The Evening critic., 1882-03-09
THE EVENING CRITIC.
LACONIC LOCALS.


NUMBER of drunk and disorderly
cases were disposed OF by Judge Smell to-day
THE police arrested thirty-two malefac-
tors during the twenty-fouf hours ending at
q am.
BURGLARS attempted to force an entrance
10 hr,fse No. 1910 Pierce Place last night Dut
were frightened on.
iApRhHAM BANKS and John Gleauey
have Registered at the Hotel de Crocker for
ninety days each on a charge OF vagrancy.
A RuSAwAy horse attached to a coupe
was caught on Seventh street last evening,
THE Baltimore Herald asks: " Are we
all Insane ?" You all may be over there, but
we 'uns down here are not. Our cranks are
imported.
JAMES II. DAVE colored man. with the
delirium tremens, was removed to the Freed
mans Hospital from the Sixth Precinct station
last evening,
MIR. WHrTEFoRD has had more trouble at
his mission. Two of tho female inmates got
drunk and undertook to raise Hades and had
10 be forcibly elected.
DR HARTIGAN has performed an autopsy
on the body of the dead infant found yester-
day by Oflcer Montgomery, and given a certi-
ncate OF death from strangulation.
THE proceedings at Police Court to-day
were very brief, and only three privileged
characters waited for the van at the conclusion
OF the services and took free ride to the Jail.
THE cause that was voluntarily ended
yesterday by the plaintiffs taking non-sult
that of Bradley ct al. against Galt-wuS re-
newed to-day to include Robert @. Hewett, and
is on a bond to recover $4,000 which the de-
PENDANTS in the former cause denied having
executed.
VIM. JOHNSON was passing through
Blagden's alley last evening, when he was at
tackled by n big dog belonging 10 Louisa
Thompson, and bitten on the left hand, the
dogs teeth passing through the hand and In
ficting very rainf,il wound The dog was
killed by the police.
JOSEPH GRINDER, a brakeman employed
on the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad, was
coupling cars at Sixth street and Maine ave-
nue. last evening, when he was crushed be-
. tween two freight cars and badly injured. He
was removed to his home, at Third aud @
Streets and attended by Ford Thompson, NJ. ID.
JAMES REAvEs, Andrew Gibson, James
Rice, William Gibson, Willis Reagan, and
william Reaves attended a ball at Herbert's
Hall, on the Island, last night, and for the
sake of making things lively began TO trip up
the dancers and raise n general disturbance,
which was only quieted by the appearance Of
the police. Five dollars or seven days each
was Judge SHELLS remark when he hoard OF
the occurrence this morning.
THE issues from the Probate Court in
the case Of Brown vs. Curtin are now being
heard In the Circuit Court before Justice Mac
Arthur. The points at issue are whetheror
not the paper filed in the Register OF Wills
office october 26, 1881, is the last will and
testament OF Patrick Brown, and whether al
the time OF ma, making A It he was was, of sound and and
unduly Influenced by Margaret Cronin, a ben
eflciary under the Will. Mr.. Hugh L. Taggart
appears for the caveator and Messrs. II. ]
Donohue and Fillmore Beall for the executor
HENRY JACKSON, a young colored man,
was In the dock at the Police Court to-day
charged with robbing the residence of the eX
Senator and Register OF the Treasury, Blanche
X. Bruce. The evidence showed that Mr.
Bruce and guests at his residence, No. 300 NJ
street, had recently missed bank-notes and
small change from their pockets at various
times, and the thefts had finally been traced tc
Henry Jackson, who was employed as a house
hold servant. Thirty days in one case and 81,
monthsin another were the sentences imposed
THE Kansas Republican Association me
in their rooms in the Corcoran Building las
evening, Nice-President Dallas In the chai
anu J. P. Hamilton secretary. large numbe
OF members were in attendance. The onl.
business OF n public nature transacted wa
the question Of holding sociable. The asso
citation instructed the committee to make al
rangements for the holding OF sociable an'
reception OF the members and visiting gentle
men from the State. The association also ten
dered a vote OF thanks to Mr.. william Hutch
inson for the hospitable manner In which h
entertained the members at the last sociable