The Evening critic., 1882-10-19
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.

THE strect-lamps will be lighted at $3.50
p. m. and extinguished at 1:lO H. M
GEORGE WHITE was fined s. by Judge
Smell to-day for trcspasslng on park
THE police made forty.eight arrests dur
ing the twcnty.four hours ending at . a. M
JOHN ROBINSON, q vagrant, was com.
mitted to the workhouse to-day for ninety
JOSEPH H. HOLLAND, for too much pro-
family, has been landed In the workhouso Tor
soyen days.
Mr.. HENRY BRADLEY DAVIDSON mot
tod TO the bar OF the District.
WALTER PUMPHREY was charged in the
Police Court today as n vagrant, but was re-
leased on his promise to go to work.
JOHN WATSON, colored, pleaded guilty
in the Police Court to-day TO striking a com
panion In tho mouth and was fined 50.
HATTIE WILLIAMS, colored woman,
who INDUCED In moro cursing than is allowed
by law, was fined by Judge Smell to-day.
A YOUNG MAN named Stewart Wilson
was passing through Judiciary Square last
night, when he fell and cut his head seriously.
PHILIP QUENAN, long-haired aesthetic
individual, who raised Hades yesterday, was
was fined by Judge Smell to-day for disorderly
conduct.
AMELIA SNowDEN was charged in the
Police Court with threatening TO Kill Amelia
Nicholas and gave personal bonds TO keep the
peace for six months.
THE application of Mr.. William f..
Wright, student, for admission to the bar of
this District made to-day, was referred TO the
examining committee.
THE Columbia Boat Club have entered,
In addition TO their four-oarod crew, an oight-
Dared shell crew for the Di.Centenial regatta
at Philadelphia the 26th Inst.
MICHAEL DUFFY, colored boy, was
charged In the Police Court to-day with fight.
ing In the street with boy named Grimm and
was committed to the workhOuse for fifteen
days.
JAMES LUCAS and Albert Frederick, col.
ored boys, who INDUCED In personal en-.
counter yesterday, were hned by Judge Snoll
to-day for dlsorderly conduct and obstructlng
the sidewalk.
PEYToN RANDOLPH, who yesterday
pleaded guilty to making and presenting q
false affldavit In connection with his applica-
tion for pension, was to-day, by Justice Mac
Arthur, sentenced TO sixty days In iail and pay
a fne OF IS and the clerks costs.
DANIEL HAMMOND was charged in the
Police Court to-day with driving through
Judiciary Park at a furious gallop, and when
told TO stop by the watchman, increased his
speed. The case was continued until Satur-
day at the request OF the defonse.
ABOUT 2:35 a. m. to-day an accidental
fire occurred In q frame house Mt Second and
East Capitol streets, and resulted In the de-
struction OF the building and loss OF 5000.
Tho property was owned by Frederick Knave
and occupied by George Jones, colored.
l4AsT nlOnuay ul1nU quite au auray OC'
Cured In Judiciary square betweeen special
policeman on duty there and u man who at
tempted TO 60 into the ladies' retiring-room.
Tho man resisted arrest, but would have
been conveyed to the station mad not the Of
hcers nippers broke. Tho ofllcer Is on the
track Of the man and Will soon arrest him.
COMMISSIONER MORGAN has called the
attention Of the board TO the necessity of
changing the nine.inch hre-plugs to ten-inch
ones. The appropriation for tho fiscal year
authorizes the Commissioners to make the
change, and Chief Engineer Cronin has
written letter In which he says the main OBJ
ject of the change is to get larger outlets, 30
that In case OF flro greater supply OF water
can be had, &c.
WILLIAM A. Brown has filed a suit in
chancery against Edwin A. McIntire and WIFE
praying that partition be mado of part of lot
15, square 2SS, and II that cannot 10 done thai
the premises be sold and proceeds divided ac
cording to the rights q the respective parties
The same plain.iir brings another suit II
equity and this one Is against Charles E.West
ling and others, and asks like action may bt
taken In regard to loto, square 29O.