The Evening critic., 1882-06-23
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.

THE street lamps will be lighted at
1O:i5 p. M, and extlnguished at 2 80 a. m.
The police made thirty.nine arrests dur.
ing the twcnty-four hours ending at o a. m.
The Coroner, after investigating the
death OF Willie Abraham, small colored boy,
gave a certificate of burial, setting forth thai
improper food was the cause OF death.
In THE Police Court to-day $40 fines
were imposed upon Henry Lchau, W. j. Beld-
ing, Frank p. Mankin and Dufry Il Leonard,
who had their barrooms open on Sunday.
JOSEPH JAMES, small colored boy, stole
two pairs OF eyeglasses, valued at S15, from
II. Hempler's establishment, on Pennsylvania
avenue, near Four.and.a-half street, yester
day, and was to-day sent to jail for thirty
days.
JONAS f. POWER and others have filed a
petition In equity praying for permission to
nle bill to review the decree In the case OF
Power and others against the estate OF James
Y Davis, and that the same may be reversed
and set aside.
THIEVES broke into the art foundry of
Mr.. Clark Mills the sculptor, at Bladensburg,
last Friday, and stole one OF Ex-Secretary
Chase's coat sleeves. Some time ago Abraham
Lincoln's head and General Jackson's coat
tails were stolen from the same place.
IN the case of Larkin A. Beall against
Colonel william A. Cook, to recover $4,000,
the balance claimed to be due on a Judgment
obtained by Mr.. Cook for the complainant
against the Baltimore Ohio Railroad Com
pany, the jury this morning returned q ver-
dict for Colonel Cook.
IT is reported that fisticuff duel was
fought at Spring Bank, Virginia, on Sunday
morning, by two colored women who live in
Alexandria and claim the attentions OF the
same man. The fight was very savage, a ring
being formed around the pugilists, and lasted
until one OF tho women was so badly beaten
that she could not rise from the ground.
The Joyce Kaoltype and Photo Engray-
ing Company have filed certificate of incor-
poration with the Recorder OF Deeds. The
trustees for the first year are Maurice Joyce,
Sid II. Nealy and James d. Martin. The cap
ital stock of the company is 100000 divided
Into 1000 shares. Its object ia 70 carry on
the business of engraving, stereotyping and
printing.
ONE of President Arthur's most conf
dental visitors says that while he does not
want to be quoted as speaking for General
Arthur, nevertheless he will venture positive
opinion that the President Will not interfere
with the sentence of Guiteau, and therefore
the assassin "will be hung on Friday of next
week as sure as he is alive on that day.
Bdito. Dab 22d.
MARTHA PAUL was yesterday granted
divorce from Robert Paul, with permission to
resume her maiden name, Martha Starks. They
were married at Orange Courthouse, Va,
April -, 1861, and he deserted her in Feb,
ruary, 1850. Amelia A. Pfeil was also divorced
from Rudolph Pfeil. He deserted her, re-
turned and lived with her, and finally dlsap-
peared in February, 1879.
MR.. CHARLES MOORE, the prosecuting
attorney at the Police Court, stated TO the
Court to-day that Mary Cephus, arrested
for operating confidence scheme In East
Washington and not identified, should be
honorably acquitted. There is no doubt that
a colored woman has been working with un-
usual success, but the police were mistaken
in arresting this woman as the guilty patty.
The National Rifles are making an effort
to purchase the Thirteenth-street Baptist
Church property for use as an armory. They
have offered $4,000. This sum was refused
by the trustees, but negotiations have been re-
opened with every prospect OF a successful
termination. The property In question is one
OF the most desirably situated In the city.
But comparatively few changes and repairs
Will be necessary to convert the church into
an armory. The original cost OF the building
and grounds was $4,000.
AspEcIAL meeting of the National Jockey
Club was held at their rooms, No. varnum
Building, last evening; II. II. Blackburn,
chairman; II. d. McIntire, secretary. Colonel
Joseph @. McKibben was elected to serve for
the unexpired term OF president. The presl
dent OF the Jockey Club was made chairman
ex ohicio of the executive and all other sub
ordinate committees, and the president of the
National Fair Association was added as O
member OF all committees. resolution Of
thanks TO Secretary McIntire for his labors
and management at the spring meeting was
adopted.