The Evening critic., 1883-02-08
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.

THE street lamps will be ligh ted at $50
p, III. and extinguisbed at . a. M.
FESTIVAL and sociable at St. Paul's Eng
lish Lutheran Church tonight and to-mor-
row night.
EDWARD PRoCToR, small colored boy,
was charged in the Police Court to-day
with hitting companion with brick, and
was sent to Jail for fifteen days.
THE sand for the new Pension Ollice is
being brought from the vicinity of Rich
land, Va, 40 miles down the Potomac. 1t
Is much superior quality to that dug near
the city.
PETER BANKS, colorcd boy, pleaded
guilty in the Police Court dock to-day to
stealing his mothers clothes and pawning
them to buy theatre tickets. and he was
sent TO Jail for fifteen days.
COMMODORE GEORGE II. PLANT, for
many years one of the leading steamboat
men of the Potomac and Chesapeake Bay,
was among the arrivals on the Excelsior
this morning from Norfolk.
Mr.. CHARLES ScHwARz, North Beach
Chowder House, San Francisco, Cal, says
of st. Jacobs OIL the great pain.cure at
is just the greatest remedy in the world"
There is nothing like it for bruises, pains,
burns, etc.
WEsTER LOWELL, Henry Lowell and
gagged in a general fight in the county yes
terday, and bloodied each others noses and
blackcd their eyes, were given the alterna-
tive of SO or thirty days by Judge Smell
to-day.
Ducks charge everybody with being a
"quack," and there are but few who are ex
empt from the goslin accusation. DIR. Bulls
Cough Syrup is certainly an exception to
the rule, as it is no doubt the greatest
remedy offered to suffering people.
HENRY ALLEN, a young marine, who
| came ashore yesterday and undertook to
| clear street in East Washington by run
ming around with large knife in his hand,
was arrested by Officer Wagner and has
been committed to jail for fifteen days for
disorderly conduct and sixty days for as.
saultine the officer.
A TALL, aged and gauut looking colored
woman entered the Eighth Precinct Sta
tion House this morning and asked the sta
tion keeper if any food was being given
out to the poor. Receiving negative reply
she walked sadly out with the cxclama-
ton: cts too bad deed it is. l amt
chawed a mouthful of grub in two days"
HARBoRMAsTER SUTTON reports the fol.
lowing new arrivals at the wharves
schooner John z. Robinson, Captain Red
man, 50 cords wood for G. l.. Sheriff
schooner Mary Crammer, Captain Name
40 cords wood for market; schooner Sally
Captain Jordan. 90 cords wood for market
schooner J. II. d. Smoot, Captain Blank
80 cords wood for market schooner s. ]
Douglass, Captain Lewis, 600 bushels O.
oysters for market.
THE choral society of the Vermont ave
nue. Christian Church gave sociaLle las
night which was well-attended and mos
enjoyable affair. The society rendered
some choice selections, and the male quar-
tet, consisting of Messrs. Ralph, Shepherd
Fawcett and Sunny, were highly compli
mented. Refreshments were served by thu
young ladies. The pastor, Rev. f. ID
Power, made few remarks, and the even
ing closed with a short social session.
OFFICER JEFFRIEs attempted to arres
three colored youths, named Richard Hill
James Adams and William Carter, who hat
been fighting, ON P street near Thirteenth
when one of the youths drew n razor ant
assaulted him. Seizing him, the officer at
tempted to draw his pistol, when Hill
stopped down and grabbed him by the leg
and threw him to the ground the pisto
being knocked from his hand as he fell.
desperate fight followed, but the negr
finally escaped. One of the men, name
William Carter, was subsequently arreste
and gave the names of his companions.