for that state for the .'Garfleld Monu-
ment Fair" Will please send their names and
addresses TO Z. NJ. Park, secretary, room VI,
Ebbitt House.
JOHN r. CAssIN, Thomas johnson and
Robert johnson appeared before Justice Wylio
Saturday morning and became bondsmen In the
sum Of 10000 for tho appearance OF Robert b,
Williams, hold on tho charge or killing Valen'
tine Dingel.
GEORGE PAPsT, colored boy, was
charged in tho Police Court to-day with at.
pure deyiltry. Papst was convicted of Kicking
and brutally beating James Farsi, a white boy,
and sent to Jail for thirty days.
MAJOR JOHN II. KING, agent made an
Investigation OF the canal mules at George
town, last Saturday evening, from the re-
peated representations OF parties, of their
bad condition, and reports that out OF forty.
fve mules examined but three were found
with sore shoulders.
A FAMILY fight, participated in by Mr..
and Mrs. Frazier and Mr.. and Mrs. Robinson,
two colored couples OF Uniontown, was ventil.
showed that the fight had been n bloodess
AFFAIR, and as damages had been evenly divided
he dismissed the cases.
THE REV. FREDERICK II. BENEDIcK, of
Oakland, Cal, who has been called to the pas
torate OF the Sixth.street Presbyterian Church
OF this city, and who was TO have preached his
first sermon at his new charge yesterday, has
been detained BY sickness, and WIN not occupy
the pulpit until tho 18th inst.
THE Commissioners, at board meeting
Saturday issued an order that all claims
special taxes must hereafter be so presented
as to make prima facie claim, and be accom-
panied by the necessary evidence, etc., to
support them, or no attention Will bo paid.
MR.. P. ALBERT WISE met with quite an
accident yesterday evening while riding In n
Georgetown car. A lady desired the window
lowered, and In his haste to oblige her ho
caught his middle finger between the shade
and window; result, a very bad mash. He
talks OF suing the company mot the LADY, for
$4,000.
PHILIP COLLINS was charged in the Po-
today naaamlfiup Sumual
Thomas and gave 1900 bonds for his appear
ancc. Thomas Is reported to have been struck
with n stone on Saturday by Collins and
severely injured. Thomas was also charged
with assaulting Collins, and both cases Will be
tried together.
ABOUT A o'clock yesterday afternoon O
horse attached TO buggy, In which were two
men named William Davidson and Bernard
Keyser, became unmanageable at the corner
OF Fourteenth and streets southwest, and
dashed into the Agricultural grounds, upset
ting the buggy and breaking 1t badly The
men escaped with slight injuries; both were
drunk.
FRANK HOLMES, colored, was charged il
tho Police Court to-day with assaulting his
wife, Lucretia Holmes. Lucretia testified tina
Frank gave her some money, and afterwarc
wanted to take 1t from her, but she resisted, and
he bit her thumb to the bone. Judge Snel
imposed a nne OF SO, although Lucretla sale
that Frank had right to bite her because III
was her husband.
Hon. JOHN nj. LANGsToN, Minister t,
Hayti, has been rendered complimentar.
dinner by a number Of his friends, including
william L. Matthews, DR.. o. u. Purvis, Pro
fessor Lane, OF Howard Untvnrsity: Rev. J.
Smith and others. Tho diffn3t Will take plac
at Brooches, Pennsylvania avenue, tonight
Mr.. Langston is now on leave of absence an,
Will return to his post OF duty about Novem
ber 1.