The Evening critic., 1882-04-07
THE EVENING CRITIC.
ESTABLISHED AUGUST. Is8s
LACoNiC LOCALS,

LACONiC LOCALS,
THE strect-lamps will be lighted at.
G:55 p. M. and cxtiuguishad ot 1t:iop.m
THE police made thirty-niue arrests
during the twcniy-four hours ending ct - 20. m,
LATEST STYLES Of ptrasols, cheaper than
elsewhere, at j, J., Nouug's. 13i seventh street.
JoHN GREEN, black, thiet and vagrlnt,
was sentcucod 10 ninety days ON the farm by
Judge Smell today,
THE ladies of Asscmblys Presbyterian
Church give shot maple sugar cat tonight
at the church. The ono given last year was
q great success, as no doubt this one Will be.
lS the case of Edward kolb against the
Inland and Scaboard COasting Company for
$1,000 damages Tor breach OF contract, the
jury in the Circuit Court to-day gave him
ST25.32
THE inmates of st, Elizabeth Insane Asy-
ium viii be entertained tonight by DR.. Frank
white, J, b. Philip, David G. Bangs, Miss jon
ME Cutter, Miss Kate Adams, Miss Nettle Ma
gill and others Of cur local talent.
YESTERDAY afternoon dog, said TO he
mad, bit a little white boy very severely near
the corner OF Fifteenth and + streets north.
west. Lieutenant Arnold shot the canine, and
took the boy TO Thompson's drug store, whoro
his wound was dressed
THE Stonccutters' Union, at n meeting
last evening, passed two important regula
tiCns. First, That all stunecutters employed
On private work must in the future be paid at
mems wages after May I shall be $3.50.
YESTERDAY afternoon in the Washington
City Frcshytery Nathaniel Scale and Lionel G.
JCcll were examined FOR the ministry and
passed most creditable examinations. The
presbytery then adjourned sine die, and de-
cided 10 meet next year at Manassas, Va.
LAST EVENING Mr.. John L. Parker, the
Ireccntor Of tho choir Of the Church Of tho
Incarnation, was presented with an Gle
CANT COld-nOunted, rosewood baton by the
choir. Mr.. Raby made the presentation speech,
which was briefly responded 70 by the re-
ClpiCLt.
Yesterdays Republican, had iotting
that "Goycrnor L. G.. Davis. Of Texas, Is a the
"entelprise," clipped the jottlng from the
EtpUJjic0u and republlshcd II literally. Gov
crnor Davis initials arc not L. G.; they are
Ed.
JAMES DICKSON, the little son of Will
liam Dickson, was playing yesterday after
noon at Seventh and II streets with some other
boys, when he fell, striking his head on the
pavement with great force. The little fellow
was picked up In n scnseleSs condition and
carried to his school, where DR.. ]. L. Carlozo
attended him, and found that his injuries
were not Of a dangerous character.
Dr.. EDWARD LEON appeared in the
Police Court to-day against young man
named Robert Il. Williams, whom he charged
with assaultlng him last sunday afternoon
and striking him across the face with a cane
Mr. Williams testified that he was intoxicated
and met DR.. Leon, with whom he had an old
grudge, and Leon insulted him ana struck
him in the face In retaliation. Judge Smell
imposed twenty-dollar fine.
THE Vermont State Association held its
annual meeting last evening In the private
parlor Of the Riggs House and reelected the
following officers; John r. Thompson, presi-
dent; NJ. NJ, Parker, vice-presldent G. L. Per-
sons, secretary; l.. Green, treasurer, and Fred
Mack, L. S. Emery, W. I. Corey, Isaac Thorn
ton, and b. T. wilkins, executive committee.
The association will hold its annual reunion
and give one OF It's Characteristic maple sugar
parties 10 Its friends at some time during the
present month.
JAMES WELSH, a white man, was in a
little grocery store in East Washington yester-
day, when Rachael Better, a colored woman,
came IN 10 complain about getting too little
kindling wood for cent, and Welsh remarked
that these niggers are too airined anyhow
which observation put Rachael on her muscle,
and fight ensued, In which she was slowed
away in the coal box, and her mother, who
came to her assistance, struck over the eye
with two-pound weight. James Welsh was
put on the shelf for sixty days for his part In
the transaction.
ABOUT 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon
Miss Ella Hill was walking down Seventh
street, near D, when James Z. Clarke a col
ored thlef, picked her pocket OF purse con
tanning large sum OF money, and made an
attempt to escape by running along d street
toward Eighth, but was pursued, and seeing
that he could not escape he slipped the purse
into another lady's pocket as he ran passed
her. Mr.. Perry Carson captured the thief
near the corner Of Eighth street and handed
him over TO the police. The lady into whose
pocket the purse had been placed returned 1t
to the owner. In the Police Court to-day Judge
Smell sentenced Clarke to six months In jail
on charge Of larceny. Clarke's defense was
that he found the purse
BENJAMIN TURNER and Henry John
son, two Coloreu men. were tried in the Police
Court to-day for grand larceny. The testimony
was that Mr.. Thomas p. Line closed up his
house, NO 1920 Eighth street, on Wednesday
morning, as his wife was out OF town and his
son at school, ana went to the Pension ofIlce
where he Is employed. Mr. Lines son re
turned from school in the afternoon, and Oh
going into the house found that 1t had beer
entered and ransacked by thieves and immedi
ately went out for an oilicer. Examination
showed that an entrance had been effected by
forcing n rear door, aud six silver spoons,
clock, bedquilts, a coat and a table cloth ha,
been stolen. The stolen goods were Of tn
value Of $50. Sergeant Amiss went TO worl
On the case and yesterday secured sunlcion
evidence against the two colored men name
TO connect them with the case, and both wer
held 10 await the action Of the Grand Jury.
PROFESSOR CARPENTER, the great psycholC
glst, viii open at Wizards Hall on Tuesda,
AiGht, the l1th instant.